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MinSouth Prestige Lecture: The CRIRSCO Reporting Codes and the UNFC: Do we really need separate codes for minerals reporting by governments and industry ?
June 13, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The upcoming MinSouth Prestige Lecture, scheduled for June 13th, 2024, is poised to be a significant event for professionals in the mining and minerals industry. The lecture will feature Ed Sides, a prominent figure in the field of mineral reporting standards, as the guest speaker.
Important Update: The MinSouth Prestige Lecture is still on!
We regret to inform you that Ed cannot attend in person, but he will be presenting virtually. This is a very recent development, and we’re working diligently to ensure a seamless experience for all attendees. Registered participants have the option to join us either in-person at the IoM3 office or virtually. Eventbrite will provide detailed instructions. Whether you join us physically or virtually, we look forward to seeing you there! Following the presentation, in-person attendees can still enjoy networking opportunities with mineral industry professionals, along with food and drinks.
Synopsis
Both CRIRSCO and the UNFC have been around for over two decades, but many people working in mining industry are not familiar with the UNFC. Many will be surprised that the EU’s recently finalised Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) has reference the UNFC but not any CRIRSCO aligned reporting codes. This has led some people in the mining industry to ask whether continued use of a CRIRSCO Template aligned reporting code is really necessary. The presenter will explain that such questions display a lack of the understanding of the characteristics of the two systems and the purpose for which they were designed. The presentation will assess the strengths and weaknesses of both systems in meeting the requirements of government land use and strategic planners and investors in the minerals sector.
It will be explained that the organisations responsible for the two systems, CRIRSCO and the UNECE, regard the two systems as complementary. To facilitate correlation between the two systems a ‘bridging document’ was jointly developed and released in 2015. During 2023 the CRIRSCO Template to UNFC Bridging Document was updated and a new version was formally adopted and released at the annual meeting of the UNECE’s Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) in Geneva in April 2024; together with a joint CRIRSCO-UNECE guidance note on its use. A brief overview of the 2024 Bridging Document and the Guidance Note will be provided along with comments on how these documents can provide support in the context of consideration of strategic projects as defined by the CRMA.
Bio
Edmund Sides BA, MSc, PhD, PGeo, EurGeol (PERC, Europe)
Edmund (Ed) Sides is a resource geologist who graduated in Geology from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and subsequently obtained MSc (Mineral Exploration) and PhD degrees from Imperial College, London. For most of his forty-year career he has worked in the mining industry, initially as an exploration geologist, and subsequently as a resource geologist. He has also spent several years working in education and training. During the last 20 years he has worked as a consultant focusing mostly on mineral resource estimation and mineral project reviews, but in recent years has been spending much of his time working for professional organisations on a voluntary basis.
He has been a member of the Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee (PERC) since 2014 and is currently the Chairperson of PERC, as well as being one of PERC’s two representatives on the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO). At the 2023 CRIRSCO AGM he was appointed as Deputy Chair of CRIRSCO and took up this role at the start of 2024.
For those keen on the advancements in mineral reporting and the standards that govern this critical aspect of the mining sector, the MinSouth Prestige Lecture with Ed Sides is an event not to be missed. For more information and to be part of a dialogue that shapes the future of mineral reporting, register via the provided <<Eventbrite link>> or copy and paste the link to your browser: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minsouth-prestige-lecture-expertise-in-mineral-reporting-registration-916109236387