Keynote Conference Day Two - 9 September 2025
09:00 - 09:05
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISER
09:05 - 09:15
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
GAS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN MAURITANIA : FROM GTA TO GREEN HYDROGEN
SESSION CHAIRMAN
09:15 - 10:15
OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CHALLENGES, REWARDS & TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE METALS, MINING & ENERGY RESOURCES INDUSTRY, AND THE PATHS TO CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, SUSTAINABILITY
Mamadou Amadou Kane
Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Chemsdine Sow Deina
Director General, Petroleum & Low Carbon Hydrogen, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Mohamed Yahya Hamoudi
Director General Mines, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Ibrahima Bâ Madine
Director of Marketing and Mineral Properties, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Khroumbali Lehbib
DG, SOMELEC, Mauritania
Ismail Abdel Vetah
Director General, SMH, Mauritania
Ismail Mohamed Sid Ahmed
Vice President & Country Manager, Kosmos Energy, Mauritania
Mark Crandall
CEO & Founder, CWP Global, Serbia
Laurent Coche
Chief Executive Officer, Chariot Green Hydrogen, South Africa
Gu Xiaodong
Vice President & General Manager for Green Hydrogen, United Energy Group, China
10:15 - 10:30
PRESENTATION
Mark Crandall
CEO & Founder, CWP Global, Serbia
10:15 - 10:30 (2nd event)
PRESENTATION: UNLOCKING MAURITANIA'S POTENTIAL: DATA-DRIVEN INVESTMENT IN GAS AND ENERGY
Chemsdine Sow Deina
Director General, Petroleum & Low Carbon Hydrogen, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
CRITICAL MINERALS, COMMODITIES, HYDROGEN, SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCING & TECHNOLOGY
SESSION CHAIRMAN
11:00 - 11:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: MAURITANIA’S CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEN TRANSFORMATION
Ahmed Taleb Mohamed
Technical Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
El Hachemy Cheikh Sidaty
Director General, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Ba Ousmane
Director General, MAADEN, Mauritania
Andrew Grove
Managing Director & CEO, Aura Energy, Australia
11:45 - 12:00
PRESENTATION: AN OVERVIEW OF EXPLORATION FOR WHITE “NATURAL” HYDROGEN IN MAURITANIA
John Contino
Executive Vice President, Tricon Geophysics Inc., United States
12:00 - 12:45
TECH PANEL DISCUSSION: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION IN MINING AND ENERGY
H.E. Ahmed Salem Bede
Minister, Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernization of Administration, Mauritania (Session Chair)
12:45 - 14:15
NETWORKING LUNCH
ENERGY, MINING, GREEN FINANCE, ESG, DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES PROMOTION
SESSION CHAIRMAN
14:15 - 15:00
PRESENTATION: GREEN HYDROGEN, ENERGY FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
Mario Marchese
HNH Project Director, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
President, Magallanes Green Hydrogen Association, Chile
15:00 - 15:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: GREEN FINANCE & SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MINING AND ENERGY SECTORS
15:40 - 15:55
PRESENTATION: UNLOCKING MAURITANIA’S URANIUM POTENTIAL - ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY & GOVERNANCE
Andrew Grove
Managing Director & CEO, Aura Energy, Australia
15:55 - 16:15
PRESENTATION: THE FUTURE OF ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
Madeline R. Young
Recipient of ESG Champion Award & Associate Professor, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
16:15 - 16:45
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION AND FUTURE OF MINING & ENERGY SECTORS
SESSION CHAIRMAN
16:45 - 17:00
PRESENTATION: GUELB MOGHREIN COPPER & GOLD MINE - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
John Gladston
Director, Corporate Affairs, Mauritanian Copper Mines S.A., United Kingdom
17:00 - 17:15
PRESENTATION: ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY & ARTISANAL MINING CO-OPERATION
17:15 - 18:00
GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR IN MAURITANIA
18:00
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
CLOSING CEREMONY
19:00 - 20:00
CLOSING GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE ADDRESS
20:00
END OF CONFERENCE DAY 2