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Junior Mining & Exploration: Diary announcementThe Junior Mining & Exploration Conference & Exhibition, is set to take place from 6 - 8 November 2012, at Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg. ![]() With the explicit mandate to promote investment, development, growth and sustainability, the Junior Mining & Exploration Conference & Exhibition is primed as the platform to explore the latest opportunities and success strategies for junior to mid-tier mining companies - from exploration to production within Southern Africa. CEOs, entrepreneurs and leading mining executives, are securing their places at this premier, inaugural event, which has attracted a host of over 40 prominent speakers across the mining landscape. Says conference chair, Bernard Swanepoel, CEO Village Main Reef, "The junior mining sector is critical for future job creation. Certain sectors of the South African mining industry are in deep crisis, as recently witnessed in the platinum belt labour disputes. This is therefore the ideal time for a forum, which brings together the mining industry, investors, and other key stakeholders, to drive interventions, in an attempt to take the industry forward." Snapshot of the unrivalled panel of speakers:Industry Organisations and Stakeholders: Leading figures in the mining industry: Bernard Swanepoel, CEO, Village Main Reef PLUS: Godfrey Gomwe, Anglo American AND MANY MORE... Fundamental conference issues to be addressed, include:
IIR BV SA Project Manager, Paula Munsie, adds that although there are many challenges for mining companies to face; there exist many great prospects in Southern Africa, in almost all commodity sectors including: coal, gold, manganese, iron ore, rare earths, chrome, copper, platinum, diamonds and more. "Through debates, discussions and networking, the conference will provide an opportunity to gain valuable insights from a plethora of principal executives and entrepreneurs, on where these openings lie and what it takes to succeed in the world of junior mining." Three easy ways to register:Call IIR BV SA on: + 27 (0) 11 771 7000 |