SIM SENEGAL - Senegalese Mining Conference & Exhibition 2012

SIM Senegal (2nd Senegalese Mining Conference & Exhibition) will take place from 6 – 8 November 2012 at the Hotel King Fahd Palace (formerly known as Le Meridien President), Dakar, Senegal. The event is organised by the Ministry of Mines, Industry, Agro-industry and SME’s, Senegal in association with AME Trade Ltd. The event will feature a three day conference, exhibition and option to visit some of Senegal’s key mining sites.

In addition numerous investment opportunities are offered in diverse domains with the existence of:

• A world class iron ore reserve still waiting to be developed

• Industrial minerals including aluminium phosphates, carbonated phosphates, clays, extra-acidic sands

• Metals such as copper, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, platinum, lithium, tin and niobium-tantalum

• Solid combustibles such as peat, lignite, coal as well materials such as marble and ornamental stones

• Marble and other ornamental stones

An increased gold production is expected from 2012 – 2013 with the exploitation of world class deposits of Golouma-Kérékounda, which confirms that growing important of the Birimian province of Kedougou has in West African and African gold production.