Joe Gutnick to address Mining the Isa forum

Mining industry entrepreneur Joseph Gutnick will give the keynote address at the 3rdAnnual Mining the Isa Conference at the Mount Isa Civic Centre on 17-18 November.

Mr Gutnick, President and CEO of Legend International Holdings, will speak on the world’s new appetite for phosphate and its effect on the Mt Isa region.

Demand for phosphate, used primarily in agricultural fertilizers has escalated in recent months in response to world wide food shortages and higher prices.

Legend International Holdings recently entered into a long term agreement to supply phosphate from its Lady Annie project in Queensland to Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), India’s largest fertilizer enterprise, a cooperative with over 50 million farmers associated with it.

The conference program includes presentations from established mining companies in the Mount Isa region, junior companies, and infrastructure stakeholders including water, energy and transport companies.

Among them are Steve de Kruijff, Chief Operating Officer, Xstrata Copper who will give an update on operations and Mark Lynch, Managing Director of Citgold Corporation, who will report on the Charters Towers goldfield development.

Betty Kiernan, the state Member for Mount Isa and Bob Katter, the Federal Member for Kennedy, will also address the conference.

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To arrange a media pass, request more information or arrange speaker interviews please contact:

Nigel Dique – Informa-IIR
02 9080 4108
0423 024 819
nigel.dique@informa.com.au

Mining the Territory

The newly formed Northern Territory Resources Council will co-partner this year’s Mining the Territory conference, to be held at the new Darwin Convention Centre on 14-15 October.

Mining the Territory, organised by IIR, will review exploration and development opportunities in Northern Australia, which is experiencing phenomenal employment, population and economic growth.

According to Access Economics, employment growth at 2.9% is well above the national rate of 1.6%, population is growing at 1.8% and economic growth at 4.6% per annum is the second highest in the country.

Last year’s inaugural Mining the Territory conference at Sky City was an outstanding success, prompting the move to the larger Darwin Convention Centre.

The Northern Territory Resources Council with Scott Perkins as the new CEO was formed in April in place of the former Minerals Council of the Northern Territory.

It now has a broader role, reflecting the growth of the oil and gas sector in the Territory. A key focus is advocacy for the industry.

More information: www.iir.com.au/territory

Nigel Dique
02 9080 4108
nigel.dique@informa.com.au