Getting Technical

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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