Francois Lemaitre, Rio Tinto

François has been active in the Industrial Goods for 10+ years with focus on the natural resources industries (mining and oil & gas). He has worked in most French speaking mining countries in Africa with regular work in Guinea since 2017. In mining, François focuses on some key commodities (bauxite/aluminum, iron ore and copper) and […]



Ismaël DIAKITE, Président, Chambre des Mines de Guinée

Président du Conseil d’administration de la Chambre des Mines de Guinée, M. Ismael Diakite est le Haut-Représentant du Consortium SMB-Winning. Il est responsable du développement des affaires et de la conformité, de la gestion des intervenants clés et de la gestion de l’image de l’entreprise. Sa contribution aux récentes négociations et approbations de trois (3) […]



Dr.-Ing. Erik ZIMMERMANN, Product Manager Mining, WIRTGEN GmbH

Dr.-Ing Erik Zimmermann is a 46 year old mining engineer who studied and graduated at Aachen University in Germany and holds a PHD in mining. After University he started as a consultant working on various surface mining projects before he took a role as Manager for Product Marketing, Planning and Application at Komatsu Mining Germany […]



Jonathan DUTTON, Spécialiste des ventes, SpectraFlow Analytics AG

An environmental geochemist by study, Jonathan is passionate about impacting positive, large-scale environmental change in the world. He began his career with three years  In South African mining; working as a geologist in Iron Ore exploration, Platinum ore control and then sensor evaluation and technology development, all for Anglo-American. Thereafter, he joined SpectraFlow Analytics to pursue […]



Simone FIORINI, Résident Manager Afrique du Sud, TESMEC

Simone Fiorini, Business Development Sub-Saharan Africa, Tesmec: Simone is a business development manager with extensive experience in the African market for Tesmec Group. Experience that he developed by working in the pipeline trenching first when he decided to move to South Africa (2009) and then evolved in Surface Mining machines solutions after venturing with Tesmec […]



Patrice EBAH, Coordinateur Réseau d’activités minières durables, IRD

Titulaire d’un master en droit public fondamental option environnement et industries extractives à l’Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé (Cote d’Ivoire) après une licence en droit public. Titulaire d’une certification en droit pénal International, Droit International Humanitaire et Justice Transitionnelle à l’École de Maintien de la PAIX de Bamako, Patrice EBAH cumule plus de 4 ans d’expériences […]



Andries Cilliers, MD à Madini Geoservices

Andries has 22 years’ experience managing multi-disciplinary teams specializing in all stages and aspects of mine project development.   He started his career as an Exploration Geologist for De Beers and was involved in the full spectrum of reconnaissance exploration, through to laboratory management and advanced exploration and project evaluation.   Thereafter he explored the […]



Djaber Belabdi Project Director –Infrastructure, Rio Tinto Guinée

Djaber has 19 years of experience with both Major and Independent Oil and Gas Operators, delivering major capital projects across the world. Across these projects he has built and lead multidisciplinary teams, he has a keen focus on safety, coordinated approach, and accountability to ensure strong performance in executing the project and bringing value to […]