CAPITAL RAISING

Mining, Oil & Gas
Access evolving markets
Maximise capital injections
CAPITAL RAISING
FOR EXPLORERS, JUNIORS & MIDCAPS
30 April - 2 May 2013, Four Points by Sheraton PERTH
Achieving funding for mining, oil and gas projects
Working within current market dynamics to achieve
funding
Attracting investment for international projects
Understanding a financiers’ key requirements of
resource project valuations and feasibility studies
Alternative capital raising options- utilising debt and
equity as alternative capital raising options
Evaluating the viability of an M&A or JV as an effective
source of capital raising
Outlining the advantages of listing in Australia and on global
foreign exchanges
Gaining research coverage in a competitive market place
Accessing private equity
Valuing your company and stocks
Pre-conference workshops: Tuesday 30 April 2013
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Emerging capital raising options and alternatives insights for mid to small cap producers and explorers
A structured approach to obtaining funding for Resources projects – benefits of powerful best-practice
financial modelling
Conference speakers
Neil Watson,
President,
WA MINING
CLUB
Jeremy
Wickens,
Partner
Resources M&A,
NORTON
ROSE
Dale Bryan,
Director
Corporate
Finance,
HARTLEYS
James
Cooper-Jones,
CFO &
Company
Secretary,
IMPACT
MINERALS
Stephen
Jones,
Chief Financial
Officer,
SOUTHERN
CROSS
GOLDFIELDS
Peter Landau,
Managing
Director,
OKAP
VENTURES
Damon
Neaves, CEO
and MD, PURA
VIDA ENERGY
Simon Adams,
CFO/Company
Secretary,
INCREMENTAL
OIL AND GAS
Jenny Cutri, Assistant Manager Listings, Perth, ASX
Trevor Benson, Director Corporate Finance, PCF CAPITAL
Stephanie Rowland, Special Counsel, MINTER ELLISON
Jeremy Peters, Principal Consultant, SNOWDEN GROUP
Peter Strachan, Editor, STOCKANALYSIS
Mark Zwitser, Director, ELEMENT CAPITAL
Stuart Moran, Director, MACQUARIE CAPITAL
David Tasker, National Director, Investor relations,
PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS
Alex Passmore, Director Corporate Finance, PATERSONS SECURITIES
Nick McDonough, Director Corporate & Debt Advisory,
ARGONAUT CAPITAL
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CAPITAL RAISING
FOR EXPLORERS, JUNIORS & MIDCAPS
30 April - 2 May 2013, Four Points by Sheraton PERTH
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2013
8.30 Registration and morning coffee
Morning and afternoon tea breaks provided
9.00 – 12.00 WORKSHOP A
Emerging capital raising options and alternatives –
insights for mid to small cap producers and explorers
n Understanding emerging alternative sources of finance for junior mineral
explorers and small cap producers
n Accessing alternative sources of capital for growth and/or restructure
n Understanding the practicalities of revolving equity line/converts and
similar alternative products
n Reviewing how successful recent M&A transactions have been as
equity raising alternatives?
n Restructuring capital to make it appealing for investors
n Identifying the right market conditions to take advantage of the different
capital raising alternatives
n Chasing the deals. Review which international investee forums have
given the best results?
n Finalising your capital raising - processes to follow
Andrew Rowell, Managing Director, PURSUIT CAPITAL
Andrew Rowell is a qualified and experienced geologist, resources analyst and
corporate financier. Andrew has over 11 years’ experience as an exploration
geologist in Australia and a further 7 years’ experience in the financial services
sector. Prior to establishing Pursuit Capital, Andrew was an Associate Director of
Corporate Advisory Group, Inteq Limited and prior to his position with Inteq was
the senior resources Analyst at Perth broking firm Hartleys.
12.00 Lunch
1.00 - 4.00 WORKSHOP B
A structured approach to obtaining funding for
Resources projects – benefits of powerful best-practice
financial modelling
n Understand what financiers want to see in a financial model, and how
they use it for analysis
n Building trust with investors, stakeholders and financiers through
professional presentation of your project
n Assessing and managing the impact of commodity prices and volatility
n Gaining a strategic understanding of the lifecycle of financial modelling
– Equity/PFS/DFS/BFS
n Using structured sensitivity and scenario analysis to drive strategy and
financial requirements
n Reducing modelling risk through integrity checks, standardisations and
charts
n Benefiting from powerful valuation techniques and key driver analysis
Nick Crawley, Chair & Head of Consulting,
CORALITY FINANCIAL GROUP
Nick Crawley is the co-founder and Chairman of Corality Financial Group. Nick
has dedicated his professional life to the understanding and minimisation of
modelling risk within the Project Finance industry, a career that started in the
early 1990’s and was founded upon an extensive academic grounding as a
prize winning Theoretical Astrophysicist. Nick has had a significant career in
risk management; credit analysis and project finance lending as well as being a
founding member of the professional financial modelling community.
CONFERENCE DAY ONE
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2013
8.30 Registration and morning coffee
8.50 Opening remarks from the Chair
Neil Watson, President, WA MINING CLUB
ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT OUTLOOOKS
9.00 Current market dynamics and the Australian junior
mining, oil and gas market
n Assessing the current climate and appetite for capital raisings within in
the junior mining and midcap sectors
n Evaluating how companies have overcome the challenges of raising
capital in a challenging market
n Reviewing market dynamics and offshore investor views on the primary
and secondary markets
n Assessing variations in the Australian currency, and its impact on lending
criteria
n Evaluating the current risk appetite for Australian resources
Alex Passmore, Director Corporate Finance, PATERSONS SECURITIES
9.45
Assessing key criteria for attracting investment in
international projects
n Attracting investors in to emerging and underexplored regions – common
questions of an investor
n Demonstrating mitigation of sovereign and political risks
n Communicating resources potential and geological prospects - offering
good data to guide investors
n Communicating impacts of any regulatory uncertainty on investments
n Addressing management or project partner experience and track record
in the region
n Reviewing other potential sources of funding, and secondary listings
Peter Landau, Managing Director, OKAP VENTURES
10.30 Morning tea
ATTRACTING INVESTMENT & FINANCE
PARTNERS
11.00 CASE STUDY
Ensuring appealing bankable feasibility studies to attract
the right investors and financiers
n Analysing what investors and banks are looking for in your projects
n Understand how banks now measure and evaluate risk on projects
n Understanding how financiers assess your projects
n Convincing investment banks and big lenders - facts to consider
n Understanding the timing, process and associated cost relating to delays
Stephen Jones, Chief Financial Officer,
SOUTHERN CROSS GOLDFIELDS
4.00 End of Workshop
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CAPITAL RAISING
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Achieving funding for mining, oil and gas projects
11.45
Exploring debt financing alternatives for explorers, junior
and midcaps
n Debt market considerations
n Analysing alternatives to debt markets:
- High yield
- Convertible
- Royalties
- Bank debt
n Reviewing project finance considerations
Nick McDonough, Director Corporate & Debt Advisory,
ARGONAUT CAPITAL
12.30 Lunch
1.20
Maximising your capital raising strategy
n Assessing the current environment for raising capital for explorers, juniors
& midcaps
n Determining the purpose of your capital raising – whether for growth
capital, acquisitions, shareholder liquidity, refinancing or restructuring
n Considering the alternatives for raising capital: placements; rights issue;
SPP convertible notes; entitlement options
n Sources of equity capital: retail; institutional; strategic/cornerstone;
domestic; international
n Building an equity capital markets strategy
n Understanding the applicability of rights issues
Dale Bryan, Director Corporate Finance, HARTLEYS
2.05
Outlining the essential A-Z necessary for attracting
potential investors
n Putting your best foot forward-understanding the key aspects which
investors and analysts look for in a great capital raising opportunity
n Optimising advisory boards and management
n Timing is everything - evaluating the period of time available to act on
investment options
n Calculating and analysing the accuracy of company costs for capital
raisings
n Demonstrating the need to supplement existing cash reserves whilst
clearly communicating potential
David Tasker, National Director Investor Relations,
PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS
2.50 Afternoon tea
PROGRESSING PROJECTS & FUNDING
THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
3.20
Assessing the viability of M&As or JVs as effective
sources of capital raising
n Strategic alliances and joint venture partners for growth and expansion
n Utilising M&A to achieve acquisition, merging operations with suitable
partners, divesting subsidiaries or selling entities in order to realise a
greater return on equity
n Pinpointing & overcoming the structuring and financing hurdles of M&As
Trevor Benson, Director Corporate Finance, PCF CAPITAL
4.05
Managing the risk factors in M&As or JVs
n Utilising M&A, to achieve acquisition, merging operations with suitable
partners, divesting subsidiaries or selling entities in order to realise a
greater return on equity
n Pinpointing and overcoming the structuring hurdles of M&As
n Defining and planning commercial arrangements and development plans
n Setting boundaries, parameters and expectations of all partners and
managing common legal risks
n Assessing farm-out or off-take arrangements in JVs
Stephanie Rowland, Special Counsel, MINTER ELLISON
4.50 Close of Day One
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
THURSDAY 2 MAY 2013
8.30 Morning coffee
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Neil Watson, President, WA MINING CLUB
EQUITY MARKETS & EXCHANGES
9.10
Strengthening Australias’ equity markets - ASX initiatives
to improve liquidity and facilitate capital raising
n Reviewing recent and ongoing ASX initiatives and reforms
n Realising better capital market outcomes for small to mid-cap resource
companies
n Understanding the new capital raising listing rules
n JORC compliance and reporting: understanding key obligations for
mining companies
n Understanding how the new rules contribute to increased flexibility for
small to midcaps seeking additional capital
n Assessing the impact of the changes
Jenny Cutri, Assistant Manager, Listings Perth, ASX
9.55
Outlining the advantages of listing in Australia and
global foreign exchanges
n Key considerations for resources companies deciding where to list
n Evaluating the advantages of listing on the ASX and outlining the
benefits, versus foreign exchanges
n Addressing issues confronting resources listings in Australia and
overseas
n Tailoring listing requirements and accessing sponsors
n Knowing your options for secondary raisings, and understanding post
IPO considerations
n Meeting the increased reporting and equity requirements of international
exchanges
n Profiling case examples re choice of exchange – which sort of company
is best suited to where
Jeremy Wickens, Partner Resources M&A, NORTON ROSE
10.40 Morning tea
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30 April - 2 May 2013, Four Points by Sheraton PERTH
11.10
Patterns in institutional investment over the past twelve
months
n Understanding changes in the geography of institutional investors,
investment styles, broker activity and analysis
n Who are the most active brokers?
n How the broker landscape is changing
Senior representative, ORIENT CAPITAL
IMPROVING YOUR INVESTMENT PROFILE
11.30
Understanding the key requirements of mining project
valuations and feasibility studies, which a bank is
looking for
n Understanding how banks evaluate risk on projects
n Using financial models to quantify the key risks of a project
n Reviewing how banks seek to mitigate the risks identified during the due
diligence process
n Ensuring a successful bankable feasibility study, and meeting the
requirements of project financiers
Stuart Moran, Director, MACQUARIE CAPITAL
12.15 Lunch
1.10 PANEL DISCUSSION
Accessing sufficient funding to achieve capital
injections
n Where did the funding come from?
n Hear from a range of resources companies about how they achieved
funding
- what worked
- what didn’t work
- lessons learned
- what they would do again, and how
Moderator:
Peter Strachan, Editor, STOCKANALYSIS
Panelists:
James Cooper-Jones, CFO & Company Secretary,
IMPACT MINERALS
Damon Neaves, CEO and MD, PURA VIDA ENERGY
Simon Adams, CFO/Company Secretary,
INCREMENTAL OIL AND GAS
1.55
Getting research coverage in a competitive marketplace
n Marketing your company to investors
n Engaging with analysts
n The all-important corporate presentation
n Understanding how the market values reserves and risked exploration
n Fund management styles and investor timelines
n Knowing what motivates stockbroker coverage and how to manage that
relationship
Peter Strachan, Editor, STOCKANALYSIS
2.40 Afternoon tea
3.00
Availability and suitability of private equity (PE)
n Understanding which projects private equity is most likely to invest in
n Understanding the process for PE consideration
n Pitching yourself to PE – what works, what are they looking for, what are
they not looking for
n Skin in the game: how much you need for private equity operators to
take you seriously
n Reviewing general terms for PE
- management involvement
- working with existing management
- exit strategies
n Reviewing returns from PE in the current market
Mark Zwitser, Director, ELEMENT CAPITAL
3.45
Valuing your company and stocks
n Mitigating speculative risks in valuation
n Modelling and protecting company value against commodity and
exchange rate fluctuation risk / volatility
n Leveraging favourable market activity
n Determining capital structure requirements to ensure the appropriate
level of equity is raised
n Correctly reporting reserves and resources
n Knowing if your stock is undervalued
Jeremy Peters, Principal, SNOWDEN GROUP
4.30 Closing remarks from the Chair
4.40 Close of conference
Capital Raising for Explorers, Juniors & Midcaps 2013
will provide a how to guide for explorers, juniors and
midcaps from mining and oil and gas for raising capital
against a backdrop of volatile markets. The event will
profile juniors and midcaps who have utilised different
methods for sourcing capital in challenging markets
together with leading financiers who are integral to
sourcing capital and overcoming constraints to business
growth.
Attending Capital Raising for Explorers, Juniors &
Midcaps 2013 from the 30 April – 2 May 2013 at the
Four Points by Sheraton Perth, will ensure you take
back to your organisation cost effective methods of
capital raising to effectively inject, protect and release
value in mining and oil and gas projects.
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CAPITAL RAISING
FOR EXPLORERS, JUNIORS & MIDCAPS
Achieving funding for mining, oil and gas projects
Who should attend?
Against a backdrop of fluctuating markets, cost of capital and access
to funds, explorers and junior miners need to seek cost effective
ways of capital raising to effectively inject, protect and release value
in mining projects. The ‘Capital raising for explorers, juniors & midcaps’
conference is a how to guide for junior to mid cap for raising capital and
will cover capital raising alternatives and also profile professionals from the
resources sector who have utilised different methods for sourcing capital
in challenging markets. The event will provide an opportunity for mining
professionals to hear and learn from leading financiers who are integral
to sourcing capital to overcome constraints to business growth. Financial
experts will showcase capital raising options to access equity globally
and highlight how the resource sector can attract foreign capital whilst
operating in a challenging and volatile equity market. The program is a
how to guide for junior to mid cap miners for raising capital. Fluctuations in
markets and the impact of overseas economic markets have meant capital
is now more expensive and becoming harder to source and therefore
companies are looking for new ways for raising capital
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