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4 Session

14:30 – 15:50 / 1 December 2025   Auditorium

Kazakhstan Mining Outlook 2026: Reform, Resources and the Road to Value Creation

Kazakhstan’s mining industry is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by national economic reforms and shifting global demand for metals and minerals. This session will provide a comprehensive outlook on the key drivers, investment trends, and major projects shaping geological exploration and critical mineral development. It will also highlight Kazakhstan’s growing strategic role as a mineral supplier to Europe and Asia and examine how global market dynamics and geopolitics are influencing the country’s energy and resource strategies. 

Moderator
Ros Lund
International Mining Professional
Speakers:
14:30 Kazakhstan’s mining and metallurgical sector on the threshold of significant change

Maxim Kononov
First Deputy Executive Director
The Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises of Kazakhstan

14:40 - Continued reform of Kazakhstan's mining sector. Expectations, realities, challenges.

Ruslan Baimishev      remote
President
Kazakhstan Chamber of Mines

14:50 - The Growing Importance of Environmental, Social, and Regulatory Factors in Mineral Resource and Reserve Reporting in Kazakhstan

Nargiza Ospanova
Environmental Specialist
SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan)

15:00 - IG Asia & the Pribrezhniy Copper Porphyry Deposit - Kazakhstan

Steven McRobbie
VP of Project Development
IG Asia

15:15 - A fresh approach to discovery

Robert Barlow
Corporate Development
Ivanhoe Mines




15:30 - Panel Discussion
Daniyar Idrissov
Chief Investments and Strategy Officer
Tau-Ken Samruk

Pini Althaus      remote
CEO
Cove Capital LLC

Al-Farabi Ydyryshev
Director General
RSE "National Center for Technology Foresight" Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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