SIMEXMIN´2008 PROGRAM
MAY 19th, 2008 – Monday
Ouro Preto Theater
8:30 am to 12:20 pm – GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION
Coordination: Elmer Prata Salomão, Director of Verena Mining
Paulo Camillo Vargas Penna, Director-President - IBRAM
8:30 to 9:15 am
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9:15 to 9:45 am
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9:45 to 10:15 am
Keynote Speaker – Governmental Role and the Future of Mineral Exploration
Paulino Cícero de Vasconcellos, President – SINDIFER and ex-Minister of Mines and
Energy
New Horizons for Brazilian Mineral Policy
Cláudio Scliar, Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Processing - SGM/MME
Program for the Promotion of Mineral Exploration at DNPM
Miguel Antonio de Cedraz Nery, Director-General - DNPM
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10:15 to 10:45 am z
Coffee break
Visit to Poster Session
Visit to ExpoSIMEXMIN
Visit to ISTO É MINERAÇÃO/ISTO É GEOLOGIA
10:45 to 11:15 am z
Geological and Geophysical Surveys for Mineral Exploration
Agamenon Sérgio Lucas Dantas, Director-President - CPRM
11:15 to 11:35 am
SUDENE Program for the Mineral Industry
Paulo Sérgio de Noronha Fontana, Superintendent - SUDENE
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11:35 to 11:55 am z
11:55 am to 12:20 pm
12:20 to 1:30 pm z
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Program for the Promotion of Mineral Exploration of Minas Gerais State
Marcelo Arruda Nassif, Director - CODEMIG
Program for the Promotion of Mineral Exploration of Bahia State
Nilton Silva Filho, President - CBPM
Lunch break
1:30 to 2:00 pm z Keynote - International Year of the Planet Earth: Dilemma and Directions
Carlos Oití Berbet, Coordinator of the Brazilian Committee for the International Year of
the Earth
2:00 to 6:00 pm – LEGAL ASPECTS AND RESTRICTIONS TO MINERAL EXPLORATION
Coordination: Fernando Greco, Mining Rights and Environment Manager - VALE
Cláudio Scliar, Secretary of Geology, Mining and Mineral Processing - SGM/MME
2:00 to 2:20 pm z
Environmental Licenses and Permits at the Mineral Exploration Fase – Present
Brazilian Portrait
Ricardo Carneiro, Director - Carneiro & Souza Associated Lawyers
2:20 to 2:40 pm z
Permits for Exploration Activity in the Perspective of Environmental
Institutions
Roberto Messias Franco, Permits Director - IBAMA
2:40 to 3:00 pm z
Access Restrictions to Mineral Exploration Areas: Conservation Units and
Indigenous Areas
Luiz Mauricio F. Azevedo, Director-President - FFA Legal
3:00 to 3:20 pm z
Environmentalism and Indigenism as Anti-Development Factors
Lorenzo Carrasco, Director-President - CAPAX DEI Ed.
3:20 to 3:40 pm z
Uranium Mineral Exploration in Brazil: Past and Future
John M. Albuquerque Forman, Director - JF Consultoria
3:40 to 4:00 pm
National Copper Reserve- RENCA: Past and Future
Luciano Freitas Borges, HB Barcelos
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4:00 to 4:30 pm z
Coffee break
Visit to Poster Session
Visit to ExpoSIMEXMIN
Visit to ISTO É MINERAÇÃO/ISTO É GEOLOGIA
4:30 to 5:00 pm z
Boundary Zones and Copper National Reserve: Legal Situation and
Perspectives
Ana Salett Marques Gulli, General Attorney - DNPM
5:00 to 6:00 pm – ROUND TABLE WITH DEBATES ABOUT FIRST DAY’S SEMINARS
Moderators: Elmer Prata Salomão, Verena Mining
Fernando Greco, VALE
- Agamenon Sérgio Lucas Dantas, CPRM
- Ana Salett Marques Gulli, DNPM
- Cláudio Scliar, SGM/MME
- John M. Albuquerque. Forman, JF Consulting
- Lorenzo Carrasco, CAPAX DEI
- Luciano Freitas Borges, HB Barcelos
- Luiz M. F. de Azevedo, FFA Legal
- Marcelo Arruda Nassif, CODEMIG
- Miguel Antônio Cedraz Nery, DNPM
- Nilton Silva Filho, President – CBPM
- Paulino Cícero de Vasconcellos, SINDIFER
- Paulo Sérgio de Noronha Fontana, SUDENE
- Ricardo Carneiro, Carneiro & Souza Associated Lawyers
- Roberto Messias Franco, IBAMA
São João Del Rey Room
2:00 to 5:45 pm – METALLOGENETIC AND EXPLORATORY MODELS
Coordination: Fernando Flecha Alkmim, UFOP
Michael Leon Schumulian, Mundo Mineração
2:00 to 2:45 pm z
2:45 to 3:15 pm
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Keynote Speaker – Tectonic Cycles and Metallogenesis: Gold and Diamond
Applications
Herb Helmstaeadt, Queen`s University/CA
The Geodynamic Setting and Magmatic Controls on Genesis of World Class
IOCG Ore Deposits
Nicholas Hayward, BHP Billiton/AU
3:15 to 3:45 pm z
New Metallogenetic Models for High Grade BIF-Hosted Iron Deposits:
Exploration Implications
Steffen Hagemann, UWA/AU
Lydia Maria Lobato, UFMG
3:45 to 4:15 pm z
Coffee break
Visit to Poster Session
Visit to ExpoSIMEXMIN
Visit to ISTO É MINERAÇÃO/ISTO É GEOLOGIA
4:15 to 4:45 pm z
Evolution of the Scenery and Mineral Deposits Partners: Focus on Amazon
Marcondes Lima da Costa, UFPA
4:45 to 5:15 pm z
World Class Gold Deposits Hosted in Sedimentary Rocks
Gema Ribeiro Olívio, Queen’s University/CA
5:15 to 5:45 pm z
Megallogeny of the Brazilian Precambrian
Lydia M. Lobato, UFMG
Franciscus Baars, Consultant