Keynote Conference Day Two - 9 September 2025
09:00 - 09:05
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISER
09:05 - 09:15
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
MINING OPPORTUNITIES IN MAURITANIA
09:15 - 09:30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SHOWCASE MAURITANIA AS A MINING INVESTMENT DESTINATION IN AFRICA
J. Paul Rollinson
President & Chief Executive Officer, Kinross Gold Corporation, Canada
GAS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN MAURITANIA : FROM GTA TO GREEN HYDROGEN
SESSION CHAIRMAN
09:30 - 10:30
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
Mohamed Yeslem Filali
Expert, Ministry of Finance, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Santiago Blanes
Vice Minister, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain
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
Taghiya Abeidarrahmane
Director of Low Carbon Hydrogen, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Khroumbali Lehbib
Director General, SOMELEC, Mauritania
Ismail Abdel Vetah
Director General, SMH, Mauritania
Ismail Mohamed Sid Ahmed
Vice President & Country Manager, Kosmos Energy, Mauritania
Mark Crandall
Chairman & Founder, CWP Global, United States
Pierre Raillard
Head of Gas Business and Morocco Country Director, Chariot Limited, United Kingdom
Gu Xiaodong
Vice President & General Manager for Green Hydrogen, United Energy Group, China
Andrew Grove
Managing Director & CEO, Aura Energy, Australia
Mohamed M’hamed
Director of the Mining Cadastre, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Mohamed Lemine Tar
Director of Control and Monitoring of Mining Operators, Mauritania
10:30 - 10:45
PRESENTATION: SPAIN'S GREEN TRANSITION MODEL, USING RENEWABLE ENERGY
Santiago Blanes
Vice Minister, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain
10:45 - 11:15
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
CRITICAL MINERALS, COMMODITIES, HYDROGEN, SUSTAINABILITY, FINANCING & TECHNOLOGY
SESSION CHAIRMAN
11:15 - 11:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: MAURITANIA’S CRITICAL MINERAL POTENTIAL: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEN TRANSFORMATION
Ahmed Taleb Mohamed
Minister’s Advisor in Charge of Mines, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Mohamed Yahya Zerrouk
Director General of Mines and Geology, Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Ibrahima Bâ Madine
Director of Marketing and Mineral Properties, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Zeinabou Tandia
Director of Sales & Regulation, Maaden, Mauritania
Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed El Hacene
Country Manager, Aura Energy, Mauritania
Nasser Dine Ould Mohamed Yeslem
Director of Georesources, ANARPAM, Mauritania
Doyen Nouakchott University, Mauritania
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 - 12:30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chen Dengcai
Chairman, SD Mining, China
12:00 - 12:30
SIDE EVENT LED BY TGS AND OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PETROLEUM
“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
Representative, TGS, United Kingdom
Representative, SMH, Mauritania
12:30 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
ENERGY, MINING, GREEN FINANCE, ESG, DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES PROMOTION
SESSION CHAIRMAN
14:00 - 14:15
PRESENTATION
National Basics Company, Saudi Arabia
14:15 - 14:30
PRESENTATION: INVESTMENT POTENTIAL IN THE MINING SECTOR IN MAURITANIA – ANARPAM’S MINING PROJECT PORTFOLIO
Nasser Dine Ould Mohamed Yeslem
Director of Georesources, ANARPAM, Mauritania
14:30 - 14:45
PRESENTATION: EMIRAL MINING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN MAURITANIA
Kirill Parokov
Project Manager, Emiral Mining, United Arab Emirates
14:45 - 15:00
PRESENTATION: CRITICAL MINERALS, GEOPOLITICS & ESG: BALANCING SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH GLOBAL DEMANDS
Madeline R. Young
Recipient of ESG Champion Award
Board Member, Women in Mining (WiM) Africa
Assistant Professor, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
15:00 - 15:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: GREEN FINANCE & SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MINING AND ENERGY SECTORS
Ibou Diouf
Operations Manager for Mauritania, The World Bank, Mauritania (Session Chair)
Hercule Yamuremya
Resident Representative, African Development Bank (ADB), Mauritania
Moussa Sylla
Mining Expert, Mauritania
Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba
Director, BNM, Mauritania
Representative, BMCI, Mauritania
Representative, BMI, Mauritania
15:30 - 16:00
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION AND FUTURE OF MINING & ENERGY SECTORS
SESSION CHAIRMAN
16:00 - 16:15
PRESENTATION: ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY & ARTISANAL MINING CO-OPERATION
Houssein Mohamed Abass
Founder and CEO, Kenz Mining, Mauritania
16:15 - 16:30
GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR IN MAURITANIA
16:30 - 18:00
PRESENTATION
Representative, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
18:00
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
CLOSING CEREMONY
19:00 - 20:00
CLOSING GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE ADDRESS
20:00
END OF CONFERENCE DAY 2