Asia's largest gathering of miners and investors
Mines and Money is Asia’s largest mining investment conference and exhibition. Now in its 12th year, it has generated millions of dollars in new business, deals and opportunities and helped to finance hundreds of miners. This year's event will bring together 1,500 mining leaders and investors from some of the most active funds in the world.
ASIA'S LARGEST GATHERING OF MINERS & INVESTORS
Mines and Money is Asia’s largest gathering of miners and investors, which brought together over 1,000 attendees from over 40 countries to the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from 3-6 April 2018.
The programme featured over 100 mining and investment leaders sharing their expert insights on how to best capitalise on this next mining boom covering gold, precious, base and battery metals; as well as the enormous impact Belt and Road is having on commodity demand.
Furthermore, the two-and-a-half-day exhibition featured over 80 mining and energy companies who showcased their latest exploration projects to prospective investors.
With majors looking at replenishing their resources, explorers once again raising money, and M&A deals getting done, Mines and Money is still how and where deals get done.
Showcasing Global Mining Companies Across the commodity spectrum
The 2018 programme featured over 100 mining and investment leaders who shared their expert insights on how to best capitalise on the mining boom. It looked in depth at the latest market trends as well as gold, precious, base and battery metals projects that were seeking investment. There was also a strong focus on Belt and Road and the enormous impact on commodity demand, alongside the lessons that were learnt following the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
HEAR FROM 100+ MINING & INVESTMENT EXPERTS OVER 3.5 DAYS
Steve Letwin
Steve Letwin is an engaging and empowering leader who leads with a strong commitment to employee communications and engagement, leadership development and community partnering, in his ongoing investment in the long term development and sustainability of leadership talent and the effective positioning of the business in partnership with the communities in which it operates.
Steve Letwin is the President and Chief Executive Officer at IAMGOLD (NYSE: IAG).
Steve Letwin joins the line up of speakers at this year’s Mines and Money Asia. Download the programme now
Ross Beaty
Ross Beaty co-founded Equinox Gold and serves as Chairman of the Board. He also founded and Chairs Pan American Silver, one of the world’s largest silver mining companies.
Ross is a geologist and resource entrepreneur with over 43 years of experience in the international minerals and renewable energy industries.
Ross is also a well-known environmental philanthropist, primarily through The Sitka Foundation. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Nature Trust of B.C., is a Director of The Pacific Salmon Foundation, a Director of Panthera, and is Patron of the Beaty Biodiversity Center at the University of B.C.
Ross Beaty holds a M.Sc., in Mineral Exploration (with Distinction) from the Royal School of Mines, University of London, England, and an LL.B. (Law) and a B.Sc. (Honours Geology) from the University of British Columbia.
In 2017, Ross Beaty was inducted to the Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame and appointed to The Order of Canada. In 2018, Mr. Beaty was inducted to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
Ross Beaty, Chairman of Equinox Gold joins the line up of speakers at this year’s Mines and Money Asia. Download the programme now.
Frank Holmes
Frank Holmes is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, the investment adviser to U.S. Global Investors Funds and U.S. Global ETFs. U.S. Global Investors is an innovative investment manager with longstanding history of global investing and launching first-of-their kind investment products in specialized sectors. The firm is known for its expertise in gold and precious metals, natural resources and emerging markets.
Frank’s specialized international capital markets knowledge gives him a unique expertise in resource-based industries and money management. He is a regular keynote speaker at national and international investment conferences. He is also a much-sought-after commentator on the financial television networks CNBC and Bloomberg and has been profiled by Fortune, Barron’s The Financial Times and other publications. He is the co-author of “The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing.”
Frank Holmes joins the line up of speakers at this year’s Mines and Money Asia. Download the programme now
Hongyu Cai
Hongyu Cai leads the equity research of China’s metals & mining industry as well as Hong Kong and mainland China listed companies. She has decade-long research experience in the metals & mining space across multiple regions, ranging from North America, to Latin America, South Africa, and China.
Hongyu Cai’s team ranks No.1 in Asia Money’s China Poll for the Energy and Basic Material sector for the past three years and she ranks among the Top 10 Best Analysts in Asia Money’s China Poll, in which all the economists, strategists, and sector analysts from more than 30 brokers participated.
Hongyu Cai also ranks No.1 in Institutional Investor’s China Poll for the Best Analysts in the Metals & Mining Sector, and ranks among the Top 5 Earnings Estimators in Asia, and in the China & Hong Kong region, by Financial Times/Thomson Reuters/StarMine.
Hongyu Cai Managing Director – Research Department of China International Capital joins the line up of speakers at this year’s Mines and Money Asia. Download the programme now
Rick Rule
Rick Rule has dedicated his entire adult life to many aspects of natural resource securities investing.
In addition to the knowledge and experience gained in a long and focused career, he has a worldwide network of contacts in the natural resource and finance worlds.
As Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Sprott US Holdings, Inc., Mr. Rule leads a highly skilled team of earth science and finance professionals who enjoy a worldwide reputation for resource investment management.
Rick is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and is interviewed for numerous radio, television, print and online media outlets concerning natural resource investment and industry topics. He is frequently quoted and referred by prominent natural resource oriented newsletters and advisories.
Rick Rule and his team have long experience in many resource sectors including agriculture, alternative energy, forestry, oil and gas, mining and water.
Rick Rule joins the line up of speakers at this year’s Mines and Money Asia. Download the programme now
Robert Friedland
Robert Friedland is the founder of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (formerly Ivanplats Limited) and has been the Executive Chairman and director since November 2000. He was formerly President of the company from June 2003 to May 2008.
Mr. Friedland was the founder of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (now Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.) and served as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until April 2012. He directed the assembly by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. of a portfolio of interests in several countries over 15 years and led the company’s discoveries and initial development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver deposits in southern Mongolia.
Mr. Friedland also is Chairman and President of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, a private company based in Singapore that specializes in providing venture capital and project financing for international business enterprises, predominantly in the fields of energy and minerals.
In January 2016, Mr. Friedland was one of five industry leaders who were inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, based in Toronto, which cited his company-building and exploration achievements, and presented him as “a dynamic, transformative force in the Canadian and international mining industries” and “one of the most recognized mining personalities and achievers in the world”. Mr. Friedland said he shared the honour with several teams of dedicated individuals whose efforts with his companies during the past 30 years had contributed to a series of notable discoveries.
In March 2012, Mr. Friedland was recognized as Mining Personality of the Year at the inaugural Asia Mining Awards, sponsored by the Mines & Money conference and the Asia Mining Club in Hong Kong, which cited his role in Mongolia’s emergence as a major destination for mining investment. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mining complex was voted Project Development of the Year.
Mr. Friedland received the Dealmaker of the Year award for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. from Australia’s Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in August 2011. In June 2009, Canada’s Northern Miner publishing group named Mr. Friedland one of Canada’s Super Seven Dynamos who have track records of turning junior companies into major success stories. The publishing group also named him the 2006 Mining Person of the Year for his success in negotiating a strategic partnership with Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited to develop Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. The Mongolian government’s Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency recognized Mr. Friedland with consecutive Investor Envoy of the Year awards in 2003 and 2002.
Mr. Friedland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Reed College.
Robert Friedland, Founder of Ivanhoe Mines joins the line up of speakers at Mines and Money Asia. Click here to download the programme.
