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TORONTO | CERBA EURASIA VIRTUAL MINING CONFERENCE 2021

  • 12 Mar 2021
  • 9:30 AM
  • online

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Dear CERBA Members and Friends,
CERBA, committed to promoting a deep understanding of the Eurasian markets and a thoughtful delivery of quality information, analysis and business intelligence on their investment and business landscape, expects up to 500 speakers and guests to participate in this year's CERBA EURASIA MINING Conference 2021.

Experts from business, purchasing, government, diplomatic, consulting, academic and non-profit backgrounds will focus on key trends, constraints and opportunities in Eurasia in the context of today's dynamic global economy.

JOIN THE CONFERENCE to:

  • Discover the latest opportunities for investment and export in Eurasia  
  • Network with the decision makers in mining 
  • Learn how to raise capital for your mining project

 

Virtual Business Mission
Participation Cost:
Members - Free,
Partner rate - 40$,
General rate - 60$
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Speakers

H.E. Alison LeClaire, Ambassador of Canada to Russian Federation, Republic of Uzbekistan and Armenia
Bio
H.E. Alison LeClaire
Ambassador of Canada to the Russian Federation, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Armenia
H.E. Nicholas Brousseau, Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
Bio
H.E. Nicholas Brousseau
Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
H.E. Akylbek Kamaldinov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada
Bio
H.E. Akylbek Kamaldinov
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada
H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Canada and USA
Bio
H.E. Javlon Vakhabov
Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Canada and USA
Gilles Breton, CERBA National Chairman
Bio
Gilles Breton
CERBA National Chairman
Erin Campbell, CERBA Vancouver Board Chair, ECMB Capital
Bio
Erin Campbell
CERBA Vancouver Board Chair, ECMB Capital
Chris Weafer, Chief Executive Officer, Macro-Advisory Ltd
Bio
Chris Weafer
Chief Executive Officer, Macro-Advisory Ltd
Maxim Kirzhimanov, Deputy Director of the State Policy and Geology and Subsoil Use Regulation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
Maxim Kirzhimanov
Deputy Director of the State Policy and Geology and Subsoil Use Regulation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
Almat Abdikeshov, Deputy Chairman, Geology Committee, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Bio
Almat Abdikeshov
Deputy Chairman, Geology Committee, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Azam Kadirhodjaev, Deputy Chairman, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Bio
Azam Kadirhodjaev
Deputy Chairman, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan
William Dunford, Vice-President, Deputy General Manager, Kupol & Dvoinoy, Kinross Gold
Bio
William Dunford
Vice-President, Deputy General Manager, Kupol & Dvoinoy, Kinross Gold
Yuriy Gavrilov, Strategy and M&A Director, Metalloinvest
Bio
Yuriy Gavrilov
Strategy and M&A Director, Metalloinvest
Neil Reeder, Vice-President, Government Relations, B2Gold
Bio
Neil Reeder
Vice-President, Government Relations, B2Gold
Sean Quinn, Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cameco
Bio
Sean Quinn
Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cameco

Agenda

ПРОГРАММА КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ  CONFERENCE ATTENDEES LIST

Friday, March 12, 2021 / 9:00 - 12:00
Zoom virtual Conference
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Remarks
  • Gilles Breton, Chairman of the Board, CERBA
  • H.E. Alison LeClaire, Ambassador of Canada to Russian Federation, Republic of Uzbekistan and Armenia
  • H.E. Nicholas Brousseau, Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
  • H.E. Akylbek Kamaldinov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada
  • H.E. Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Canada and USA
  • Vladimir Proskuryakov, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada
9:15 – 10:15 SESSION 1. Mining in Eurasia: Things to Know
Moderator: Erin Campbell, CERBA Vancouver Board Chair, ECMB Capital
  • Chris Weafer, Chief Executive Officer, Macro-Advisory Ltd.
  • Maxim Kirzhimanov, Deputy Director of the State Policy and Geology and Subsoil Use Regulation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
  • Almat Abdikeshov, Deputy Chairman, Geology Committee, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Azam Kadirhodjaev, Deputy Chairman, State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan

10:15 – 10:30 Q&A Session 

10:30 – 10:50 Interactive Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:50 SESSION 2. Investor experience and cooperation opportunities

Moderator: Kirill Kozenyashev, Associate Partner, EY Parthenon CIS

  • William Dunford, Vice-President, Deputy General Manager at Kupol & Dvoinoy, Kinross Gold
  • Yuriy Gavrilov, Strategy and M&A Director, Metalloinvest
  • Neil Reeder, Vice-President, Government Relations, B2Gold
  • Sean Quinn, Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cameco
11:50 – 12:00 Q&A Session 12:00 – 13:00 INTERACTIVE NETWORKING RECEPTION

REMO virtual platform


CONFERENCE ROADMAP

9:00am EST - Conference kicks off in Zoom

LINK to join:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89353361642?pwd=bi8veHk2cU9qR3NlY3dCbVpNUFNkQT09

Password: CERBAM21

9:00 - 10:15 Session I: Mining in Eurasia: Things to Know

10:15 - 10:30 Q&A Session


10:30 - 10:50 Interactive Coffee Break and connection check at Remo 

(Please keep Zoom platform open during this break).

· Test your login credentials and get familiar with the Remo platform


LINK to join: https://live.remo.co/e/cerba-mining-networking-receptio 


10:50 - 11:50 Session II: Investor experience and cooperation opportunities

11:50 - 12:00 Q&A Session

12:00 - 13:00 Networking Reception at Remo

LINK to join: https://live.remo.co/e/cerba-mining-networking-receptio 


CERBA Interactive Virtual Networking Reception

ИНТЕРАКТИВНЫЙ НЕТВОРКИНГ ПРИЕМ на платформе REMO

REMO Guide

In order to provide our stakeholders and event attendees the best virtual networking experience possible, we are introducing a new virtual platform for online interactions.

The Networking reception will be conducted in a realtime and provide all the participants a face-to-face engagement. All attendees will be able to interact with one another by joining any table they like and freely network around the virtual conference room.

The table capacity will vary from 2 seats to up to 8 seats, thus also allowing to conduct a private B2B meetings upon the request.
All networking reception participants will be also able to exchange their virtual business cards and contact information.

For B2B meetings organization please write to:
vera@cerbanet.org;
alex@cerbanet.org;
taskyn@cerbanet.org


Patron Sponsors

Kinross Gold
Kinross Gold is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Russia, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ghana and Mauritania, employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Kinross has been present in Russia since 1995 and to date is the largest foreign investor in Russia’s gold mining industry.
Main Kinross assets in Russia: Kupol mine (“Chukotka Mining and Geological Company”) and Dvoinoye mine (“Northern Gold”) both located in Chukotka, and Chulbatkan project (“Udinsk Gold”) located in Khabarovsk krai. 
Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).
Metalloinvest
Metalloinvest is a global leader in merchant hot briquetted iron (HBI) production, a major producer and supplier of iron ore and steel products and one of the regional producers of high-quality steel.
Metalloinvest owns some of Russia’s leading metals and mining enterprises: Lebedinsky GOK and Andrey Varichev Mikhailovsky GOK, Alexey Ugarov OEMK, Ural Steel and Ural Scrap Company, as well as businesses providing services and supplies of raw materials to mining and steel enterprises.
The Company has the world’s second-largest measured iron ore reserve base in the world with approximately 14 billion tonnes on a JORC-equivalent basis. This equates to a mine life of around 137 years at current mining levels. Metalloinvest is the world’s second-largest pellet producer and a regional leader in production of niche grades of high-quality rolled steel. OEMK and Ural Steel together produce more than 2,000 grades of steel.

Gold Level Sponsors

B2Gold
B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has three operating gold mines and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries including Mali, the Philippines, Namibia, Colombia, Finland and Uzbekistan. This year, B2Gold forecasts gold production to be 970,000 – 1,030,000 ounces.
Following another very successful year of exploration in 2020, B2Gold is planning a year of aggressive exploration in 2021 with a budget of approximately $66 million, including a record $25 million allocated to the Company's ongoing grassroots exploration programs.
As a responsible mining company, B2Gold’s commitment to Health & Safety and Environment Social & Governance continues to result in exceptional outcomes at the Company’s operations around the world.
For more information regarding B2Gold's 2021 guidance and budget, please reference the news release and accompanying cautionary statement disseminated on January 20, 2021, at www.B2Gold.com/news.
Cameco
Cameco is one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel needed to energize a clean-air world. Our competitive position is based on our controlling ownership of the world’s largest high-grade reserves and low-cost operations. Utilities around the world rely on our nuclear fuel products to generate power in safe, reliable, carbon-free nuclear reactors. Our shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. Our head office is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Media Partners:

Special Thank you to the Conference Organizing Committee:

  • Stanislav Borodyuk, Vice President and Head of the Moscow Representative Office, Kinross Gold Corporation
  • Boris Aryev, COO, Stans Energy Corporation
  • Ibragim Nalayev, Head of Work with State Authorities in the Field of Trade and Economy, Metalloinvest
  • Nathan Hunt, Chairman, CERBA Moscow Chapter 
  • Heather Bystryk, Senior Trade Commissioner and Head of Program, Embassy of Canada to Russian Federation
  • Nathan Lysons, Counsellor (Commercial) & Senior Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
  • Lilya Panova, Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Canada to Russian Federation
  • Olesya Shakirova, Government Relations and Public Affairs Manager, Kinross Gold Corporation
  • Erin Campbell, Chair, CERBA Vancouver Chapter; CEO, ECMB Partners
  • Katherine Balabanova, CERBA National Coordinator, Regional Director Toronto Chapter
  • Alexander Antonov, Chairman, CERBA Uzbekistan Chapter
  • Vera Dedyulya, Deputy Regional Director, CERBA Toronto Chapter
  • Alex Grichine, Regional Director, CERBA Moscow Chapter
  • Tatiana Domilovskaya, Regional Director, CERBA Vancouver Chapter
  • Taskyn Koshman, Regional Director and KCBC Coordinator, CERBA Kazakhstan Chapter
  • Marina Belskikh, Regional Director, CERBA Montreal/Ottawa Chapter


SUPPORT OUR CONFERENCE! We are offering an exceptional opportunity to obtain additional visibility and opportunities to promote your services & make valuable connections for your company by becoming a sponsor of this event:
Sponsorship and Partnership Packages
For more information and sponsorship opportunities please contact:
Katherine Balabanova
Regional Director
National Coordinator
Toronto Chapter

+1 (416) 822-4052
katherine@cerbanet.org

Vera Dedyulya
Deputy Regional Director
Toronto Chapter


+1 (647) 822-8149
vera@cerbanet.org

Taskyn Koshman
Regional Director
Kazakhstan Chapter
KCBC Coordinator

+1 (777) 113-4477
taskyn@cerbanet.org
Alex Grichine
Regional Director
Moscow Chapter


+7 (495) 134-0268
alex@cerbanet.org
Cancellation policy:
Registration fees are non-refundable 30 days in advance of the event.
Registration is not confirmed until we have received your payment.
Unpaid no-shows are subject to a charge equalling 100% of the registration fee, including tax: you will be issued an invoice for payment.
CERBA is a non-for-profit Business Association with a main mandate to support trade, investment and good relations between the countries of Canada, Eurasia and Russia. Please, note, we can not provide visa invitation letters outside of our mandate, nor guarantee any other support.----
Participation Cost:
Members - Free,
Partner rate - 40$,
General rate - 60$
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