Agenda

CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Monday August 30, 2010

Day One | Day Two

8.30 Conference registration and coffee

9.00 IIR Conferences Welcome & chair introduction

RESOURCES SECTOR INSIGHTS

9.10 Insights into the creation of a special Northern Economic zone to encourage domestic migration and improve the resources labour skills shortage
Ron Manners, Managing Director, Mannwest Group
and Mannkal Economic Education Foundation

9.40 Updating the Cairns Far Northern Queensland Mining Services Study
Bill Cummings, Partner, Cummings Economics

10.10 Northern Economic Triangle Infrastructure Plan
Senior representative, Department of Infrastructure and Planning, Queensland Government

10.40 Morning Coffee in the exhibition area

11.10 Queensland Resource Council Perspectives
Andrew Barger, Director Industry Policy, Queensland Resource Council

OPERATIONAL CASE STUDIES

11.40 Case Study: Turning it around at Yabulu

• The recovery at Queensland Nickel's (QN's) Yabulu Refinery has been built around involving and incentivising employees to execute the business plan. The plan, focusing on our strategic decision to operate as a 'one-line’ production operation
• Stripped back aspects of day-to-day activities to enable the operation and upkeep of plant to be as simple as possible. By listening to the committed QN workforce, who have been sanctioned and rewarded to develop and deliver ideas to increase production and improve efficiency
• By rebuilding links to the Townsville community - recognises the important leadership role we have to play in engaging with the community to continue the development and prosperity of the North Queensland region

Trefor Flood, General Manager Yabulu Refinery, Queensland Nickel

12.10 Case Study: Citigold Charters Towers Operation
Chris Towsey, Chief Operating Officer, Citigold Corporation

12.40 Lunch for speakers and registered delegates

1.30 Case Study: Queensland Phosphate Projects
Ed Walker, Project Manager, Legend International Holdings

NORTH QUEENSLAND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS

2.10 Infrastructure blueprint for a dynamic economy in North Queensland

Key points discussed in this presentation:

• Townsville has matured in the past decade to become the most substantial and economically diverse city in Northern Australia. It is a service and administration hub for a range of industries, not the least of which is mining
• The ongoing development of the resources sector and communities in North and North West Queensland relies on the introduction of reliable, affordable energy sources and efficient and effective transport nodes to support industry
• Priority projects identified by Townsville Enterprise to ensure sustainable growth in North and North West Queensland are: an electrical transmission line between Townsville and Mount Isa, associated renewable energy generation projects and the Eastern Access Rail Corridor
• There is a need to ensure the infrastructure planning which informs the future development in North Queensland looks at the needs of the whole community and meets the requirements of industry, administration, business and lifestyle

Trevor Goldstone, CEO, Townsville Enterprise

2.50 Case Study: Rail infrastructure positioned for growth

• Building a resilient and robust railway
• Infrastructure enhancements and expansions
• New opportunities, new partnerships, new approaches

Tim Ripper, General Manager Freight Systems, QR Network

3.30 Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Area

4.00 The role of regional development organisations in working with the mining industry

• Value of membership of mining companies to regional development bodies
• Educating other member organisations on mining industry issues and promoting regional benefits
• Mining companies come to better understand issues and priorities of other member organisations e.g. local government
• Finding ways for communities to benefit from mining infrastructure and investment in regional areas
• Assisting miners to develop a better case for governments to invest in essential infrastructure
• Opportunity for building solid relationships between mining industry and other member organisations

Glen Graham, Executive Officer, MITEZ

4:40 Closing remarks from the chair and end of Conference Day One

6.30 North Queensland Resources Development Gala Dinner

CONFERENCE DAY TWO: Tuesday 31 August 2010

Day One | Day Two

8.30 Morning Coffee

9.00 Chair Introduction

9.10 A snapshot into Queensland Geoscience initiatives

This presentation will focus on:

• Results of the Smart Mining Initiative
• Outlining the new Greenfields 2020 Initiative

Dave Mason, General Manager, Geological Survey of Queensland, Queensland Mines and Energy, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

9:40 Case Study: The Predictive Mineral Discovery CRC

• Continuing to explore mineral resources in north Queensland through improved understanding of mineralising processes and locations

Nick Oliver, Professor of Economic Geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University

10.10 An update on the new Fair Work changes for mine managers in Northern Queensland

• Under the new Fair Work system, many workplace agreements and arrangements will be expiring in the coming months, leaving numerous companies exposed to a new bargaining regime where union representation is on the increase and new right of entry laws mean that companies will be required to deal with unions they previously haven’t dealt with
• This session has been specifically designed for mine management at all levels who need a quick update on the latest developments in workplace bargaining, union right of entry, unfair dismissal and employee engagement under the government’s new workplace laws
• AMMA will also share with you the interim results of a long-term study into the impact of the Fair Work laws on resource sector productivity and bargaining

Minna Knight, Director Media, Public Affairs and Member Services, Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA)

10.40 Morning Coffee in the exhibition area

NQ MINING EXPLORATION

11.10 Case Study: Developing new tin production from a historic tin field

• Consolidated Tin Mines Limited has an impressive portfolio of advanced tin exploration projects in the lower Herberton Tin Field in north Queensland
• The Herberton Tin Field is one of Australia’s historic premier tin producing fields
• The Company's vision is to develop a large scale mill, centrally located to various satellite tin mines and to transform this into a major tin mining operation

John Sainsbury, Technical Director, Consolidated Tin Mines

11.50 Case Study: Einasleigh Project

• Insights into the feasibility study for the Einesleigh project
• The vision for the Einasleigh area is to outline several high calibre deposits which would all supply ore to a centralised milling/concentrating operation located at Kaiser Bill

Tom Eadie, Managing Director, Copper Strike

12.30 Lunch for speakers and registered delegates

1.20 Case Study: MM Mining - Exploring the NW minerals province, QLD

• Overview of current projects
• Opportunities in a mature terrane

Dan Johnson, Exploration Manager, MM Mining

2.00 Exploring and developing new resource projects in North Queensland; reducing risk and understanding the probability of success

The presentation will focus on the use of pre-competitive government data and how it can be used to:

• Increase discovery rates for greenfields exploration
• Calculate and reduce risk for exploration investment

Dr Greg Partington, Managing Director, Kenex

2.40 Afternoon tea

3.10 Maintaining personal resilience

• The sector needs skilled people who are productive
• The employer’s responsibility is to create a safe working environment
• The traditional approach to this responsibility is to address the physical requirement of a safe working environment
• This session will focus on developing personal resilience to ensure our employees are able to remain safe in this working environment

Dennis Hoiberg, Principal, Lessons Learnt Consulting

3.50 Panel Discussion: Analysing skills shortages and labour challenges for the Northern Queensland region

Issues to be covered in this panel include:

• Insights into the great skills challenge facing the resources industry in the time of “Mega Projects”
• Where to for training and development programs?
• Local approaches to building on Northern Queensland skills and training development

In a Parkinson style format, the chairman will ask a series of pre prepared questions to each guest. Delegates will then have the opportunity to ask questions of their own from the floor

Panelists include:
Dennis J. Hoiberg, Principal, Lessons Learnt Consulting
Minna Knight, Director Media, Public Affairs and Member Services, Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA)

4.30 Closing remarks from chair and close of conference

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