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Exploration Appetite Up

By Miriam Mannak Mining Indaba Reporter

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hilst the global mining sector isn’t out of the woods yet, things are cautiously looking up. One of the main indicators is an increased appetite for exploration.

“Since we were here last year, the dynamics have changed. When you look at the period from 2015 to 2016, there has been a 38% increase in equity capital raise for mining companies and exploration has found its way back onto extractive companies’ agenda,” said Orlee

Wertheim, Head of the Global Mining Business Development Team at the Toronto Stock Exchange.

“Of the 1300 mining companies listed on our market, 1000 are in an explorative stage,” she explained, adding that this is reason for Continue on page 2

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he time has come for the mining industry to recognise the painful history of Apartheid and the legacies it left behind.

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Transparency is the Key

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa Mining Indaba Reporter

Mike Teke, during his presentation at the 2017 Mining Indaba.

Mining is a cornerstone of the South African economy, with other industries such as manufacturing and services established to help the mining community flourish during the early days.

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n the absence of clear and transparent rules of engagement, a growing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow in mining presents a challenge to investors who are often swayed by short-term reassurances from political leadership of the day.

This is according to Dr Mukhisa

Kituyi, Secretary General of UNCTAD, who noted this means the investor is not safeguarding security and the local community is not benefitting overall.

“Traditional mining investment in Africa has been a resource-seeking venture with limited responsiveness to challenges of governance and economic policies,” says Kituyi.

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Uncertainties, Pros and Cons as Battery Metals Demand Rise

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optimism. “In 2016, more companies were at an exploration stage raising money than in 2015.”

Paul Ballantyne, Partner at Genesis Investment Management in London, confirms the increased interest in exploration, but is a little more cautious.

“Companies we are dealing with are at least talking more about exploration,” he said.

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lobally the booming demand for electric vehicles, consumer electronics and stationery energy storage is rapidly driving up demand for battery metals such as lithium and cobalt, as well as prices. There are many complex pros and cons that will determine whether supply of raw materials can keep up with demand, and nobody is able to predict the future with any certainty, other than that demand will continue rising.

That seemed to be the consensus of a panel of speakers on the second day of the 2017 Mining Indaba who spoke about supply and demand trends for battery metals. Barbara O’Donovan, managing editor of Industrial Minerals, who chaired the panel, pointed out that Chinese enthusiasm for electric vehicles and government subsidies caused a demand boom that drastically increased the price if lithium and cobalt since 2015.

According to Andrew Grant, data analyst with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, new electric vehicle growth is projected to grow from 270,000 vehicles in 2014, to more than one million in 2017 – representing 35% of the total vehicle market globally. New models and technology, such as shifts in battery chemistries that will lower battery prices, will be key drivers. But demand growth could be even higher.

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“I’m not sure if we can see a quantifiable increase in spending yet. I would doubt it, personally. We are still somewhat in a downward cycle.”

Barbara O’Donovan, Industrial Minerals Out of some 350 new lithium projects currently, lithium mines could soon be doubled, says Cameron Perks, consultant at Industrial Minerals.

He believes by 2020 lithium suppliers will keep up with demand.

Edward Lauer, head of Portfolio Optimisation at Eurasian Resources Group, said the demand for cobalt will also come under pressure. He listed factors that could temper demand pressures, such as battery chemistry changes where, new mining projects and producers increasingly utilising their cobalt by-product streams. According to Lauer, utility energy storage accounts for 85% of the present energy storage market, but given that “there’s a huge upside for residential storage”, substantial growth is projected in the energy storage sector.

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Resolute Mining CEO John Welborne classified exploration as a vital activity among mining companies.

“It is fundamental to our business,” he said. “That is why we are exploring in Africa; because we think it is where the opportunities are.”

Besides increased global interest in exploration, there has also been more retail participation going into the market in 2016 compared to last year, according to Wertheim.

She does, however, have one concern. “In terms of the demographics, active retail investors tend to be people who are over the age of 50 and close to retirement,” she explained.

“They are therefore not going to invest in new and risky ventures. It is important, as an industry, to also engage with the younger generation.”

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Exploration Appetite Up

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Country Case Study: Kenya

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Uncertainties, Pros and Cons as Battery Metals Demand Rise

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2017: A Further Recovery Likely for the Gold Price?

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Innovation Offers Investor Appeal

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Country Case Study: Mali

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Sustainable Mining: Beyond the Sector’s Economic Impact

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Panel – Coal In Emerging Markets

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African Development Bank Workshop

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The Investment Secret of the Century

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Increased Investment in Exploration Vindicated

African Mining Ministerial Forum – Republic of Namibia

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Panel – Strategies to Successfully Finance Emerging and Mid Cap Mining Projects

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Africa is an Exciting Investment Destination

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graphite company executive has said projects in the battery minerals sector need to be bulletproof against any conditions.

Mining Indaba talks to David Awram, co-founder and Senior Executive VP of Corporate Development, Sandstorm Gold

Mining Indaba: What do you see as the main opportunity in Africa for miners in the year ahead?

David Awram: It has long been my opinion that Africa is poised to experience more growth than any other area of the world. I also believe that mining and the resource industry will be a key factor to that growth, so keeping a close eye on how the people of Africa grow these industries is key. Every year that passes I witness more and more entrepreneurs and businesses emerge in Africa and, as an international financing company, our intent is to find the best of those visionaries to help them build their assets and companies. Year after year, Africa becomes an increasinly more exciting destination to invest in and I expect 2017 to continue that trend.

Mining Indaba: What is the main growth opportunity for yourself in the year ahead?

David Awram: Throughout the end of 2016 Sandstorm Gold has focussed on acquiring investments in early stage projects with good management teams. Many in the industry don’t realise it, but even though the bulk of our capital is deployed in larger producing assets, more of our deals are focussed on developing or exploration stage projects. Africa has been prolific for us in the past two years and that is a trend we would like to continue. We want to see good projects at any stage in the mining industry with, of course, a focus on precious metals.

While sound technical foundations – resource, grade and geometry – and the balance of capital versus operating costs need much consideration when assessing the merits of a project, Walkabout Resources MD Allan Mulligan also said the timing of a project and view of market conditions will be integral to the success of a project.

“Ignoring one side of the supply/demand forecasts is very dangerous. Projects must be “bullet proofed” against the most difficult of market events,” Mulligan said. Walkabout is in the thick of the action in East Africa’s up and coming battery minerals sector, with the company focused on the Lindi Jumbo graphite project in Tanzania.

Tanzania and Mozambique have been popular destinations for graphite and lithium hopefuls, where there is no doubt a race to see which companies will prevail first in a production capacity.

Syrah Resources Ltd’s Balama graphite project, which hosts the world’s largest graphite resource in the world, in Mozambique is in development stage, however there are few other multi-billion dollar assets of similar scale likely to be developed in the near future.

An excessive supply of unsold fine flake graphite entering the market will have an impact on the sector and it is unlikely that large scale projects demanding high capex’s will attract suitable enough returns on investment. Therefore, high-grade, non-complex projects with a quick pathway to production could be more attractive to investors.

Walkabout has taken this approach at Lindi Jumbo, south-east Tanzania, where it has released a scoping study based on a resource of 4.7mt @ 22.8% total graphitic carbon (TGC) with a life-of-mine feed estimated at 16.1% TGC. Sourcing high-grade feed for the mill, is part of Walkabout’s risk mitigation

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strategy aimed at low operating and capital costs.

Walkabout also has the potential to produce four products from Lindi Jumbo and is targeting key markets in Asia, including China, to sell into.

Taking into account the low cost base of operating in Africa, some companies are spying the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and upgrade their product offshore.

Australia’s Battery Minerals Ltd, which has a project near Syrah, is looking at the potential of producing spherical graphite and has acquired a spherical graphite mill in the US to do so. The low costs in Mozambique means there is potential for Battery Minerals to produce spherical graphite, which is worth about 10-15 times more than flake graphite, cheaper than the Chinese flake graphite.

“Our project will boast very low operating costs due to a combination of a high-grade resource and favourable logistics. We also have a distinct first mover advantage in that we are already producing spherical graphite, which is used as the anode material in lithium-ion batteries, Battery Minerals managing director Cherie Leeden said.

“Downstream processing is likely to be split between host countries and abroad depending on a mix of economic factors (such as price and availability of reliable power/electricity) and sovereign risk considerations,” he adds.

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2017: A Further Recovery Likely for the Gold Price?

By Junlu Liang Senior Analyst, Metals Focus

certainly remain negative until well into 2018, which may well limit the upside for the dollar.

Outside the US, a number of gold-positive factors will remain in place. Negative interest rates, not only in real but in some cases also nominal terms, across a number of key reserve currencies will continue to minimise the opportunity cost of holding gold. Meanwhile, troubled European banks, cocnerns about the size of sovereign debt positions in a number of Eurozone countries, growing populism and economic isolationism, together with heightened geopolitical tensions are unlikely to fade any time soon.

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ollowing a major pull-back, gold prices start 2017 with a positive tone. Looking ahead, Metals Focus stands by our long-held view that the global macroeconomic environment continues to favour a modest price recovery this year.

In essence, this reflects our scepticism conerning the ability of Mr Trump’s administration to bring about the changes that markets have become excited about. Already, expectations concerning the ability of the new administration to meet its early fiscal promises have been scaled back.

As such, although many investors will be slow to return to gold, following the sell-off during the last few weeks of 2016, we believe that investor interest in the yellow metal will eventually recover, fuelling a new price recovery.

Moreover, we do not believe that a material acceleration in real US short-term interest rates is likely. Whether the Fed raised rates two or three times in 2017, real interest rates will almost

That said, support from the physical gold markets is likely to remain weak this year, with demand in the two largest markets of China and India under pressure. Global jewellery demand, for instance, is projected to ease further, making it the fourth consecutive years of losses.

Even though physical investment is expected to improve this year, this should be taken in the context of sizeable losses over 2012-15; the forecast rise in the 2017 total is also likely to be fairly modest. On the supply side, mine production is expected to rise marginally to a new all-time high, while recycling will continue to recover.

Overall, therefore, the gold market will still face a growing fundamental surplus. This means that the physical market will need institutional investors to absorb this excessive supply, an almost necessary condition to help drive prices higher in 2017.

Innovation Offers Investor Appeal

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High Quality Projects, Stable Operating Environments

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa Senior Writer, Mining Indaba

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ow is the time to implement and push beyond core innovation in mining, a ‘progressively difficult industry’, and in so doing also advance the allure of the sector to potential investors.

Mining Indaba talks to Nikolai Zelenski, CEO of Nordgold

Mining Indaba: Insofar as investment in Africa mining is concerned, what can we expect to see in 2017?

Nikolai Zelenski: From our perspective, Africa remains an attractive destination for investment because it is a promising region where high quality deposits can still be found. With the increase in gold prices we will probably see increased investment by mining companies, especially in underexplored countries, which have a good history of dealing with mining companies and wish to attract foreign investment.

The major challenge for the mining industry in 2017, however, will be its ability to secure enough investment to ensure there’s a reasonable development pipeline in place to stabilise gold output. In fact, the best opportunity in Africa for all mining companies – regardless of size – is the availability of high quality projects in stable operating environments.

This is according to Andrew Lane, Energy and Resources Leader at Deloitte, who is adamant that “while talk of this [innovation] has drummed on for years, now is when mining houses will succeed or falter based on whether an innovation strategy is brought to life and integrated across departments.”

In a recent report on Innovation in Mining South Africa, he makes the point that it is now critical for companies to push beyond core innovation – which is optimising existing products for existing customers.

The basic principle of innovation, according to Lane, is either changing something to a better, more effective version or shifting to a more technically advanced method therefore resulting in increased efficiency of excavation processes.

The mining industry, however, is notorious for its reluctance to tap into new and / improved methods or technologies. But evidence has shown that innovation can make the excavation process more efficient and also safer.

According to the Deloitte’s report: “Innovation is not only key to protect the future of the mining sector but that of the entire mining system; from the country in which the resources are harnessed to the people in its workforce, government and the broader mining community.”

The most important drivers of innovation in mining, according to a recent survey conducted in Canada, include reduction of operational costs, the improvement of profitability of assets, safety and reduction of risk. The Canadian and African results show a like-mindedness between regions.

Ultimately, innovation in mining will make for a more profitable and less dangerous industry, which will see itself being lucrative for both the country in which the minerals are being extracted and the investors.

“Innovation is not about fancy toys or gadgets,” Lane says. Regardless of the lack of speed in embracing innovation, the sector is starting to realise that there is a different way of doing things – a more efficient and profitable way.

“Now is the perfect time to take African mining into an age where technological and organisational sophistication meet social conscience,” he concludes.

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Sustainable Mining: Beyond the Sector’s Economic Impact

By Miriam Mannak Senior Writer, Mining Indaba

number of harvests to two to three per year instead of one,” says Chalrmers. “ Since 2009, nearly 400 producers, of which more than 50% are women, have earned additional revenue through market gardening, and many have doubled their annual income.”

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rom building clinics, schools, and other social infrastructure to promoting local procurement and fuelling economic diversification to minimise communities’ dependency on mining activities: extractive companies in Africa are taking their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) increasingly seriously.

According to Ben Chalmers, Vice President Sustainable Development at the Mining Association of Canada, sustainability has become a priority among most if not all global extractive firms. “It is the core of our business and something that mining companies must get right to maintain and build community support and fulfil their responsibilities to the environment, their staff, and surrounding communities,” he says. “Our members – through their participation in our Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative and their own sustainable mining practices – are deeply committed to sustainability and to continuous improvement in how they operate.”

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“Gold Fields, which, where possible, procures goods and services from its countries of operation and, where possible, its host communities,” he says. “In 2015, from Goldfields’ total procurement expenditures of US$1.67 billion, 76% went to nationally-based businesses, of which 35% was spent on suppliers and contractors from their mines’ host communities.”

Kojo Busia, senior Mineral Sector Governance Advisor for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)’s African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC), says the most vital ingredient of community development strategies are fair partnerships between the private sector, governments, and communities. “Collaboration between stakeholders is absolutely vital if Africa is to achieve the scale of transformation it needs to make mineral resources truly developmental,” he adds.

There are numerous good examples of how mining is driving sustainable development in Africa, says Tom Butler, CEO of the International Council of Mines and Metals (ICCM) .

Another good example is IAMGOLD’s Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso. In 2009, a farming initiative got off the ground with IAMGOLD’s investment in a solar-powered well and water storage system. “Two years later, drip irrigation technology was added, meaning that vegetables could be cultivated year-round, increasing the

Tracey Cooper, Executive Director at Mining Dialogues 360°, concurs. “It has become clear that stakeholders working in isolation to address highly complex socio-economic issues are failing miserably. We can see this through the lack of development impact on the ground,” she says.

“As people become more enlightened about the importance of sustainable practices, there has been a more vociferous call for real attention to address these issues. This can only be done through meaningful engagement by and with all stakeholders, most especially by the communities.”

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Randgold Resources is an African focused gold mining and exploration company listed on the LSE and Nasdaq. The company discovered and operates the Morila, Loulo and Gounkoto gold mines in Mali and the Tongon gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire. A fifth mine, Kibali, is currently being developed in the DRC. 3rd Floor, Unity Chambers 28 Halkett Street, St Helier, Jersey Channel islands, UK, JE2 4WJ +44 (0) 1534 735 333 http://www.randgoldresources.com Listed on: London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ

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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals group that focuses on finding, mining, processing and marketing the earth’s mineral resources. From our diverse portfolio, we supply the metals and minerals that help the world to grow.

Supporting our world-class assets is a 55,000-strong workforce, located across more than 40 countries.

6 St. James Square, London United Kingdom, SW1Y 4AD +27 (0) 11 459 1260 http://www.riotinto.com Listed on: Australian Securities Exchange, London Stock Exchange

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Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking – connecting Africa to the world Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking aims to be the leading corporate and investment banking business in, for and across Africa, with a deep specialisation in natural resources. Building on over 150 years’ experience as an African emerging

markets bank, and through our on-the-ground presence and local insight, we connect our clients to opportunities across Africa and beyond.

30 Baker Street Rosebank Johannesburg, South Africa +27 (0) 11 721 9000 http://www.standardbank.com/cib Listed on: Johannesburg Stock Exchange

MAIN HALL VEDANTA ZINC INTERNATIONAL

Vedanta Zinc International is custodian of the Southern African and Irish zinc assets of India’s Vedanta group. These comprise Black Mountain mine in South Africa, Skorpion Zinc mine and refinery in Namibia, Lisheen Mine in Ireland (now in active closure), and Gamsberg mine, near Black Mountain, currently in development.

1 Penge Road, Private Bag X01 Aggeneys, South Africa, 8893 +27 (54) 983 9225 www.vedantazinc-international.co.za

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ABB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 AECI Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 AFRILOG - A CSTT AO Group . . . . 1005 AGGREKO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Alistair Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 ALS Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124 ALTAAQA Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924 AMEC Foster Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 AMIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Anglo American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 APR Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 AUC - African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) . . . . 1010 AUSDRILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Australian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Australia’s Paydirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Aveng Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 B.C.M.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 B2Gold Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 BCA Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1210 BEAK Consultants GMBH . . . . . . . . . 1418 Behre Dolbear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1324 Bibby Maritime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 BME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Boart Longyear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 Bollore Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Bourevestnik Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BRGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1407 Bridon Bekaert The Ropes Group . . 127 Bruker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 CA Mining - Global Recruitment . . . 404 Canada Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1516 Cardinal Resources Limited . . . . . . . . 522 Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 1316 Castor Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Caterpillar Global Mining . . . . . . . . . . . 726 Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Centric Mining Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Cenviro Sanlam Santam . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 CGG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008

Chamber of Mines South Africa . . . . 717 CK Aerial Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Clarke Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Coaltech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Consep Acacia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105 Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd . . . . . 101 ContiTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523 CopperZone Resources Ltd/ Kalahari Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Cummins Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1302 Dassault Systemes, Geovia . . . . . . . . . 1016 Dawnus International Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 1316 Department for International Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Dints International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 DMT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 DRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 DRC - Ministry Of Mines . . . . . . . . . . . 1128 DTP Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 DUO Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Dupont Sustainable Solutions . . . . . 1207 Elphinstone Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 ENDIAMA - E.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 Energold Drilling Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Engen Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 Enrroxs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211 EPC Groupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Export Credit Insurance Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928 Extractives Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 FLUOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Fugro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Galco Transport and Logistics . . . . . 1521 Genesys International Limited . . . . 1316 Genser Energy Africa Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Geosoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Geotech Airborne Limited . . . . . . . . . . 710 Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd . . . . . . . 1316 Gold Fields Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006 H-E Parts International Crushing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1224

High Arctic Energy Services . . . . . . . . 1519 High Commission of Canada in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1516 Hitachi Construction Machinery . . . 201 Howden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1202 Hybrid Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 IDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 IGF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1303 IGS International Geoscience Services Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 iHandover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Imagemakers Corporate Wear . . . . 1117 ImpactAgri Holdings Limited . . . . . . 1316 International SOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 IronRidge Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Ivanhoe Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002 Japan Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 JBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 JOGMEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Joy Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Jozi Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Komatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1306 Liquid Telecom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Lombard Insurance Company Ltd. 805 Maboumine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927 Master Drilling Group Limited . . . . . . . . 1 Maxam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022 Mbuyelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Micromine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Mincon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Mineral Production Monitoring Support Project Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108 Mining Finland - Productivity Through Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Ministère des Mines et de l’Énergie - TOGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226 Ministry of Energy and Mines – Burkina Faso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204 Ministry of Geology and Mines - Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028

Ministry of Industry & Mines, Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1425 Ministry of Industry and Mines, Cote d’ Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . 1428 Ministry of Mines - Zimbabwe . . . . . 1127 Ministry of Mines and Geology - Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1420 Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development - Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110 Ministry of Mines, Industry & Technological Development Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1527 Ministry of Mines - Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227 Ministry of Mines - Niger . . . . . . . . . . . 1328 Ministry of Petroleum, Energy & Mines - Mauritania . . . . . . 1325 Minova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1416 Mits Corp Mining & Trading . . . . . . . . 808 MMD Mineral Sizing Africa . . . . . . . . 1027 MONTT GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Mota-Engil Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Mott MacDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Mozambique - MIREME . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 Murray & Roberts Cementation Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Newmont Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 Nordgold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 NSSLGlobal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Olympus/Innov-X-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 ONHYM – Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Orica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310 Oryx Energies SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Partners in Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PW Mining International Ltd. . . . . . . . 402 Randgold Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Raubex Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1311 Redavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Redpath Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 REFLEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

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SRK Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 SSG Consulting and Key360 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1424 Stefanutti Stocks Mining Services . . 406 Technical Mechanical Services . . . . 1205 Technip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Teichmann & T3 Drilling . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Tembo Gold Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Tenke Fungurume Mining SA . . . . . . 302 TGS, Kanu and Elephant Lifting Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 The JSS Empowerment Mining Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1517 The Musangu Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 1316 Thermo Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 thyssenkrupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Tietto Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Tiger Resources Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . .322 Total South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Trimble & Esri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Tsebo Solutions Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 United Scientific (Pty) Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 419 Van Vliet Trucks Holland B.V . . . . . . . 117 Vermeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830 VINCI Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .620 Volvo Construction Equipment . . . . 807 Walkabout Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Wearcheck / Set Point Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 White Rivers Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 World Bank Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1305 WorleyParsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics . . . . . .803 ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc . . 603

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The Investment Secret of the Century

By Egon von Greyerz

Founder & Managing Partner, Matterhorn Asset Management AG

January 2000

January 2017

% change

100,000 Incremental invested profit in gold

S&P Index USA 1,469 2,274 55% $155,000

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lthough most stocks, bonds and property all represent very high risk, few investors look for opportunities outside these markets. And it is for this reason that most investors have totally missed the best performing asset class in this century – precious metals.

Generally investors don’t look at gold as an investment. Gold is regarded as a volatile commodity and does not appear in the average investment portfolio. In fact, less than 0.5% of world financial assets are invested in gold today.

This goes to show that very few people understand gold and even fewer look at the performance of gold. Most investors don’t have a clue how gold has performed in the 2000s. If they did know, they would realise that they have missed the best investment in the last 16 years by a very big margin.

The table shows how gold has done in dollars and pounds compared to the S&P and the FTSE-100.

Investors in the US would have made $262,000 more by investing in gold than in the S&P. In the UK, an investor would have made £448,000 more by investing in gold instead of the stock market.

Very few Brits realise that by buying gold in 2000

AT A GLANCE

South Africa

Gold in US $

$287 $1,197 317% $417,000 $262,000

FTSE Index UK 6,930 7,338 6% £106,000 Gold in pounds

177

982

454%

£554,000

£448,000

Gold’s Outstanding Outperformance in the 2000s and never trading it they would have made 5.5X their money.

The pattern and gold’s outperformance, as demonstrated with two major stock markets in relation to gold, is consistent in virtually all stock markets and all indications are that gold will continue to outperform stock markets worldwide by an even bigger percentage.

increased demand will take place during a period of falling goldmine production. Currently 3,000 tons are produced annually but this is expected to fall to 2,000 tons by 2025.

As the gold price starts to rise, demand in the West will increase substantially. The dilemma is that this

In 2017, we are likely to see an increase in the velocity of money leading to higher inflation and eventually hyperinflation in many countries. As inflation rises, institutional demand for gold will increase for inflation hedging purposes. The only way that the increased investment demand can be satisfied is with higher prices since production cannot be increased. There will also be an even greater demand from the holders of paper gold.

As the gold price rises, there will be a panic in the paper gold market as the paper holders of gold demand delivery. This is likely to push the gold price well above $10,000 in today’s money.

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As stock markets fall and gold rises, the increased demand for physical gold cannot be satisfied at current prices. Currently the Silk Road countries of China, India, Russia and Turkey absorb virtually all annual gold mine production and demand is likely to continue to be very strong in spite of current political problems in India.

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By Michael Washbourne Paydirt

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esolute Mining Ltd managing director John Welborn believes a recent major discovery at his company’s Syama gold mine has the potential to transform the resurgent producer’s Malian operations.

Drilling recently confirmed the extent of the Nafolo discovery, which was first flagged to the market in October. The prospect is 250m south of the current limit of mining at Syama.

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Three holes drilled since the discovery hole (19m @ 2.57 g/t gold and 18m @ 3.02 g/t gold) returned encouraging intercepts, including 41m @ 4.9 g/t gold from 281m, 37m @ 3.1 g/t gold from 372m, 13m @ 6.9 g/t gold from 434m, 11m @ 2.4 g/t gold from 472m, 10m @ 3.6 g/t gold from 385m and 29m @ 4.7 g/t gold from 446m. The last intercept ended in mineralisation.

A second rig has been drilling at Syama since midDecember as Resolute seeks to test the full extent of the promising find.

Welborn said the Nafolo discovery had reinforced Syama’s status as a “world-class ore system”.

“The new discovery at Nafolo has the potential to transform our operations at Syama and is a great vindication of our increased investment in exploration,” Welborn said. “These results are particularly significant as they intersect gold mineralisation with similar characteristics, size and tenor as the mineralisation with the 8 moz Syama orebody. The Nafolo discovery also has the potential for further mineralisation along strike to the south and down-dip.”

John Welborn, Resolute Mining

Resolute’s success with the drill bit continues a series of strong news flow for the Australian company, which also began underground mining activities at Syama in October.

Underground mine development is understood to be progressing on schedule and the company is confident the move away from open-pit mining will add at least 12 years of operations to Syama’s life. “We expect the Nafolo discovery will materially increase the Syama underground resources and has potential to be accessed early in the underground mine plan and thus expand the future production and further extend the existing mine life,” Welborn said.

Resolute achieved record net profit of $A213 million during FY2016 and generated $555 million in revenue from gold and silver sales, largely thanks to the performance of Syama over those 12 months.

Shareholders were subsequently rewarded with a 1.7c/share dividend, including an option to receive their payout in the form of physical gold.

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he fall in commodities prices over the last year, combined with the resulting drop in revenues, have seen juniors, in particular, struggling to raise additional capital in the equity markets to fund their projects.

On the upside, state-owned financial services provider Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) of South Africa has been been successfully assisting several junior miners during this period, enabling them to continue developing their greenfield and brownfield projects.

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According to COO, Mandisi Nkuhlu, ECIC has been able to assist junior miners operating in other African countries, by working with various banks to extend their debt profiles and secure the continued financing of their projects amid the depressed mining climate.

The ECIC underwrites bank loans to finance the export of South African capital goods and services.

Mining projects constitute about 36% of its portfolio, with the corporation involved in copper mining in Zambia, diamond mining in Lesotho, and gold in Liberia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, besides others.

Nkuhlu notes that one of the major developments at the ECIC in the past four months has been the addition of insurance cover for non-South Africanregistered banks and financial institutions, as well as foreign-registered or -domiciled companies that are willing to support South African exports or are able to meet the ECIC’s minimum South African content requirements of 50% of the supported loan value. This initiative will also prove beneficial to juniors, as it enables them to access alternative sources of funding, without negating their access to export credit insurance.

“This will ultimately enable us to assist with mining and other projects throughout Africa that South African financial institutions may be unwilling to finance – as long as the projects meet the South African content requirements,” Nkuhlu states.

Another long-term project that the ECIC is exploring is the possibility of providing direct lending facilities. Nkuhlu notes that the corporation is assessing the feasibility of becoming a direct lender as part of its strategic efforts to pursue an expanded and diversified export basket for South Africa. He stresses that this is an ongoing process that is subject to an extensive review and public consultation process, adding that he is confident significant progress will be made in the next 12 months.

CNM Takes Top Spot in Investment Battlefield

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onsolidated Nickel Mines (CNM) took top honours in the 2017 Investment Battlefield Competition, with Sula Iron and Gold in second place.

CNM’s Simon Purkiss delivered an outstanding presentation on the company’s activities in Africa.

CNM, an operating subsidiary of Consolidated Mining and Investments, is a nickel-focused development vehicle that restarted the Munali Nickel mine in Southern Zambia.

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by Mining Indaba this year, to provide a platform for junior mining companies active in Africa to pitch their business ideas to potential investors.

Bull Market Mistakes to Avoid

By Kudzai Mazvarirwofa Mining Indaba Reporter

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t’s too easy in a bull market, when everything is working, to ignore the empirical side of your analytical self and allow yourself to be swept up in the same ‘bull market emotion’ that your competitors are enjoying, cautions Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott U. S Holdings Inc. He advises against a few common mistakes that investors make in bull markets, with the first being marginality – a mistake commonly made by investors as most of their expectations were shaped back in the 1970s.

The industry has become a consumer, rather than a generator of capital. We need to invest in businesses that have the probability of delivering rather than consuming capital, Rule noted.

Another oversight is one Rule refers to as the ‘small mind’ mistake. He elaborates: “One of the most seductive stories in the mining business is the small company that’s going to find a small high grade deposit and they will use the cash flow to fund exploration and find a bigger deposit.”

According to Rule, many smaller mines do not have the management, capacity or skillset needed to successfully engage in a venture of this kind.

They are often trying to be explorers, developers, and operators – all at the same time, and these are three very different skillsets very seldom found in any one small company.

Many exploration companies, Rule explains,

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This is because a reasonably good exploration team wasted years doing things like development and operations, when they had no skillset and their focus was being diverted from the one area in which they had a skillset.

“Too many times in bull markets we get excited about the wrong part of value creation. The real transition in value should be rocks to money. Yet, too often we form a triangle trade that goes from rocks to stocks and stocks to money. In other words, we get involved in the exploration narrative rather than the exploration reality.”

Investors need to watch the levels of general administrative expenses and the way the allocation of capital takes place in the companies that they invest in, he concludes.

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Acknowledge, Transform However, there has been a fundamental lack of understanding of exactly how this sector was operated during Apartheid and what that means for the current state of affairs, argued Mike Teke.

In an impressive move, Teke went for the jugular when he said the industry not only needed to acknowledge the past, but also needed to pursue transformation.

He noted that although the task ahead would be difficult, he still believed transformation remains possible and feasible and that it could be done in a manner that would add value for all stakeholders.

Although mining companies have been investing billions into CSR programs there is a growing consensus that a mine actually has a negative effect on a mining community, which Teke argued is not the case.

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“We are losing the battle for hearts and minds,” he stressed and added that the time has come for the mining industry to aggressively pursue a business model that gave social legitimacy to the community.

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Investment Transparency He elaborates: “When a country discovers substantial resources in extraction, the first reaction is often excessive paranoia that the west is going to invade.”

Ultimately this fuels a second reaction, which is a sense that mining investors and politicians are going to cheat and steal from the local community, he adds.

Kituyi acknowledges the strides South Africa has taken, such as reviewing the stock of investment agreements which, he says has produced inspirational goals.

“One of the best ways that investors in the mineral sector can help Africa is to start growing a broad sense of industry-driven benchmarking of what should be a fair investment agreement,” he points out.

He maintains that structuring acceptable instruments of governance is key as they will “pre-empt destructive ways in some regions and cultivate a sense of fair sharing and engagements in extractives”.

B2Gold’s Fekola Ahead of Schedule

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2Gold Corp is set to bring its Fekola gold project in Mali online before the end of the year. Construction was tracking three months ahead of schedule and first production is slated for October 2017.

Fekola was acquired by B2Gold from Australia explorer Papillion Resources in mid-2014 and is set to become the company’s second operating mine in Africa. News of first production from Fekola came on the same day the company reported record production of 550,423oz gold for the 2016 calendar year, including record output from Otjikoto in Namibia. Otjikoto churned out 166,285oz last year, up 14% on the production achieved in 2015.

B2Gold also reported record annual consolidated gold revenue of $US683 million from the sale of 548,281oz at an average price of $US1,246/oz.

Speaking to delegates at Mining Indaba, B2Gold president and chief executive Clive Johnson said the next 12 months would be an exciting time for the company and its shareholders.

B2Gold’s Clive Johnson “Our job today is to get value for our shareholders and the best way to do that is to develop mines, including the finish of construction at Fekola,” Johnson said. “We had licence from our shareholders to do the contrarian thing and acquire these projects and build them. We’ve done it ahead of the pack.”

B2Gold expects to produce between 545,000 and 595,000oz, including 45,000-55,000 oz of precommercial production from Fekola, this year at $US940-970/oz AISC. That output is tipped to exceed 900,000oz in 2018 as production at Fekola ramps up.

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commitment between all parties, including communities, to secure a sustainable future.

he need for transparent engagement between all stakeholders in the mining sector has come under the spotlight, as South Africa’s investment attractiveness requires a boost.

He stressed that there was a need to engage constructively and represent the needs of broader constituencies, along with gaining a good understanding of the implications of economic cycles on industry.

Sibanye Gold chief executive, Neal Froneman, has called for a stronger

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ensure sustainability and delivery of benefits, said Froneman.

He added that organised labour must focus on community members’ interests in the context of fostering economic stability of the industry.

“Alignment of all stakeholders towards a common vision is necessary if we are to secure a future,” Froneman concluded.

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