Delegates ranging from junior miners to the large mining houses, from mining suppliers to mining information technology experts, from rural development agencies to the IFC / World Bank, and the IDC of South Africa, from mining consultants to mining engineers, from the Royal Bafokeng Nation (the King attended) to Ranger Minerals from Australia, and from corporate bankers to venture capitalists – likewise the personal advisor to the SA Minister of Minerals and Energy. A very successful event with solid and measurable outcomes. 

Speakers and presentations included:

• Leading by example
  Pine Pienaar, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

• Financing Mining Projects - How IFC can make a difference
  Philip Condon, IFC

• The Mineral Development Bill
  Hulme Scholes, Werksmans Attorneys

• Examining Opportunities and Obstacles facing the South African mining industry
  Roger Baxter, Chamber of Mines SA

• New Africa Mining Fund - A Bakubung Initiative
  Arthur Mashiatshidi, Decorum Capital Partners

• The state as an information partner
  Dr Nok Frick, Council of Geoscience