Conference Agenda

Navigating Industry Outlook and Opportunities in Today’s Investment Climate

• Geopolitics, the global economy, regionalization, and the energy transition - Discussing the key issues shaping the metals and mining sector today
• Biggest risks and opportunities for the mining sector
• Investing to grow key metals supply - Addressing the need for further exploration and project financing
• To what extent is the energy transition impacting the flow of financing, both globally and for African projects?

Global Commodities Outlook

• Metals pricing highs and lows - Where are we expecting the metals markets to move in 2025?
• Top drivers and headwinds for the coming year
• Supply and demand dynamics - Are the threats of a looming supply gap justified?

Outlook Across Gold and the PGMs

Africa’s Essential Role in the Energy Transition

• Unlocking Africa’s mineral riches  Exploration and project financing needed for ‘green’ metals projects
• Opportunities across the battery metals space - Why should investors and miners be looking to Africa to supply these key metals
• Economic growth in the region - What else can this shift away from fossil fuels do for African economies? What are the key challenges to overcome?
• Ensuring a Just Transition - How can companies and investors operating across the continent achieve this?
• Unpacking the role of government and the regulations around energy transition and critical minerals - How is this supporting or suppressing the move to net zero?

Spotlight on Ethiopia

Uncovering the Vast Opportunities for Exploration Across the Continent

• Navigating exploration strategies, opportunities, and challenges from majors and juniors operating in the region region
• Investment appetite - How do you assess the risks and opportunities in African exploration projects?
• Where are investors seeing the most promise and value?
• Navigating regional regulations - What do international investors and corporates need to know to ensure success?
• ESG considerations - Ensuring the suppor t from local communities and gaining social licence to operate

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Uncovering Investment and Growth Opportunities Across the Region

• Today’s biggest opportunities for regional investment - Projects, commodities, and more that are catching investor attention
• How do investors assess opportunities for resources investing with the SADC region?
• Addressing risks and challenges and navigating regional regulations

Managing New Risk and Financing solutions to Boost African Projects

• Outlook for regional projects - Where do we see the industry strongest at the moment? Is the financing helping to support these projects?
• Key risks and challenges for developing African projects - What do investors need to know?
• Africa’s role in developing critical minerals projects - Ensuring its role within the critical supply chains for the industry
• How is social licence impacting which types of projects receive funding?

Nuclear’s Essential Role as a Clean Energy Source

• Supply/demand dynamics - How is the growth of data centres impacting the role of nuclear globally?
• What are the prospects for nuclear power growth in Africa, the world’s least electrified continent?
• Africa’s critical role - Namibia and Niger produce over 15% of the world’s uranium and South Africa and Malawi are significant historical producers - What are the short-term prospects to increase production?
• Investment outlook - Why should investors look to support the uranium industry in Africa? Can the industry meet the growing demand?
• Managing the risks associated with nuclear projects

What makes a metal critical and how can we align the focus on what matters most?

• Global market forces impacting pricing for the key battery and transition metal
• Government initiatives and how they’re driving demand across these transition industries
• Where is the investment coming from? What do investors want to see from the junior sector?
• What role can Africa play in delivering supply across these key metals?