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Following
a number of highly successful events in London, Singapore,
Johannesburg, Amsterdam and Brussels, the Global Gold,
Diamonds and Precious Metals Forum was the first
mining investment conference of this scale ever held in
Germany.
Germany,
historically not a major mining investment centre despite a
considerable financial sector, has however responded very
enthusiastically to this one-day event. Over 100 delegates
(excluding speakers) mainly representatives of private and
investment banks, fund managers, financial advisors, asset
managers and private investors attended the conference,
exceeding the expectations of both organisers and
participants. The overwhelmingly positive feedback from
delegates, speakers and sponsors has encouraged Omega to
schedule a follow-up conference for 2003.
High-profile
speakers representing large gold, silver and platinum mining
companies, junior miners, precious metals funds, highly
specialised mining analysts and the German investment
community came together at this forum to discuss the
prospects of precious metals and diamonds taking the state
of the world economy and other factors into consideration.
Special
mention should be made of the presentations by Bernard
Swanepoel, Chief Executive of Harmony Gold Mining Company,
and Ian Cockerill, President and CEO of Gold Fields, both
attracted much interest from the German investment
community. The two South African “heavy weights” were
able to present a very encouraging picture of investing in
gold backed by their strong corporate performance in recent
years. Agreeing on a bright outlook for gold in 2003, both
presenters predicted that the gold price will rise to over
$350 an ounce next year.
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Tom
Kendall
Editor: The Platinum 2002 Interim Review
Johnson Matthey
Bernard
Swanepoel
Chief Executive
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Anthony
J.
Williams
Executive Chairman
European Diamonds
Wolfgang
Wrzesniok-Rossbach
Head
Precious Metals and Commodity Department, Frankfurt
Dresdner Kleinwort
Wasserstein
Evy
Hambro
Sector
Fund Manager - Natural Resources
Merrill
Lynch Investment Managers
Martin
Siegel
Fund
Advisor
Siegel
Investments
Kjeld
Thygesen
Managing
Director
Lion
Resource Management
(Download
latest Excelsior Mining Fund Newsletter - PDF)
Ian
Cockerill
President and CEO
Gold Fields
Kevin
Crisp
Director,
Precious Metals Strategist
Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein
John
Reade
Precious
Metals Analyst
UBS
Warburg
Leonne
Francot-Vaessen
Director
V&F
Advice
Eric
Pohl
Co-Head
Capital Markets
Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein
Dariusz
Petrykowski
Director
Precious Metals Trading Dept
KPMG
Polska Miedz
Markus
Mezger
Senior
Analyst
Baden-Württembergische
Bank AG
Simon
Village
Managing
Director Investment Services
World
Gold Council
Klaus
Eckhof
Managing
Director
Spinifex
Gold Limited
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Tom Kendall and Johnson
Matthey
Leonne Francot- Vaessen
Bernard Swanepoel, Tom
Kendall & Simon Village
Tony Williams, European
Diamonds
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