Comprehensive Technical Program Provides Greater Value

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 * PM

Commodities and market outlook

Sponsored by BMO Nesbitt Burns, GMP Securities, Macquarie North America, National Bank Financial, RBC Capital Markets and Scotia Capital

Overview, Alan Williamson, HSBC, London, U.K.

Gold, Bernard Hunter, Scotia Mocatta, Toronto, Canada

Silver, Bruce Alway, GFMS, London, U.K.

Copper, Victor Lazarovici, BMO Nesbitt Burns, New York, U.S.

Nickel, Greg Barnes, TD Securities, Toronto, Canada

Coal (speaker to be announced)

Lead/Zinc, Andy Roebuck, Teck Cominco Metals, Toronto, Canada

Platinum, Jack Jones, Lonmin, London, U.K.

Uranium, Dustin Garrow, Colorado Nuclear, Golden, U.S.

World Mines Ministries Forum / PDAC joint plenary session

Geological surveys as honest brokers of knowledge for informed sustainable mining decisions, Murray Duke, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Mining clusters in the new economy, Indira Singh & Marc Leroux, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Sudbury, Canada

Better sector governance: Securing benefits streams for the nation and communities, Craig Andrews & Michael Stanley, The World Bank, Washington, U.S.

Corporate social responsibility in the mining industry, Michael Bourassa, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin & Steve Vaughan, McMillan Binch Mendelsohn, Toronto, Canada

Mineral resource benefits and revenue sharing models, Andy Fyon, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Sudbury, Canada

MONDAY, MARCH 6 * AM

Keynote session: Mining’s Back!

Mining’s back: The current state of global exploration, Ned Goodman, Dundee Resources, Toronto, Canada

Mining and the development of local and national economies, Paul Mitchell, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), London, U.K.

Success stories of the new bull market, Terry MacGibbon, FNX Mining, Toronto, Canada

Doing it right: Exploration, production, and sustainability around the world, Kelvin Dushnisky, Barrick Gold, Toronto, Canada

The next generation of discoveries, Harold Gibson, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada and Gerald Riverin, Cogitore Resources, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada

MONDAY, MARCH 6 * PM

Diamonds in Canada: Cratons to carots

New promise in an old pipe: The DO-27 story, N.W.T., Jennifer Pell, Peregrine Diamonds, Toronto, Canada

Eclogites and Peridotites: Back to basics and ultrabasics, Dan Schulze, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada

Cratons and structures: Relationships between lithosphere-forming events and diamond growth episodes, Herb Helmstaedt, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Joint ventures: Diamond mines and jewelers, Bob Gannicott, Aber Diamond, Toronto, Canada

Conducting a prefeasibility on the Star kimberlite in central Saskatchewan, George Read, Shore Gold, Saskatoon, Canada

Latin America: Living up to the promise (part 1 of 2)

Latin America: Political and economic overview, Pablo F.G. Brard, Scotia Capital, Toronto, Canada

Chile: Macro-economic outlook, Vittorio Corbo, Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile

A favourable political and economic environment for investment? Roundtable, Pablo F.G. Brard, Scotia Capital, Toronto, Canada and Vittorio Corbo, Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Mexico – The Sierra Madre: Ready for gold/silver discovery, Ken Balleweg, Minas de Oro National/Alamos Gold, Toronto, Canada

Guatemala: An emerging frontier for gold production, Tim Miller, Glamis Gold, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Pueblo Viejo: Technical challenges of a promising deposit: (speaker to be announced), Placer Dome, Reno, U.S.

Brazil: Coming into its own as a major diversified metals producer, (speaker to be announced), CVRD, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Aboriginal participation in the mineral industry

La Paix des Braves: A historic agreement between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec, Jack Blacksmith, Cree Mineral Exploration Board, Wemindji, Canada

Kasabonika First Nation, Northwest Ontario: Community driven process in mineral exploration, Eno Anderson, Kasabonika First Nation, Kasabonika, Canada

Eagle Rock Aggregate Quarry, Port Alberni, British Columbia: A united perspective between the Hupacasath First Nation & Polaris Minerals, Marco Romero, Polaris Minerals, Vancouver, Canada and Judith Sayers, Hupacasath First Nation, Port Alberni, Canada

Wemindji Exploration: A First Nation’s pragmatic approach to mineral exploration in northern Quebec, Mary Vera, Wemindji Exploration, Wemindji, Canada

Key considerations for developing a successful partnership: The Voisey’s Bay example, Bart Jack, Innu Development Limited Partnership, Sheshatshiu, Canada

Diavik Diamond Mines: Building Aboriginal business capacity, Eric Christensen, Diavik Diamond Mines, Yellowknife, Canada

TUESDAY, MARCH 7 * AM

Canada in the forefront (part 1 of 2)

Destination Canada: A century’s growth of a world-class mineral industry, Richard W. Hutchinson, Charles F. Fogarty Professor (Emeritus), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, U.S.

Evolution of the Sudbury Exploration Model: Pathways to footwall ore, Scott McLean & David Richardson, Falconbridge, Sudbury, Canada

Base metals in the Abitibi: Yes, there is life after life, Gerald Riverin, Cogitore Resources, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada

Renaissance of the Athabasca basin, Andrew Gracie & Christopher Frostad, Purepoint Uranium Group, Toronto, Canada

Airborne geochemistry: Canadian leadership in hyperspectral applications for exploration, Mike Peshko, Geological Business Solutions (GBSI), Toronto, Canada

Canada’s oil sands, A global first (speaker to be announced)

Latin America: Living up to the promise (part 2 of 2)

Social and environmental challenges of modern mineral exploration, Susan Joyce, On Common Ground Consultants, Lima, Peru

Ecuador: Waiting to be explored, Larry Phillips, IAMGOLD, Toronto, Canada

The social licence to operate: Fact or fiction?, Roque Benavides, Compaia de Minas Buenaventura, Augusto Baertl, IMA Latin America, Lima, Peru & Joseph Danni, Glamis Gold, Reno, U.S.

The social licence to operate: Fact or fiction? Roundtable, Roque Benavides, Compaia de Minas Buenaventura, Augusto Baertl, IMA Latin America, Lima, Peru & Joseph Danni, Glamis Gold, Reno, U.S.

Precious metal exploration potential in Peru, Cesar Vidal, Compania de Minas Buenaventura, Lima, Peru

San Cristbal, Bolivia: From concept to completion, developing a major silver-lead-zinc mine, Alan R. Edwards, APEX Silver Mines, Denver, U.S.

TUESDAY, MARCH 7 * PM

Canada in the forefront (part 2 of 2)

Canada: A leading contributor to international exploration and development, Tony Andrews, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

Finding porphyry coppers: From Chile to the Yukon, David Lowell, Peru Copper, Rio Rico, U.S.

Exploration in West Africa in 2006: For those of us who missed Timmins in 1906, Jon North, North Atlantic Resources, Toronto, Canada

Canada’s contribution to global exploration and development financing, Gorden Glenn, TD Securities, Toronto, Canada

Peru: Risks and opportunities for Canadian explorers, Jerry Blackwell, Gitennes Exploration, Vancouver, Canada

Exploration in post Soviet Mongolia: Canadian companies lead the way, Patrick Redmond, QGX, Waterdown, Canada

Geophysics — New exploration techniques and technologies

Mineral exploration using modern data mining techniques, Colin T. Barnett, BWG Mining, Boulder, U.S.

Exploring for iron oxide deposits in Brazil using Airborne Full Tensor Gradiometry (AIR-FTG), James Mataragio, Bell Geospace, Houston, U.S.

Seismic reflection surveys exploring for Archeaen orogenic gol
d in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Ned Stolz, Gold Fields & St. Ives Gold Mining Co., Kambalda, Australia

Mapping deep conductors and alteration in the Athabasca basin: A multi-faceted approach, Rodney R. Koch, COGEMA Resources, Saskatoon, Canada

Kimberlite exploration and delineation, Bruce McMonnies, De Beers Canada, Toronto, Canada

Successful application of electro-magnetics in the Reid Brook Zone: Targeting economic wall-rock mineralization in the presence of large uneconomic sulphide conductors, Brian Bengert, Inco, Sudbury, Canada

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 * AM

New discoveries and developments

lonore gold project, Quebec, Andre Gaumond, Virginia Gold Mines, Quebec City, Canada

Boka gold project, China, John Paterson, Southwestern Resources, Vancouver, Canada

Quimsacocha gold project, Ecuador, John McCombe and Jorge Barreno, IAMGOLD, Toronto, Canada

Foxtrot-Renard, Quebec’s first diamond mine?, Robert Boyd, Ashton Mining of Canada, Vancouver, Canada

The Araguaia nickel laterite discovery, Brazil: From first hole to significant resource in 18 months, Felisberto Castro, Falconbridge Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Marcona copper project, Peru: The largest IOCG discovery in the Americas in the last 10 years, Bob Baxter and Carol Freis, Chariot Resources, Lima, Peru

Finance

Current trends in mining equity markets, Bill Washington, Wellington West Capital Markets, Toronto, Canada

Legal changes affecting mining finance, Jay Kellerman, Stikeman, Elliott, Toronto, Canada

Financing an emerging mid-tier producer, Peter Marrone, Yamana Gold, Toronto, Canada

Assessing the broader impact of flow-through shares, Dave Comba, Burlington, Canada

Financing strategy for a junior gold exploration company: Through the good times and bad, Andre Gaumond, Virginia Gold Mines, Quebec City, Canada

Untangling the mergers and acquisitions web, Joe Conway, IAMGOLD, Toronto, Canada