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

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Thanks to our Sponsors:

Placer Dome

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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 Asia.

9.50 – 10.20 Tony Manini (Oxiana Ltd)

Exploration and development of the Sepon gold and copper projects, Laos.

Morning Tea at the Trade Displays 10.20 – 11.00 40 minutes

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

11.00 – 11.30 Greg Jones (Sino Mining)

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

Kamchatka – the richest undeveloped gold province in Russia.

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, Philippines.

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 Southeast Asia.

16.30 – 17.00 Bob Close (National Mining Company of Oman)

The Shinas-Hatta VMS copper-gold deposits, Oman.

17.00 – 17.30 Terry Middleton (Herald Resources Ltd)

The Dairi Sedex Zn-Pb and Meluak Gold deposits, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Conference Summary

& Wind-up 17.30 – 17.45 Dr Ken Maiden then sent us to drinks and snacks at Trade Displays in Foyer.

Trade Displays Visit the Sites

* 2iC Encom Maptek SMG Consultants Fugro Airborne Surveys Hellman & Schofield Pty. Ltd. ("H&S") Exploration New South Wales: Mining Beyond 2000 - NSW DMR io digital JBS Environmental Services ANDERSON DRILLING Posters: Golden Cross Resources Gnomic Exploration Services PHOTOS AT THE TRADE DISPLAYS LAST YEAR

SYMPOSIUM DINNER: Banquet at Saigon Pearl, West Street, North Sydney. $55.00

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