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Page 1: Friday November 15, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canadaonthegroundgroup.com/documents/Nov 15 2013 program.pdf11h40 Belo Sun Corporate Presentation November 2013 - Mark Eaton, President and

Friday November 15, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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09h00 - 17h00Friday November 15, 2013KPMGBay Adelaide Centre333 Bay Street, Suite 4600Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2S5416.777.8500

Morning Chair Richard Rohan, VP Corporate Sales, TMX Equity Transfer Afternoon Chair Richard Lachcik, Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

09h00 Registration & Networking

09h30 Welcoming Remarks- Wayne Floreani, Vice President, On the Ground Group- Derek Peters, Partner, KPMG- Richard Rohan, Vice President, Corporate Sales, TMX Equity Transfer Services - Morning Chair

09h40 Outlook for Base Metal & Gold Prices, 2013-15 - Will the Bull-Run in Commodities Return?- Patricia M. Mohr, Vice-President, Economics & Commodity Market Specialist, Scotiabank, Toronto

10h00 Pershimco Resources Inc. - The Next Gold Producer in Panama- Alain Bureau, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Pershimco Resources Inc.

10h20 When the Tide Turns: Risk Management Planning for Mining Projects in Latin America- Rubén Eduardo Luján, Co-Head of Banking and Finance, Latin America, Norton Rose Fulbright - Daniel Linsker, Vice President, Global Services, South America, Control Risks

10h40 Networking Refreshment Break

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11h00 Hard Times for Juniors: Dealing with Reality- Jim Borland, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Strait Minerals Inc.

11h20 Financing Mining Projects in Latin America Today- Max Satel, Vice President, Investment Banking, Mackie Research Capital Corporation

11h40 Belo Sun Corporate Presentation November 2013 - Mark Eaton, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Belo Sun Mining Corp.

12h00 TSX & TSXV: Myths and Realities in Challenging Times- Carlos Espinosa, Head of Business Development, Mining Americas,

Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

12h20 Networking Bu"et Luncheon

13h20 State of the Market: Latin America- Glen Jones, Executive Director, The Americas, IntierraRMG

13h40 An Invitation to Explore the Largest Under-Explored Areas in the Largest Copper Producing Region in the World- Daniel Jiménez Schuster, Senior Vice-President Exploration SQM (Sociedad Quimica y Minera)

14h00 U3O8 Corp: Emerging Low-Cost Uranium Projects in South America- Richard Spencer, President and Chief Executive O!cer, U3O8 Corp.

14h20 Networking Refreshment Break

14h40 Perspectives on Achieving and Maintaining Your Social License in Latin America- Corinne Boone, Managing Director, Environmental Services Group, Hatch - Olivia Gamache Environment and Social Risk Consultant, Environmental Services Group, Hatch

15h00 Financing, and Managing Political Risk in Latin America’s Mining Sector- Tim McGuire, Strategic Account Executive - Extractive Industries Team,

Export Development Canada

15h20 The Bene!t Footprint of Mining in Latin America- Ed Opitz, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Kinross

15h40 Wrap Up- Richard Lachcik, Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP – Afternoon Chair- Terry Ortslan, Managing Director, TSO Associates and Chairman, Mineral Resource Analyst Group- Bruce Shapiro, President, On the Ground Group

15h50+ Networking Cocktail Reception

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Belo Sun Mining Corp. (TSX: BSX)Belo Sun Mining Corp. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company with a portfolio of properties in Brazil. Belo Sun’s primaryfocus is on expanding and completing a feasibility study on its 100%owned Volta Grande Project in Para State, which hosts a gold resourceprepared in accordance with NI 43-101 of 5.1 million ounces (Measured& Indicated) at an average grade of 1.69 g/t Au and 2.5 million ounces(Inferred) at an average grade of 1.75 g/t Au. www.belosun.com

Canada-Colombia Chamber of CommerceThe Canada-Colombia Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) is an independ-ent, non-governmental business association headquartered in Torontowith a leading role of connecting players from private and governmentsectors to strengthen bilateral trade and investments between Canadaand Colombia. The CCCC maintains close ties with the appropriate government departments and trade agencies both in Canada and Colombia. Funding for the CCCC is provided mainly through membership fees. www.canadacolombiachamber.org

Control RisksControl Risks is an independent, global risk consultancy specialising inhelping organisations manage political, integrity and security risks incomplex and hostile environments. We support clients by providingstrategic consultancy, expert analysis and in-depth investigations, handling sensitive political issues and providing practical on-the-ground protection and support. Our unique combination of services,geographical reach and the trust our clients place in us ensure we canhelp them to e"ectively solve their problems and realise new opportu-nities across the world. www.controlrisks.com

Export Development CanadaEDC is Canada’s export credit agency, o"ering innovative commercialsolutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their inter-national business. EDC’s knowledge and partnerships are used by morethan 7,400 Canadian companies and their global customers in up to200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is #nancially self- sustaining anda recognized leader in #nancial reporting and economic analysis.www.edc.ca

Global News MattersGlobal News Matters is an economic research #rm that provides cross-industry insight, with experience ranging from Financial Services, toManufacturing, Public Utilities and Oil & Gas. Our publications cater tothe speci#c requirements of today’s leaders who wish to succeed in anever-more global landscape.www.globalnewsmatters.com

HatchHatch is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional services#rm that delivers a comprehensive array of technical and strategic services, including Consulting, Information Technology, Engineering,Process Development, and Project and Construction Management tothe Mining, Metallurgical, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors. Hatchcompanies have served clients for over 80 years and have project experience in more than 150 countries around the world. With 11,000people in over 65 o!ces, the #rm has more than US$35 billion in projects currently under management.Hatch delivers unprecedented business results for our clients througha commitment to quality, lower operating costs, more e!cient utiliza-tion of capital assets, higher standards for safety and risk management,faster startups and continuous performance improvements in all proj-ects and programs.www.hatch.ca

IntierraRMGFor 30 years, Intierra and Raw Materials Group have been the miningindustry's preferred sources of data, mapping, analysis and reporting.We have provided resource sector intelligence for suppliers, #nanciers,governments, exploration and mining companies. As IntierraRMG wedeliver respected market and project reports for suppliers, material$ows analysis, mineral economics policy and unrivalled consulting expertise. Our databases and sector-speci#c modules o"er unique insights into tenement ownership, company evaluations, M&A, riskmanagement, due diligence, competitor intelligence and projectpipeline evaluation. The mapping division distributes over 850,000maps globally through leading industry publications and major confer-ences. These maps are the most e"ective marketing media to reachmining and exploration companies.www.intierrarmg.com

Kinross Gold CorporationKinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and proj-ects in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Mauritania, Russia and the United States,employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Kinross maintainslistings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New YorkStock Exchange (symbol:KGC).www.kinross.com

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KPMGKPMG is committed to the mining industry. We have made considerableinvestment in the industry in regards to personnel, research, and hard-won experience. Through these investments, we strive to be the bestin everything we do, turning our experience and industry knowledgeinto real value for our clients. This is the KPMG Way. www.kpmg.ca

Mackie Research Capital Corporation Mackie Research Capital is one of Canada's largest independent fullservice investment #rms, and proudly traces its roots back to 1921. Weare privately owned by many of our 350 employees. As a fully integratednational investment dealer, we o"er a full complement of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutionsand growth companies.www.mackieresearch.com

The Mineral Resource Analyst Group (MRAG) MRAG has been in formal existence since late 1971, providing a forumfor the mining industry to interact with senior sell side mining analysts. The generation of mining analysts of the 1960s have expanded from occasional get togethers at the Engineers Club on Victoria Street in Toronto. MRAG is a non-pro#t association and itsmembers of good standing pay an annual or bi-annual fee for the activities of MRAG, which include corporate and industry presentations,#eld trips and forecast sessions.MRAG is the only continuous association of analysts representing a keysector of the equity markets in Canada. www.mrag.ca

MineAfrica Inc.MineAfrica is a business development and marketing company provid-ing the premier platform for mining and oil and gas companies, serviceproviders and governments to promote themselves to a senior level,Africa focussed #nancial and natural resources audience. Our programsinclude; 1) 7th Annual Investing in African Mining in London, UK on December 2, 2013 during Mines and Money; 2)12th Annual Invest-ing in African Mining on March 4, 2014 during PDAC; 3) 4th AnnualFocus on West Africa in London, UK in October 2014; 4) 3rd Annual ENERGYAfrica in Toronto in June 2014; 5) educational courses includingour MASTERMINING programs (3-day Understanding the Mining Indus-try and 1-day Canadian Capital Markets for Junior Mining Companies);and 5) business development, marketing and consulting services. In 2010 we launched On the Ground Group to produce our non-Africanmining investment seminars including mineLatinAmerica.www.mineafrica.com

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLPNorton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world’spre-eminent corporations and #nancial institutions with a full businesslaw service. We have more than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 citiesacross Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia,Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Our Mining team advises on allaspects of mining transactions and project development for domesticand global clients with mining interests. Clients rely on our comprehen-sive understanding of the mining industry and the critical business issues that face industry participants to help them successfully achievetheir goals. Our international presence truly re$ects the global natureof the mining industry. We have a comprehensive understanding ofmining jurisdictions throughout the world and our team collaboratesseamlessly to deliver the highest calibre of services worldwide. Our trulyglobal network of mining professionals is unparalleled among law #rmsin Canada and the team has the experience of acting on mining lawtransactions in almost every country in the world. Wherever we are, weoperate in accordance with our global business principles of quality,unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard oflegal service in each of our o!ces and to maintain that level of qualityat every point of contact.Law around the world.www.nortonrosefulbright.com

On the Ground GroupOn the Ground Group (the international division of MineAfrica Inc.) is abusiness development and marketing company producing seminarsfor the international mining and #nancial industries including mineLati-nAmerica and educational courses including our MASTERMINING programs (3-day Understanding the Mining Industry in Vancouver,Toronto, London, UK and Cape Town, South Africa and our new, 1-dayCanadian Capital Markets for Junior Mining Companies). www.onthegroundgroup.com

Pershimco Resources Inc. (TSX.V: PRO)Pershimco Resources (TSX-V: PRO) is a junior mineral exploration company that acquires, explores, develops and, where possible, oper-ates mining properties. It is managed by skilled people who possess integrity and have extensive mining exploration and development experience. The Pershimco team and our investors are the key to oursuccess. Backed by a serious shareholder base, Pershimco's manage-ment track records in developing projects is key to our growth. Our goaloriented team is diversi#ed and experienced in building successful projects in Canada and Latin America. Panama is among the fastestgrowing economy on the planet and is the center stage of some of thelargest projects in the Americas, including the construction of the newPanama Canal and the $6 billion Minera Panama copper-gold projectlocated 150km north of Cerro Quema.www.pershimco.ca

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Peruvian-Canadian Chamber of CommerceThe Peruvian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce plays a vital and activerole in assisting Peruvian companies in Canada as well as Canadiancompanies in Peru to expand their business. The Chamber:• Promotes and facilitates better business relations• Provides essential information about doing business in each country• Brings business leaders together to facilitate contact• Provides platforms for networking in both countries• Represents the mutual interests of memberswww.perucanadacc.com

Scotiabank, Global Banking and MarketsInvestment Banking - Global Mining• Dedicated team of 14 professionals focused exclusively on mining• In-house technical expertise with two mining engineers and

a geologist• Supported by Scotiabank’s 18-member M&A advisory group Corporate Banking - Global Mining

• Top lender to the Canadian and North American (including Mexico)mining sector

• In-house technical expertise with a senior mining engineer and a geologist

• International presence with coverage from Toronto of Canada, theUnited States, Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia/Paci#c region

Major international Banking Presence• Scotiabank Mexico, Scotiabank Chile and Scotiabank Peru; major

presence in Colombia and operations in Brazil and Uruguay.• Greatest presence of any Canadian bank in the Asia/Paci#c region

with o!ces in Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, JV in Xian; Singapore;six branches in India, and equity interests in banks in Thailand and Malaysia.

Precious Metal Trading• ScotiaMocatta is the top physical trader of gold & precious metals in

the world, a member of the London Gold Fix, the permanent chair ofthe London Silver Fix and a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange;o!ces in Mumbai, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, New York and Toronto.

• O"ers tailor-made solutions for Base Metal risk management &hedging in London, Toronto and New York.

www.scotiabank.com

Spanish Solutions Spanish and Portuguese Solutions are a Toronto-based company thatspecializes in translation & interpretation, communications and language services, and in linking Latin America and North Americathrough a range of business solutions, leadership development andSpanish and Portuguese languages. We help companies with their communication needs, providing copyright, translation, legal transla-tion, communications and language courses. For over 5 years we havebeen helping several important mining companies to reinforce theirobjectives, increase and solidify their presence while trading, connect-

ing, or conducting business in Latin America. We leverage our deep understanding of Latin American culture, communications and business to your advantage. www.spanishsolutons.ca www.portuguesesolutions.com

SQM (Sociedad Quimica y Minera)SQM is a Chilean mining and chemical company, and the world´s lead-ing potassium nitrates, iodine and lithium producer.At the heart of the Atacama Desert, SQM own around 3 million Ha ofunique and rich mineral resources from which the nitrates, iodine,lithium and potassium are extracted.SQM is also actively and successfully exploring its large territory for copper and gold and is looking at accelerating its exploration programthrough alliances with other mining or exploration companies in thisvast and for metals under explored areas which has neighbors with thelargest copper mines in the world.www.sqm.com

Strait Minerals Inc. (TSX.V: SRD)Strait (TSX.V: SRD) is a Canadian mineral exploration company activesolely in Peru since 2003. Teck Resources Limited, through its Peruviansubsidiary, can earn up to 75% of Strait's Alicia copper-gold project approximately 500 km southeast of Lima. Strait also holds an option toearn a 100% interest in the Caribe copper-molybdenum property approximately 80 km west of Alicia and holds a 100% interest in boththe Letra Rumi South base metals property and the adjacent Culebrillaprecious metals property approximately 250 km north of Lima.www.straitminerals.com

Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange are dynamic marketplaces to access the capital and liquidity that drives the growthof the global mining industry. Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX VentureExchange list more mining companies than any other market in theworld. As a result, the exchanges have the most diversi#ed roster ofpublic mining companies by commodity and stage of development.These companies bene#t by having greater access to capital, visibilityand analyst coverage.www.tmx.com/mining.

U3O8 Corp. (TSX: UWE; OTCQX: UWEFF)A Leading South American Focused Uranium & “Green Commodities” Explorer. U3O8 Corp. is emerging into a mid-sized uranium companyhaving dramatically grown its NI 43-101 resources to nearly 50 millionpounds across projects in Colombia, Argentina and Guyana. The PEAshows that its $agship Berlin Deposit in Colombia could be a zero cashcost uranium producer thanks to revenue from by-products of phos-phate, vanadium, nickel, rare earths and other metals. A PEA is expectedby year-end 2013 on its Laguna Salada Deposit in Argentina to showthat this project could be a near-term, low cost uranium producer.www.u3o8corp.com

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Corinne Boone, Managing Director, Environmental Services Group (ESG), HatchCorinne is part of Hatch’s senior management team and leads the Environ-mental Services Group responsible for a team of approximately 200 profes-sionals focusing on integrating environmental, community/ stakeholdermanagement, sustainable development and carbon management issuesinto Hatch’s project portfolio and with Hatch’s clients. Corinne has over 20 years of experience in the global environmental !eld. Corinne’s has heldsenior roles within projects as well as strategic advisory level positionswithin industry, consulting services and the !nancial industry and bringsstrong multi-disciplinary perspective and experience to her role at Hatch.Prior to joining Hatch, Corinne was Managing Director, Origination, withCantorCO2e and also spent 10 years at Ontario Power Generation Inc. andÉlectricité de France. Corinne holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Thomas University and a Master of Environmental Studies from York [email protected]

James S. Borland, President and Director, Strait Minerals Inc.Jim is the co-founder and, since 2006, President of Strait Minerals Inc. Previously he was Manager of Research Communications for BMO NesbittBurns Inc., Vice President Investor Relations for Boliden Ltd., and Commu-nications Manager for the Nickel Development Institute. From 1987 to 1992,he was Editor of The Northern Miner newspaper, having worked at the publication as a journalist since 1984. [email protected]

Alain Bureau, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Pershimco Resources Inc.Mr. Alain Bureau holds a Canadian armed forces o"cer training and an en-gineering degree from the Royal Military College of Canada. He has workedin the mining and construction industry in Canada and Latin America formore than 15 years. He was involved in sizeable international projects suchas La Ronde, Pinos Altos Mexico, Raglan, Altonorte, Izcaycruz, Yauliyacu andEscondida. Mr. Bureau was the Construction Manager for various projectsin Venezuela and the Dominican Republic for the Canadian engineering andconstruction !rm Dessau-Soprin International. Mr. Bureau is a member ofthe Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists Association of [email protected]

Mark Eaton, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Belo Sun Mining Corp.Mr. Eaton is a graduate from Hull University, England and is an experiencedinvestment professional with over 20 years of experience in equity capitalmarkets specializing in the resource sector. He has held the position of Man-aging Director of Global Mining Sales, a division of CIBC World Markets ofToronto and Manager of US Equity Sales for CIBC World Markets. Mr. Eaton'smost recent position was as a Partner and Director of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon Ltd., a Toronto-based investment dealer, which he held fromJanuary 2007 until he joined the Board of UEX Corporation in March, [email protected]

Carlos Espinosa, Head of Business Development, Mining Americas,Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture ExchangeCarlos is responsible for the development and execution of the Exchangesstrategy in the Americas for attracting new listings in the mining sector. Inaddition Mr. Espinosa is Head of Business Development of MinesOnline.com,a web based business established to market mining projects. Prior to join-ing TSX, Mr. Espinosa worked as Managing Director at SoftLanding GroupMexico, Inc. From 1999 to 2008 he was posted as Deputy Trade Commis-sioner of Mexico in Toronto. His also was Senior Manager, Commercial Bank-ing at BANCOMEXT, Mexican Bank for Foreign Trade. Mr. Espinosa earnedan Executive M.B.A. from the Kellogg-Schulich program at NorthwesternUniversity School of Management and the Schulich School of Business atYork University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from UniversidadNacional Autonoma de Mexico. [email protected]

Wayne Floreani, Vice President, On the Ground GroupWayne has 25 years of international trade and investment promotion experience and expertise, with a particular focus on natural resources. Heworked previously with the South African Consulate in Toronto and the Sudbury Regional Development Corporation. He has organized numerousinternational trade missions, conferences, seminars and ministerial delega-tions. He is a current Board Member (and past Chairman) of the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business, a member of the PDAC and PastPresident of the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association ofCanada. [email protected]

Olivia Gamache, Environment and Social Risk Consultant, Environmental Services Group (ESG), HatchOlivia is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer and an environment andsocial risk consultant responsible for developing local employment andtraining plans, local procurement strategies, in#ux management plans, andfor addressing community concerns around construction of large industrialdevelopment projects. Olivia has also worked on community consultationand engagement strategies, including identi!cation and mapping of projectstakeholders and local Indigenous communities in various jurisdictionsglobally. As an environmental consultant, Olivia is experienced with envi-ronmental management and protection for large scale mining [email protected]

Glen Jones, Executive Director, The Americas, IntierraRMGGlen Jones is the Executive Director for the Americas at IntierraRMG and hasover 35 years’ experience in the mineral resource industry. With IntierraRMGhis role as Head of Data Products and Technology means he overseas datacontent, production and software development. Glen has been instrumen-tal in the expansion and growth of the company especially the data baseand web applications. Glen founded Mineral Information Maps in 1980, acompany which monitored global exploration activity, compiled data basesand produced global activity maps. In 1992 he developed the “Hot Play”map concept and began publishing maps that showed rapidly developingarea plays around the world. Glen is often invited to speak at seminars andconferences around the world. [email protected]

Richard Lachcik, Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLPRichard is a senior partner with Norton Rose Fulbright. Richard acts for corporations in the resource sector in connection with securities issuances,both equity and debt, including initial public o$erings and private place-ments. Richard’s experience also includes mergers and acquisitions andgeneral corporate matters. He is currently the Co-Chair of Norton RoseCanada’s Mining Group. He was the Chair of Macleod Dixon’s Global MiningGroup, a past Director of the Canadian Eurasian Russian Business Associa-tion (CERBA Toronto Chapter) and a member of the Law Society of UpperCanada (Ontario), the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), and the Prospec-tors & Developers Association of Canada. He is a director of several publicresource companies. [email protected]

Daniel Linsker, Vice President, Global Client Services, Americas, Control RisksDaniel Linsker currently serves as a Vice President for Control Risks’ GlobalClient Services department in South America and also heads the Americasregion mining consulting practice. Based in Bogotá, Daniel is responsiblefor the development, management and delivery of sophisticated compre-hensive risk management projects for clients. He specializes in developing,leading and implementing tailored and integral solutions for clients to manage complex issues across the Americas. Daniel joined Control Risks inLondon in 2005 and worked as the head of the Americas Desk in the GlobalRisk Analysis department until 2009, when he took a sabbatical to work asthe Strategic Director and Policy Coordinator of a presidential campaign in

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Colombia. He previously taught Latin American politics at the LondonSchool of Economics while completing his doctoral thesis on the e!ective-ness of international institutions. Daniel has contributed opinion articles onLatin American politics and economics for several publications, with a par-ticular emphasis on Colombian politics. [email protected]

Rubén Eduardo Luján, Co-Head of Banking and Finance, Latin America, Norton Rose FulbrightRubén Eduardo Luján is co-head of Banking and Finance, Latin Americabased in Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a law degree cum laude from Univer-sidad Católica Andrés Bello and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from TheUniversity of Michigan Law School. Rubén Eduardo is a Director of theVenezuelan Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He advises mining compa-nies with their local operations in Venezuela, and has lead or co-lead theacquisition by international mining companies of mining projects in certainLatin American countries (including Colombia, Mexico and Peru)[email protected]

Tim McGuire, Strategic Account Executive, Extractive Industries Team, Export Development CanadaTim McGuire assumed the role of Strategic Account Executive on EDC's Extractive Industries Team in 2007. In this role, Mr. McGuire manages EDC'srelationship with some of the largest Canadian and US oil, gas and miningcompanies, and coordinates the underwriting of "nancing and insurancetransactions with EDC's underwriting groups. Mr. McGuire joined EDC in2002 and has worked in various business development positions with grow-ing responsibility in the Vancouver, Mississauga and Toronto regional o#ces.Mr. McGuire started his career in banking in Canada and the UK for one ofthe world's largest banks. [email protected]

Patricia M. Mohr, Vice-President, Economics & Commodity Market Specialist, Scotiabank, Toronto Patricia Mohr works closely with the Corporate and Investment Bankinggroups - including the Mining team - with ScotiaMocatta and with GlobalRisk Management. Ms. Mohr developed the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index – the "rst Indexdesigned to measure price trends for Canadian commodities in export markets. She is a frequent speaker at international mining conferences. Ms. Mohr holds an Honours B.A. Degree and a Masters Degree in Economicsfrom The University of British Columbia. In February 2013, Patricia was honoured to receive the Metal Bulletin Apex Awards for the most accurategold and precious metal price forecasts of 2012, in a poll of 26 institutionalanalysts. [email protected]

Ed Opitz, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility,Kinross Gold CorporationEd has been with Kinross since 1999 and is currently Vice President Corporate Responsibility. Previous positions with Kinross included VP EHSS,Russia, VP Environment and Director, Environmental Engineering. He was previously a Principal and Senior Consultant with Kingett Mitchell & Associates in Colorado. He speaks Russian and has a Master’s degree in CivilEngineering from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA),Business Economics from Colorado College. [email protected]

Terry Ortslan, Chairman, Mineral Resource Analyst Group (MRAG) andManaging Director, TSO & AssociatesTerry is the managing director of TSO & Associates, a "rm focusing on inde-pendent mining, metals and fertilizer research. He entered the investmentindustry as a mining analyst in the mid 1970’s. He obtained his degree inengineering in Mining and Applied Geophysics and his MBA from McGillUniversity. He has been highly ranked for his independent research andanalysis by unsolicited investment industry sources. He is a member of theCIM, the Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the National Association of Business Economists and the PDAC. He has been an activemember of the Mineral Resource Analyst Group since 1975 and serves onthe boards of various private and public companies. [email protected]

Derek Peters, Partner, KPMGDerek has over 15 years experience in public accounting and provides auditservices to a number of publicly traded mining clients in KPMG in Toronto'smining practice. Derek has experience at both the operational and corpo-rate level. He is also one of KPMG's Canadian Securities Reviewing Partners.Derek has extensive experience working with both multi-national inte-grated audit companies and mid-market "rms in the resource [email protected]

Richard Rohan, Vice President, Corporate Sales, TMX Equity Transfer ServicesRichard has been Vice-President Corporate Sales, TMX Equity Transfer Services (Formerly Equity Financial Trust Company) since March 2011 wherehe is responsible for leading the integrated TSX Company Services Sales andRelationship Management Teams, business development and marketing.Prior to this he was Vice President, Business Development and Vice President, International Operations for Hesperian Capital Management Ltd.Previous positions included: Portfolio Advisor (Consultant) for Ocean BlueLtd., Senior Operations with Steven Capital Management LP (FormerlyTewksbury Management Co. and Trout Trading, and Senior Custody Accountant for Investors Bank & Trust. He has a Bachelor of Arts from TheUniversity of Western Ontario - King's University [email protected]

Max Satel, Vice President, Investment Banking, Mackie Research Capital CorporationMax Satel is a Vice President, Investment Banking, focused on the energyand mining sectors. Prior to joining the "rm in 2005, Max held the positionof Assistant, Institutional Equity Research at CIBC World Markets. Max holdsa B.Comm. degree from the University of [email protected]

Daniel Jiménez Schuster, Senior Vice-President Exploration, SQM (Sociedad Quimica y Minera)Mr. Jiménez is an Industrial Engineer from the Ponti"cia UniversidadCatólica de Chile and holds a Master in Business Administration from OldDominion University. He joined SQM in 1991, holding several positions in Finances and Sales atSQM’s headquarters in Santiago, and sales o#ces in USA and Belgium. Hewas nominated VP of Sales and Marketing for Iodine, Lithium and IndustrialChemicals in 2002. He was then nominated SVP of Human Resources, Corporate Services and Exploration in 2007 and recently he was nominatedSVP of Exploration in order to give priority to the metal business develop-ment in SQM. [email protected]

Dr. Richard Spencer, President and Chief Executive O!cer, U3O8 Corp.Richard is a geologist with over 20 years of exploration experience in Africaand throughout South America. He spent seven years working in the giantgold-uranium systems of the Rand. Richard has held senior positions atCrystallex International and IAMGold Corp., and was instrumental in the discovery of copper deposits of the Corriente Copper Belt and the Quim-sacocha gold deposit in Ecuador. As President and CEO since 2008, Richardhas led U3O8 Corp. from discovery to de"ne NI 43-101 uranium resourcesin Colombia, Argentina and Guyana, to achieve positive metal recoverieson all three deposits, advance two projects to the PEA stage and a clearstrategy for further resource expansion. [email protected]

Bruce Shapiro, President, On the Ground GroupIn addition to On the Ground Group and MineAfrica Bruce is also the president of A.P.O.C. Inc., a business development company that provides management and executive services to the Canada-Southern Africa Cham-ber of Business, of which he is the President. Prior to immigrating to Canadain 1977 and until 1991 Bruce held various senior executive positions in retail,real estate and "nance industries and owned a consulting practice in tradeand investment "nance in South Africa. He has taught "nance and market-ing at various universities and colleges both in Canada and South Africa andis a frequent speaker at international conferences. Bruce is a member of both the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Mining. [email protected]

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