Agenda

TIME	AGENDA
09:00	Welcome Speech & Opening Remarks by Summit Director
09:05	Summit Introduction
	Day 1 Chairperson
09:10	Host Keynote Address
	HON. BILL JOHNSTON MLA Minister for Mines and Petroleum Government of Western Australia
09:40	Platinum Sponsor Address: Operational Certainty: How to Achieve Optimal Business Performance While Minimizing Costs and Mitigating Risk
	APRAMEYA RAO Vice President Plantweb Solutions, Lifecycle Management & Marketing Emerson Automation Solutions
10:05	*Morning Refreshments & Networking Session*
	Hot Mineral Roundtables: Global Mine Owners’, Traders’ and Investors’ Perspectives on Tech and Battery Minerals
10:30	a. Cobalt Market: Demand, Pricing, Supply, Funding Needs, and an Update on Barra Resources Projects & Plans Going Forward
	SEAN GREGORY Managing Director & CEO Barra Resources Ltd
10:45	b. Cobalt Supply & Demand: Perspective from Cobalt Blue Holdings
	Does cobalt have a “battery” future Our view on cobalt demand Cobalt purity – key trends The Thackaringa Cobalt Project Why Thackaringa is World Class
	JOE KADERAVEK CEO Cobalt Blue Holdings
11:00	c. Lithium Supply & Demand
	Will there be sufficient lithium supply to meet EV and New Tech demand? What are some of the measures and studies undertaken to better understand the opacity in the open lithium market? Will the industry eventually arrive at a point where battery raw materials will be easily and transparently exchange traded? International index for lithium? How do the industry experts expect the lithium market to develop over the coming decade, given its immaturity?
	PHIL THICK General Manager Tianqi Lithium Australia
11:15	d. Manganese Sulphate’s Role in Battery Revolution
	ROBERT MANDANICI Managing Director Pilbara Metals Group
11:30	e. Graphite Supply & Demand
	McIntosh Project time line and potential Stage 1 Project Funding with Mineral Resources Limited Downstream business case for refined graphite Business structure for vertically integrated graphite business
	MIKE ROSENSTREICH Managing Director Hexagon Resources Limited
11:45	f. Tin Supply & Demand
	EVAN SPENCER Chief Operating Officer Kasbah Resources Limited
12:00	g. Focus High Purity Alumina Supply & Demand
	IGGY TAN Managing Director Altech Chemicals Limited
12:15	Vanadium Supply & Demand
	VINCENT ALGAR Managing Director Australian Vanadium Limited
12:30	Delivering Value in Plant Design and Construction
	ANGUS HOLDEN CEO Jord International
12:45	*Networking Luncheon*
13:10	Capital Intensity in Mining Industry
	PETER PHAM Managing Director Phoenix Capital Group
13:30	Key Tech Metal Producing Countries’ Mining Market Outlook, New Dynamics & Updates
	TOM BRINDED Associate Principal McKinsey & Company
14:00	SiLeach- Processing Technology for Lithium Extraction from Silicates. New Project Acquisition by Lithium Australia
	ADRIAN GRIFFIN Managing Director Lithium Australia
14:30	Meeting New Capital Funding Needs & Finding New Sources of Market Supply & Mining Finance Roundtable Panel Discussion How to attract new capital and make your mining projects bankable Future of debt financing for mine developers Royalty finance versus stream finance in mining The role of government sponsors and sovereign wealth funds? Why are some commodities and projects attractive to different capital sources? Recent funding success and expected returns for investors What are the new funding structures, going forward? Challenges in mining insurance and export credit
	LIAM TWIGGER Managing Director PCF Capital Group
	GRANT NICHOLAS Director, Natural Resources ANZ
	PETER PHAM Managing Director Phoenix Capital Group
	MATHEW COLLINGS Senior Associate Resource Capital Funds
15:15	*Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Session*
15:30	Customized Packing and Palletizing Solutions for Sensitive, Aggressive and High-Value (Rare Earth) Powders and Crystals
	JÖRN GRIESEL Global Sales Manager, Business Unit Chemicals Haver & Boecker Australia
16:00	Achieve Competitive Advantage by Unifying the Way You Manage Hydrocarbons
	SCOTT KELLY Global Accounts Manager Banlaw
16:20	Pre-Drinks Roundtables Followed by Drinks Reception
16:50	Closing Remark by Summit Chairperson
17:00	End of Day One Cocktail Reception
	After a long day of learning, benchmarking, and planning, unwind and mingle with your colleagues.

TIME	AGENDA
09:00	Highlights on Summit Day 2 Key Sessions by Chairperson
09:10	Potential and Feasibility of Kwinana as the Next Tech Metals Hub: Potential Investment Opportunities
	Perspective from Kwinana Industries Council
	CHRIS OUGHTON Director Kwinana Industries Council
09:40	Lithium Valley: Building the Case for Energy Metals and Battery Manufacturing in Western Australia
	COLLEEN YATES CEO Regional Development Australia Perth (RDA Perth)
10:20	Argentina Lithium Pegmatites
	CHRISTOPHER GALE Managing Director Latin Resources
10:40	*Morning Refreshments & Networking Session*
10:55	Western Australia Resources Sector: An Overview of the Batteries Metals Situation in Western Australia and the Challenges Facing the State in Developing a Battery Economy Collaboration and cooperation in a win-win strategy Mining equipment financing and rental challenges
	JEFFREY HAWORTH Executive Director, Geoscience and Resource Strategy Department of Mines, Industry Regulations and Safety, Western Australia
11:25	Tawana Resources’ Lithium Projects: An Update
	MARK CALDERWOOD Managing Director Tawana Resources
11:40	Corporate Update by Other Mining Companies
	MARK CALDERWOOD Managing Director Tawana Resources
	ANDREJ K. KARPINSKI Executive Chairman Korab Resources
	GREG KNOX Director Anson Resources
	KEITH COUGHLAN CEO European Metals
	GILLAN SWABY Executive Director Birimian
12:05	New Energy Metals in WA and the Role WA Can Play in Secondary Processing
	CAMERON EDWARDS Director InfraNomics
12:35	*Networking Luncheon*
13:30	Recycling of High Tech Metals: Markets, Challenges and Opportunities Recovery of cobalt, nickel and lithium from end-of-life lithium ion batteries Recycling minor metals and alloys Recycling alloy scrap and recovering Ta/Nb from PCBs What is scrap’s vital role in the minor metals supply chain?
	DR NAOMI BOXALL Research Scientist CSIRO
14:15	The Battery Revolution, EVs, Mining Tech Innovations and the Exploration and Processing of Tech Metals Panel Discussion
	DR BEN LI Senior Exploration Geologist Corazon Mining
	JEFFREY HAWORTH Executive Director, Geoscience and Resource Strategy Department of Mines, Industry Regulations and Safety, Western Australia
	CLARK WARD Technical Consultant Tianqi Lithium
	DR NAOMI BOXALL Research Scientist CSIRO
	JOHN WATTS Director Greenpower Energy
	ALAN FLAVELLE Consultant Greenpower Energy
15;00	*Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Session*
15:15	Extraction of Lithium from Silicate Sources – Phase Transformations During Calcination of Spodumene Concentrate from Greenbushes
	DR HANS OSKIERSKI Lecturer, Extractive Metallury Murdoch University
15:40	Structuring Debt Financing for your next Project: what works – Implications for the Tech Mining & Metals Sector
	DOM MCGREAL Director Wright Legal
16:30	Q&A Session & Closing Remarks by Summit Chairperson

TIME	AGENDA
10:00 – 14:00	Kwinana as the Next Tech Metals Hub in Western Australia Potential Investment Opportunities? What are the advantages and incentives? What strategic partnerships can you find? This will be a tour of the industrial area in Kwinana, together with a look around some of the sites of corporations and facilities related to the Lithium and Tech Metals Industry. The Kwinana Industrial Area became the State’s primary area of industrial development, with major drivers being its proximity to the sheltered waters of Cockburn Sound, a ready supply of labour from Perth and Fremantle, and a willingness by the Government to develop, a dedicated heavy industrial area. Tour will be conducted by: CHRIS OUGHTON Director Kwinana Industries Council

TIME

AGENDA

10:00 – 14:00

Kwinana as the Next Tech Metals Hub in Western Australia

Potential Investment Opportunities? What are the advantages and incentives? What strategic partnerships can you find?
This will be a tour of the industrial area in Kwinana, together with a look around some of the sites of corporations and facilities related to the Lithium and Tech Metals Industry.

The Kwinana Industrial Area became the State’s primary area of industrial development, with major drivers being its proximity to the sheltered waters of Cockburn Sound, a ready supply of labour from Perth and Fremantle, and a willingness by the Government to develop, a dedicated heavy industrial area.

Tour will be conducted by:
CHRIS OUGHTON
Director
Kwinana Industries Council