The Northern Miner

Picnic-N-Planes
2017-05-24 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
Do you like watching the Thunderbirds flyover for the Air force Academy’s Graduation? Have trouble finding a place to watch them that has a great view and is safe and comfortable? Look no more! The Western Museum of Mining is honored to be the Academy’s neighbor…and lucky too! Here is why: The Mining Museum is the perfect place to watch the amazing aerial acrobatics of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as they fly for the Air Force Academy’s graduation. Bring and enjoy a picnic lunch by our spring fed ponds and flowering meadow as you experience the mighty Thunderbirds soar over you! The Thunderbird’s demonstration will take place between 9:30am and 12:30pm. Come early, set up your family picnic, and enjoy the show! Admission to the grounds only for this event will be $5.00 per vehicle. Regular museum admission applies for those interested in seeing the museum afterwards. Visit www.wmmi.org or call 719-488-0880 for more!

TGDG Hosts: Geo Games for Grown Ups
2017-05-23 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario Bar Association, 20 Toronto St., Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2B8, Canada
This is your chance to play individual and team games that will test your earthly knowledge and teamwork skills. The games will be provided by the Royal Ontario Museum, Mining Matters and the Young Toronto Mineralogists Club. You can come with your team or we’ll organize teams when you arrive. There will be exciting prizes!
FREE for all! This is the last meeting of the TGDG Season and we welcome all geoscientists, miners and wanna-be geologists to a fun networking event.
Come out to learn more about Mining Matters and the Young Mineralogists Club, then find out if you’re smarter than a fifth-grader!

Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgists
2017-05-22 08:00 - 2017-05-23 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Understanding how metals behave and how their properties can be altered by common processing is valuable to employees in this area. This course provides important, practical knowledge to the non-metallurgist. The objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject ranging from topics relevant to conventional or modern technology.

ALTA 2017 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, Uranium-REE & Gold-PM Conference & Exhibition
2017-05-20 08:00 - 2017-05-27 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Pan Pacific Perth, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
ALTA 2017, organized by ALTA Metallurgical Services, will be the 22nd year of one of the world’s premier annual metallurgical events. This annual event is a gathering of the global Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Uranium-REE and Gold-PM industries and features highly focused programs, topical forums and presentations by key international speakers. Held over eight days, it comprises:
Three international conferences
– Nickel-Cobalt-Copper, including Pressure Acid Leaching Forum & Panel
– Uranium-REE, including Lithium Processing Forum & Panel
– Gold-PM, including Cyanide Alternatives/Alleviation Forum & Panel
Three short courses
– Treatment of Nickel-Cobalt Laterites
– Copper SX/EW Basic Principles and Detailed Plant Design
– Heap Leaching & its Application to Copper, Gold, Uranium & Nickel Ores
This conference will be an outstanding platform for exposing the latest worldwide developments in plant operations, process technology, new projects, test work & scale-up, process modelling & control systems, application of mineralogy & geometallurgy, R&D, equipment, reagents, materials, tailings disposal and environmental alleviation. The event provides an excellent opportunity to network with a wide variety of key industry professionals and showcase products and services to decision-makers in the pertinent field.

Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods
2017-05-15 08:00 - 2017-05-19 12:00, 2017-03-27 08:00 - 2017-03-29 12:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
This intensive 3- or 5-day course has been presented over 950 times to more than 21,000 people since 1970. Organized for managers, engineers, geologists, landmen, scientists, accountants and others concerned with evaluating investments, this course relates to the economic analysis of income producing and service producing investments using discounted cash flow analysis criteria and procedures.
The course covers economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations.

17th Annual European Shared Services and Outsourcing Week
2017-05-15 08:00 - 2017-05-18 18:30 (Europe/London) | EventCity Limited, Peel Dome, Intu Trafford Centre, TRAFFORDCITY, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M17 8PL, United Kingdom
With sleek end-to-end processes, digital transformation, and business critical insight defining today’s business strategies, many shared services leaders find themselves rapidly moving into uncharted territory.
Although challenging, the smart and automated business environment provides immense opportunities for shared services that have a plan and know how to manage that transformation.
SS&O Week Europe 2017 is where you will discover new ideas, trends and technologies that will transform yor shared services centre while keeping an eye on the fundamentals that have built Shared Services into the multi billion-dollar industry it is today.
SSON’s 17th Annual European Shared Services & Outsourcing Week focuses on the following core themes:
• Deploying Automation and Robotics to increase productivity and eliminate errors
• Transitioning from a transactional to value-adding shared service centre
• Using PEX and creating a continuous improvement culture to achieve marginal gains and productivity improvements
• Creating a GBS and Global Process Owner Model to take advantage of global
standardization and economies of scale
• Leadership: Developing your leadership skills to lead your team through change!
• Accelerating change, leapfrogging forward in the SSC maturity journey

Pike’s Peak Antique Machinery Days
2017-05-12 10:00 - 2017-05-14 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
The Western Museum of Mining & Industry will host the first annual Pikes Peak Antique Machinery Days on our historic 27- acre Reynolds Ranch! Join WMMI, the Arkansas Valley Flywheelers, Front Range Antique Power Association, antique automobile clubs, tractor pulls, and more!
There will be antique tractor pulls, unique items at the silent auction, antique engines and tractors on display, the museum’s operating steam engines, and much more fun for the whole family to enjoy!

Risk Management for Mining Organisations: Tools and Techniques
2017-05-09 08:00 - 2017-05-11 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Live Webcast, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3B6, Canada
Effective risk management is integral to the success of any mine, plant, or corporate function. This course combines practical risk management tools and techniques, with case studies of where they have been made to work and added value to an organization.
Risk management is about predicting where things might go wrong and stopping them before they spiral out of control. It is also about identifying opportunities and taking steps to ensure you make use of them.
Risk management allows us to put a framework around how we identify, understand, and control risks, allowing us to manage them as a team, be that as a shift, or as an entire organisation.
The cost-benefit analysis required to ensure that your mine is resilient both technically and financially can be incredibly complex. Rarely are there enough financial or human resources available to manage all of the risks you face. Specific risk management tools and techniques can help you to prioritise where resources should be utilised, and to proactively manage uncertainty. This helps to ensure that your mine makes best use of both the opportunities and threats it faces, and is ultimately: resilient.

Symposium Mines Guinea
2017-05-09 07:00 - 2017-05-11 19:00 (Africa/Conakry) | Sheraton Grand Conakry, Kipe Centre, Emetteur, Commune de Ratoma, Conakry, Guinea
SMG 2017 will encompass all aspects of mining through a three-day technical conferences, a trade show, pre-event training and workshops, visits to flagship sites in Guinea mining project, The Data Room, with up-to-date information on investment in new mining projects and numerous social activities followed by dinners, cocktails and lunches

Canadian Mining Symposium in London
2017-05-09 | Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London, SW1Y 5BJ, United Kingdom
The Northern Miner, along with our Canadian Mining Symposium partners the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, the High Commission of Canada (UK) and The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, are presenting a day-long symposium that will present a discerning London audience with a deep dive into the Canadian mining success story: from exploration, to corporate development, to how we have exported our expertise in exploration and mining across the world.

Sponsors

Iran Mining Technology Summit
2017-05-09 - 2017-05-10 | Espinas Khalije Fars Hotel, No.126 , Blvd.Keshavarz , Sq.Valiasr, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
IMT – Iran Mining Technology Summit is the first and strategically timed event which will bring together world class suppliers, solution providers and leading stakeholders in the mining sector on an exclusive platform to benchmark latest technologies that are empowering the mining industry with efficiency, safety and profitability.
The Summit will bring to the forefront, cutting edge technologies that are spearheading innovation in the mining industry. The only way to improve productivity is through mechanization of all processes and optimal automation of mining equipment. Mechanization not only increases efficiency, it also boosts mine safety through technologies that take workers away from the most dangerous areas.The Event will give an insight into state of the art technologies implemented by the industry that go even beyond automation to optimizing your business processes and increasing value of your investments.
The IMT Summit will also give an opportunity to discuss strategic issues associated with the industry and technology adoption. There will be interactive panel discussions and case studies to better understand how the world’s leading mines are embracing mine automation and other innovative technologies.

Metal Mining Discharges - Impacts and Controls
2017-04-27 09:00 - 2017-04-28 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | EduMine, 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3B6, Canada
The purpose of this course is to encourage environmentally-sensitive mining practice by educating mining engineers and environmental professionals about impacts of metals on fish, other aquatic species, and human health. A related objective is to promote collaboration between engineers and scientists with respect to prospecting, design, development, permitting, operation, and closure of mines to reduce discharge of metals to the aquatic environment.
This course is an overview of metals and related “semi-metals” (aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, gold, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver, tin, uranium, and zinc) that are mined or emitted as by-products of mining. We will begin with a description of aquatic ecosystems, and how mining and other human activities discharge metals and acid rock drainage (ARD) to these ecosystems. We will then focus on properties of metals, principles of metal toxicity, exposure pathways, factors affecting metal toxicity, and acute and chronic effects of each metal on aquatic organisms and human health. There will be a discussion of source control and remediation of metal contamination and ARD at mine sites. The course will conclude with a small group exercise in which class participants will present and discuss case studies that illustrate what has been taught.

TGDG Symposium: The Geology of Li-Ion Battery Materials and Evaluating Risk in Today's Markets
2017-04-25 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario Bar Association, 20 Toronto St., Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2B8, Canada
Based on member feedback and the popularity and projected demand for Li-ion batteries, we are hosting an afternoon that will focus on the three main mineral components of some Li-ion batteries – Lithium, Cobalt and Carbon. Presentations will provide an overview of the Li-battery market, three specific deposits, and the downstream mineral processing. These ideas will be brought together in a panel discussion at the end of the afternoon.

ConMin West Africa 2017
2017-04-25 10:00 - 2017-04-27 17:00 (Africa/Abidjan) | Abuja International Conference Centre, Central Area, Area 11, 900 Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja, 900001, Nigeria
ConMin West Africa launches into Abuja, the political center of the country, in April 2017 to service the rapidly growing construction machinery and mining industries in West Africa. We are providing a forum in West Africa that offers a platform for the key stakeholders, both regionally and internationally, to converge and discuss business prospects while also addressing pertinent issues facing the industries. This is what ConMin West Africa will provide.

Valuation of Mineral Projects Based on Technical and Financial Modelling
2017-04-25 09:00 - 2017-04-28 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 3B7, Canada
This course aims to enhance an understanding of the business of mining. Actual operating mine valuations are a central focus of the course.
The basics of quantitative finance and the key interface with the accounting cash flow model will be covered as part of the course. No prior knowledge is assumed but the treatment is intensive. What is assumed is that attendees have had some exposure to the technical aspects of minerals and mining.
Workshop sessions are also an integral part of the course delivery and use will be made of the IC-MinEval software which automates the generation of Excel™-based spreadsheets to produce models for a wide range of mineral projects. These models can be saved as fully-linked workbooks and continued use is quite independent of the software. Attendees can generate their own models which can be preserved indefinitely and have normal Excel functionality.
Particular attention is given during the workshops to demonstrating how financial models should be set up with a rate of production appropriate to the size of the resource. Realistic associated capex and opcosts are determined with reference to CostMine. The circumstances in which it is appropriate to set up models based on a straight discount rate basis compared to including debt are outlined. In the latter case the approach to determining the appropriate level of debt will be explained.
Analysis will be undertaken during the workshop sessions on the financial performance indicators generated and there will also be an indication of the valuation that could be placed on the asset. Sensitivity analysis will be undertaken on key variables. Particular attention will be given to why sensitivity on variables such as mining dilution should not be considered. Consideration will also be given to the role of financial models in identify those technical variables that have the greatest impact on financial performance and then back-engineering that to the corresponding technical risk.
Discussion will be aimed at enhancing the level of understanding demonstrated in the analysis of the financial performance indicator generated and the degree to which conclusions can be supported by the assumptions made.
In addition to the presentation slides, attendees will receive a copy of the book Metals and Energy Finance, authored by Prof. Buchanan.
Participants are expected to have their own laptop computers available for this course.

AME Education Series
2017-04-20 - 2017-04-21 | SFU Segal Building, 500 Granville St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1W6, Canada
Join us for the inaugural AME Education Series – April 20-21 at SFU Segal Building in Vancouver.
The AME Education Series is a series of sessions and workshops aimed at providing professional development and networking opportunities to AME members. See the two-day program below for details!
Thursday, April 20
Social Media, Crisis Communications for Exploration Companies
The rapid spread of information on social media platforms, the growth of digital content viewership and increasing public interest in the mineral exploration and development industry requires companies better understand how to navigate and take advantage of these tools to succeed today and in the future. With new technology coming on-stream, the 24-hour news cycle is also dramatically changing how quickly companies need to respond when facing a crisis. This session will focus on best practices for utilizing social media and responding in a crisis.
Working Together: Building Social Responsibility and Aboriginal Relationships
This “interactive story-telling” session will immerse participants in the stories and real-life experiences of mineral explorers. We will discuss important social responsibility and Aboriginal themes, such as maintaining the “social chain of custody,” cultural awareness and sensitivity, early engagement and community participation as well as reconciliation in BC.
Friday, April 21
Exploration Safety for Management and Project Supervisors
This one-day course will provide you with techniques and tools for keeping your project team safe. From exploring a culture of safety and new regulatory changes to an interactive session on creating emergency response plans, this course will help prepare you for safe, responsible exploration in the 2017 field season.With tools and strategies for handling hazard and risk assessment and for managing teams in the field.

Exhibit Lecture by Mindy S. Vogel
2017-04-13 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
On April 13, Mindy S. Vogel, a Forest Service geologist, will present a lecture entitled “Rock, Paper, Forest Service: A Summary of Mining and Permitting on Forest Service Lands.” This lecture is in pairing with the Western Museum of Mining & Industry’s new exhibit, “Minerals You Use Every Day from the National Forests.” Light refreshments will be offered. The museum requests that those interested in attending please contact the museum to reserve a spot. Please call 719-488-0880 or respond by e-mail at rsvp@wmmi.org.
This exhibit consists of an interactive component from the National Museum of Forest Service History and a selection of minerals from WMMI’s collection. Whether we realize it or not, modern civilization is heavily dependent on minerals for everything from computers and electricity to toothpaste and makeup. This exhibit highlights this importance and demonstrates how America’s national forests help supply the country’s mineral needs. This exhibit will be open through June 3.

“A Tale of Two Husteds” lecture by Jack Anthony
2017-04-10 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
The Palmer Lake Historical Society and the Western Museum of Mining & Industry are pleased to announce the second presentation of “A Tale of Two Husteds” by Jack Anthony!
About six miles south of Palmer Lake, East Husted and West Husted sprang up as railroad “tank towns” for the Denver & Rio Grande and the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. The two Husted depots midway between Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake became a place to pick up passengers and shipments of agricultural products. Both were thriving communities until the early 1920s. Then, development of the United States Air Force Academy in the mid-1950s caused the remaining buildings to be either moved or demolished. Only the Reynolds Ranch House remains, still in its original location east of Interstate 25 on the property of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry on Colorado Springs’ north side.
Jack Anthony is a graduate of the Air Force Academy. For almost 40 years, he has served in various military, intelligence, and NASA roles as an engineer, educator, leader, and operator. Jack successfully spear-headed the effort to have the Palmer Lake Star included on the State Register of Historic Properties. His presentation includes both sides and a short video.

9th Annual (2017) Mining Supply Chain Forum
2017-04-04 - 2017-04-05 | Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Please note: $207.52 Forum registration will close on March 24, 2017. Forum tickets will then only be available on site for $413.65.
The Saskatchewan Mining Association, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy and the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association presents the 9th Annual Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum April 4 & 5, 2017 at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon.
This Forum provided information on how manufacturers, construction, equipment and service providers can access mining supply opportunities. In addition, there was a third session on operations topics such as engineering, maintenance, reliability, operations and productivity.
Forum topics have historically included (yet to be finalised for this year):
An overview of projects by Saskatchewan mining companies
Information on opportunities to supply equipment and services to the mining industry
The process and steps to become a supplier to the mining industry
Separate sessions on topics such as maintenance, repair and operations for mine site personnel
On Tuesday, there will be a Mining Innovation Boot Camp featuring presentation by those able to assist in research/development and those able to assist in funding. This event requires an additional ticket – one beyond a Forum registration. The event will flow as follows:
Innovation Facilitators 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
SRC
U of S
CLS
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
PAMI
30-minute networking 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Innovation Financing Groups 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
IMII
EDC
Clarence Campeau Development Fund
NRC/IRAP
WD
30-minute networking 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Close 5:00 pm

Project Closeout Best Practices
2017-03-29 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
This one-day workshop covers the best practices for getting final signoffs and closing out projects. Project
managers will leave with a structured closeout framework, and templates that can be used to complete
an orderly project closeout. Participants will earn 7 PDUs.

Quality Control of Assays
2017-03-28 08:00 - 2017-03-30 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Live Webcast, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3B6, Canada
In recent years there has been a strong international movement toward knowing and improving the quality of information used in the Mining Industry for resource/reserve estimation. In Canada, this culminated with the implementation of National Instrument 43-101 which incorporates, in part, general requirements pertaining to technical matters involved in obtaining assay data and the recognition that those data are of adequate quality to both publicize and form the basis of a resource/reserve estimation.
This course will demonstrate how the Qualified Person is able to meet the assay quality requirements of NI43-101. Topics to be discussed include: duplicate data collection, use of standards and blanks, simple statistics in the evaluation of standards, recognition of outliers, binary graphs as an interpretive aid to evaluating duplicate data, and displaying and analyzing data.
Emphasis will be placed on the use of simple statistical approaches that can be used to quantify data quality. Examples will be used to illustrate how sampling error, subsampling error, and analytical error can be determined, and how such results can be used as a basis for improving data quality. Reference will be made to several procedures used in the industry to quantify precision and the general pros and cons of these methods.

Project Management Essentials
2017-03-27 08:30 - 2017-03-28 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
One day of self-paced online study must be completed before the two-day in-class session.
This course is designed to give project managers and project team members an overview of the various
tools and techniques of project management and the key elements needed to deliver successful projects.
The course covers the complete project lifecycle from initiating, through project planning and execution,
to project closeout. Participants will earn 21 PDUs.

The Basics of Geology, Mining & Processing
2017-03-26 08:30 - 2017-03-27 17:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre, 150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1J9, Canada
Join other professionals in the seminar where you will get a better understanding of the vocabulary used in mining projects, and learn technical aspects of orebody characteristics, resources and reserves estimation, open pit and underground mining, costs and productivity, mineral processing, and extractive metallurgy. Our speakers will use their many years of industrial experience to convey a sense of the meaning of public information and give you a feel of technical risks through theory, due diligence process, and case studies.

"Gold Ore Processing" Short Course
2017-03-25
Gold is among the first metals used by man because it naturally occurs in its native state. Over the years different process flowsheets have been developed with the purpose of optimising gold extraction from a particular feed material using the most appropriate technology.
Due to numerous factors ranging from technical e.g. geological, mineralogical, metallurgical and economical to non-technical such as geographical, environmental and political, diverse industrial flowsheet for gold production have been developed in different part of the world.
In this course we introduce participants the basic concepts and operations involved in gold extraction. Attendees of the course will:
• Study the introductory concepts of the mineralogy of gold bearing ores and minerals and the effect this has on the method of gold extraction used.
• Learn the basic operations and equipment used in gold extraction.
• Understand the structure of flowsheets and their application to various gold ores and minerals.
• Understand metallurgical testwork required to characterise a gold ore.
• Develop skills and knowledge in achieving maximum productivity at minimum costs.

Mines and Money London
2017-03-24 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom
With a 14-year history, Mines and Money London is Europe’s largest mining investment conference and exhibition, bringing together over 2,500 attendees from 75 countries.
Senior executives of 150 mining companies come together with the largest gathering of resource investors anywhere in Europe for four days of learning, networking and deal-making.
It’s where mining and investment professionals come to do business.

Project Management for Mining
2017-03-22 08:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00 (America/Denver) | Colorado School of Mines, 80401
Project Management for Mining is a 3-day practical course focused on the successful delivery of mine development projects. Primary emphasis is placed on major greenfield mine development, but the information presented is fully applicable to brownfield project undertakings.
The course teaches project management best practices, and how they are woven together from initial mineral resource identification on through the project stages of opportunity, viability, planning, execution, and completion, to delivery of a sustainable operating property. The course focuses on the key steps in each stage that must be properly executed to achieve project success.

Fundamentals of Mine Water Management
2017-03-14 08:00 - 2017-03-16 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Water management is one of the key issues facing many mines in the 21st century. In response to requests by participants in previous webcasts on mine water management, we now present two closely related webcasts on the topic:
Webcast 1: Fundamentals of Mine Water Management
Webcast 2: Advanced Mine Water Management and Treatment
The first course, Fundamentals of Mine Water Management, is intended to introduce participants to the basic technical and engineering issues, as well as the solutions of managing mine waters. In this course, we will focus on the basics of surface water management at mines, groundwater management at mines, mine water balances, mine closure water management, and the geochemistry of mine waters. The course will review the theory of mine water management, explore best practices, present case histories of successful mine water management, and consider both surface water and groundwater analysis and modeling.
In the light of recent failures of tailings facilities as a result of mismanagement of water, the course will also focus on risk management as a way to deal with the many unknowns of water quantity and quality at mines. In particular, risk management as applied to the prediction and control of a mine’s water balance will be discussed.
The course will benefit those new to, as well as those experienced in, mine water management. For those new to or entering the field of mine water management, this course will introduce current practice, modern technical approaches, and best standard engineering practices. On the basis of the course, participants will be equipped to identify and manage solutions for best practice management of the surface waters and groundwaters of the mines with which they are associated or for which they may be responsible.
This webcast draws on and expands on the EduMine series of courses on mine water management. In addition, the course will draw on those parts of the EduMine courses on tailings facilities, heap leach pads, and mine closure that deal with surface water and groundwater issues associated with mine waste disposal facilities.
We invite participants to tell us, in advance, which topics are of the greatest interest to them, so that we may strive to tailor the presentations to the specific interests of the webcast participants.

Family Exploration Day: Science
2017-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921, United States
Join WMMI as we spend the day exploring the world of science, with experiments and more that strengthen and support the key educational areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math! Come see Pikes Peak Soaring Club, Colorado Springs Utilities Electricity Demonstrations, Palmer Ridge Robotics Club, Science Matters, The Space Foundation Discovery Center, and more!
All activities included with standard museum admission rates!

CERBA Eurasia Mining conference 2017
2017-03-08 13:30 - 19:00 (America/Toronto)
CERBA Eurasia Mining conference
Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA)
March 8, 2017
Room 205D, 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm
CERBA’s annual Eurasia mining conference will offer a program dedicated to developments in the Eurasian mining sector and mining opportunities for Canadian companies. Experts from business, purchasing, government, diplomatic, consulting, academic and non-profit backgrounds will focus on key trends, constraints and opportunities in Eurasia in the context of today’s dynamic global economy. Individual meeting opportunities available.
13:30 – 14:00 Registration & Coffee
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome Remarks:
• Lou Naumovski, CERBA Chairman
• H.E. Alexander Darchiev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada
• Andrew Cheatle, Executive Director, PDAC
14:15 – 16:00 SESSION 1. Mining in Eurasia: Trends
Regulatory, tax and legal updates; Global investment programs and practices; Mitigating risks and legal aspects of the mining industry; Evaluating investment opportunities in mining in Eurasia; New international cooperation and investment opportunities; Operational efficiency and innovative solutions
Moderator: Lou Naumovski, Chairman, CERBA;
• Roman Kopin, Governor, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Russia
• Alexey Orel, Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Subsoil Usage and Nature Management, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
• Representative of ROSNEDRA
• Timur Toktabayev, Vice-Minister of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan
• Representative of Kazgeology (Kazakhstan)
• Representative of NADRA Ukraine
• Representative of GosComGeology (Uzbekistan)
• Ryan Cochrane, Senior Research Analyst – Mine Costs, Wood Mackenzie
• Aida Sitdikova, Director, Energy & Natural Resources, Russia, Caucasus & Central Asia, EBRD
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:15 SESSION 2. Investor Experience in Eurasia
Regulatory, tax and legal updates; Global investment programs and practices; Mitigating risks and legal aspects of the mining industry; Evaluating investment opportunities in mining in Eurasia; New international cooperation and investment opportunities; Operational efficiency and innovative solutions
• Claude Schimper, Regional Vice President, Russia, Kinross Gold Corp.
• Andrey Koniuhov, COO, Director of Geology and Advance Projects, N-Mining
• Denis Alexandrov, CEO, Highland Gold
• Mikhail Dyagilev, CEO, Krastsvetmet
• Representatives of other mining companies doing business in Eurasia, such as: Cameco, Amur Minerals, Barrick, Silver Bear Resources, Uranium One, Eurasian Minerals
18:15 – 19:00 Networking Reception and One-on-one Meetings
Registration is required. Please register by visiting www.cerbamining.com or contact us:
Katherine Balabanova
Regional Director, Toronto Chapter, and National Coordinator
Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association
Tel: +1 (416) 862-4403
First Canadian Place
100 King Street West, Suite 1600
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5X 1G5
katherine@cerbanet.org
Julia Tikhomirova, CMP
Deputy Regional Director
Tel: +1 (416) 862-3527
julia@cerbanet.org
