MONDAY – WEDNESDAY AM SPONSORED BY AGNICO-EAGLE MINES LIMITED
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
COMMODITIES AND MARKET OUTLOOK
Sponsored by BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., Raymond James Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, Southeast Asia Mining Corp.
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Chairs: Victor Flores, HSBC Securities Inc., New York, USA & Greg Barnes, TD Newcrest, Toronto, Canada
Overview, Alan Williamson, Galena Asset Management, London, England
Gold/Silver, Jim Steel, HSBC Securities Inc., New York, USA
Iron Ore, speaker to be announced
Rare Earth Metals, Dudley J. Kingsnorth, Industrial Minerals Company of Australia, Mount Claremont, Australia
Potash, Paul D’Amico, TD Newcrest, Toronto, Canada
Copper/Molybdenum, Andrew Keen, Bernstein Research, London, England
Nickel/Platinum, Tom Kendall, Mitsubishi Corporation (UK), London, England
Zinc, Mark Patell, Xstrata Zinc, Toronto, Canada
Uranium, David Doerksen, Cameco Corporation, Saskatoon, Canada
Monday, March 2
OPENING CEREMONIES
8:45 -9:15 am
KEYNOTE SESSION: NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES & CANADA’S LEADERSHIP IN RESPONSIBLE EXPLORATION
9:15 -11:30 am
Chairs: Joe Hinzer, Watts, Griffis & McOuat, Toronto & John Morganti, Teck, Vancouver, Canada
The mining industry in a post deflationary world. Donald Coxe, BMO Financial Group, USA
The China factor: A major resource consumer? Kobus van der Wath, The Beijing Axis, Beijing, China
Understanding, enhancing and explaining mining’s contribution. R. Anthony Hodge, International Council on Mining and Metals, London, England
A Framework for Responsible Exploration: Tools and guidance for the exploration industry. Dennis Jones, PDAC Director & Chair, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Toronto, Canada
DIAMONDS: THE 6 C’S — COLOUR, CLARITY, CUT, CARAT, CONFIDENCE & CANADA
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Chairs: Patricia Sheahan, MDRU-UBC Consultant, & Jonathan Fowler, DeBeers Canada Inc., Toronto, Canada
Coloured diamonds. James E. Shigley, Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, USA Diamond treasures from the Canadian vault. Thomas Stachel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
The geological history of the Argyle diamond mine, Australia. Murray Reyner, Rio Tinto, Perth, Australia
Chidliak, Canada’s newest diamond district. Jennifer Pell, Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Global diamond supply: Rio Tinto’s perspective. Andy Davy, Rio Tinto Diamonds, London, England
A market pricing model for publicly traded diamond exploration companies, John Kaiser, Kaiser Bottom Fishing Report, Moraga, USA
THE OUTLOOK FOR FINANCING
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Chairs: Bill Washington, Wellington West Capital Markets Inc., Toronto, Canada & Daryl Hodges, Jennings Capital Inc., Toronto, Canada
International banks: Funding the best projects, Judith Mosely, Societe Generale, London, England
Mining finance and M&A in difficult times. Gordon Bogden, Gryphon Partners, Toronto, Canada
Evolution of the flow-through share market. Murray John, Dundee Resources Limited, Toronto, Canada
Please visit www.pdac.cafor a complete list of presenters in the coming weeks.
FLIN FLON: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AN OLD CAMP
2:00 -5:00 pm
Chairs: MaryAnn Mihychuk, HudBay Minerals Inc., Toronto & Sally Pehrsson, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
The Flin Flon greenstone belt: History of an outstanding Paleoproterozoic collage and VMS district. Ric Syme, Manitoba Geological Survey, Winnipeg, Canada
Volcanic reconstruction of the Flin Flon camp and caldera. Harold Gibson, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
The new trans-border 1:10 000 scale bedrock map for the Flin Flon area, Manitoba and Saskatchewan: A new map, a new vision. Rene-Luce Simard, Manitoba Geological Survey, Winnipeg, Canada
The sub-phanerozoic Flin Flon belt, Saskatchewan: A key to sustaining an important base metal camp. Ryan Morelli, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Regina, Canada
New drill targets from 2D/3D multicomponent seismic imaging in the Flin Flon VMS Camp. Donald White, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
3D Modelling in the Flin Flon exploration camp: Interpretative and numerical methods for enhancing 3D geological insight & targeting. Ernst Schetselaar, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
New and future discoveries in the prolific Flin Flon greenstone belt: HudBay’s perspective. Kelly Gilmore, HudBay Minerals Inc., Flin Flon, Canada
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
IRON OXIDE COPPERGOLD DEPOSITS
9:00 -11:30 am
Chairs: Bob Schafer, Hunter Dickinson Inc., Salt Lake City & Murray Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
IOCGs: Geological challenges and variations in styles globally. Murray Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
The Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au deposit: Regional setting and controls on formation of a world-class IOCG system. Roger G. Skirrow, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia
The Mount Elliott IOCG deposits, Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland, Australia. Matthew Brown & Douglas Kirwin, Ivanhoe Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Cordilleran styles of IOCG deposits of South and North America. Mark Barton, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Geological setting of Carajas IOCG deposits. Noevaldo A. Teixeira, Vale, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ABORIGINAL PARTICIPATION IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRY: CANADA AND INTERNATIONALLY
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Chairs: Don Bubar, Avalon Ventures Inc., Toronto & Glenn Nolan, Missanabie Cree First Nation, Canada
The Athabasca Basin Development LP story. Don Deranger, Athabasca Basin Development LP, Wollaston Lake, Canada
Canadian Royalities/Makivik Corp.: Nunavik nickel project. Ungava, Quebec, Glenn J. Mullan, Canadian Royalties Inc., Val D’Or, Canada
Mineral exploration initiatives in the traditional territory of the Webequie First Nation, northwestern Ontario. Chief Scott Jacob, Webequie First Nation, Webequie, Canada
Merit Mining Corp./Osoyoos First Nation: The Greenwood gold project. British Columbia, Brian Titus, Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation, Oliver, Canada
The Assembly of First Nations’ corporate challenge and the mineral exploration sector. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine, Ottawa, Canada
Panel discussion: Free prior informed consent: Can it work in practice?
ORE DEPOSITS OF LATIN AMERICA
2:00 -4:30 pm
Chairs: Eric Owens, Alexandra Minerals Inc. & Victoria Vargas, Iberian Minerals, Toronto, Canada
Geology of the Lagunas Norte deposit, Peru. Franois Robert, Barrick Gold Corporation, Montreal, Canada
Copper and gold deposits in Peru. Cesar Vidal, Cia de Minas Buenaventura, Lima, Peru
San Jose silver/gold deposit. Isac Burstein, Hochschild Mining, Lima, Peru
Santa Rita nickel, Brazil. Nick Poll, Mirabela Nickel Ltd., Perth, Australia
The Sierra Madre geological potential. David Giles, Fresnillo plc, London, England
PROLIFIC WEST AFRICA
2:00 – 4:30 pm
Chairs: Neil Gow, Castle Gold Corporation & David Christie, Scotia Capital, Toronto, Ontario
Boto: A sediment hosted gold mineralization in the Birimian of the Kenieba-Kedougou Window, Senegal. Eric Hanssen, IAMGOLD Corporation, Dakar, Senegal
West Africa: Newmont’s golden opportunity. Stephen Enders, Newmont Mining Corporati
on, Denver, USA
Comparative geology of gold deposits in Burkina Faso. Pascal Marquis, Orezone Resources Inc., Ottawa, Canada
The Gaoua copper-gold project, Burkina Faso. Guy Franceschi, Volta Resources Inc., Toronto, Canada
Geological evolution and metallogeny through the Birimian. Mario Billa & Michel Bonnemaison, BGRM, Orleans, France
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
NEW DISCOVERIES AND DEVELOPMENTS
9:00 am -11:30 am
Chairs: Bill Mercer, Avalon Ventures Ltd. & Ian Blakley, Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., Toronto, Canada
Hathor Exploration’s Roughrider zone, Saskatchewan: The new kid on the uranium block. Alistair McCready, Hathor Exploration Limited, Saskatoon, Canada
Lalor deposit. Kelly Gilmore, HudBay Minerals Inc., Flin Flon, Canada
Nokomis nickel deposit. Dean Peterson, Duluth Metals Limited, Toronto, Canada
The Rovina Valley project, Romania: Gold-copper porphyry discoveries in a historic mining district. Randy Ruff, Carpathian Gold Inc., Toronto, Canada
Thunder Bay North: A greenfields platinum-palladium discovery in Canada. Keith Watkins, Magma Metals Limited, W. Perth, Australia
GEOPHYSICS
9:00 am -11:30 am
Chairs: Greg Hodges & Richard Smith, Fugro Airborne Surveys, Toronto & Ottawa, Canada
From 2D to 3D: Improved targeting in the mine environment through geophysics, Robert Hearst, Quantec Geoscience Limited, Toronto, Canada
The analysis of geophysically-derived petrophysical volumes using self organizing maps, Stephen J. Fraser, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Kenmore, Australia
Geophysical tomography using cosmic rays, Douglas Bryman, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Alaska airborne geophysical/geological mineral inventory program: 15 exciting years of HEM surveying and geologic mapping, Laurel Burns, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, USA
The Zang Zone: A new high-grade volcanic massive sulphide discovery in the Suggi Lake area of the southwestern Flin Flon domain, Michael Zang, Exploration Syndicate Inc., Summerland, Canada
Uses of geophysical data in the discovery of the Eagle One, Eagle Two and Blackbird deposits, James Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Jim Mungall, Noront Resources Ltd., Toronto, Canada
The Victor diamond mine: Two decades of geophysical exploration, Charles Murphy, De Beers Canada Inc., Toronto, Canada
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