Abstract

For almost 50 years we have been examining why mining projects are delayed and over-budget.  There is no shortage of publications and resources on better feasibility studies, better project management, better reporting but the more things change the more they have remained the same.  In a $2000 gold environment expected to last for the next few years, let’s not find ourselves destroying value and saying again – the capital markets made me do it.  Creating value through capital projects for all stakeholders is ultimately all about people. In our discussion, we will examine how we can adopt the mining industry’s responses to the pandemic to improve capital projects planning and execution.  We will also examine why we must have a capital markets strategy and how we can better manage the capital markets to better position a capital project for success.

Biography of the presenter

Daniella Dimitrov has more than 20 years’ experience in building, operating and leading businesses in mining and financial services. Since 2017, she has been Partner at Sprott Capital Partners, a mining investment bank. Daniella has also held strategy, operations, corporate development and governance roles having served as CEO and CFO of a multi-mine gold/copper producer, Executive Vice-Chair of an iron ore developer and as COO of a national financial services firm. Daniella has served as a director of a number of public companies in the natural resources and energy sectors and currently serves as director of Nexa Resources, International Petroleum and Chemtrade and as member of sustainability, capital projects, audit and governance committees of such boards. Daniella was chosen as one of the top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining for 2016 and was a Canada Board Diversity Council – 2016 Diversity 50 Candidate. Daniella is a noted speaker on topics including capital markets and ESG.