Agenda
2:00 PM
— 2:10 PM
Welcome, Safety Share, Introduction
2:10 PM
— 3:00 PM
Session 1 - Proposed Changes to the Rule: Potential Impact on Mining Industry Practices, Communicating With Investors, and Meeting Securities Regulatory Filing Requirements
- New and modified definitions
- Significant restrictions on who can be a qualified person and who is considered independent
- New prescriptive practice requirements: a disclosure standard is becoming more of a practice standard
- New requirements and restrictions on mining technical disclosure
- Many of the proposed rules are already being enforced as mandatory Commission staff policies
- Costs of compliance versus benefits to investors
Q&A: 15 minutes
3:15 PM
— 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion - Modernization of International Reporting Standards – What is being fixed and what was broken?
Q&A: 10 minutes
4:10 PM
— 4:35 PM
Networking and refreshments break
4:35 PM
— 5:20 PM
Session 2 - Proposed Changes to the Technical Report Form:
- Significant modifications to the technical report content requirements
- Increased qualified person responsibilities
- Increased uncertainty on what will be considered compliant content
- Modified technical report triggers
Q&A: 15 minutes
5:35 PM
— 5:50 PM
Session 3 - Assessing Industry Feedback on the Proposed Changes to NI 43-101
- 80 formal comment letters were received
- There was some praise but a lot more pushback by participants in the mining industry
- Where to from here
Q&A: 10 minutes
6:00 PM
Workshop End