Program | Meeting of the Mines Cloncurry 2025

Day One: Thursday, 11 September 2025

Time	Program
07:00-08:30	State Development Breakfast Gareth Forde \| Principal Engineer, All Energy
09:00-09:10	Welcome to Country
09:10-09:20	Welcome from MC Tim Cox \| Communications Advisor, Local Government Association of Queensland
09:20-09:30	Welcome from Mayor Campbell
09:30-09:50	Welcome & Presentation from Evolution (Diamond Sponsor) Matt O'Neill \| Chief Operating Officer, Evolution Mining
09:50-10:10	Keynote Presentation The Hon. Madeleine King MP \| Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia
10:10-10:30	State Development and the North West Darren Cleland \| Execuctive Regional Director, Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
10:30-11:00	MORNING TEA
11:00-11:20	Presentation: Phosphate Hill Dan Kelleher, General Manager, Southern Cross, Phosphate Hill & Mt Isa & Matt Johnson, Turnaround Manager - Northern Australia Operations for Southern Cross Fertilisers, Phosphate Hill & Mt Isa
11:20-11:40	Keynote Presentation The Hon. Dale Last MP \| Minister for Natural Resources and Mines; Manufacturing; Regional & Rural Development
11:40-12:00	Presentation: Pipelines & Partnerships Glenn Stockton \| CEO, SunWater
12:00-12:30	Panel 1 - WATER Mayor Greg Campbell \| Cloncurry Shire Council Hon Minister Dale Last \| Minister for Natural Resources and Mines; Manufacturing; Regional & Rural Development Ingrid Fomiatti Minnesma \| Executive Director, North Region \| Water Resource Management, Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers Glenn Stockton \| CEO, SunWater Glen Connell \| Executive General Manager – Stakeholder Relations, Harmony
12:30-13:30	LUNCH
13:30-13:50	Presentation: Energy Transition in the North West Daniel Bales \| Study Manager, Dugald River Renewable Energy Study, MMG Limited
14:00-14:20	Presentation: Role of the Coordinator-General in Streamlining Resource Project Approvals Kerry Smeltzer \| Assistant Coordinator General, Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
14:20-14:40	Keynote Presentation: The North West Minerals Province: A Strategic Investment Frontier Neville Power \| Director, Omnia Company
14:40-15:00	Panel 2 - COMMON USER INFRASTRUCTURE Mayor Greg Campbell \| Cloncurry Shire Council Janette Hewson \| CEO, Queensland Resource Council Neville Power \| Director, Omnia Company Matt O'Neill \| Chief Operating Officer, Evolution Mining Warwick Squire \| CEO, Co-Existence Queensland
15:00-15:30	AFTERNOON TEA
15:30-15:45	Presentation: Mining in the North West Senator Susan McDonald \| Shadow Minister for Resources & Northern Australia, Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator for Queensland
15:45-16:00	Presentation: PRL Group Overview Jim Cooper \| COO, PRL Group
16:00-16:20	Presentation: General DETSI Business Update for the Resource Sector Patricia O'Callaghan \| Director-General, DETSI
16:30-16:50	Panel 3 - POLICY NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES Kahil Lloyd, Acting Deputy Director General, Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation Janette Hewson \| CEO, Queensland Resource Council Kate Dickson \| Queensland Director and Head of National Operations, AMEC Patricia O'Callaghan \| Director-General, DETSI
16:50-17:00	Closing remarks and guide to dinner festivities
19:00-22:00	Conference Dinner Hosted by Miguel Maestre

Day Two: Friday, 12 September 2025

Time	Program
08:50-08:55	Welcome, Intro and Housekeeping Tim Cox \| Communications Advisor, Local Government Association of Queensland
08:55-09:10	Presentation: Critical Metals in North Queensland John Mavrogenes \| Professor of Economic Geology, Australian National University
09:10-09:25	Presentation Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm \| Assistant Minister for Resources, Regional Development, and Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
09:25-09:40	Presentation: Ernest Henry Operations Jason Floyd \| General Manager, Ernest Henry Operations, Evolution Mining
09:40-09:55	Presentation: Harmony Eva Copper Mine Project Dave Mackay, General Manager, Eva Copper Mine (Operational Readiness Team)
09:55-10:30	PANEL 4 - PHOSPHATE & PORT OF KARUMBA Cr Ernie Camp \| Mayor Burke Shire and Chair Gulf Savannah Development, Burke Shire Council Matthew Kelly \| Principal Economist, Regional Economic Advisory Jim Cooper \| COO, PRL Group Ben Paxton-Hall \| Operations Director And Company Secretary, North West Phosphate Ltd Colin Randall \| Executive Director, Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited
10:30-11:00	MORNING TEA
11:00-11:15	Presentation: Road User Agreements Pilot Project Philip Keirle \| CEO, Cloncurry Shire Council Faisal Mir \| Acting Executive Director, Finance, Performance and Programs, Department of State Development Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning Bradley Jones \| Principal Traffic Engineer, Premise
11:15-11:30	Keynote Presentation Hon Bob Katter MP \| Member for Kennedy Robbie Katter MP \| Member for Traeger, Queensland Parliament
11:30-11:50	Presentation: NWMP Industrial Asset Repurposing Study Bradley Hamilton \| Market Leader, GHD
11:50-12:10	Presentation: Post Mining Land Use Ross Browning \| Non-Executive Director, enviroMETS
12:00-12:30	PANEL 5 - MINE CLOSURE AND PMLU Ross Browning \| Non-Executive Director, enviroMETS Bradley Hamilton \| Market Leader, GHD Rob Lawrence \| Deputy Director General, Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation Scott Sullivan \| Executive Director, DETSI
12:30-13:30	LUNCH
13:30-13:45	Presentation: Rare Earths Supply Chains Bronwyn Barnes, CEO, Ivanhoe Atlantic
13:45-14:00	Presentation: Eloise and Jericho Update Ben McInerney \| General Manager / Site Senior Executive, AIC Copper
14:00-14:15	Presentation: Sustainable Minerals Institute Rick Valenta \| Institute Director, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland
14:15-14:30	Presentation: NWMP Copper Industry Productivity and Resilience Sally Henderson \| Founder, Redefining Resources
14:30-14:45	Presentation: Driving Regional Prosperity in the MITEZ Corridor Maria James \| CEO, Mitez
14:45-15:05	Conference Wrap Up and Key Takeaways Mayor Greg Campbell