Africa is the second largest continent, occupying about a fifth of the Earth’s land area. A huge and diverse continent with more than 50 independent states, Africa contains vast natural resources.

The continent produces more than 60 metal and mineral products and is a major producer of some of the world’s most important minerals and metals including gold, platinum group element (PGE’s), diamonds, uranium, manganese, chromium, nickel, bauxite and cobalt, copper, lead and zinc.

Africa hosts about 30% of the planet's mineral reserves, including 40% of gold, 60% of cobalt and 90% of the world's platinum group metals (PGM) reserves.  These facts give the continent an important and strategic place to explore for mineral opportunities.

The increase in exploration and mine development in Africa has been primarily focused on gold and diamond exploration. With the improving of base metal prices, this sector is experiencing an increase in activities.

These activities naturally attract service and safety companies. The AMSS 2008 is a platform to present new technologies and share expertise in this field.

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee is happy to receive topics from companies who wish to present technical or commercial papers on minerals, technology, communication, safety or other related issues.

Some selected topics to be explored:

• Mineral applications
• Grading and certification
• Research and development
• Geo-information
• Minerals laboratory management
• Environmental analysis and environmental impact assessment studies
• Mineral testing methods
• Gemology and gem cutting
• Geophysics, geochemistry, environmental geology and geo-science data handling
• GIS and remote sensing applications
• Refining
• Mineral exploration and geological mapping
• Resource/reserve modeling
• Health and safety
• IT and communications
• R & D and implementing new technology
• Challenges of recruiting and retaining staff

Please contact the Committee directly to discuss your involvement with this forthcoming workshop at info@cubicglobe.com

Supporting and sponsoring the workshop

Companies can choose to be the host of this workshop by supporting and sponsoring it. Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies; tailored packages to reach a wide audience could be discussed with the Technical Committee if needed.

Please contact the Committee directly to discuss your involvement with this forthcoming workshop at info@cubicglobe.com

Registration

Participants attending the CIOME 2008 (Chad International Oil Mining and Energy: Conference and Exhibition) can attend the workshop.

Due to limited places the Technical Committee reserves the right to cancel the registration of participants to attend the workshop.

Priority will be given to the first participants registered for the CIOME 2008.

For more information regarding this forthcoming event and how to attend, please visit www.chadoil.com