MASTERMINING courses
current program
Our current MASTERMINING course schedule for Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z is as follows:
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COURSE OVERVIEW
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
Summarized Course Outline
Day 1: General industry overview; Basic terms and concepts; Introduction to geology, minerals, and metals with a guided global tour of major mining operations; Ore deposit models; Exploration methods; Project evaluation techniques and methods; Hands on lessons in interpreting press releases and company data.
Day 2: Mining and processing methods and associated costs; Resources and reserve categories and their requirements; Resource estimation techniques; Valuation techniques and hands-on demonstrations for approaching asset models.
Day 3: Listing process; Equities and investing; Metals markets; Pricing in illiquid markets, Financing methods; Off-take arrangements.
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COURSE VENUES
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
Vancouver, Canada - May 28 - 30, 2013
Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Simon Fraser University
Boardroom 380
580 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 1L6
t. 778-782-7948
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
London, UK- Oct 1-3, 2013
Hoxton Hotel
81 Great Eastern Street
London, UK, United Kingdom EC2A 3HU
t. 44 (0) 20 7550 1000
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
Toronto, Canada - Oct 17 - 19, 2013
Radisson Admiral Hotel - Toronto Harbourfront
Rain Dance Meeting Room
249 Queen's Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N5
t. 416.915.2720
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
Cape Town, S. Africa - Jan 29 - 31, 2014
Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge, Waterfront
Portswood Road - Waterfront
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 8001
t. 27 21 406 19 11
Understanding the Mining Industry: From A to Z
Toronto, Canada - Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2014
Radisson Admiral Hotel - Toronto Harbourfront
Rain Dance Meeting Room
249 Queen's Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N5
t. 416.915.2720
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Glenn Brown
Glenn Brown has investigated resource investments in over forty countries and has analyzed exploration and development projects in uranium, gold, silver, diamonds, and base metals for over 25 years. He was professor of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Toronto from December 1988 to May 1997 and thereafter joined Canaccord Capital Corp as a senior mining analyst until April 1999. He started the Toronto office of Haywood Securities in 1999. Glenn continued as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto until 2007 before moving full time to Boswell Capital. Glenn holds a BSc in Geology and a PhD in Geology and Geophysics. He taught a series of lectures for non-technical people called "Mining Explained".
He is the Founding Partner and President of Boswell Capital, a Toronto based Exempt Market Dealer providing corporate finance solutions and analytical support to both public and private firms in the mining, petroleum, and infrastructure businesses.
In 2002 the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum awarded Glenn the Past President's Memorial Medal "In recognition of his long-established reputation as an educator of geology to students, mining professionals and investors, and for setting an outstanding example to young men and women contemplating a career in the mineral industry."
