PLENARY SESSION

13:30 - 15:00 / 03.Jun.2020 (BST - British Summer Time)

Present and Future of Metals and Mine Financing

13:30 – 15:00 PLENARY SESSION: PRESENT AND FUTURE OF METALS AND MINE FINANCING
   
Summary: Following the global commodities crash in 2011/2012 creative alternative solutions for raising cash became available in the junior mining sector replacing traditional platforms. In 2020 virus-precipitated unprecedented economic downturn is causing severe disruption to global commodity and financial markets, which raises the question of funding for exploration and mining in Europe. Investors and professional advisors will examine the current state of the financial market and discuss new alternative financing for the mining industry in the current climate. 
   
13:30 – 14:00 COMMODITY MARKETS UPDATE
   
14:00 – 14:30 FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL MARKETS UPDATE
 
14:30 – 15:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: ALTERNATIVE FINANCING FOR MINING INDUSTRY IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE

Moderator
Ros Lund
Mining Specialist
Department for International Trade


Speakers
13:30 - New Energy Vehicles & Electric Vehicles Impact on Metals

Jeffrey Christian
Managing Partner
CPM Group


13:40 - Impacts and implications of Covid-19 on commodity markets: a scenario analysis

Benjamin Jones
Managing Consultant
CRU Group


13:50 - Technical update on gold and silver

Florian Grummes
Managing Director and Founder
Midas Touch Consulting


14:00 - Will EBRD be able to fund new projects in the next 6-12 months and what will be funding / investment criteria ?

Huw Williams
Associate Director – Equity
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development


14:10 - Equity finance in the post corona world

Graham Dallas
Head of International Business Development EMEA
Toronto Stock Exchange


14:20 - London Stock Exchange’s listed issuers turn to capital markets in Q1 2020 amid uncertainty

Ayuna Nechaeva
Head of Europe, Primary Markets
London Stock Exchange Group


Panellists
Rama Ayman
CEO
MMG Capital


Ayuna Nechaeva
Head of Europe, Primary Markets
London Stock Exchange Group


Graham Dallas
Head of International Business Development EMEA
Toronto Stock Exchange


Angelos Damaskos
Chief Executive Officer
Sector Investment Managers