AGENDA
5 April, Tuesday
| 09.00–10.00 | Welcome coffee |
| 10.00–17.30 | Master Classes for Mining Professionals |
| 10.00–11.30 | Master Class 1 (Sary Arka 1) “Reserves and resources reporting for international financial markets” Organiser: SRK Consulting |
| 10.00-10.20 | Preparing for IPO.The Independent Engineers Report and how it sits in the context of the IPO process. Tony Thornton, General Director, SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan) |
| 10.20-10.40 | Computerised geological modelling – how to maximise the benefits. Alexander Polonyankin, Senior Resource Geologist, SRK Consulting (Russia) |
| 10.40-11.00 | Evolution of geotechnical evaluation. Sergey Ogorodnikov, Geotechnical Consultant, SRK Consulting (Russia) |
| 11.00-11.20 | Developing mines for Kazakh and international requirements. Nikolai Yenshin, Business Development Director, Senior Mining Engineer, SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan) |
| 11.20-11.30 | Objectives of the State committee on Reserves of Republic of Kazakhstan. Alexander Kuzovenko, Head of Department on Subsoil Expertise, State Geology and Subsoil Use Committee, Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan |
| 11.30–12.00 | Coffee Break |
| 12.00–13.30 | Master Class 2 (Sary Arka 1) “Complex engineering solutions for mining enterprises” Organiser: TOMS |
| 12.00 – 12.05 | Development stages of mining enterprise. Artem Romanchenko, General Director, “TOMS Engineering” |
| 12.05 – 12.25 | Use of modern techniques and equipment for the study of technological properties of ores and the development of efficient technologies of ore processing. Arkady Senchenko, Director of Research and New Technologies, NIIP “TOMS” |
| 12.25 – 12.40 | Metallurgical technologies of processing thrust concentrates. Alexander Aksenov, Chief metallurgist and head of metallurgy design bureau, NIIP “TOMS” |
| 12.40 – 12.55 | Integrated design of mining and processing enterprises Artem Romanchenko, General Director, “TOMS Engineering” |
| 12.55 – 13.10 | Turnkey integrated technological solutions. Roman Men’kin, Head of Engineering dept., “TOMS Engineering” |
| 13.10 - 13.30 | Using EPCM approach in designing mining production Artem Romanchenko, General Director, “TOMS Engineering” |
| 13.30–14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30–15.30 | Master Class 3 (Sary Arka 1) “Managing mining IPOs” Organiser: KPMG Moderator: Olga Plevako, Associate Director, Transaction Services, KPMG Presenters (awaiting confirmation) |
| 14.30-14.50 | Financing of mining companies through IPO. Vassily Savin, Director, Corporate Finance, Valuation Group, KPMG Russia and CIS |
| 14.50-15.00 | Listing requirements and IPO process overview. Olga Plevako, Associate Director, Transaction Services, KPMG in Russia and the CIS |
| 15.00-15.15 | IPO management. Eduard Yegay, Associate Director, Transaction and Restructuring, Almaty |
| 15.15-15.30 | Listing on Kazakh Stock Exchange Asel Khairova, Partner, Metals and Mining, KPMG Kazakhstan |
| 15.30–16.00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00–17.30 | Master Class 4 (Sary Arka 1) “International aspects of Mining Industry and its role in economic development” Presenter: Alexei Mojarov, Economic Affairs Officer, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD • Sustainable development and mining • International legal framework for the development of mining industry • The evolution of international policies, international organisations and their initiatives |
| 17.30–19.00 | Welcome drinks (Sary Arka 2) |
6 April, Wednesday
| 09.00 – 09.45 | Welcome coffee | |
| 09.45 – 10.00 | OPENING ADDRESSES | |
| 09.45 – 09.50 | Welcome address from the forum organisers Jan Lewis, Chairman of the MINEX Central Asia Technical Committee, President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) |
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| 09.50 – 10.00 | Opening address Murat Musatayev, Deputy Secretary General, Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES) |
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| 10.00 – 11.00 | Plenary sessions (Sary Arka 1) | |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Plenary session 1 “Modernisation and growth developments in Kazakhstan’s mining and exploration sector” Moderator: Kairat Kelimbetov, Chairman, Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund |
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| 10.00 – 10.10 | Opening address Kairat Kelimbetov, Chairman, Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund |
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| 10.10 – 10.30 | Keynote address Aset Issekeshev, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan |
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| 10.30 – 10.45 | Nurlan Sauranbayev, Managing Director, Samruk-Kazyna | |
| 10.45 – 11.00 | New development trends in mining industry. Oleg Soskovets, Chairman, Eurasian Business Council |
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break sponsored by Uranium One |
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| 11.30 – 13.15 | Plenary session 2 “Current regulation and investment climate in the mineral exploration and extraction sector in Kazakhstan and Central Asia” Moderators: Oleg Soskovets, Chairman, Eurasian Business Council and Lady Barbara Judge, CBE, Special Advisor to the Chairman of Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund - Chairman emeritus of UK atomic energy authority |
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| 11.30 – 11.45 | Key priorities for development of metals and mining industry in Kazakhstan Bolat Svyatov, Chairman, National Mining Company, “Tau-Ken Samruk” |
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| 11.45 – 12.00 | New developments in the law on “Subsoil and subsoil use” in Kazakhstan” Bulat Uzhkenov, Chairman, State Geological Committee of Kazakhstan |
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| 12.00 – 12.15 | Fiscal regulation of mineral exploration and extraction in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Graeme Huggins, Director, Tax Services, Ernst & Young Kazakhstan and Zhanna Tamenova, National Director of Tax for Central Asia, Ernst & Young |
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| 12.15 – 12.30 | The role current role of mineral exploration companies in Kazakhstan Bulat Bagadayev, President, Association of industrial geological organisations of Kazakhstan |
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| 12.30 – 12.45 | The World Bank's role in mining sector reform - drawing from international experiences. Alexandra Pugachevsky, Senior expert, Oil Gas and Mining Division, World Bank |
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| 12.45 – 13.00 | Implementation of transparency initiative in mineral extractive sector in Kyrgyzstan. Karybek Ibraev, Executive Director, Kyrgyz Mining Association |
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| 13.00 – 13.15 | Priorities for development of the mineral resources and mining industry in Tajikistan Rakhmonbek Bakhtdavlatov, 1st Deputy Head of Geology Administration under the Government of Tajikistan |
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| 13.15 – 14.45 | Lunch (Sary Arka 4) | |
| 14.45 – 16.00 | Parallel technical sessions | |
| Technical session 1 (Sary Arka 1) “Accessing exploration targets in Central Asia. Projects and technologies” Moderator: Phil Newall, Director - Minerals, Wardell Armstrong International | Technical session 2 (Sary Arka 3) "Integrated approaches in mine management” Session sponsor: Irgiredmet Moderator: Grigory Voiloshnikov, Deputy General Director, Science & Innovations, Irgiredmet |
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| 14.45 | Investment opportunities in mining and metals sector of Kazakhstan. Yerlan Ramazanov, Head of Investment Projects Dept., National Mining Company, “Tau-Ken Samruk” | 14.45Priorities for development of mineral resources of Kazakhstan Tulegen Mukhanov, Deputy Executive Director, Association of Mining & Metallurgical Enterprises |
| 15.00 | Chris Welton, General Manager Exploration - Central Asia, Rio Tinto | 15.00Grigory Voiloshnikov, Deputy General Director, Science & Innovations, Irgiredmet |
| 15.15 | International tender for the development and exploration of the Konimansuri Kalon silver, lead and zinc deposit in Tajikistan. Oleg Kudashov, Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation | 15.15Vladimir Menshenin, Director of Metallurgy Department, ENRC Kazakhstan |
| 15.30 | Kounrad Project: Introducing an Advanced Dumps’ Processing Technology in Kazakhstan. Pavel Semenchenko, General Director, TOO Sary Kazna | 15.30 Joint Kazakh-International Technical Studies Mike Beare, Principal Mining Engineer, SRK Consulting (UK) |
| 15.45 | Spectral Capital: Unlocking Resource Sector Value in Emerging Markets Jonathan Dariyanani, General Counsel, Spectral Capital Corporation | 15.45Mineral processing pilot plants using drill core to better represent a deposit. Timothy Elliott, Divisional Managing Director - Geochemical & Assay, Stewart Group |
| 16.00 | Raising the technological level of mineral exploration. Tamara Golovina, Executive Director, RJC Consulting and RJC Project | 16:00Supply of technological equipment and reagents for mineral processing. Key issues. Andrey Koshkin, Principal commercial manager, Irgiredmet |
| 16.00 – 16.45 | Coffee break (sponsored by Uranium One) | |
| 16.45 – 18.05 | Technical session 3 (Sary Arka 1) “Future development of Kazakhstan’s Uranium and Rare-Earth metals potential” Session sponsor: JSC NAC "Kazatomprom" Moderator: Vladimir Shkolnik, Chairman of the Board, “Kazatomprom” | Technical session 4 (Sary Arka 3) “Environmental and CSR challenges in mining sector” Moderator: : Svetlana Ivanova, Head of Environmental Department, ENRC Kazakhstan |
| 16.45 | International cooperation on development of uranium and rare earth metals and creation of high-tech industries in Kazakhstan. Nurlan Ryspanov, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC NAC “Kazatomprom” | 16.45Mine Closure Planning and Post Mining Regeneration Jan Lewis, Managing Director, Wardell Armstrong International |
| 17.00 | Current state and future of rare earth metals mining in Russia. Vladimir Servetnik, Director for Non-Uranium Projects, Atomredmetzoloto Uranium Mining Co. | 17.00Implementation of advanced environmental technological process in mining and metallurgical activities at Kazzinc. Boris Kolpakov, Chief ecologist, Kazzinc |
| 17.15 | Fletcher Newton, Executive Vice President, Strategic Affairs, Uranium One | 17.15Corporate Responsibility and CIS Mining Industry. Dr Ken Charman,, IMC Montan |
| 17.30 | AREVA's strategy in Central Asia. Jacques Peythieu, Vice President, Strategy and Development, AREVA Mining Business Group | 17.30Undertaking Environmental and Social Assessment of Projects to comply with Kazakh standards and international requirements for project financing. Craig Watt, Principal Environmental Engineer, SRK Consulting (UK) |
| 17.45 | Foresight and strategic development of Kazatomprom Kalilallo Baitasov, Manager, Technology and Research Development Dept., JSC NAC “Kazatomprom” | 17.45Mining industry: non-technical social and environmental risks. Elena Amirkhanova, Principal Consultant, ERM Eurasia |
| 17.55 | Creation of complex high-tech production of beryllium products at Yermakovskoje mine Vladimir Savin, Deputy Project Director “Yermakovskoje mine”, MBC Corporation | 18.00Problems of closing (conversion to gold mining) of mercury mines. Valentin Bogdetsky, Board member, Kyrgyz Mining Association |
| 18.05 | Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, CBE, former chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority | |
| 18.00 – 19.30 | DRINKS RECEPTION (Sary Arka 2) sponsored by Atomredmetzoloto |
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| 19.30 – 22.00 | Gala Dinner (Sary Arka 4) - by invitation only | |
7 April, Thursday
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Welcome coffee sponsored by Ogier |
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| 10.00 – 13.30 | Plenary sessions | |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Plenary session 3 (Sary Arka 1) “Mining leaders: strategies and plans in Central Asia and beyond” Co-moderators: Nurlan Sauranbayev, Managing Director, Samruk-Kazyna and Asel Khairova, Partner, Metals and Mining, KPMG Kazakhstan |
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| 10.00 – 10.15 | Patrice L'Huillier, Vice president operations, ENRC | |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Vitaly Nesis, CEO, Polymetal | |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Kevin Fox, Managing Director, Exploration for Africa , Europe and Asia, Rio Tinto | |
| 10.45 – 11.00 | David Woodall, CEO, Altynalmas Gold | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break sponsored by Ogier (Sary Arka 2) |
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| 11.30 – 13.30 | Plenary Session 4 (Sary Arka 1) “Financing mining projects: private equity, strategic financing, IPO” Lydia Petrashova, Head of CIS Metals and Mining, KPMG |
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| 11.30 – 11.45 | Overview of principal ways of financing mining companies Lydia Petrashova, Head of CIS Metals and Mining, KPMG |
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| 11.45 – 12.00 | Lucy Tarleton, Business Development Manager, UK Equity Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange | |
| 12.00 – 12.15 | Where East Meets West. Financing Mining Projects in Central Asia. Alexander Lopatnikov, Managing Director, American Appraisal) |
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| 12.15 – 12.30 | Maximising asset value for IPO. Phil Newall, Director - Minerals, Wardell Armstrong |
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| 12.30 – 12.45 | The importance of having the right International Holding Structure for IPO. Marc Yates, Partner, Ogier |
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| 12.45 - 13.00 | Key credit consideration for rating mining companies. Larissa Loznova, Vice President - Senior Analyst, Moody's Eastern Europe |
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| 13.00-13.15 | Fanglu Wang, Chief Investment Officer, CITIC-Kazyna Investment Fund I | |
| 13.15 – 14.30 | Lunch (Sary Arka 4) sponsored by American Appraisal |
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| 14.30 – 16.15 | Technical session 5 (Sary Arka 3) “Mine design and planning: practices and technologies” Session sponsor: Micromine Moderator: : Serikjan Urbisinov, Senior Geological Consultant, Micromine Consulting |
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| 14.30 – 14.45 | Mining project management: realities and perspectives. Dr. Alexei Tsekhovoi, Director, Central Asian Mining Industrial Union - President, Project Management Union |
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| 14.45 – 15.00 | Resources, reserves and classification issues. Dmitry Pertel, Principal Consultant, Resources, Micromine |
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| 15.00 – 15.15 | Advanced technologies for the passage of mine workings and linings optimisation. Denis Dikun, Chief Expert, Mining Department, MCC Shaftproject |
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| 15.15 – 15.30 | Mining and logistics control systems: current status and development prospects. Mikhail Makeev, Projects manager, VIST Group |
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| 15.30 – 15.45 | Key aspects of improvement of economic efficiency of mining projects. Alexander Polyakov, Deputy General Director, Engineering and Development, VNIPI “Promyshlennoy technologii” |
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| 15.45 – 16.00 | Production of high quality copper by solvent extraction. Philip Crane, Regional Business Manager, Cognis: a part of BASF |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee break sponsored by Ogier |
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| 16.30 – 17.15 | Closing discussion (Sary Arka 1) “Mining in Central Asia. Going forward” Moderator: Alexei Mojarov, Economic Affairs Officer, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD |
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| Closing speech: Kairat Kelimbetov, Chairman, Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund | ||
| 17.15 – 19.30 | Drinks (Sary Arka 4) | |
