Some of the continent’s most
successful and exciting mining houses as well as leading industry service
providers will join at least four mining ministers from the region for the
inaugural East & Central Africa Mining Forum that kicks off
in Kigali on Monday.
Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is the latest
mining industry expert that has partnered with the event. They will join
regional
mining pioneers such as Ivanhoe, TechMet, Montero Mining and Walkabout
Resources and share their experiences in the field, current success stories and
future plans for the region during the two-day conference and exhibition.
The conference programme also features a ministerial panel, during which the
Zimbabwean mining minister and South Sudan’s undersecretary for mining as well
as the CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum & Gas Board (RMB) will discuss
regional mineral trade and investment.
Opening session highlights: Monday, 28 October 2019:
Keynote address: “Mining in action: catalyst for Africa’s
progression and development”
H.E. Amb. Albert Mudenda Muchanga, Commissioner for Trade and Industry, African
Union Commission, Ethiopia
Ministerial panel: “Increasing regional mineral
trade and investment”
Moderator: Sheila Khama, Private Consultant, Botswana
– Hon. Francis Gatare, CEO, Rwanda Mines, Petroleum & Gas Board, Rwanda
– Dr Andu Ezbon Adde, Undersecretary, Ministry of Mining, Republic of South
Sudan
– Hon. Winston Chitando, Minister of Mines & Mining Development, Republic
of Zimbabwe
Industry support
There is great excitement in the run-up to the event with lots of support from
leading mining and exploration companies in the region as well as top suppliers
of technology and services to the industry. Aldango Gold Refinery is the
diamond sponsor while LuNa Smelter and BARRON are gold sponsors. Flowserve,
Ivanhoe, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Simeka
are silver sponsors and CMD, GlobalTT, HSF, Minelab, Ngali Mining,
Spectrometer, TechMet and Walkabout Resources Ltd have partnered as bronze
sponsors.
Other mining companies that will be present include Montero, Lindi Jumbo Ltd,
Piran Resources Ltd, Power Resources Group, Wolfram, Managem, GeoPoint Africa,
Equator Gold, Glencore, Black Rock Mining Limited, Afritin Mining and Mawarid
Mining.
East & Central Africa Mining Forum is organised by
Spintelligent, a multi-award-winning Cape Town-based exhibition and conference
producer across the continent in the infrastructure, energy and mining sectors.
Other well-known events by Spintelligent include DRC Mining Week, Nigeria
Mining Week, African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, Future Energy East Africa
and Future Energy Nigeria. Spintelligent is part of the UK-based Clarion Events
Group.
East & Central Africa Mining Forum dates and location:
Strategic conference and exhibition: 28-29 October 2019
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Website: http://www.miningforumafrica.com
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