SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
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DAY 1 – Saturday, May 13, 2006<br />
<strong>SEG</strong> Student Chapter<br />
Conference<br />
All day program<br />
Welcoming Cocktails and Exhibits Open<br />
Student Mentoring Event<br />
DAY 2 – Sunday, May 14, 2006<br />
Wealth Creation – The<br />
Business <strong>of</strong> Exploration<br />
Pierre Lassonde, President, Newmont<br />
Mining Corporation<br />
"Exploration – The Life Blood <strong>of</strong> the Mining<br />
Industry"<br />
Charles “Chip” Goodyear, Chief Executive,<br />
BHP Billiton<br />
“The Role <strong>of</strong> Exploration in the Suite <strong>of</strong> Value-<br />
Enhancing Options”<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>f Stanley, Senior Analyst, BMO<br />
Nesbitt Burns<br />
"Exploration – The Perspective <strong>of</strong> Wall Street"<br />
Phillip Crowson, Hon. Pr<strong>of</strong>., Centre for Energy,<br />
Mineral & Petroleum Law & Policy, University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Dundee<br />
“Metals and Minerals: The Past 25 Years”<br />
Richard Schodde, Mineral Economist<br />
Jon Hronsky, Manager-Strategy &<br />
Generative Services, both with Mineral<br />
Exploration Team, BHP Billiton Ltd.<br />
(both formerly from WMC Resources)<br />
"The Role <strong>of</strong> World-Class Deposits in Wealth<br />
Creation"<br />
Tom Albanese, Chief Executive, Copper and<br />
Exploration, Rio Tinto<br />
“The Exploration Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Rio Tinto –<br />
A Longer Term View <strong>of</strong> Value Creation”<br />
Ian Thompson and Susan Joyce, Principals,<br />
On Common Ground Consultants<br />
“Changing Industry Approaches to<br />
Sustainability”<br />
Jeremy Richards, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Economic</strong><br />
Geology, University <strong>of</strong> Alberta<br />
“Sustainable Mining Development in Action:<br />
Rosia Montana, Romania and Nui Phao,<br />
Vietnam”<br />
Leigh Freeman, Downing Teal<br />
Paul Bartos, Colorado School <strong>of</strong> Mines<br />
Maeve Boland, Colorado School <strong>of</strong> Mines<br />
“Human Resource Strategies for the Minerals<br />
Industry – Careers, Competencies and<br />
Compensation”<br />
Richard Sillitoe, Consulting <strong>Economic</strong><br />
Geologist<br />
John Thompson, Chief Geoscientist, Teck<br />
Cominco<br />
“Changes in Exploration Methods and<br />
Discovery Strategies”<br />
Michael Doggett, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Queen’s Univ.<br />
Richard Leveille, President, Phelps Dodge<br />
Exploration Corporation<br />
“Measuring Costs, Risks and Returns from<br />
Exploration – Improving the Success Rate”<br />
<strong>SEG</strong> 2006 Conference Program<br />
Mike Etheridge, Managing Director, Tectonex<br />
Geoconsultants Pty Ltd.<br />
“Management and Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Risk in<br />
Exploration Programs: Adding Value”<br />
Harry Parker, AMEC<br />
“Reserves, Resources and Reconciliation”<br />
DINNER PRESENTATION<br />
Guest Speaker: Randall Oliphant<br />
Chief Executive, Silver Bear Resources<br />
“Exploration: Is the Discovery Really Worth<br />
the Finding?”<br />
DAY 3 – Monday, May 15, 2006<br />
Wealth Creation –<br />
Generating and Delivering<br />
Wealth<br />
Norm Keevil, Chairman, Teck Cominco<br />
“Wealth Creation through Joint Ventures”<br />
William Mercer, Falconbridge<br />
Robert Schafer, Hunter Dickenson<br />
“Exploration Business Strategies and<br />
Relationships within the Major Mining<br />
Company and Junior Exploration Sectors”<br />
Rob McEwen, Chairman, Goldcorp, Inc.<br />
“Challenge and Prosper: The What, Why and<br />
How the Goldcorp Challenge Worked”<br />
Karin Hoal, Colorado School <strong>of</strong> Mines<br />
Terry McNulty, T.P. McNulty & Associates<br />
Roland Schmidt, Hazen Research<br />
“New Initiatives in GeoMetallurgy”<br />
Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President and<br />
COO, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.<br />
“Grasberg: Process Metallurgical Feedback<br />
into Exploration and Mining”<br />
Andre Douchane, President and CEO, North<br />
American Palladium<br />
“Timing is Everything – Almost: The<br />
Optimization <strong>of</strong> Lac des Iles”<br />
Leroy Schutz, Director, Minesite Exploration,<br />
Newmont Mining Corporation<br />
“Value Creation in Near-Mine Development<br />
Programs at Newmont’s Nevada Gold<br />
Operations”<br />
Michael Orobona, Senior Geologist, Hibbing<br />
Taconite Company<br />
“Exploring the Data – Adding Value with Non-<br />
Traditional Geologic Initiatives on Minnesota’s<br />
Mesabi Range”<br />
Scott Long, Chief Geochemist, AMEC<br />
“Bones <strong>of</strong> Contention – Current Controversies<br />
in Assay Quality Control Practices”<br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>f Handley, Executive VP, Strategic<br />
Development, Placer Dome<br />
“Turquoise Ridge and Cortez Hills –<br />
A Contrast in <strong>Economic</strong> Outcomes”<br />
G. Neil Phillips, Former Head <strong>of</strong> CSIRO<br />
Exploration and Mining<br />
“Discovery <strong>of</strong> the Yandal Gold Province:<br />
Integration <strong>of</strong> Empirical and Predictive<br />
Geoscience with Intense Exploration Activity”<br />
Paul Bartos, Colorado School <strong>of</strong> Mines<br />
“Creating Wealth by Innovation: SX-EW and the<br />
Technology Cycle”<br />
Roger Scoon, Former Director, Exploration<br />
Manager, Platexco, Inc.<br />
“The Merensky and UG2 Reefs at<br />
Winaarshoek: Geologic Overview and Review<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Exploration and Feasibility Programs<br />
<strong>of</strong> Platexco”<br />
<strong>SEG</strong> AWARDS DINNNER<br />
Guest Speaker: Donald Coxe<br />
Global Portfolio Strategist, BMO Financial Group<br />
“Hard Rock Rocks”<br />
DAY 4 – Tuesday, May 16, 2006<br />
Wealth Creation –<br />
Case Histories<br />
Barton J. Suchomel, Principal, Western<br />
Mining Services LLC<br />
“Wealth Creation through Sustained,<br />
Successful Mineral Exploration: The WMC<br />
Experience”<br />
Stephen P. Quin, Executive VP, Miramar Mining<br />
“The Vagaries <strong>of</strong> Wealth Creation through<br />
Acquisition & Exploration: Hope Bay”<br />
Francisco Camus & Sergio L. Rivera, Codelco<br />
“Wealth Creation through Exploration:<br />
The Codelco Experience 1990-2005”<br />
Colin Macdonald, VP Exploration, Cameco<br />
“Uranium Market Fundamentals and<br />
Exploration Success: Cameco’s Strategy”<br />
Robert A. Gannicott, Chairman and CEO,<br />
Aber Diamond Corporation<br />
“Aber Diamond Corporation: Exploration<br />
Success to Holistic Diamond Company”<br />
Guido del Castillo, Chief Executive, Aruntani<br />
SAC<br />
“History <strong>of</strong> Exploration and Development <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Aruntani District”<br />
Steve Aaker, Group Executive, Newmont<br />
Capital<br />
“Creating Value with Royalties”<br />
Ross Beaty, CEO, Lumina Copper<br />
“A Classic Case History <strong>of</strong> Wealth Creation by<br />
a Junior Resource Company, Measured by the<br />
Metric <strong>of</strong> Share Price Growth”<br />
Oliver Warin, VP Exploration, BHP Billiton<br />
(retired)<br />
“The Discovery <strong>of</strong> the Ekati Diamond Deposit”<br />
Doug Kirwin, Executive VP Exploration,<br />
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.<br />
“The Discovery <strong>of</strong> Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au Deposit”<br />
R. Edward Flood, Deputy Chairman and<br />
Director, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.<br />
“A Case History: Value Creation at the Oyu<br />
Tolgoi Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposits, South<br />
Gobi, Mongolia”<br />
Stephen Enders, Newmont Mining Corporation<br />
Stephen Kesler, University <strong>of</strong> Michigan<br />
John Thompson, Teck Cominco<br />
“Conference Wrap-up”