Simon Rollason

Director Aterian PLC

Simon is a geologist with over 30 years of international experience developing and building projects and companies with a solid background in management, having served as an executive director with several London Stock Exchange-listed companies. Over the past few years working with Aterian plc, Simon has established several joint ventures and working partnerships in Rwanda. During his career, he has gained broad corporate exposure, ranging from working with multinationals to junior and start-up companies in varied and diversified geological and geographic working environments, often in remote and harsh climatic conditions. He has a strong operational background in Africa and within the CIS. During his early career, he worked in both open pit and underground mining environments, managed surface and underground exploration on greenfield & brownfield projects through to producing assets.

2024 Agenda Sessions

The Symbiotic Approach

Do joint ventures enable junior miners?

Providing an overview of the current major/junior partnerships in the continent – what makes these so successful?
Are majors doing enough to support junior/exploration activities in Africa?
Can such an approach help to plug the exploratory capital shortfall?
How can juniors ensure they retain their freedom for mining operations, whilst balancing capital provisions?
With the push for critical minerals across Africa, how are governments supporting & partnering with Juniors to maximise production?

Wednesday 07 February 11:00 - 11:40 Innovators Stage

Junior Miners Day

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 11:00 02/07/2024 11:40 The Symbiotic Approach Do joint ventures enable junior miners?

Providing an overview of the current major/junior partnerships in the continent – what makes these so successful?
Are majors doing enough to support junior/exploration activities in Africa?
Can such an approach help to plug the exploratory capital shortfall?
How can juniors ensure they retain their freedom for mining operations, whilst balancing capital provisions?
With the push for critical minerals across Africa, how are governments supporting & partnering with Juniors to maximise production?

Innovators Stage Africa/Johannesburg

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