Our range of speakers and delegates will include key government officials, senior business executives and support services experts from the key South American mining countries together with investors and Australian mining companies already participating in mineral exploration and development in South America, as well as the growing number of Australian mining companies who are looking to participate in this exciting area of mineral exploration and development.

Participants will come from the following categories:

• Mining Executives
• Financiers / Bankers / Brokers / Analysts
• Government Officials and Representatives
• Investors
• Mining Service Industry
• Suppliers
• Mining Consultants

• Be briefed on the latest economic and business outlook for mineral and energy exploration and development in South America with a focus on the mineral resource rich countries of Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and also including Mexico
• Receive an update on the developing Australia and South America trade and commercial relationship including Australian Government support for mining sector cooperation and development
  
• Find out more about the regulatory and taxation regimes of the key countries in the region as they apply to their mineral exploration and mine development sectors

• Learn from the majors with a long history in the region with a particular focus on the position of South America in their global mineral exploration and mine development programs
• Hear from leading government officials and mineral exploration and mining associations from the key countries on the state of their economies, current regulatory and support policies for their mineral sectors and project opportunities
• Gain insight from Australian junior and mid cap companies successfully involved in mineral exploration and development in each of these key countries

• Get information from both Australian and international organizations on capital funding for mineral exploration and project development including successful examples using different fund raising options
• Profit from the newest investment opportunities in the mining sector in South America particularly involving Australian companies
• Network, network, network!

• South and Central America - again the leading regional destination globally for mining investment in 2011 and the economic and business outlook for mineral exploration and development
• Opportunities, challengers and threats for Australian miners, explorers and investors interested in South America
• Recently implemented and proposed regulatory and legislative changes what this means for mining sectors in countries across the region
• New developments in the Australia South America trade and commercial relationship and Australian Government support for resource sector cooperation and development
• Australian capital markets and project valuations of South American mineral exploration and mine development projects - are perspectives changing
• Sourcing of mining sector funding from South American domestic capital markets
• The TSX - the leading stock exchange in the world with a Latin America focus
• Sustainable development of the mining industry in South America - what does ratification of ILO Indigenous and Tribal People Convention 169 by Governments mean for new mining projects
• The importance of risk management - a company case study
• Oil and gas and geothermal - significant opportunities for further exploration and development
• Procedures for bidding for exploration permits - a country comparison
• Addressing the skills shortages in the South American mining sector
• Partnering with Chinese companies for mineral exploration and mine development in South America
• South and Central America - key markets for Australian suppliers of mining equipment, technology and services
• Brazil - responsible and sustainable mining - the key to fully developing Brazil's potential to double or treble current mining production
• Argentina - the continued growth of the mining sector and proposal to establish the world's first national protocol on sustainable and responsible mining
• Mexico - one of the top five country destinations globally for mining investment in 2011
• Colombia - a new series of legal and institutional changes will set the stage for a successful future in competitive and sustainable mining
• Peru - maintaining the economic framework and implementing new laws to ensure the continued growth of Peru's mining sector
• Chilevthe leading copper producer globally but exciting new opportunities for further exploration and development of gold, lithium, oil and gas and geothermal resources
• Guyana and Ecuador - mining sectors at early stage of development but with significant potential