Finex 2010

Britain and Ireland have long played leading roles in stimulating and financing metal mining and exploration world-wide. In acknowledgement of this a group of professional societies organized the two-day FINEX ’08 conference in September 2008. Although - or perhaps because - markets were facing a world-wide crisis of confidence at that time, the conference was a great success and the organizers decided to make it a biennial event.

Unlike other major exploration-focused conferences, FINEX is designed to bridge the interface between the financial sector and those driving mineral exploration through innovation, leadership, R&D, and training. In addition to providing a unique and valuable insight to the complex interface between finance, exploration, and mining, the conference will also offer a vision of the future input of British and Irish expertise to the financial, scientific, and exploration sectors.

The two-day conference will encompass broad financial and technical areas including commodity cycles and major company strategies, the role of the London Stock Exchange, and the factors that drive the price of and demand for gold and other key commodities. Other sessions will address jurisdictions and sovereign risks, China’s role in the development of natural resources, reasons why some junior companies succeed and others don’t, reporting of technical results, the pitfalls facing investors, and the media’s role in getting the message across to the investment community.

Sessions include:-

• Mining-financial framework in UK - achievements and challenges
• Supply and demand – foreseeing the future
• IR and PR – getting the message across
• Markets and regulation – reward and risk
• Where do we go from here?
• BRICS jurisdictions and their long-term impact
• Value-driven exploration
• The right ingredients
• The contribution of the university sector and CEPD

Speakers include:-

Fergus Anckorn - Technical Director, AMEC international consultancy group
Claire Dorrian - Senior Manager, Product Management, AlM
Charlie Gibson - Edison Investment Research Ltd
Christopher Goss - Head, Business Development – Oil, Gas, Mining & Chemicals
Christopher Hall - Grant Thornton
Steven Henley - Consulting Geologist – reporting codes and Russian mining sector
Chris Hinde - Managing Editor, Mining Journal
Peter Hollands - Bloomsbury Minerals Economics
Charles Kernot - Director of Metals and Mining, Evolution Securities
Michael Lynch-Bell - Global Mining & Metals, Ernst & Young
Tony Mahalski - LM Associates (investor relations consultant)
Neil Phillips - University of Melbourne and Phillipsgold Pty Ltd
Tim Williams - Global Mining and Metals, Ernst & Young


Neil Phillips will present the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining's prestigous Sir Julius Wernher Lecture on the topic of recent gold discoveries and where future exploration should be focussed.

Conference registration

You can either register online below or download a registration form below.

The registration rates listed above are for two day attendence.  Should you only wish to attend one of the conference days, please select one of the 'Optional Activities' rates below.

Members of the IOM3, AMA, IAEG registering online should select the 'Member of Other Society' rate.

Main conference website

The latest information and updates can be found on the main conference website at www.londonfinex.com.

Conference organisers

FINEX ’10 is organised by the Applied Earth Science Division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in conjunction with the Mineral Deposits Studies Group of the Geological Society, the Irish Association for Economic Geology, the Association of Mining Analysts and the AIM team of the London Stock Exchange.