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Speakers
- 6th
November 2007
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Mr
David
Morgan has been a private economist for over two
decades. His background in engineering with an
advanced degree in Economics/Finance gives a unique
perspective to the financial markets.
He applies
the discipline of logic to verify the basics of economic
law. Mr. Morgan has been published in Barron's,
The Wall Street Journal, Futures Magazine, The Herald
Tribune, Gold Newsletter, Resource Consultants and
countless other publications.
Mr. Morgan does a
weekly Mining Industry Review for the
Free Market News Network. This program focuses
on the Mining Industry and Precious Metals.
Additionally, Mr. Morgan hosts "The Morgan Report"
weekly radio metals wrap-up for the
Financial Sense News hour. Mr Morgan was
published in the "Global Investor" regarding ten rules
of silver investing and he is the author of "Get
the Skinny on Silver Investing".
Mr Morgan's speaking engagements have taken him all over
the world and starting in 2006, he has focused more on
fund managers and institutions and less on the retail
sector now that he can offer a product to the
institutions that is precious metals based.
Mr Morgan's
consultant work involves everything from financing to
investor relations proper.
The subtitle for his
Silver-Investor.com website is "for the serious
precious metals investor" and this summarizes the fact
that almost every 'junior' miner selected has eventually
moved from the over-the-counter market to at least an
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Mr
David Bensimon graduated with multiple awards and
top of his class in a five-year business program at
University of British Columbia, specialising in
finance. He has nearly two decades of
experience trading on an interbank, exchange-floor, and
proprietary basis across foreign exchange, interest
rate, equity, and commodity markets. His institutional
career at top-tier global investment banks such as
Citibank, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and CNCA in North
America and Europe included positions as Chief Dealer,
Head of Trading, and Chief of Staff.
For the past decade Mr. Bensimon has run his own
consulting business, Polar Pacific Pty Ltd, an advisory
firm licensed by the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission. The company publishes a variety
of periodic and special analytical reports with an
exceptional track-record in forecasting precision, as
well as the award-winning book, Polar Perspectives
-- which recently won the GOLD MEDAL as
'Best Book in the field
of Finance/Investment/Economics' at the 2007 Independent
Publisher Awards in New York.
Mr Bensimon's presentations include private seminars for
investment banks (trading/sales/research), private banks
(high net-worth clients), and brokers (institutional
clients), as well as public speaking engagements
at industry conferences, technical analysis
associations, and chambers of commerce.
At the London 'Silver
Investment Summit', Mr. Bensimon will highlight the
powerful fundamental and technical elements on a deep
historical basis which point to Silver as an exceptional
investment opportunity for 2008-2014, substantially
out-performing even Gold and other Commodities that will
also enjoy a strong bull run in this period.
Full profile
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Media Interviews /
Fact sheet /
Polar Pacific |
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Post-Conference Seminar & Dinner - David Bensimon & David Morgan
(optional)
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Mr Rolf Nef has accumulated 25 years of experience in the areas of
finance and investment through his capacity as fund
manager, research and macroeconomics analyst, investment
consultant at private banks and at Swiss 'big banks'
such as UBS and Credit Suisse, and through his work in the taxation
sector.
In addition, Mr. Nef has compiled
basic research on long-term credit cycles. The insights
from this work have contributed significantly to his
management of the 'Tell Gold & Silver Fund' (regulated
in
Liechtenstein).
Mr. Nef holds a degree in
Economics from
the University of Zurich.
Mr Rolf
Nef - "The Explosive Potential of the Silver Price"
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Corporate
Presentations by CEO's
and Management of Exhibiting Companies
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Mr
Jim Williams, Chief Executive Officer - ARIAN SILVER
CORPORATION
Jim Williams is a professional geologist with more than
20 years worldwide experience of a variety of minerals.
For the past six years Mr Williams has been evaluating
silver (and gold) projects in Mexico and is very
familiar with both epithermal and VMS systems.
Mr
Williams is a Fellow of the UK IMMM, a CEng and a CGeol.
He is also a Eur. Ing., and a Euro. Geol. In addition,
he is involved with various project financings, and is
conversant with the US, Canadian and UK financial
'circuits' and this has been demonstrated over the past
~ six years. Mr Williams holds BSc, MSc and DIC degrees
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Mr
Bradford Cooke, Chairman & CEO -
ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP.
Bradford Cooke, P. Geo., is a professional geologist
with over 30 years experience in the mining industry.
Mr. Cooke has participated in the discovery of several
mineral deposits, including uranium in Labrador, gold
and tungsten in B.C., gold in Suriname and silver in
Mexico. He has raised over CA$250 million in equity and
joint venture financings for resource projects since
1988. Bradford received his B.Sc. Geology (Honors)
degree in 1976 and a M.Sc. Geology degree in 1984. From
1976 to 1987, he worked as a project geologist for
Noranda Mines, Shell Minerals, Chevron Minerals and as a
geological consultant to junior mining companies. Mr.
Cooke founded Canarc Resource Corp. in 1988 and
Endeavour Silver Corp. in 2003. Today, Canarc is
developing one of the largest high grade gold deposits
in western Canada and Endeavour is one of the fastest
growing primary producers of silver worldwide. |
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Ms
Annemarie Brissenden, Manager Corporate Communications -
EXCELLON RESOURCES INC.
Annemarie Brissenden manages investor relations,
corporate communications and sponsorship programs for
Excellon Resources Inc., which is committed to building
value through production, expansion and discovery.
Ms Brissenden has been with the Company since it first
acquired the Platosa Property. Her career in the mining
industry has spanned over ten years and has included
periods at a private investment firm and Regal
Goldfields Limited (now Regal Consolidated Ventures
Limited).
Previously editor-in-chief of three community newspapers
in Toronto, she graduated from McGill University with a
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. |
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Mr
Keith Neumeyer, President & CE0 -
FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.
Keith Neumeyer has worked in the investment community
for 21 years beginning his career at a number of
national brokerage firms. He moved on to work with
several publically traded
companies in the resource and high technology sectors.
His roles have included senior management positions and
directorships responsible in areas of finance, business
development, strategic planning and corporate
restructuring. Mr. Neumeyer was the original and
founding President of First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
(T-FM). He was instrumental in the acquisition of
the Bwana Mkubwa Mine in
Zambia and the assembly of a team of mining
professionals who in turn built the first new mine in
the region in 25 years and who run the Company today.
Mr. Neumeyer has collectively raised over $200 million
to date, has listed two companies on the Toronto Stock
Exchange and as such has extensive experience dealing
with the financial, regulatory, legal and accounting
issues that are relevant in the investment community. |
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Mr
Robert Archer, President & CEO -
GREAT PANTHER RESOURCES LIMITED
Robert
Archer has more than 27-years experience working for
mining companies throughout North America, namely
Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd., Rio Algom
Exploration Inc., Placer Dome Canada Ltd. and Noranda
Exploration Inc. He also served as President of
Consolidated Magna Ventures Ltd.
Mr. Archer is the President of R. A. Archer & Associates
and Platoro Resource Corp. He also serves as
President and Chief Executive Officer and is a director
of Cangold Limited, a company publicly listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange.
He is also a non-executive
director of Altair Ventures Incorporated, a company also
publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. |
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Mr
Fred Davidson, President & CE0 -
IMPACT SILVER CORP.
Fred
Davidson has arranged financing for public and private
mining companies for 25 years. He has an MBA from
the University of British Columbia and became a
Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1972.
He lectured at the University of British Columbia for
two years, then spent 10 years as Chief Financial
Officer of Erickson Gold Mines Ltd. The Mt. Skukum gold
mine was developed by Erickson from grass roots
exploration through to production. From 1984 - 1993,
Mr. Davidson was the Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of TOTAL Energold Corp., an energy and gold
producer with more that $250 million in assets.
In
1993, he helped engineer the sale of TOTAL's assets, and
then became President of a private mineral investment
group.
Mr. Davidson is currently the President of Energold
Drilling Corp. as well as the CFO of Redhawk Resources. |
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Mr
John Hite, President -
MARIFIL MINES LTD.
John Hite is a registered professional
geologist with over 40 years experience in the mining
industry.
He has worked for various companies including Cyprus
Mines, McIntyre Porcupine Mines, and Homestake Mining
Co.
Since 1987, Mr. Hite has worked in the junior mining
resource area and has formed a number of successful
junior mining companies. Mr. Hite is credited with
several important mineral discoveries.
He has been a
founder, president, and director of Marifil Mines Ltd.
since 2003. |
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Mr Glenn M. Dobbs, President & CEO, Chairman-
MINES MANAGEMENT INC.
Glenn M Dobbs has broad experience in international
finance, investment banking, natural resource financing
and as a business development consultant.
He is a former member of the Board of the Northwest
Mining Association (NWMA). Mr. Dobbs was the founder of
the Alpha Commodities Fund in 1976, founder and Board
Chairman of First American Bank in 1978, Dallas regional
manager for Monex International, founder of the
InterGold Fund in 1996 and a former member of the
Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Dobbs has written and lectured extensively on
precious metals sector investing, resource development
and financing. |
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Ms
Linda Thorstad, Chief Executive Officer -
OREMEX RESOURCES INC.
Linda Thorstad, M.Sc., P. Geo. is the Chief
Executive Officer of Oremex Resources Inc. Over the past
25 years she has also served in a range of senior roles
in the mining sector including President of Interaction
Resources; VP, Corporate Relations for Viceroy Resource
Corp. and President of Questore Consultants Ltd. Linda
is highly respected for her strategic and change
management skills, her strong communication abilities,
her community-building efforts and is respected resource
person with respect to sustainable development.
Linda is a recipient of Vancouver's prestigious
Influential Women in Business Award in 2002 and the 2004
Frank Woodside Past Presidents Distinguished Service
Award (BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines). She is Past
President of the Association of Professional Engineers
and Geoscientists of the Province of BC, is a founding
member of the Canadian Council for Professional
Geoscientists and has served on the Minister of Natural
Resources Canada Advisory Board related to sustainable
development in the mining sector. |
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Mr
George Cavey, VP Exploration & Director -
ORKO SILVER CORP.
George
Cavey, P.Geo. has extensive geological experience in
North, Central and South America and Africa.
He is a
Past President of the Canadian Council of Professional
Geoscientists and the 2004 recipient of the C.J.
Westerman Award.
This recognition is the Association of
Professional Engineer and Geoscientists of British
Columbia’s (APEGBC) highest award for professional
geosciences. Mr. Cavey has also served on Canadian
Securities Administrators Mining Technical Monitoring
and Advisory Committee. |
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Mr
Albert Brantley, President & CEO -
SABINA SILVER CORPORATION
Albert Brantley has over 35 years experience in heavy
industrial, power and mining/smelting projects,
including design, construction/commissioning and
operations of mining and smelter projects, major roads,
bridges and pipelines as well as ports, railways and
power and water plants. Roles have varied from
operational to technical to supervisory to all levels of
management, and corporate management experience has
included privately held and publicly listed
international joint ventures. Mr. Brantley is
President and Chief Executive Officer of Sabina Silver
Corporation, which is currently developing the 100%
owned Hackett River silver-zinc project in the Nunavut
area of northern Canada. Prior to joining Sabina, Mr
Brantley was Chief Operating Officer/Chief Development
Officer for OceanaGold, one of Australasia’s largest
gold producers, and has served in various executive
roles for gold and copper producers in South America and
Southeast Asia as well as having led major
infrastructure development projects in the Subcontinent
and the Middle East.
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Mr
Oliver Frank, Chief Executive Officer -
SILVER CAPITAL AG
Oliver Frank has been an independent research
analyst in the mining sector since 1994. He is one
of the youngest German investment pioneers in the
commodity sector, especially in precious metals such as
gold & silver since the mid 90's.
In 1996 he wrote the first German book about North
American mining stocks and commented on over 100
different companies, mainly from Canada & USA.
In the last 12 years, Mr Frank has built up a large
investment community in Germany and a large network of
resource-related business individuals in Europe, North
America & Australia for commodity investments,
especially silver. |
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Mr
Bruce Bragagnolo, CEO & DIRECTOR -
SILVERMEX RESOURCES LTD.
Bruce Bragagnolo LLB., serves as CEO and a
Director of Silvermex Resources Ltd. From 1987 to
January of 2007, Mr. Bragagnolo was a lawyer with a
preferred area of practice in securities, with over 20
years of corporate finance and transactional experience,
much of which has been in the mineral sector.
As CEO,
Mr. Bragagnolo’s energies are focused on financing,
regulatory compliance, and the structure and negotiation
of acquisitions. Mr. Bragagnolo graduated with an
LLB from the University of British Columbia in 1983. |
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Mr
Darren Pylot, President & CEO -
SILVERSTONE RESOURCES CORP.
Darren Pylot has over 15 years experience in
the management, administration and financing of public
companies focusing on the junior resource sector.
Mr Pylot is also President & CEO of Capstone Mining
Corp. (CS:TSX) a copper-silver-zinc-lead producer in
Mexico. |
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Mr Neil Linder, President & Director -
SNS SILVER CORP.
Neil Linder began his career with a boutique Venture
Capital firm in Vancouver, BC. which was one of the
first firms to invest in early stage junior industrial
companies and subsequently take them public. Neil
quickly progressed, to building his own VC, Strategic
Equity Corp. Among his successes were Blue Mountain
Vineyards and Cellars, Insulpro Industries, Healthcare
Capital, International Hard Suits, as well as two tax
driven VCC funds.
Mr Linder
has combined his strategic guidance with fund raising to
his client companies allowing them to grow organically
and by strategic acquisition. He has raised over $100
million for client companies throughout his career. |
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Mr
Mark Orsmond, Corporate Development Manager -
STERLING MINING CO.
Mark Orsmond is a
professional accountant, qualified in both Canada and
South Africa. He obtained a B-Compt Degree from the
University of South Africa in 1998. Mark has spent most
of his working career in the corporate finance area,
working for an international brokerage firm in South
Africa and a boutique corporate finance firm, Mercantile
Consulting, which he owns and operates in Canada.
During his career he has assisted many public, private
and government entities with M&A, financing and related
activities. He recently (Nov 2006) assisted Minco
Silver close a $16.5 million equity financing, lead by
CIBC World Markets. Mr Orsmond acted as the Chief Financial
Officer of the Minco Group (Amex Listed) for a period of
six months prior to working on the Minco Silver
financing. |
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