Conference Day One: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Overview of the Base Metal Investment Market

8:45 Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Address

Chris Welch
Economist
Bloomsbury Minerals Economics Ltd

9:15 Examining The Pros And Cons Of Investing In Different Metals - Wall Street’s View On Metal Investments And Comparing Base Metals Vs. Precious Metals

• Evaluating the state of metal investments– is the commodity super cycle under threat?
• Examining base metals investments vs. the stocks and bonds markets
• Discussing the potential for commodity investment as a protection against inflation
• Hedging risks by adding metal investments to your portfolio and identifying which metals to choose
• Comparing the investment opportunity from the different metals steel, copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, precious metals
• Debating why to invest in gold and why to invest in gold now and how gold will outperform all other sectors

Gregory E. Davidson Founder, Dunheath Capital Partners LLC

John Serrapere Portfolio Strategist and Investment Analyst Foster Holdings

Dr. Irv Arenberg Managing Director The Nostradamus Fund

10:45 Understanding Base Metal Prices And Identifying Supply & Demand Issues Impacting Base Metal Prices

• Discussing today’s high metal prices and how they create both significant opportunities and challenges
• Understanding price targets and identifying opportunities from base metal mining development companies that are selling at substantial discount to current base metal prices
• Examining the growth of developing countries such as China and India and the associated demand for basic, raw and construction materials –how long will it last?
• Identifying potential supply disruptions such as labor unrest, production snafus and bad weather
• Discussing possible threats such as change in demand from metals to composites materials and other substitute metals on the market

Carmel Daniele CEO and CIO CD Capital

Chris Welch Economist Bloomsbury Minerals Economics Ltd

Brian Flaherty President, Sempra Metals Services Corp. Sempra Commodities

11:45 Gaining Triple Exposure to Base Metals, Gold and the Canadian Dollar

• Identifying the different types of investments available on the marketplace such as physical commodities, natural resource stocks or funds, managed futures fund, commodity indices and diversified commodity funds
• Comparing the different types to find the appropriate investment strategy
• Evaluating the pros and cons of the various investment approaches and their impact on the market

Alex Gansch Managing Director, Base Metals Gresham Investment Management LLC	John Fitzgibbon Senior Investment Analyst, Chairman of the Lighthouse Global Trading Committee, Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC
Robin Dunbar Chairman, CFO Aquila Resources Inc.	Thomas O. Quigley President Aquila Resources Inc.

1:45 Profiting From Opportunities In International Markets Such As: Australia; Chile; Peru; Brazil; Indonesia; Jamaica And Russia

• Overview of the international landscape for base metals investments: which areas have prospered and where are the investments going in the future?
• Overcoming the risks of supply and demand issues
• Discussing the potential of discovering new mineral exploration treasures

Greg McCoach
Editor
The Mining Speculator

2:15 Determining the Investment Opportunities in Steel and Platinum Group Metals

• Accessing the steel market through futures and domestic trading
• Identifying fundamental factors effecting the steel cycle
• Discussing long and short investment strategies
• Evaluating the success story of a PGMs mutual fund
• Discussing the market for platinum group metals and future trends

C. Michael Carty Principal and Chief Investment Officer New Millennium Advisors

Mark Bosman Bacfund Best Asset Class AG

3:30 Looking Into Canadian Metals Exploration

• Discussing the investment opportunity for the shares of exploration and mining companies (specifically Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories)
• Exploring strategic metals exploration and other promising mining projects
• Discussing the strong Canadian dollar’s impact on the mining industry
• Identifying the availability of generous tax and non-tax incentives such as the flow-through-share mechanism, the federal investment tax credit for exploration and provincial tax credits

Robert J. Clark Director Tax and Exploration Division Government of Canada

Victor Goncalves Economist, President WCMS Newsletter

Speaker TBD Acadian Mining

4:15 Evaluating Different Junior Companies Mining Projects

• Mineral exploration – one of the riskiest businesses in the world?
• Identifying which junior companies are garnering the funds necessary to mobilize a substantial mineral exploration effort
• Evaluating risk assessment strategies to evaluate advanced mining projects

Victor Goncalves Economist, President WCMS Newsletter

Greg McCoach Editor The Mining Speculator

5:00 End Of Conference Day 1

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