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Frank Van Rooyen

General Manager Institutional Domestic

Export Finance Australia

exportfinance.gov.au

Frank has 30 years experience in mining, equities and debt financing and is currently General Manager Institutional Domestic at Export Finance Australia, where he’s responsible for leading the origination, structuring and execution of financing transactions in the mining, critical minerals, defence, manufacturing, infrastructure, transport, digital economy and agriculture sectors.

Prior to joining EFA, Frank held senior roles at Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and ANZ including 7 years as ANZ’s Head of Natural Resources Australia.

Frank also worked at Macquarie Equities specialising in the small and mid-cap resources sector and started his career as a mining engineer in the WA goldfields.

15 : 15 - Wed, 28 Oct

Wed, 28 Oct
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15:15 - 17:30 AEDT
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135 min

Accelerating Exploration to Development

STREAM: Agnico Eagle Project Development & Delivery

15:15 - 15:20
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5 min

Welcoming Remarks

John Mern, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Terra AI

15:20 - 15:35
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15 min

Interview: OceanaGold’s Approach to the Fast Track Process

15:35 - 15:55
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20 min

How Much will AI Transform How the Mining Industry does Exploration?

15:55 - 16:00
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5 min

Core Scanning at Zonia: Real-Time Geological Decision Making at a U.S. Copper Asset

Adam MacInnis, Project Manager, GeologicAI

16:00 - 16:05
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5 min

Taking Cleantech from the Lab to Commercialization 

Greg Hanna, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Destiny Copper

16:05 - 16:20
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15 min

From Discovery to Delivery: Accelerating Major Resource Projects in Queensland

Gerard Coggan, Coordinator-General, Queensland Government

16:20 - 16:50
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30 min

Panel Discussion: Spurring on new discoveries in the Macquarie Arc

16:50 - 17:30
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40 min

Panel Discussion: Effective Strategies to Accelerate Project Development and Commodity Production

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12 - 14 October 2027

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