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The mining industry is again in a lull, but this time it is structural and not cyclical. Mining companies now face more difficult and conservative capital markets to finance their new greenfield projects, that take the place of the old and depleted assets. The new assets are also not like the old assets: they are further afield in often "frontier" situations involving new infrastructure, stakeholders and government policies that are no longer as supportive as in the past. The strategic challenges are many in selecting the next project from the numerous candidate projects: there is less capital available and the new no longer resembles the old.

The presentation is on "full-costing" all options that a senior manager will face; this approach will both assist in making the correct choice and in assisting with the eventual negotiations with the public sector, as co-sponsor, towards implementation. Finally, it will assist communication with the shareholders who increasingly look for costs, schedules and specifications to be per pro forma expectations.

To get the most out of this presentation we recommend pre-briefing Mauro Chiesa's recent article that was featured in the August edition of the monthly CIM Magazine (CLICK HERE).

Biography:

A seasoned professional with 35 years of financing experience in Ottawa, NYC, Washington, DC and Vancouver; active in advising on the procuring, arranging and structuring project-related financing in the energy generation, resource extraction and transport infrastructure sectors. Experience with financial instruments includes project-risk and corporate-risk debt and equity financings. Mr. Chiesa has an MBA and a BA from UBC.

4:00 - 6:00pm

Segal Graduate School of Business - Simon Fraser University
500 Granville Street, Vancouver
Room 4800

SCHEDULE
4:00 pm - Registration
4:30 pm - Presentation and Q&A
5:55 pm - Closing Remarks

Seminar is complimentary and seats are limited. Register by Tuesday, November 18 to secure your place. Please RSVP by replying to Vancouver@cim-mes.org if you are interested in attending. This is an excellent networking opportunity and there is no charge to attend.