The Northern Miner

MASTERMINING course: Understanding the Mining Industry From A to Z
2019-02-28 09:00 - 2019-03-02 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Radisson Admiral Hotel Toronto – Harbourfront, 249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N5, Canada
Master the mining industry in a modern and interactive 3-day course that builds an understanding of the mining industry and investments; covering Introduction to Mining, the economics of mining and financing and deal-making.
Day 1 – Introduction to Mining (mine life stages, exploration, mining studies, the mining process, design and planning, quantification and interpretation, extraction and processing, rehabilitation)
Day 2 – The Economics of Mining (operations into economics, exploration expenditure, determining capital requirements, mining equipment options, economic evaluation)
Day 3 – Financing and Deal-making (raising funds and financial instruments, equity investments, debt and project finance, joint ventures, marketing and off-take agreements, technical report and media release interpretation)

9th Annual Panel Discussion on Africa’s Mining Industry
2019-03-03 08:30 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Radisson Admiral Hotel Toronto – Harbourfront, 249 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N5, Canada
Join us for this lively and interactive panel discussion with leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, African Mining Ministers and senior industry executives on key and topical issues in African mining, on Sunday March 3, 2019, the opening day of PDAC.

Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention
2019-03-03 10:00 - 2019-03-06 17:00 (America/Toronto)
PDAC: The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention is the leading convention for people, companies and organizations in, or connected with, mineral exploration. In addition to meeting over 1,000 exhibitors, 3,500 investors and 25,600 attendees from 135 countries, you can also attend technical sessions, short courses and networking events. The four-day annual convention held in Toronto, Canada, has grown in size, stature and influence since it began in 1932 and today is the event of choice for the world’s mineral industry.

20th Annual African Mining Breakfast and 17th Annual Investing in African Mining Seminar
2019-03-05 07:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Civic Ballroom, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2M9, Canada
Join us for the biggest African event in North America – the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business 20th Annual African Mining Breakfast and MineAfrica’s 17th Annual Investing in African Mining Seminar with Premier Sponsor SGS. The morning kicks off with an opening address by an African Mining Minister and a keynote address by a senior mining executive active in Africa during breakfast, followed by concurrent presentations in four seminar rooms covering project updates by public and private mining companies, country overviews by African mining ministers and presentations on current trends in African mining by expert advisors. The morning features 24 presenters and a senior-level audience of 350 participants – all with an interest in mining in Africa.

Future of Mining Australia 2019
2019-03-25 08:00 - 2019-03-26 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
The Future of Mining Australia returns for its second edition and has been created to connect C-suite, Heads and Managers of Mine Operations and Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) providers from top enterprises around the globe to debate and define the future mining landscape across the Australia.
The agenda provides attendees strategic level content on the Exploration, Development, Sustainability, Optimisation, Innovation, Technology, Strategy, Planning, People, Leadership, Connectivity, Digitisation issues driving the industry.
Key topics include:
• DISRUPTION IN MINING: Gain insight into the social, geo-political and economic forces and market trends that have and will continue to reshape the mining industry as we know it today.
• INFLUENCING CHANGE: Explore how companies are re-focussing their efforts on creating a united workforce in order to encourage innovation, collaboration and transparency.
• VALUE CHAIN OPTIMISATION – A HOLISTIC APPROACH: Learn how the industry is striving towards a sustainable future with the application of new processes, systems and methods of communication.
• GAME CHANGING EQUIPMENT: Discover how the latest technology is being applied across the mining lifecycle to improve the economics of existing mines and new projects including; remote cameras and sensors, haulage and hybrid loaders and drones.
• INNOVATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN: Understand what Innovation really means and how companies are taking the industry to new heights with advanced extraction, processing and exploration methods.
Confirmed speakers Include:
• Jake Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Evolution Mining
• Ricus Grimbeek, Chief Operating Officer, North Atlantic Operations and Asian Refineries, Vale Base Metals
• Friska Wirya, Change Lead – Digital, Newcrest Mining
• Jonathan Law, Director, CSIRO Mineral Resources
• Allan Trench, Professor of Practice & MBA Director, University of Western Australia
Sponsors include: Komatsu, Caterpillar, Motion Metrics, Minnovare, MMD, Uptake, Commit Works and Petra Data Sciences

Project Management Course - Project Management Essentials
2019-03-25 08:00 - 2019-05-27 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
This course is designed to give new 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. This course covers the complete project lifecycle from initiating, through project planning and execution, to project close-out. 21 PDUs.

Project Management Course - Managing Project Risk
2019-03-28 08:00 - 2019-03-29 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
This 2-day course explores quantitative and qualitative techniques to identify and analyze project risk factors (risk event, event probability, and event impact). A variety of risk response choices are discussed, and risk identification and risk response are practiced in workshop groups. Quantitative techniques are applied to problems but don’t worry, advanced mathematics is not used!
