The 12th International Gold & Silver Symposium will take place in Lima on May 17 – 18, 2016. This event is organized by the National Mining, Petroleum and Energy Society of Peru. Its main objective is to promote awareness in the potential of natural resources, particularly gold and silver resources.

The event also aims at fostering new investments and business opportunities. This Symposium will address a variety of topics such as: trends and perspectives in the gold and silver markets, their impact in the world economy, and the key role mining activities play in the development of many countries such as Peru.

At the same time, this event is a great opportunity to have access to information about new gold and silver operations and projects, especially of the region, among other important topics.

Peru is the top producer of gold in Latin America and the sixth producer worldwide. In 2014 Peruvian gold production was 140 t. In 2013 it was 151.5 t. Perú is the third largest producer of silver in the world and the second in Latin America with 3,778 t. During 2013 gold exports represented 19% of total exports in Peru and 34% of mining exports.

The Keynote speaker Tim Harford has been confirmed. He is an economist, journalist and broadcaster, author of the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”, and a senior columnist at the Financial Times. Harford is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was Economics Commentator of the Year 2014, winner of the Royal Statistical Society journalistic excellence award 2015, and also won the Society of Business Economists writing prize 2014-15. www.simposium-del-oro.snmpe.pe