Hear from leading mining, investment and finance experts with a conference program covering the latest global trends, current industry challenges, market analysis, and insights in mining finance.
· What commodities do investors currently find attractive in the short term as good bets for the energy transition? How about the longer term?
· What opportunities are investors looking at when it comes to decarbonisation? Greenfield vs Brownfield? Exploration vs Development vs Production? Mining companies or downstream investment opportunities?
· Reviewing industry initiatives which have been launched to help finance the energy transition
· What questions are LPs and end investors asking natural resource investors about their decarbonisation and net zero policies? Or are they just interested in management performance?
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
· Are investors prepared to invest in critical and battery minerals projects? Where are the HNW European investors to back the critical mineral mines to be built?
· Is the industry equipped to meet demand? Will Europe lag North America in critical materials due to lack of funding alone?
· What will be the impact of the LKAB Kiruna Rare Earths discovery?
· Which governments have a meaningful, actionable critical minerals strategy?
· What are some of the challenges of critical minerals processing?
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
· Where are the greatest supply/demand imbalances and opportunities?
· As China emerges from Covid, how will this impact mining supply chains?
· What are the specific challenges of energy security?
· How can we ensure responsible sourcing?
· Will the lithium supply/demand gap widen or shrink in 2023 and what are the implications for lithium mining investment opportunities?
Games of Greed is the latest book by leading natural resource investor Torsten Dennin. In this interview Torsten will share with you some of the scams that his book covers, and what are the takeaways for the mining investment industry.
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
· What will drive the price of gold in 2023? Inflation? Interest rates? War in Ukraine? Economic uncertainty?
· Where do the best investment opportunities lie? Explorers, producers, royalty/streaming or ETFs?
· Assuming gold goes up, what will happen with the price of silver?
· Will 2023 see increased M&A and consolidation in the gold industry given the recent Newmont/Newcrest announcement? Are there too many gold companies?
Speed Connect is a networking session open to all attendees. Cut out the small talk and get straight to business. All participants will attend with the sole purpose of making connections.
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
Three mining projects. Four natural resources investors. One winner. The Gold & Precious Metals Mining Pitch Battle will have three mining companies pitch for just three minutes, followed by an in-depth eight minutes Q&A session from the investor panel as the miners battle it out to become the winner.
The close of day one networking reception allows the opportunity for all attendees to unwind over a refreshing drink with industry peers to exchange business knowledge and forge long-lasting partnerships.
Sponsorship opportunities are available now. Your brand could be at the centre of on-site relationship building. Email [email protected] for more information on networking sponsorship.
· What metrics, ratings and standards are ESG investors using?
· Can the metals for EV be ethically invested in given Siddharth Kara’s widely publicised comments on the Joe Rogan show?
· What are natural resource ESG investors looking for from juniors?
· What is the panellist’s response to the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative?
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
· Do end investors classify / perceive uranium as a green metal / part of the energy transitition?
· How does adopting nuclear energy help in the fight against climate change?
· What are uranium’s current supply/demand fundamentals?
Mines and Money Connect spotlights miners with projects from around the globe, across the commodity spectrum and at all life cycle stages, watched by an audience of active investors in mining. Throughout each spotlight presentation, miners will share their most compelling reasons to invest. You can expect to understand management’s vision for the business, the level of financing required, the upsides as well as the risks involved with the project.
Three mining projects. Four hardened natural resources investors. One winner. The Base Metals Mining Pitch Battle will have three mining companies pitch for just three minutes, followed by an in-depth eight minutes Q&A session from the investor panel as the miners battle it out to become the winner.
‘A remarkably hopeful and useful book…The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.’ Bill McKibben, Observer book of the week
We depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining.
In this interview Henry Sanderson discusses the nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile’s Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires, a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a ‘greener’ world.
· What are some of the possible demand scenarios over the next 10 years? On the supply side, what is happening to meet evolving demand; are there viable substitutes for copper and are there any potential technology game-changers in copper extraction?
· Copper has traditionally flattered to deceive as a base metal. In view of this, is it different this time around?
· What are the differences in investment opportunity and exposure to copper via the majors, mid-tier copper specialists, juniors and ETFs and the associated upside and downside risks involved.
· Are particular types of deposit and jurisdiction better suited to either majors or juniors and what sort of deposit / jurisdiction combinations operating approaches by majors and juniors should investors look for or avoid ?
· In view of the discussion of types of possible copper investment company, types of deposit and jurisdiction, briefly, where should investors focus lie and why?
Three mining projects. Four natural resources investors. One winner. The Battery and Critical Minerals Mining Pitch Battle will have three mining companies pitch for just three minutes, followed by an in-depth eight minutes Q&A session from the investor panel as the miners battle it out to become the winner.
The close of day two networking reception allows the opportunity for all attendees to unwind over a refreshing drink with industry peers to exchange business knowledge and forge long-lasting partnerships.
Sponsorship opportunities are available now. Your brand could be at the centre of on-site relationship building. Email [email protected] for more information on networking sponsorship.
