SIMEXMIN´2008 PROGRAM
MAY 20th, 2008 – TUESDAY
Ouro Preto Theater
8:30 am to 11:50 am – CORPORATE PROGRAMS ON MINERAL EXPLORATION
Coordination: Marcelo Ribeiro Tunes, Mining Director - IBRAM
Fernando Pereira Carvalho, Director of Institutional Development - CPRM
8:30 to 8:50 am z
VALE Global Exploration Program
Eduardo Jorge Ledsham, VALE Director of Mineral Projects Development
8:50 to 9:10 am z
Rio Tinto Mineral Exploration Program for South America
Julian Bavin, Exploration Director for South America
9:10 to 9:30 am z
Votorantim Metais Mineral Exploration Program
Jones Belther, Mineral Exploration Director
9:30 to 9:50 am z
Yamana Mineral Exploration Program
Darcy Marud, Exploration Vice-President
9:50 to 10:10 am z
Coffee break
Visit to Poster Session
Visit to ExpoSIMEXMIN
Visit to ISTO É MINERAÇÃO/ISTO É GEOLOGIA
10:10 to 10:30 am z
Castillian Mineral Exploration Program
Hélio Diniz, General-Director
10:30 to 10:50 am z
Vaaldiam Diamond Exploration Program
José Ricardo Thibes Pisani, Exploration Vice-President
10:50 to 11:10 am z
Teck Cominco Mineral Exploration Program
Enzio Garayp, Exploration Manager
11:10 to 11:30 am z
International Nickel Ventures - Exploring Brazil
Robert Bell, President & CEO - INV
11:30 to 11:50 am z
Debates
11:50 am to 2:00 pm z Lunch Break
2:00 to 6:00 pm – BUSINESSES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS FINANCING
Coordination: Evandro Cintra, Vice-President of Technical Services - Yamana Gold
Luiz A. Bizzi, Director of New Businesses for South America - BHP Billiton
2:00 to 2:30 pm z
Institucional Standards for Mineral Deposits Financing and Business
Carlos H. Bertoni, Director-President - Aura Minerals
2:30 to 3:00 pm z
The Qualified Person Concept: What is it, How is it Regulated, and How is it
Working?
William Pearson, Executive Vice-President Exploration – Central Sun Mining
Inc./CA
3:00 to 3:30 pm z
NI 43-101 Technical Report Requirements and Best Disclosures Standards for
Mining Projects
Deborah McCombe, Roscoe & Postle (ex-OSC)/CA
3:30 to 4:00 pm z
Capture Resources in Canada for Development of the Mining Projects in Brazil
Steve Vaughan, Partner - Heenan Blaikie LLP/Lawers I Patent & Trade-mark
Agents/CA
James Mc Vicar, Partner - Heenan Blaikie LLP/Lawers I Patent & Trade-mark
Agents/CA
Frederico Marques, Legal Consultant - Heenan Blaikie LLP/Lawers I Patent &
Trade-mark Agents/CA
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
Quality Control in Mineral Exploration as a Mineral Deposits Business
Financing Basis
William Mercer, PDAC Director, Consultant/CA
5:00 to 5:30 pm z
BOVESPA MAIS: New Financing Mechanism for the National Entrepreneurship
João Batista Fraga, Director of Business Relation
5:30 to 6:00 pm z
Debates
São João Del Rey Room
8:30 am to 12:00 noon – AEROGEOPHISICS, REMOTE SENSING AND DATA INTEGRATION IN
MINERAL EXPLORATION
Coordination: Augusto César Bittencourt Pires, UnB
Izabel Cecarelli, Geoambiente
8:30 to 9:00 am z
HyLogging - A New Way to Extract Knowledge and Value from Drill Core and
Drill Chips
Jon Huntington, SCIRO Exploration and Mining/AU
9:00 to 9:30 am z
Aerogeophisics Technologies Evolution from 1997 to 2007 and the Future of
Mineral Industry
Greg Hodges, R&D Coordinator - Fugro Airborne Surveys Canada
9:30 to 10:00 am z
Present Aerogeophisics Qualification State in Brazil and Forecast for the
Future
Luiz Fernando Braga, Director - Fugro Airborne Services
10:00 to 10:30 am z
Coffee break
Visit to Poster Session
Visit to ExpoSIMEXMIN
Visit to ISTO É MINERAÇÃO/ISTO É GEOLOGIA
10:30 to 11:00 am z
Mineral Potential Maps: Problems, News and Issues
Jeff Harris, SGC/CA
11:00 to 11:30 am
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11:30 to 12:00 noon z
Remote Sensing Data Spatial Analysis Application and Aerogeophysic
Applications in Exploration
Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho, UNICAMP
Amazonian Basic Surveys Megaproject: Impacts in Mineral Exploration
Roberto Ventura Santos, SGM/MME
12:00 noon to 2:00 pm z Lunch break
2:00 to 6:30 pm – NON-METALLIC MINERALS
Coordination: Gustavo Mello, Hgeo/Intergeo
Eduardo Salamuni, President - MINEROPAR
2:00 to 2:30 pm z
Non-Metallic Scenary in Brazil
Antônio Fernando da Silva Rodrigues, Director - DIDEM-DNPM
2:30 to 3:00 pm z
Clay: Characteristics, Uses, Importance and National Potential
Luciano Cordeiro de Loyola, MINEROPAR
3:00 to 3:30 pm z
Brazilian Geodiversity as a Leverage for Ornamental Rocks Industry
Development
Cid Chiodi, Kistemann & Chiodi
3:30 to 4:00 pm z
Potassium Reserves of the Amazon State at the Context of the Sustainable
Development of the Amazon and Brazil
Daniel Borges Nava, Executive Secretary of Geodiversities and Hydrical
Resources - Secretariat of State for Environment and Development Sustainable the
Amazon
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
Brazilian Alkaline Chimneys Potential for Non-Metallic Minerals
José Affonso Brod, UnB
5:00 to 5:30 pm z
Phosphates: New Perspectives
Vicente Humberto Lôbo Cruz, BUNGE Fertilizers
5:30 to 6:00 pm z
Strategic Role of Mineral Aggregates for the Brazilian Development
Fernando Mendes Valverde, Executive-Director - ANEPAC
6:00 to 6:30 pm z
Debates