FEM 2011, the 8^th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining Conference will be held 1-3 November 2011 at the Levi Summit Conference Centre in Lapland, Finland. International Mining is the medi8a sponsor. FEM 2011 gives you an excellent networking opportunity, a good overview of what’s happening in mineral exploration and mining industry in Fennoscandia, and a chance to learn about the mineral potential of the area.Keynote speakers:

Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans, President, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada – PDAC “Current Trends in Global Exploration and Mining”

Prof. Magnus Ericsson, Senior Partner, Raw Materials Group, Sweden “Debunking the Myths – Global Mining Revisited”

Dr. Jon Hronsky, Director, Western Mining Services, Australia “An Overview of Exploration Strategies and Lithospheric through to Local Targeting”

Pertti Lamberg, Professor of Geometallurgy, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden “Geometallurgy – what, why and how?”

Dr. Ross Groom, President, Petros Eikon Incorporated, Canada “New Developments in Deep Exploration with Electromagnetics”

Representative of the European Commission “European Union’s Mineral Policies and Critical Raw Materials”

Key dates and deadlines:

• Early-bird deadline for registration is 1 September 2011.
• Final technical program will be published on the conference website by the end of September.

Pre- and Post-conference events:

• Pre-Conference Short Course – Resource Estimation and Evaluation in the New Millennium, 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2011
• Post-Conference Excursion to Kittilä Mine and Kevitsa Mine, 4 Nov 2011

Please check the conference website http://fem.lappi.fi/ for more information on the Conference Programme, Trade Show and registration. Come and experience the friendly FEM atmosphere!