“NSW MINERAL EXPLORATION & INVESTMENT 2005” CONFERENCE
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
- DAY 1 (at 10.08.05)
(Thursday
1 September 2005)
“Exploring
in NSW”
Registration: 8:15 -
9:00
Session One
Chair: Mr Barry Buffier, Director-General, Department of
Primary Industries (DPI)
9:00 Welcome
from Chair
9:05 Opening Address. The Hon. Morris Iemma, Premier of NSW invited.
9:30 Keynote Address: Newcrest and its Ongoing Commitment to
New South Wales.
Mr Ian
Johnson, Chairman, Newcrest Mining Limited
10:15 -10:45 Morning Tea (and exhibition viewing)
Session Two
Chair: Dr Nicole
Williams, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Minerals Council
10:45 The New
Department - Enhancing Service Delivery to Industry. Mr Alan Coutts, Deputy
Director- General, Mineral
Resources, DPI
11:05 Exploration NSW
Initiatives. Director,
Geological Survey of NSW, DPI
11:45 Geoscience Mapping
in Support of Exploration in NSW
Mr John Watkins, Manager Regional
Mapping & Exploration
Geoscience, Geological Survey of NSW, DPI
12:15-1:40 Lunch
Session Three
Chair: Dr Chris Pigram, Chief of Minerals Division,
Geoscience Australia
1:40 Petroleum
Overview - NSW Potential Begins to be Realised.
Mr Brad Mullard, Director, Minerals Maitland,
DPI
2:00 Exploring
and Developing NSW’s Petroleum Resources. Mr Dennis Morton, Managing Director, Eastern Star Gas
2:25 CBM Exploration in
the Gloucester Basin. Mr David Casey, Molopo Australia
2:50 Peak as a Base for Cobar Regional Exploration Success. Mr Rex Berthelsen, Wheaton
River Minerals
3.15-3:40 Afternoon Tea (and exhibition viewing)
Session Four - Exploration / Advanced Projects
Chair: Director, Geological Survey of NSW, DPI
3:40 Murray Basin
Exploration Success. Mr Peter
Benjamin, Iluka Resources
4:00 Broken
Hill Expansion and Promising Prospects. Mr Len Jubber, CEO, Perilya
4:20 Straits Resources
Explores NSW and Revisits Hillgrove. Mr
Bruce Hooper, Chief Geologist, Straits
Resources
4:40 Dargues Reef Gold
Project, near Braidwood. Dr Derek Fisher, Managing Director, Moly Mines
5:00 Close of Day 1 Conference Drinks Reception
B. Preliminary Program only.
Paper titles and speakers may be subject to change.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM – DAY 2 (at 10.08.05)
(Friday 2
September 2005:
“Projects and Investing in NSW”
Registration: 8:15 -
9:00
Session One
Chair: Mr Alan
Coutts, Deputy Director-General, Mineral Resources, DPI
9:00 Welcome to Day 2. The Hon. Ian Macdonald, Minister
for Mineral Resources
9:20 Keynote Address: Minnow to Major –Excel’s Investment in NSW.
Mr Tony Haggarty.
Managing Director, Excel Mining Limited
10:00 Promoting and
Funding Mining Projects –Key Issues
Mr Michael Lawrence.
Managing
Director, Minval Associates Pty Ltd
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (and exhibition viewing)
Session Two
Chair: Mr Rod Henderson, Chair, KPMG Energy & Natural
Resources (NSW)
11:00
Industry
Developments in NSW Mr Tony Galligan, Director, Minerals
Development, DPI
11:30 Power - Where to from Here? Mr Steve Ireland, Manager Fuel
and Environment, Macquarie Generation
12:00 White Mining’s
Growth Plans in NSW. Mr Travers Duncan, Chairman, White Mining
Limited
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Session Three
Chair: Mrs Margaret MacDonald-Hill, Executive Officer, Association
of Mining Related Councils
1:45
Tritton
Copper Mine Develops. Mr Mick McMullen, Technical Director,
Tritton Resources Limited
2:15 Phoenix Rises –Rediscovering a Lost Goldfield. Dr Garry
Lowder, Managing Director,
Malachite Resources
2:45 Endeavor Zinc-Lead-Silver Mine Developments. Mr Bob Besley,
Managing Director, CBH Resources
3:15 - 3:40 Afternoon Tea
Session Four -Project Development Updates
Chair: Mr Tony
Galligan, Director, Minerals Development, DPI
3:40 Sydney Basin CBM Developments. CEO, Sydney Gas
4:00 Hera Gold/Base
Metals Project. Dr Angus
Collins, Managing Director, Triako Resources
4:20 Pooncarie Mineral
Sands Project under Construction. Mr Ian Schache, Exec. General
Manager-East Australia, BeMaX Resources
4:40 Northparkes Mines
E48 Development and Regional Prospects. Mr Stephen Duffield, E48 Project
Manager, Northparkes Mines
5:00 Close of Conference Mr
Alan Coutts, Deputy Director-General, Mineral Resources, DPI
NB. Preliminary Program only.
Paper titles and speakers may be subject to change.