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INTERNATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCES
10½
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AVAILABLE*
Mining in Africa:
Opportunities and
Legal Challenges
8–9 September 2014
The Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A conference presented by the IBA Mining Law Committee and the IBA African Regional Forum,
supported by the IBA Anti-corruption Committee, the IBA Arbitration Committee, the IBA Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee, the IBA Employment and Industrial Law Committee, the IBA Indigenous
Peoples Committee, the IBA Taxes Committee, the Tanganyika Law Society, and the East African Law
Society
Topics include:
• Foreign investment in Africa
• Workshop on MMDA international best practices for the
mining industry
• Land use in Africa
• The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in
East Africa
• Comparative review of trends in mining law and
regulation in Africa
• The African Union’s African Mining Vision and the Action
Plan for Africa
• Environmental aspects of natural resources and energy
investments in Africa
• Acquisition and maintenance of mining rights in Africa
• Stabilisation agreements and legislation
• Communities, human rights and free, prior, informed
consent. CSR, responsible contracting and supply chain.
Social license
• Government take, minority state ownership, taxes,
royalties
• Infrastructure and mining
Who should attend?
Private practitioners, in-house counsel and regulators of all
levels of experience involved in mining and energy law in the
African region.
*As per the Solicitors Regulation
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number of CPD points/hours available
may vary for other bar associations and
law societies depending on their criteria.
Programme
Monday
Conference Co-Chairs
Ignacio J Randle Estudio Randle, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Chair, IBA Mining Law Committee
Olufunmi Oluyede TRLP Law, Lagos, Nigeria; Co-Chair, IBA
African Regional Forum
Barnabas R Tumusingize Sebalu & Lule, Kampala, Uganda;
Co-Chair, IBA African Regional Forum
Charles R B Rwechungura CRB Africa Legal, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania; President Tanganyika Law Society
Organising Committee
Local Host Committee
Alphonce Gura CEO/Secretary, Tanganyika Law Society
Tabitha Maro Rex Attorneys
Sarah Mhamilawa Network Information Centre, Chair
Tanganyika Law Society Young Lawyers Committee
Mariam Othman Programme Officer-Member Services,
Tanganyika Law Society
Aisha Ally Sinda Mkono & Co; Tanganyika Law Society
Chapter Convener for Dar es Salaam
Daniel Welwel Asyla Attorneys; Tanganyika Law Society
Council
0930 – 1100 SESSION ONE
Workshop on MMDA international best practices
for the mining industry
The panel will discuss the origins of the MMDA; its key principles
(social licence to operate/new negotiating paradigm) in terms of
promoting international best practice and an equitable balance of
interests in the rights and obligations of mining companies and
states. In doing so, the panel will examine the rights of investors,
host states and communities from a responsible contracting,
sustainable development and human rights perspective as well as
explain the content of the MMDA in detail.
Moderators/Panellists
Robert Bassett Holland & Hart, USA
Luke Danielson Sustainable Development Strategies Group, USA
Peter Leon Webber Wentzel, South Africa; Council Member, IBA
Legal Practice Division
Howard Mann International Institute for Sustainable
Development, Canada
1100 – 1130 Coffee/tea break
1130 – 1300 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION TWO
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(EITI) in East Africa
Monday 8 September
0800 – 1730 Registration
0900 Welcome by Conference Co-Chairs
0905 Opening remarks
Michael Greene A&L Goodbody, Ireland; Chair, IBA Legal Practice
Division
0910 Opening Address
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), as an
internationally recognised transparency standard for openness
in the management of revenues from natural resources, which
applies to mining activities. Compliance with EITI leads to
improvements in the collection of taxes, while providing citizens
with access to reliable information, thus benefitting companies,
host countries and society at large. Increased transparency and
stability in turn encourage the kind of large-scale, long-term
investment required in mining projects.
This panel will address how the EITI as an international standard is
implemented in each country locally and how the necessary multistakeholder approach works, especially in East Africa.
Moderator
Judge Marc Bomani EITI Chair, Tanzania
Panellists
Associate social event sponsor
Siforiano Banda EITI Chair, Zambia
Honorable Esperança Bias Minister of Mines, EITI Chair,
Mozambique
Sampa Kalungu Wasafiri Consulting, Zambia
Thomas Lassourd Revenue Watch Institute, USA
Babajide O Ogundipe Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore,
Nigeria; Regional Representative Africa, IBA Anti-Corruption
Committee
Warren Beech Hogan Lovells, South Africa
Adam Lovett Norton Rose Fulbright, Tanzania
Lau Masha IMMMA Advocates, Tanzania
Antonio M A Pedro Director Sub-regional Office for Eastern
Africa, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia
(Invited)
SESSION THREE
1400 – 1530 Concurrent sessions
The African Union’s African Mining Vision and
the Action Plan for Africa
SESSION FOUR
The Africa Mining Vision has been developed by the African
Heads of State and Government to provide a reliable plan for
addressing the mining sector’s various challenges in Africa. The
Vision plans a new resource-based development strategy for the
continent, based on downstream, upstream, and side stream
linkages. It aims to support efforts to maximise local procurement
by the mining sector by providing policy recommendations for
national governments and regional organisations. It also aims to
provide guidance to the private sector and civil society on steps for
increasing local procurement.
This session will address the different ways in which stabilisation
is provided for, by means of agreements with the operating
companies, or in each country’s legislation. The panel will include
an overview of the rationale for the use of stabilisation clauses and
how these fit in with other investor protections such as bilateral
investment treaties. The speakers will analyse stabilisation clauses
commonly encountered, such as freezing clauses, economic
equilibrium clauses, hybrid clauses, and the like. The mining
legislation of various African countries will be analysed at length.
The session will also explore the enforceability of these clauses,
evaluate how stabilisation legislation and agreements affect
potential mining investments and include case study examination
of the stabilisation clauses employed in recent mining transactions.
The Action Plan for Africa provides the guide for implementing
the Africa Mining Vision. Under the Action Plan, the pillars of the
African Mining Vision will be realised through nine programme
clusters:
• mineral rents and management;
• geological and mining formation systems;
• building human and institutional capacities;
• artisanal and small scale mining;
• mineral sector governance;
• research and development;
• environmental and social issues;
• linkages and diversification; and
• mobilising mining and infrastructure investment.
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Stabilisation agreements and legislation
Moderator
Othelia Langner Fasken, South Africa
Panellists
Robert Edel DLA Piper, Australia
Wilbert Kapinga Mkono & Co Advocates, Tanzania
Dorothy Ufot Nigeria; Advisory Board Member, IBA African
Regional Forum
Matthew Weiniger QC Herbert Smith Freehills, England
This panel will address the implications for governments and
companies alike of the African Mining Vision goal to use Africa’s
mineral resources to eliminate poverty and realise rapid and broadbased socio-economic development.
SESSION FIVE
Moderator
Paul Fortin Emery Mukendi, USA
This session will address the increasing importance of corporate
social responsibility in the resources industries in Africa.
Governments, NGOs, resources companies and stakeholders at
large are taking CSR into account for the advancement of Africa’s
sustainable development. Private companies are more and more
Panellists
Communities, human rights and free, prior, informed consent. CSR, responsible contracting and
supply chain. Social licence
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called to contribute their fair share for the good of the African
peoples and to embrace responsibility for the industry and each
company’s actions. The value given to CSR in Africa is greater
than ever before, and the potential for significant achievements,
while avoiding unrealistic expectations, leaves room for optimism.
International organisations such as the UN and the African Union
are also taking a closer look at CSR-related obligations. The
speakers will analyse the practicalities of the resources companies
engagement in the communities in which they operate, and the
day-to-day implementation of CSR principles. The session will
also explore the related Human Rights compliance, as well as the
concepts of free, prior, informed consent (FPIC), social licence,
responsible contracting and supply chain.
Moderator
Lucas Moalusi Bell Dewar Hall Fasken, South Africa
Panellists
Stéphane Brabant Herbert Smith Freehills, France; Co-Chair, IBA
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Sternford Moyo Scanlen & Holderness, Zimbabwe; Co-Chair, IBA
Human Rights Institute
Sophie Thomashausen Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable
International Investment, USA
1530 – 1600 Coffee/tea break
1600 – 1730 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION SIX
Government take, minority state ownership,
taxes, royalties
This session will address the recent trend in the mining legislation
of various African countries towards requiring the host country to
own at all times a minimum stake in a mining project and the way
to grant such a stake. As well as the recent trend towards higher
taxes and royalties levels, the speakers will analyse increasing
the total government take. The session will also explore how
these measures can affect potential mining investments in the
context of global and regional economic, financial, and political
developments.
Moderator
Hubert André-Dumont McGuire Woods, Belgium; Vice-Chair,
IBA Mining Law Committee
Panellists
Hany Besada Institute of African Studies, Carleton University,
Canada
Philip Daniel International Monetary Fund, USA (Invited)
Emery Mukendi Wafwana Emery Mukendi Wafwana &
Associés, DR Congo
John Williams Duncan Allen, USA; Senior Vice-Chair, IBA Power
Law Committee
SESSION SEVEN
Infrastructure and mining
Infrastructure is so essential to mining projects that at least 60
per cent of all capital expenditure is infrastructure related. The IFC
considers Africa’s infrastructure deficit a potential bottleneck for
mining projects and a development challenge. It is estimated that
US$50bn investment on rail infrastructure is required to exploit
Africa’s vast natural resources and spread economic benefit.
Standard Bank identified 15 major railway projects, together
with roads, ports and power infrastructure necessary to ensure
adequate exploitation of Africa’s wealth. In lower-income African
countries, infrastructure is a major deterrent to business, affecting
productivity by 40 per cent. This panel will address the current
status of Africa’s mining infrastructure and the challenges, the
solutions and the opportunities for investors and host countries.
Moderators
Philip Rogers Clyde & Co, England
Carlos Vilhena Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Brasil; Treasurer, IBA
Mining Law Committee
Panellists
Brigette Baillie Webber Wentzel, South Africa
Abdoul Karim Kabele Camara Consultant Capital Law Partners,
Uganda
Kalidou Gadio General Counsel, African Development Bank,
Côte d’Ivoire
Ali Mufuruki Infotech, Tanzania
Katrina White Counsel, African Barrick, England
1900 - 2200 Conference Reception and Dinner
Banquet Hall
Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre
Tuesday 9 September
0900 – 1100 Concurrent sessions
SESSION EIGHT
Foreign investment in Africa
For the last decade, Africa has been the preferred investment
destination for global M&A, the majority in natural resourcesrelated projects. Foreign investment in Africa tripled in the
last ten years. The African Development Bank and the United
Nations Development Programme report an expected foreign
investment reaching US$80bn during 2014. The US, Europe
and the BRICS countries lead the way, but foreign investment in
Africa is increasingly diversifying. Africa’s economic growth has
been outpacing the world, a trend expected to continue, but it
is uneven among countries. Companies already doing business
in Africa, better acquainted with the real risks and opportunities,
are expanding their investments, promoting the long-term
development. This session will address the current environment
for foreign investment in Africa, and the conditions necessary
to further advance long-term capital-intensive investments such
as mining projects. The speakers will analyse the connections
between foreign investment and economic and socio-political
improvement.
Moderator
Thomas Sipemba IMMMA Advocates, Tanzania
Panellists
Deo Mwanyika Barrick, Tanzania
Dirk Pulkowski Permanent Court of Arbitration, Mauritius
Matthew Saunders DLA Piper, England
SESSION NINE
Land use in Africa
Africa is a vast continent, with the most diverse climates and
geography. Potential land use conflicts, however, must be taken
into account and avoided. Mining, energy, agriculture, tourism,
forest management and urban development may be ecologically,
socially and economically combined with adequate planning and
clear rules. This session will explore how differing views on landuse policies, increasing population, international food demand,
desertification, and the protection of local peoples, may coexist
in land management. The speakers will address how pragmatic
land allocation and country and regional policies may improve
opportunities, enhancing benefits for citizens and companies alike,
while encouraging sustainable development and equitable use of
land and natural resources.
Moderators
Professor Mgongo Gamaliel Fimbo Tanzania
Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun Nigerian Institute of
Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria; Publications Officer, IBA African
Regional Forum
Panellists
Peter Kasanda Clyde & Co, Tanzania
Gerald Ndika Dar es Salaam Law School, Tanzania
1100 – 1130 Coffee/tea break
1130 – 1300 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION TEN
Acquisition and maintenance of mining rights
in Africa
The panel will discuss the way in which mineral and ancillary
rights are obtained across Africa, with special emphasis on
acquisitions by foreign mining companies. The relationship with
surface owners and artisanal miners will be also explored. The
panellists will examine as well practical challenges encountered
in maintaining mining rights, rights of way and the like in good
condition. In doing so, the speakers will refer to the different
national and regional authorities involved in the granting of rights
and the enforcement of tenure obligations.
Moderator
Ignacio J Randle
Panellists
Nicholas Ecimu Sebalu & Lule, Uganda
Maurice Kenton Clyde & Co, England
Stuart Mathews McDermott Will & Emery, England
Jacob Saah Saah & Company, Ghana; Council Member, IBA Legal
Practice Division
SESSION ELEVEN
Comparative review of trends in mining law and
regulation in Africa
The panel will review recent developments in mineral law and
regulation across Africa with a particular focus on emerging
trends in regulatory reform. The speakers will also explore the
challenges host countries have faced in balancing sustainable
development, ensuring a fair economic return, and providing
adequate incentives to promote foreign mineral investment
and development. The session will also analyses the impact of
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multilateral, regional, bilateral treaties on potential investments
in the resources industries, and how the regional economic and
political developments drive legislative and regulatory change.
1400 – 1530 SESSION TWELVE
Moderator
Robert Milbourne K&L Gates, Australia
Increasingly throughout the world, the practice of mining
law requires a thorough understanding of environmental law.
Mining exploration, development and production must comply
with jurisdictional, corporate and internationally environmental
standards. Beyond these so-called sovereign risks, associated with
mining throughout the world, the very act of mining has become
contentious because of the environmental legacy of past mining
practices. Aggressive opposition to proposed mining activity is led
by environmental groups, indigenous groups and other groups
of community activists with the focus being mining’s impact on
air, water, waste and population and eco system displacement.
Building a robust environmental compliance regime consistent
with evolving environmental principles might well address many,
if not all, of those concerns. This panel will address the nature of
these evolving standards and offer suggestions on how to build
the necessary robust environmental compliance programme for all
aspects of the mining programme.
Panellists
Robin Evans International Mining for Development Centre,
Australia
Amir Shaikh African Development Bank, Côte d’Ivoire
Ambassador Mwanaidi Maajar Rex Attorneys, Tanzania
Chris Sheldon World Bank, USA
1300 – 1400 Lunch
Environmental aspects of natural resources and
energy investments in Africa
Moderator
Julius Ejikonye Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria;
Regional Representative Africa, IBA Environment, Health & Safety
Law Committee
Panellists
Carol Dixon Independent Environmental Law Consultant,
South Africa
Tola Sanusi Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Nigeria; Health and
Safety Officer, IBA Environment, Health & Safety Law Committee
Ian Sampson Shepstone & Wylie, South Africa; Climate
Change Justice and Human Rights Task Force Liaison Officer, IBA
Environment, Health & Safety Law Committee
1530 – 1600 Closing address
Afternoon An optional ticketed tour of Dar es Salaam will be
offered. Further details will be provided upon registration.
Information
Date
8–9 September 2014
Language
English
(All written information will be translated into Swahili)
Venue
Julius Nyerere International Conference Center
10 Shaaban Robert Street
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Registration Fees
Payments can be made from 1 July to 30 August, 2014
Local delegates resident in Tanzania $300
480,000Tshs
Non local delegates
$400
640,000Tshs
The fees will include
• Attendance fee
• Conference materials
• Conference information
• Lunch for 2 days
• Tea and coffee during break
Bank transfer details
Bank Name:
CRDB Bank PLC
Account Name: Tanganyika Law Society
Branch Name: Tower
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SWIFT Code: CORUTZTZ
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registration.
Please send to Mariam Othman at [email protected]
In order for your name to appear in the list of participants, which will be
distributed at the conference, your registration form must be received by
30 August at the latest.
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happen, prospective delegates will be informed and a waiting list will
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subject to receiving registered delegate cancellations. The IBA and TLS will
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individual who travels to the conference without a confirmed place at the
event.
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with the hotel and entering into an agreement with the hotel regarding
credit card guarantees, cancellation terms and conditions, and room.
Please notify TLS if you require special assistance.
Hyatt Regency Hotel
5 star
Prices ranging from $250 to $3000
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Tel: +255 764 70 1234
Fax: +255 22 212 0777
Email: [email protected]
Serena Hotel
4 star
4 star
unrated
Price ranging from $200 to $250
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Tel: +255 22 2200060
Fax: +255 22 2200059
Email: [email protected]
Harbourview Suites
Prices ranging $100 to $250
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3 star
Prices ranging from $150 to 300$
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Tel: +255 222139250
Fax: +255 222139260
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unrated
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Tel: +255 22 2129754/+255 22 2129756
Fax: +255 22 2129753
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Courtyard Protea Hotel
3 star
Price ranging from $200 to $250
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Tel: +255 (0) 22 213 0130
Email: info@phcourtyard
Urban Rose Hotel
4 star
unrated
Prices ranging $100 to $250
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Tel: +255 752 052014 / +255 222121201/2/4
Email: [email protected]
The Amariah Boutique Hotel
Prices ranging $100 to $250
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Tel: +255 22 2117050/51 / +255 22 2117131/32 / +255 658 222 220
Fax: +255 22 2113558
Email: [email protected] 22 2135309
JB Belmont
Holiday Inn
Tiffany Diamond Hotel
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Tel:+255 22 2135300 / 2136502
Mob: +255 779 11223
Fax : +255 22 2135309
E-mail: info@hotelsapphiretz
New Africa Hotel
Prices ranging $100 to $250
http://www.tanzaniteexecutivesuites.com/
Telephone: +255 22 2127277
Mobile: +255 768 200 008
Fax: +255 22 2126375
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4 star
Prices ranging from $250 to $400
Tel: +255 22 213 7575
Hotel Sapphire
4 star
5 star
Prices ranging from $250 to $3000
http://www.serenahotels.com/serenadaressalaam/default-en.htm
Tel: +255 22 2112416
Fax: +255 22 2113981
E-mail: [email protected]
Southern Sun Hotel (Nearest Hotel)
Tanzanite Executive Suites
3 star
Price ranging from $90 - $150
http://www.rosehotel.co.tz/
Tel: +255 22 212 7777
Fax: +255 22 2129999
Email: [email protected]
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REGISTRATION FORM
IBA Conference "Mining in Africa: Opportunities and
Legal Challenges"
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Monday 8 - Tuesday 9 September, 2014
Presented by:
the IBA Mining Law Committee and the IBA African Regional Forum
Supported by:
IBA Anti-corruption Committee, the IBA Arbitration Committee, the IBA Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, the IBA
Employment Law Committee, the IBA Indigenous Peoples Committee, the IBA Taxes Committee and
The Tanganyika Law Society and the East African Law Society
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Mining Law Committee overview
The objective of the Mining Law Committee is to promote an interchange of information and views, and to advance knowledge among individual
members of the committee and others as to laws, practices and procedures affecting all activities concerning minerals and mining throughout the
world.
African Regional Forum overview
The problems facing African lawyers are different from those of lawyers in other regions. To this end the African Regional Forum was created to
identify and address these problems. The aims of the African Regional Forum are as follows:
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• to assist new and potential IBA members when attending conferences and becoming involved in the IBA committee work;
• to coordinate the various divisions, sections and committees of the IBA by way of hosting regional conferences, workshops, seminars and various
study groups in Africa;
• to initiate programmes that will promote specialisation and partnership on the legal profession in Africa;
• To liaise with the other regional fora, enabling members of the African Regional Forum to learn from their counterparts;
• to educate the African society about their rights and duties in their relationship with each other and their governments, by creating awareness
of their role in democratic societies;
• to provide a forum for the regulation of the profession, training of aspirant practitioners, continued legal education, legal reforms and
interaction with government in Africa;
• to produce a regular newsletter and other communications to serve as a channel for information to be exchanged and shared among members;
• to strengthen sub-regional bars in the continent;
• to strengthen the relationship between the bench and bar as well as issues of discipline; and
• to facilitate the exchange of law reports, books, video tapes/DVDs and other equipment between developed and developing bars.
Arbitration Committee overview
The Arbitration Committee focuses on laws, practice and procedures relating to the arbitration of transnational disputes. Through its publications
and conferences, the committee seeks to share information about international arbitration and promote its use and improve its effectiveness.
Contact information
International Bar Association
4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7842 0090 Fax: +44 (0)20 7842 0091 Email: [email protected] www.ibanet.org