Global Mining Finance Conference Was Busy

Global Mining Finance Conference

The London Global Mining Finance Conference once again lead investors into the London mining month with some lively and thought provoking presentations, and a wonderful new venue.

We all know the junior mining sector has plummeted, what this conference did was focus on the current undervaluations, and speculate on the opportunities that will be there when market sentiment returns.  Continue reading

Mining Conference “Greed Creep”

 “Greed creep” in mining conferences.

Mining conferences are funded by the presenting companies paying a fee to present, with probably the cheapest being PDAC at around C$2,600 per booth, to Swiss and London conferences at around £12,000 per company.

Sadly greed is now creeping in, as conferences have seen the opportunity to make more money by charging investors to attend to meet the companies that paid to participate to meet investors!  Continue reading

London Mining Conferences are Becoming Identical

City Investors Circle

This week I attended the Mines and Money Conference in London. Normally this would be at the Design Centre, Islington, but this year the venue has changed.

It was held in the former GLC County Hall building alongside Waterloo station, the same venue in fact as the 121 mining conferences, on the same floor even. The similarities didn’t end there either.  {…}  Continue reading