Post Event Report for the 4th West and Central Africa Mining Summit

POST EVENT REPORT

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4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011

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POST SHOW FACTS 3 EVENT OVERVIEW 4 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 5 LIST OF SPEAKERS 8 SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS 9 SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS 10 MEDIA PARTNERS & MEDIA COVERAGE 10 WHAT PARTICIPANTS THOUGHT 12


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Post Show Facts Quick facts Number of Participants = 354 Number of Exhibiting Companies = 19 Number of Countries represented = 34 Number of presentations made = 24

Charts

23%

10%

14% 19%

8% 1%

9%

4% 3%

9%

Summit 2011 audience profile - by industry Senior & Junior Mining Companies

Merchant Banks/Project Finance & Investments

Governments/Regulators/Industry Associations

Geology/Engineering Consultancies

Consulting Companies

Law Firms

Mining Software Technology/Equipment & Machinery Producers

Media

Logistics Companies

Universities / R&D Centers

27%

13%

14% 6% 9%

9%

9%

4% 3% 2% 4%

Summit 2011 audience profile - by job title Chairman/President/CEO/Managing Director/Country Manager

Chief Operating Officer / Business Operations Manager

Research / Mining Analyst & Consultant

Exploration Manager / Geologist

Technical Director / Project Manager

CFO/Financial Controller/Investment Officer

Business & Corporate Development Manager/ Marketing Manager

Head of Corporate Affairs and Social Development

Principal Policy & Planning Officer

Lawyer

Journalist

61% 10% 2%

12%

1% 2%

7% 2% 3%

Summit 2011 audience profile - by regions Ghana

West Africa

Central Africa

South Africa

North Africa

Asia

Europe

USA / Canada

Australia


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Event Overview This fourth edition was especially timely given the growing interest in African mining resources by

international players from China, Brazil, India, Russia etc. In an IMF forecast issued early this year, African

countries are expected to take seven out of the 10 top places in the world mining industries over the next

five years. More importantly, this is the only Summit focusing on the West & Central Africa Mining &

extractive industries. It has established itself as the only event for all existing stakeholders as well as new

entrants exploring opportunities in this emerging region. 34 countries were represented at this Summit,

making it a truly international event

Ghana’s commitment and support to this event was evident from the participation of top level delegation

from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Minerals Commission and the Ghana Chamber of

Mines.

Representatives from the African continent include Hon Abdul Ignosi Koroma, Deputy Minister of Mines &

Mineral Resources at Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Mineral Resources, Dr Gaétan Roch Moloto-A-Kenguemba,

Adviser at the Prime Minister Office - Central African Republic (CAR), and Councillor Central African Region,

Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) as well as senior officials from the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Mines and

Energy.

Even Papua New Guinea, a mining-dominated economy from far-off Oceania did not miss-out on this key

extractive industry event. Their delegation was led by Hon James Byron Chan, Member of Parliament and

Minister of Mining; Mr Gaius Toaligur, First Secretary; and Mr Shadrach Himata, Deputy Secretary at the

Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazards Management.

The West & Central African countries present immense opportunities. This Summit provided up-to-date

reports on minerals extractions of iron ore, gold, bauxite, manganese, zircon, limestone, phosphate and

rare earth elements (Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium); & examined upcoming investment opportunities in

Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, DRC, Senegal, Guinea, Gabon, CAR, Sierra Leone,

Congo, Cameroon, Mali and Mauritania. This Summit also discussed inter-alia issues of increasingly critical

concerns for Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the importance of the

mining industry’s developing a positive impact on surrounding communities.

Key sponsors of the Summit included Atlas Copco , Banlaw Africa Group, Outotec, Total, Nigerian Stock

Exchange (NSE) as well as Chartwell. Companies participating as exhibitors included: the World Gold

Council, Weatherford, Gold Fields, Mine Site Technologies, SGS, Minelab International, Castle Peak Mining,

Pratley, Roymec Technologies, WearCheck Africa, African Mineral Standards, Eurofor and CAE Datamine

International.

The event garnered the support of international and regional mining publications and was reported/

publicised in over 70 media sites.


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Conference Programme 8.00 Registration 9.00 Welcome Remarks from Magenta Global

Maggie Tan, CEO 9.05 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Prof. John C. Anyanwu, Lead Research Economist, African Development Bank

9.10 Opening Ministerial Keynote Speech: Ghana’s Mineral Resources: Geological Context

and Industrial and Commercial Opportunities Hon. Henry Ford Kamel, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana

On behalf of Hon Mike Hammah, Minister, Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources, Ghana

9.30 Industry Keynote Address: Corporate Social Responsibility as a Long Term Strategy for

Ghana

Dr. Joyce Aryee, CEO, Ghana Chamber of Mines

10.00 Confronting Policy Challenges for Minerals and Metal Exporting Countries: Experiences from Ghana

Benjamin Aryee, Chief Executive, Minerals Commission of Ghana

10.30 Morning Refreshments & Exhibition Tour 11.00 Overview of Manganese Mining Activities in Gabon

Dr Gabriel Kamga, Managing Director, BHP Billiton Gabon

11.30 Extractive Sector in the Central African Republic (CAR) with Focus on Gold, Iron Ore,

Uranium and Diamonds Dr Gaétan Roch Moloto-A-Kenguemba, Adviser, Prime Minister Office - Central African

Republic (CAR), Councillor Central African Region, the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) Geoscientiste, University of Bangui

12.00 Exploring Mining Investment Opportunities in Sierra Leone

Hon. Abdul Ignosi Koroma, Deputy Minister of Mines & Mineral Resources Ministry of Mineral Resources, Sierra Leone

12.30 Mining African Capital Markets through The Nigerian Stock Exchange Taba Peterside, General Manager / Head, Listings Sales and Retention, The Nigerian Stock Exchange

13.00 Networking Luncheon

14.00 Growth, Opportunity and Market Risk in a Minerals Boom (Panel Discussion)

Where should investors focus their attention right now?

Predictions on how long the current minerals boom will last

Are we en-route to higher prices for commodities in the long term? What does this mean for

the industry? Our panellists’ predictions for future trends in coal, iron ore, copper and base metals, precious

metals, uranium, lithium and rare earths

Gibril Bangura, Executive Chairman, AML Sierra Leone, African Minerals Gregory Jones, Director, Hang Shing Financial Group Limited, Hong Kong

George Kwatia, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Day One – 26th September 2011 (Monday)


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14.45 China and the Africa Resource Sector- China’s Investment into Africa and Which

Commodities China Considers Most Valuable Gregory Jones, Director, Hang Shing Financial Group Limited, Hong Kong

15.30 Afternoon Refreshments

16.00 Sierra Leone Mining and Mining Investment Outlook Gibril Bangura, Executive Chairman, AML Sierra Leone, African Minerals

Represented by George Kodjoe, Director, African Minerals, Sierra Leone

16.30 Vimetco Strategy to Develop Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Industry in Ghana Gheorghe Dobra, CEO, VIMETCO NV

Represented by Sylvester Obeng- Nyame, Project Manager, Vimetco Ghana Bauxite

17.00 From Congo to Mauritania: Developing mining enterprises in the resource rich West &

Central Africa region (Panel Discussion) Mining industry projections and outlooks

Key trends and developments in the mining sector

Regulatory developments and investment incentives

Dr Gabriel Kamga, Managing Director, BHP Billiton Gabon

Gregory Jones, Director, Hang Shing Financial Group Limited, Hong Kong Gheorghe Dobra, CEO, VIMETCO NV

17.30 End of Day One

9.00 Chairman’s Remarks


9.15 Diversified Miner Outlook on Coal, Iron Ore, Mineral Sands and Industrial Minerals and Focus on West Africa as Market for Future Expansion and Investments

Nikash Rughubir, Manager, Exxaro Resources Limited

9.50 The Challenge of Funding Mining Projects in West and Central Africa - The

Opportunities Offered by South African and European Development Finance Institutions (e.g. IDC, DBSA, PIC, DEG)

Stephan Diefenthal, Vice President, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Andreas Voss, Regional Director, West Africa, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

10.30 Morning Refreshments

11.00 Liberia focus: Exploring Investment Environment and Mining Project Opportunities

Michael V. Suah, Attorney-At-Law/Geologist/Environmental Consultant EarthCons, Inc, Liberia

Day Two – 27th September 2011 (Tuesday)


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11.30 Taxation and the Mining Industry - an Update


12.00 The Development of a Mine Services Company Richard Levack, Co-founder and CEO, Banlaw Africa Group

12.30 Networking Luncheon

14.00 Providing Capital to Mining Companies that are Focused on Investment in Africa Yaw Benneh-Amponsah, Managing Director, Main Investments Limited

14.20 Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability Within Mining Business

Environment

Marcus S. Wleh, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal Liberia

14.40 Employee Housing - How to Make it Work Lara Yocarini, Executive Manager Africa Initiatives, Chartwell Housing Finance Solutions

(Proprietary) Limited

15.05 Achieving Sustainability and Biodiversity in the Mining Industry

Andrew Mackenzie, Director: Health Safety & Environment, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Rachel Asante-Owusu, Programme Officer, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

15.30 Afternoon Refreshments 16.00 Mining and the Economy of Sierra Leone


16.45 More Equitable Gains from Gold Mining Transactions in Africa

Dr. Ousman Gajigo, Economist, African Development Bank

17.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and End of Summit


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List of speakers The Summit featured a panel of 25 speakers:

Hon. Mike Hammah, Minister, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana

Hon Henry Ford Kamel, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources, Ghana

Dr. Joyce Aryee, CEO, Ghana Chamber of Mines

Benjamin Aryee, Chief Executive, Minerals Commission of Ghana

Dr Gaétan Roch Moloto-A-Kenguemba, Adviser Prime Minister Office - Central African

Republic (CAR), Councillor Central African Region in GSAf

Hon. Abdul Ignosi Koroma, Deputy Minister of Mines & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Mineral

Resources, Sierra Leone

Gabriel Kamga, Managing Director, BHP Billiton Gabon

Nikash Rughubir, Manager, Exxaro Resources Limited

Taba Peterside, General Manager / Head, Listings Sales and Retention, The Nigerian Stock

Exchange

Gheorghe Dobra, CEO, VIMETCO NV/ Sylvester Obeng- Nyame, Project Manager, Vimetco

Ghana Bauxite

Gibril Bangura, Executive Chairman, AML Sierra Leone, African Minerals /George Kodjoe,

Director, African Minerals, Sierra Leone


Patrick Attipoe, Business Line Manager - Underground Rock Excavation (URE), Atlas Copco

Ghana Ltd

Stephan Diefenthal, Vice President, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und

Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Andreas Voss, Regional Director, West Africa, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und

Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Michael V. Suah, Attorney-At-Law/Geologist/Environmental Consultant, EarthCons, Inc, Liberia

Richard Levack, Co-founder and CEO, Banlaw Africa Group

Yaw Benneh-Amponsah, Managing Director, Main Investments Limited

Marcus S. Wleh, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal Liberia

Gregory Jones, Director, Hang Shing Financial Group Limited, Hong Kong


Lara Yocarini, Executive Manager Africa Initiatives, Chartwell Housing Finance Solutions

(Proprietary) Limited

Andrew Mackenzie, Director: Health Safety & Environment, International Council on Mining

and Metals (ICMM)

Rachel Asante-Owusu, Programme Officer, Global Business and Biodiversity Programme,

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Dr. Ousman Gajigo, Economist, African Development Bank


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Sponsors & exhibitors

We would like to thank all of the organisations who have contributed to the success of the

4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011 Gold Sponsors

Associate Sponsors

Exhibitors


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Supporting organizations

Media partners & Media coverage

The Summit was extensively covered by journalists & reporters from media including Bloomberg, Financial

Intelligence, Ghana Business News, Group Africa Publishing (African Mining Brief), Joy FM, Listening Post Ghana, MCE Media Ink, Reuters, The Chronicle, The Finder, The Moment, The New Crusading Guide, Xinhua News Agency.

The following media partners also helped to promote the event:

African Mining Brief

TradeInvestAfrica

Africa Mining intelligence

Afribiz

MiningReview.com

Mining Journal

Tradelink Publications Ltd

Event publicity and announcements also appeared in the following media/websites:

Accra Daily Mail

Afribiz Africa InfoMine

Africa Leader

Africa Live News

Africa Mining Brief

(French)

Africa Mining Intelligence

African Energy

African Mining Brief

Afrique en ligne

All Africa

All Voices

All NewsGhana

Architect Africa Online

BCgold

Buffalowny

Bulk Inside

BuzzBox

City Monitor

Coal International &

Mining World

Conference Alerts

EIN Events & Conferences

eNowNow

Environmental News

Today Geological Society of

Africa

Ghana Business News

Ghana News 24

Ghana’s Mining Portal

GhanaNaija

gKrom Local &

International News Global Energy Review

IndexMundi

Indiatimes

International Business

Hub

International Council on

Mining & Metals International Social

Security Association

JOY Communications

MENAFN.com

Mineral Authority

Mining Industry Today

Mining Journal

Mining Review

MINING.com

Modern Ghana

My News Reader National Geoscience

Database if IRAN

News Edge

NewsFeedBook

Newswire TODAY

openPR.com

PMI Gold Corporation

Proshare

PRTODAY

PRZOOM

Resource Investing News

Silo Breaker

Sports-Books

Spy Ghana

Tantalum Investing News

The Chronicle

The Citizen

Tm

TradeInvestAfrica

Trading Charts

Wanted in Africa

WearCheck

Xing

Xinhua News Agency


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What the Participants Thought of the Event

“Thanks very much for a very informative and intense two days of conferencing”

Andrew Mackenzie, Director: Health, Safety & Environment, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

“Congratulations for hosting such a well organised and fruitful conference”

Olugbenga Okunlola, Senior Lecturer/ VP West Africa Geological Society of Africa (GSAf), Nigeria

“I am in appreciation and must confess, it was a successful event and look forward to participating again next year”

Marshall John, Country Manager, Sandvik Mining & Construction Nigeria Ltd.

“It was a worthwhile conference”

Ekow Otoo, Head, Mining, United Bank for Africa (Ghana) LTD

“I commend the organizers. This year is better than last”

Michael V. Suah, Attorney-At-Law/Geologist/Environmental Consultant, EarthCons Inc, Liberia

“Very informative! Good to have been as participant”

Celeste Donaldson, Market Intelligence, Outotec (RSA) Pty Ltd


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About Magenta Global Pte Ltd

Magenta Global is an independent business media company. Magenta Global provides pragmatic and

innovative information to business executives and professionals worldwide. Helmed by a team, with a

combined industry experience of more than 50 years, Magenta Global is dedicated to equip businesses with

research information, events, trade exhibitions, training solutions and peer to peer executive programs.

Magenta Global has a portfolio of more than 120 events and has successfully convened events in China,

Croatia, Egypt, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Qatar, Rwanda,

Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tunisia, Turkey & UAE.

Key focus Areas are:

Energy and Environment

Technology and Telecoms

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Capital Markets and Insurance

Business Management and Organisational Strategy

Materials and Structures

Commodities and Resources

Infrastructure and Transport

Maritime and Trade

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In each of the sectors, Magenta Global organises training courses, specialist business forums and

international conferences. Working in close partnership with both industry and governments, these events

serve to provide cutting edge information and networking platform.

Based in Singapore, Magenta Global is currently stamping its footprints in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Central

Asia & Eastern Europe & dedicated to equipping developing countries with access to information and

technology transfer.

For further information about the event or company, contact:

Louis Galistan Head, Market Development

Tel: +65 6391 2542

Mobile: +65 9184 9725 Email: [email protected]

Maggie Tan

CEO

Tel: +65 6391 2538 Mobile: +65 9109 0178

Email: [email protected]

Mr. Neil ReyesSponsorship and Exhibition ManagerTel: +65 6391 2562Mobile: +65 9671 6408Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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We hope to see you present at the 5th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011, 11-12

September 2012, AICC, Ghana

For more information on speaking & partnership prospectus, please contact: Louis Galistan Head, Market Development Tel: +65 6391 2542 Mobile: +65 9184 9725 Email: [email protected] Neil Reyes Sponsorship & Exhibition Manager Tel: +65 6391 2562 Mobile: +65 9671 6408 Email: [email protected]



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