AFRICA DAY 25-03-11
Date: Friday 25th March 2011
The gloom that descended on Africa in 2008 has lifted. The rising price of gold and copper, in particular, has boosted the economic performance of the western and southern nations of Africa.
There has also been some political progress across the continent and international investors are returning, especially following the infrastructure-building campaigns of the Chinese.
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Agenda
10.00 Expert Speaker Presentation, Ritesh Anand, Founder & CEO, Invictus Investment
10.30 Africa Day Sponsor, Banlaw Africa, Richard Levack, CEO & Managing Director
10.55 Coffee Break
11.30 Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Limited, Marc Watchorn, CEO
11.55 Africa Aura, Joint Presentation, Luis Guilherme Cabrita da Silva, President and CEO & David Reading, Independent Director
12.20 Networking Lunch
Presenting Companies
African Aura's strategy is to be a 'first mover' within highly prospective and under explored geological provinces, in pursuit of the next generation of gold and iron ore mines in emerging sub-Saharan Africa.
Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources
Wits Gold Limited is an active gold and uranium exploration company, in the world's premier gold province, the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa.
Invictus Investment Management (IIM) was established in 2009 by Ritesh Anand, with a goal of building a world class, enduring investment management business focussed on investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa
The company operates in Sub-Sahara, West and Central African Countries and has its headquarters in Mauritius, with regional offices in Accra, Ghana, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Company was established in 2000 and has grown through Skill of its management, Knowledge and Experience, both in its core business activities and its ability to operate in the Sub-Sahara region.
Speakers
Richard Levack, British Managing Director, Banlaw Africa
Richard Levack (British) Managing Director of Banlaw Africa Group is a Veteran Engineer with over 40 years experience in Civil works and Mining Services, of which 30 have been at the most senior level of corporate business in United Kingdom, Australia and Africa. He Co-founded Banlaw Africa Group in 2000 and has lived in West Africa for the past fourteen years and has extensive knowledge of the region.
Ritesh Anand is founder and CEO of Invictus Investment Management
Ritesh Anand is founder and CEO of Invictus Investment Management, a Zimbabwe focussed investment management firm. Prior to this, Ritesh spent over seven years in various roles at the Wellcome Trust, the world’s leading private medical endowment. Wellcome has assets of over $25billion. Most recently he was responsible for investments in Africa and Middle East. Prior to this he was the Head of Risk Management. Ritesh joined the Trust in 2002 as an Investment Officer with responsibility for the Trust’s external long only equity manager program. Prior to moving to the UK, Ritesh worked as a fund manager for First Mutual Asset Management in Zimbabwe. Ritesh holds a BSc(Hons) Economics from the University of Warwick, and MSc Strategic Management from the University of Derby. He has also completed the Executive Finance Program at London Business School.
Luis Guilherme Cabrita da Silva, President and CEO, African Aura
Mr da Silva is CEO of TSX/AIM-listed African Aura Mining Inc. He gained his extensive international experience with multinationals Lafarge SA and Blue Circle Industries Plc. Mr da Silva is a graduate Mining Engineer from Camborne School of Mines and read for his MBA at the Cranfield School of Management. He is a non-executive Director of Stellar Diamonds Plc.David Reading, Independent Director, African Aura
Mr Reading has significant expertise in the global mining industry with over 35 years' experience across the fields of exploration, feasibility, project development and mining. Mr Reading has an MSc in Economic Geology and has held senior positions with leading mining companies. He is the former CEO of European Goldfields and the former General Manager of African exploration for Randgold Resources. In addition he has held senior exploration and project development positions for Anglo American and Phelps Dodge.Dr Marc Watchorn, CEO, WITS Gold
Wits Gold CEO Dr Marc Watchorn completed five years of post-graduate research on the Witwatersrand Basin and has a PhD in geology from the University of the Witwatersrand. His independent review of the Witwatersrand Basin formed the basis for Wits Gold’s subsequent negotiations with the SA gold mining companies and resulted in the acquisition of the Company’s old order Mineral Rights. Prior to co- founding Wits Gold, he worked for Anglo American between 1981 and 2002, both in South Africa and internationally, and has over 30 years’ experience in the international gold sector.About the Mining Journal Investor Seminars
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