SMEDG – AIG SYMPOSIUM 2003 ASIAN UPDATE ON MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT – PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TENEMENT

Friday, 10 October, 2003

Shore School, North Sydney

• Registration 7.50 – 8.30

• Session 1 8.30 – 10.20 Session Chair – Phillip Hellman (SMEDG)

• 8.30 – 8.35 Phillip Hellman (SMEDG) Chairman’s Welcome
• 8.35 – 9.20 Mike Diemar – Keynote Speaker
• The Importance of the Small Explorer in South East Asia
• 9.20 – 9.50 Rob Hogarth (KPMG)
• Taxation, mining law and other financial issues facing explorers and mine-developers in
• Tony Manini (Oxiana Ltd)
• Exploration and development of the Sepon gold and copper projects,
• Morning Tea at the Trade Displays 10.20 – 11.00 40 minutes

• Session 2 11.00 – 12.30 Session Chair – Cay Mims (SMEDG)

• The Jinfeng Gold Deposit – geology and mine feasibilty progress of a Chinese ‘Carlin’ analogy. PowerPoint Presentation
• 11.30 – 12.00 Marc Nally (Trans Siberian Gold) & Greg Corbett
• the richest undeveloped gold province in
• 12.00 – 12.30 David Moore (Mincor Resources NL)
• Tethyan Copper Company and the Reko Diq Project, Pakistan.
• Lunch – Buffet in the Dining Hall 12.30 – 13.45 75 minutes

• Session 3 13.45 – 15.15 Session Chair – Greg Corbett (Past President AIG)

• 13.45 – 14.15 Brian Levet (Newmont)
• The Martabe gold project, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• 14.15 – 14.45 Andrew McIlwain (Lafayette Mining)
• The Rapu Rapu project, Philippines.
• 14.45 – 15.15 Climax Mining (Paul Joyce/Rob Thomson)
• Exploration Update and New Development Concepts for
  the Didipio project,
• Afternoon Tea around the Trade Displays 15.15 – 16.00 45 minutes

• Session 4 16.00 – 17.30 Session Chair – Russell Fountain

• 16.00 – 16.30 Peter Flindell (Avocet Mining PLC)
• Avocet Mining – Exploration and Development Across Central and
• 16.30 – 17.00 Bob Close (National Mining Company of Oman)
• The Shinas-Hatta VMS copper-gold deposits,
• 17.00 – 17.30 Terry Middleton (Herald Resources Ltd)
• The Dairi Sedex Zn-Pb and Meluak Gold deposits, Sumatra Indonesia.