Programme avalable in pdf format - download.
Finex 12 will cover a wide range to topics concerned with funding exploration by prominent experts in their field
| DAY 1: Wednesday 31st October | ||
| 09:00 | Registration (until 09:30) | |
| 09:30 | Welcome and introduction | Peter Hambro, Petropavlovsk plc |
| New Frontiers in Exploration | ||
| 9:40 | Earth Model | Graeme Nicoll, Neftex |
| 10:15 | Commonwealth Mining Network | Peter Longworth, Commonwealth Business Council |
| 10:40 | Legal Aspects New Frontiers | Iain Duncan, Simmons & Simmons |
| 11:15 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 11:40 | Private and Equity Financing, a case history | David Pelham, Hummingbird Resources |
| 12:15 | The Sir Julius Wernher lecture | Graham Brown, Anglo American |
| 12:50 | Lunch – sponsored by Micromine | |
| Financing Major projects | ||
| 14:00 | Major Bank Financing | Guillaume Bouverot, JP Morgan |
| 14:35 | Risk Management in Exploration & Development | Simon Gilderson, Special Contingency Risks, Willis |
| 15:10 | Tea/coffee break | |
| Financing Junior Exploration | ||
| 15:30 | Financing in Difficult Jurisdictions | Mark Tyler, Nedbank |
| 16:05 | Valuation of Mineral Properties | Deborah McCombe – Roscoe Postle Associates |
| 16:40 | Private Equity Financing | John Meyer, Fairfax IS |
| 17:15 | Q&A | |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Cocktail Reception and Networking - sponsored by Petropavlovsk | 11 Grosvenor Place, SW1X 7HH |
| DAY 2: Thursday 1st November | ||
| 09:00 | Registration and Tea/Coffee | |
| 09:30 | Welcome and introduction | Jan Lewis, President IOM3 |
| Exploring for tomorrow's demand | ||
| 9:40 | The funding challenge for junior resource companies | David Russell, Ernst and Young |
| 10:15 | Finding and Funding Copper | Chris Welch, Ocean Equities and Kincora Copper |
| 10:50 | Finding and Funding Iron Ore | John Wellborn, Equatorial Resources |
| 11:25 | Tea/coffee break | |
| 11:40 | Finding and Funding Gold | Pete Gardner, Amara Mining |
| 12:15 | Feasibility and Funding | Andrew Carter, Wardrop |
| 12:50 | Lunch – sponsored by SRK | |
| From Discovery to Mining Company | ||
| 13:50 | Creating Partnerships with Junior Explorers | Pim Kalisvaart, Xstrata |
| 14:10 | The Role of Infrastructure | Richard Levack, Banlaw |
| 14:45 | Investor Relations Route to Funding | Howard Lee, Headland Consulting |
| 15:20 | Tea/coffee break | |
| The next generation | ||
| 15:40 | Opportunities in Mining | Sarah Gordon, Anglo American |
| 16:10 | The New Geo’s Survival Guide | Ashley John, Salva Resources |
| 16:40 - 17:45 | Students into Mining - Networking Drinks | sponsored by Altus Strategies |
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Mining Sundowner, The Glassblower | sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff |