Wednesday Panel & Lunch Keynote

WEDNESDAY GENERAL PANEL SESSION

Wednesday, May 3 | 9:00 | Room 710

PLENARY: INVESTMENT/FINANCING

Does building trust generate the investment needed? How to demonstrate the value of decarb? How do we use reporting to show real progress? How do traditional bankers support this new world?

MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta

General Manager, Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium

Moderator

Angelina Mehta

Ms. Angelina Mehta is a registered professional engineer in Quebec and a founding member of Women in Mining (WIM) Montreal. She is the General Manager of Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminum and has served on the Board of Directors of Azimut since 2018.

Ms. Mehtah has over 20 years of experience in finance and engineering and currently works as General Manager of Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium.  Previously, she was a Director of Mining Investment Banking at Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. and a Senior Mining Advisor at Paradigm Capital Inc. in the investment banking sector, as well as Vice President of Operations for North American Nickel. Over the years, she has been an investment manager for Sentient Asset Management Canada and has held various operational positions with several mining companies, including Rio Tinto’s subsidiary, Iron Ore Company of Canada.

Ms. Mehta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering and an MBA from McGill University, as well as a Master of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Ms. Mehta has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly traded junior mining companies including Pershimco, Meridian Mining, Stornoway Diamond and Falco Resources. She also served for five years on the Board of Directors of Women in Mining Canada and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Greater Montreal.

MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta

General Manager, Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium

Moderator

Xavier Chagnon

Xavier is the President of YMP Montréal and Business Analyst, Corporate Development and Capital Markets at Quebec Iron Ore.

He is an Analyst in Corporate Development and Capital Markets at Quebec Iron Ore, a subsidiary of Champion Iron. He holds an engineer permit from Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and he completed the CFA program exams.

Following his mining engineering degree at McGill, he joined the Montreal branch of Young Mining Professionals, a not-for-profit organization aimed at promoting the involvement of young people in the mining industry. He now serves as President of YMP Montreal, Treasurer of YMP Global and Executive Committee Member of an affiliated charity which provides over $200,000 a year in scholarships to students across Canada.

Panelists:

Denise Johnson

Group President, Caterpillar Inc.

PANELIST

Denise C. Johnson

Denise C. Johnson is a group president of Caterpillar Inc. She has responsibility for Resource Industries (RI), which includes Integrated Components and Solutions Division, RI Operations and Products Division, Strategic Procurement & Planning Division and the RI Sales, Services and Technology Division.

Johnson joined Caterpillar in 2011 and initially served as the general manager of Specialty Products within Caterpillar’s Reman & Components Division, where she had global responsibility for wear component products and facilities. She previously had a career with General Motors, where she built deep expertise in operations and product management. In 2012, the Caterpillar Board of Directors named Johnson vice president of the Diversified Products Division. In 2013, Johnson was named vice president of Integrated Manufacturing Operations, and in 2014, she was named vice president of Material Handling & Underground Division. She was named group president of Resource Industries in April of 2016.

Johnson, a native of Portland, Michigan, graduated from Michigan State University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. She earned dual master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1997.

Johnson is a member of numerous outside boards, including National Mining Association Board of Directors, National Association of Manufacturers, The Mosaic Company, MIT Leaders for Global Operations Governing Board, and the US Chamber of Commerce.

Belinda Labatte

CEO, Lomiko Metals

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Richard Wells

Partner, Finance

Kinterra Capital

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Milla Craig

Founder, President and CEO, Millani Inc.

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Paul Gruner

(CEO) Tahltan Nation
Development Corporation (TNDC)

Denise Johnson

Group President, Caterpillar Inc.

PANELIST

Denise C. Johnson

PANELIST

Belinda Labatte

Belinda Labatte, CFA, MBA, ICD.D, has more than 15 years of senior management experience in mining and the extractive industry, and 20 years of capital markets experience, including a decade of strategic development, capital markets investment banking experience, stakeholder engagement, and asset acquisition and disposition processes. Her most recent position was Chief Development Officer of Mandalay Resources Corp.  Prior to that, Ms. Labatte was the founder and President of her own Company, The Capital Lab Inc., a leading Toronto-based consulting firm. Ms. Labatte is fluent in French, Spanish and German and graduated from the Rotman School of Management with an MBA. She holds the ICD.D designation and is CFA charterholder. Ms. Labatte serves as independent director of Star Royalties Ltd.

PANELIST

Richard Wells

Richard Wells is Partner at Kinterra Capital and a member of the Investment Committee and Valuation Committee.

Prior to Kinterra, Mr. Wells was a Partner at Waterton Global and served as the Chief Financial Officer from 2010. He was responsible for all financial aspects of Waterton’s corporate office and operating subsidiaries including accounting, reporting, taxation, investor relations and administrative matters. As part of his role at Waterton, he served on the Investment Committee, Valuation Committee and as the Audit Committee Chair for publicly listed mining companies in the Waterton investment portfolio.

Mr. Wells is a Chartered Professional Accountant, having been awarded the designation in Ontario, Canada in 2003 and placing on the Provincial Honour Roll.

PANELIST

Milla Craig

Milla is President and CEO of Millani Inc., an independent advisory firm helping investors integrate ESG issues into their investment decisions, companies communicate their material ESG issues to investors, boards of directors understand their ESG responsibilities and capital markets participants create their proprietary ESG strategies.

Throughout her career, Milla has worked very closely with senior management and investor relations teams of Canadian publicly-listed companies, as well as financial analysts and investment managers of several Canadian pension and investment funds. Prior to founding Millani in 2008, she worked for more than 15 years in the institutional equity markets for major Canadian financial institutions such as RBC Dominion Securities and Scotia Capital, where she was consistently ranked as a top-tier salesperson. Later, as Deloitte’s Leader – Sustainability, for the Quebec Region, she was actively involved in the development of sustainability strategy, management, stakeholder engagement, and reporting for a variety of Canadian organizations.

Milla is a board member of the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) and is the Chair of its Nomination Committee. She is Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Finance and Sustainability Initiative of Finance Montréal. Milla is recipient of the 2017 Clean16 Award, and in 2020 was awarded Montreal’s Y Foundation Women of Distinction Award, in the Business & Entrepreneurship category.

PANELIST

Paul Gruner

Paul is a senior executive leader with 15 years of experience in delivering business results in partnership with Indigenous stakeholders. He has a dynamic range of experience in strategic leadership, mergers and acquisitions, business development, strategic partnerships, financial management, project management, corporate governance, contract negotiations, capacity building and job creation for citizens, and environmental, social, and corporate governance. Paul has experience in transformation strategy that strengthens organizations and builds them into sustainable, profitable entities that have the leadership and resiliency to operate for generations.

WEDNESDAY LUNCH WITH GUEST SPEAKER

Wednesday, May 3 | 12:00 | Room 710

Please join us for lunch with a special keynote presentation on the Competitive Advantage of Decarbonization.

While the energy transition is underway at a pace rarely seen in the history of the resource industry, the demand for essential minerals is expected to grow to 500 times what we see by 2050. There is a moral obligation for the mining and metallurgy industry to be part of this transition and to solve the complex problems associated with it, it is here and now, we are in a race to decarbonize and accelerate the path to net zero.

GUEST SPEAKER: Sophie Bergeron

Managing Director Rio Tinto Iron, Titanium & Diamonds

Guest Speaker

Sophie Bergeron

Sophie Bergeron was appointed Managing Director, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) and Diamonds, in October 2022, after joining Rio Tinto in 2020.

With a bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Ms. Bergeron began her career in Northern Quebec over twenty (20) years ago and has held various engineering and management positions throughout the Americas, from Nunavik in Northern Quebec to the Santa Cruz Province in Southern Argentina. Back in Quebec since December 2017, she was general manager of a mining complex before joining Rio Tinto.

Throughout her career, she has consistently focused on leveraging her technical and continuous improvement skills for health and safety. She obtained her Six Sigma certification and a certificate in Business Optimization from the University of Melbourne in Australia. She also served as a board member of the Québec Mining Association in 2018 and 2019, and currently serves on the NYSE Board of Directors as a non-executive director.

Ms. Bergeron is a passionate manager with a commitment to Health, Safety, Environment, Communities, Innovation and Value Creation, Sophie is proud to contribute to a sustainable and responsible mining industry with Rio Tinto as Managing Director, RTIT and Diamonds and to bring her vision to foster a collaborative and responsible environment.

GUEST SPEAKER: Sophie Bergeron

Managing Director, Rio Tinto

Guest Speaker

Sophie Bergeron

Sophie Bergeron was appointed Managing Director, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) and Diamonds, in October 2022, after joining Rio Tinto in 2020.

WEDNESDAY GENERAL PANEL SESSION

Wednesday, May 3 | 9:00 | Room 710

Sponsored by:

PLENARY: INVESTMENT/FINANCING

MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta

Moderator

Angelina Mehta

MODERATOR: Angelina Mehta

Moderator

Xavier Chagnon

Panelists:

Denise Johnson

PANELIST

Denise C. Johnson

Belinda Labatte

Richard Wells

Milla Craig

Paul Gruner

Denise Johnson

PANELIST

Denise C. Johnson

PANELIST

Belinda Labatte

PANELIST

Richard Wells

PANELIST

Milla Craig

PANELIST

Paul Gruner

WEDNESDAY LUNCH WITH GUEST SPEAKER

Wednesday, May 3 | 12:00 | Room 710

GUEST SPEAKER: Sophie Bergeron

Guest Speaker

Sophie Bergeron

Sponsored by:

GUEST SPEAKER: Sophie Bergeron

Guest Speaker

Sophie Bergeron