Agenda

CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Wednesday 16 June 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

9.00 Welcome to country

9.05 Opening remarks from the chair
Megan Anwyl, Executive Director, MagNet

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

9.15 Government welcome address
The Hon. Norman Moore, Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Fisheries; Electoral Affairs, WA Government

9.40 Government initiatives to regional development
Stephen Webster, CEO, Pilbara Development Commission

MINING INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

10.10 Case Study: ITT - Pumping in the Pilbara
Calum Peck, Sales Manager, ITT Water and Wastewater

10.40 Morning tea

11.10 Iron ore market update
Dallas Horadam, Principal Consultant, Metalytics

11.50 Exploring the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of mining operations and communities to climate variability and change
Dr Kieren Moffat, Team Leader, CSIRO

12.30 Lunch for speakers & delegates

OPERATING MINES & NEW MINE DEVELOPMENTS

1.30 Afternoon chairperson
Sean Gregory, Chief Geologist, Murchison Metals Ltd

1.40 Atlas Iron
Jeremy Sinclair, General Manager - Pilbara Operations, Atlas Iron

2.10 Overview of current projects in the Pilbara
John Klepec, Chief Development Officer, Hancock Prospecting

PILBARA INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS

2.50 Port Hedland - Vision for the future
Andre Bush, Chief Executive Officer, Port Hedland Port Authority

3.20 Afternoon tea

3.50 Access to crucial rail and port infrastructure
Tony Considine, Chief Executive Officer, North West Iron Ore Alliance

4.20 Addressing community growth and prosperity through micro economic development

• Building the capacity of the local market place
• Stimulating micro activity in the community

Leigh Coleman, Acting CEO and Project Director, Many Rivers Opportunities

5.00 End of day one - networking drinks

6.30 Conference dinner - sponsored by: ITT Water & Wastewater
The Esplanade Hotel Port Hedland
2–4 Anderson Street
Port Hedland WA 6721
www.theesplanadeporthedland.com.au

CONFERENCE DAY TWO:
Thursday 17 June 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

9.00 Day two chairperson
Greg Dellar, Manager Government Relations, FMGL

9.10 Powering the Pilbara

• Overview of the power infrastructure in the Pilbara, gas pipelines, electricity transmission lines ettc...
• What are all the options for power supply, gas, diesel, solar, renewables, hybrid systems
• Fuel diversity and security considerations

Laurie Phillips, Manager Market Development Energy Generation

9.40 AMEC
Simon Bennison, Chief Executive Officer, AMEC

NEW MINE DEVELOPMENTS & EXPLORATIONS

10.10 Australian Premium Iron

API completed the Pre-Feasibility Study for Stage 1 of the West Pilbara Iron Ore Project (the “Project”) in May 2008 and is currently undertaking the Definitive Feasibility Study. API intends to establish itself as an independent and reliable supplier of consistent quality iron ore with first pisolite ore on ship targeted for 2013

Don Langdon, Manager Administration & Commercial, Australian Premium Iron JV

10.50 Morning tea

11.20 Dynasty Metals Australia: Prairie Downs Project
David Jenkins, Principal Geologist, Terra Search

12.00 Australasian Resources - Balmoral South Iron Ore project

Australasian Resources wholly owned subsidiary International Minerals Pty Ltd, has the right to mine 1 Billion tonnes of magnetite ore from which it plans to produce 12Mtpa of high grade concentrate and pellets over a 25 year span. The company has completed a Feasibility Study on the project and is well advanced in obtaining the relevant approvals for the project.

Andy Caruso, Managing Director, Australasian Resources

12.40 Lunch for speakers & delegates

1.40 Spinifex Ridge Molybdenum project

The Project has been defined at a 20 million tonne per annum mining and processing operation with the potential for major expansion.

Mike Gloyne, Moly Mines

2.10 Flinders Mines
Dr Kevin Wills, Managing Director, Flinders Mines

2.40 Case Study: Mining camp entertainment and communication systems

• Why Mining camp entertainment and communication systems are changing and why this is important
• The communications structure of mining camps old and new.
• Old technology; Free to Air TV, radio and Foxtel
• New technology; Scheduled Movie systems, Video on Demand, IPTV, Voip Phone and Internet.
• Other smart technology; Building management systems

Yahya Sacma, Business Development Manager, SAS Telecom

3.10 Afternoon tea & close of conference

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