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Given
Africa’s highly enhanced importance as a resource and
mining continent, the principals of The Mineral Corporation have
chosen to do a series of international presentations during
2005 on the main mining areas in Africa – starting in
London
on 19 January with the DRC and
Zambia
.
The
above workshop was of a very high level and aimed at
strategic planners within mining and exploration companies,
investment advisors, institutional and private investors,
stockbrokers and analysts, etc.
This
one-day event spotlighted the following key factors
effecting future investment decisions in the DRC and
Zambia
:
1. Political and socio-economic developments
2. Recent advances in the understanding of this region's
geological and metallogenic
framework related to:
- Mineral Deposits
-
Ore
genesis
- Target selection
3. The who, what and why of:
- Exploration activity
- Development projects
- Operating mines
4. Risk and security assessments
5. Legislative, administrative and fiscal environments
6. Infrastructure
Presenters
included:
Howard Barrie, Partner and Head of Project Finance, Denton
Wilde Sapte
Elias Chipimo, Founding and Senior Partner, Corpus
Globe
Derek
Kyle,
Chairman, The Mineral Corporation
Laurence Robb, Professor of Economic Geology, The
Mineral Corporation
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