SME's Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference (CTMF 2025)
Navigating Risks of an Uncertain and New Reality
Connecting Mining, Finance and Engineering Executives TM
Monday, May 19 - Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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About NY SME Events and CTMF Conferences
NY SME events focus on challenges and opportunities to secure, find, de-risk, and fund minerals, precious and industrial, critical, energy and battery metals and related supply chains. CTMF events feature industry leaders, subject matter and policy experts, mining and exploration executives, and provincial, state, and federal officials designing and enacting policy impacting the global mining sectors and supply chains.
CTMF 2025 will be our tenth in person annual event - bring together subject matter experts and interested stakeholders involved with evaluating, de-risking, finding and financing minerals projects of all types worldwide. Join us for a series of panel discussions and keynote presentations about the outlook, trends, non-technical and technical issues, policy that affect capital raising in the global minerals industry and how management and investors can evaluate and manage best practices and technology to anticipate, track, manage and reduce risks of mining, minerals processing and recycling.
Join us in-person for NY SME's tenth in-person annual event on May 19-21, 2025. More than 300 mining, exploration, banking and engineering, financier, investor executives and advisers and subject matter experts to the minerals, mining, and related energy sectors and supply chains attended CTMF 2024.
View on-demand these three NY SME's organize virtual events held in 2020 - 2022:
Looking Forward - How to Best Manage Risks Impacting Mineral, Energy & Mining Supply Chains;
Sustainably Funding The Global Mineral Supply Chains;
Strengthening Critical Minerals Supply Chains in North America: The Key Role of Québec.
NY SME is a section of SME that encompasses the Tri-State area. Its members are given the opportunity to network with peers and hear valuable presentations through its activities. NY SME dates back to 1871 when a handful of mining engineers in New York City founded the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). We invite you to learn more about SME and join us. SME's membership is greater than 14,000, in more than 110 countries.
Brief Overview of CTMF 2025
CTMF 2025 will start on Monday, May 19, 2025 with two morning workshops (registration at 8:15 AM; workshops will start at 9:00 AM) and two afternoon workshops (starting at 1 PM until 4:30 PM) and an evening welcome reception. All attendees must be registered in advance. No walk-ins are allowed. On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 registration and breakfast will start at 7 AM. The agenda will start at 8:00 AM, run the entire day with morning and afternoon refreshments, keynotes, panels and roundtables. Same schedule on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the final day of CTMF 2025. There will be two tracks of panels, and roundtable discussions.
Evening receptions start at 5:30 PM on Monday, May 19, Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday May 21, 2025 with beverages and passed hors d'oeuvres. On Monday May 19, only the first 125 pre registered attendees can attend the reception. Register in advance to attend any of the four workshops on Monday, May 19, 2025 and any of the conference activities here. Space* is limited.
CTMF 2024
CTMF 2024 was a great success, when more than 300 experts and industry executives joined us. View the CTMF 2024 agenda, with abstracts and bios here. Download a four page daily schedule re CTMF 2024 here.
Below is from a CTMF 2018 panel re: Importance of Technology & Innovation in Mining to Manage Risk and Reduce Cost with George Hemingway, Partner of the Innovation Practice, Stratalis Group (Chair) with others from Caterpillar, Dassault, IBM and Newmont Mining.

Who is SME? and NY SME?
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) www.smenet.org is an international society of AIME, headquartered in Denver. SME is a member society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers comprised of more than 14,000 professionals serving the minerals industry in 110+ countries. SME members include mining executives, engineers, geologists, metallurgists, educators, students and researchers. SME advances the global wide mining and underground construction community through information exchange and professional development.
The New York Section of SME www.smeny.org is a unit of the SME encompassing parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and elsewhere. NY SME members are able to network with peers and hear valuable presentations through NY SME activities including in-person and virtual meetings and seminars and receptions. New York SME dates back to 1871 when a handful of mining engineers in New York City founded the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. We invite you to learn more about SME and and the SME Foundation and to join SME. Visit the SME's Bookstore Catalog with a selection of economic and business texts about mining.

What is CTMF? - NY SME's Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference?
The NY SME's first Current Trends in Mining Finance (CTMF) conference was in 2013. It was conceived by SME's leadership to provide a unique opportunity for a wide range of subject matter experts and industry executives involved in the evaluation of, advisory services to, financing and valuation of mining and exploration projects around the world and related infrastructure activities, including minerals supply chains, to meet in New York City one-on-one with and hear many global leading industry experts discuss the key issues and risks impacting the raising of capital in the minerals exploration and mining industry world wide.
The format of CTMF events, include workshops, a two day conference and three evening receptions that allow delegates to meet with one another and get their questions answered by mining, finance and engineering industry executives as well as many sector leaders who support the mining industry, including principals from professional advisory firms, such as attorneys, accountants, ESG, CSR, environmental, societal and community relations, policy experts and consulting firms. The event venue is conducive to meeting with one another one-on-one and in groups. There are no exhibitor booths.
Speakers at the conference and workshops discuss case studies, present findings from actual work experiences on how management and investors employ best practices and technology to anticipate, track and manage the technical and non-technical and financial risks associated with mining projects world wide. The use and adaptation of technology and innovation by the industry has consistently been core to the event agenda. Join us!
Who attends CTMF?
Senior executives and mining industry subject matter experts join us including engineers, bankers, financial analysts, investors, portfolio managers, service providers, government officials and others. The event brings together many from around the world to discuss trends and a range of important topics, solutions and risks and opportunities. All attendees are qualified experts, executives managing and or advising the industry about rapid, pivotal changes impacting projects and opportunities. Many are managers and executives of private and public mining and exploration companies and bankers, financiers, advisers and investors in the global mining, exploration and related sectors.
Titles of attendees include: CEO, President, Partner, Executive Director, Project Manager, Banker, VP, Engineering & Development, Corporate Finance Specialist, CFO, Treasurer, Consultant, Managing Director, Geologist, Project Geologist, Corporate Strategist, Investor, Environmental Specialist, Engineer, Mining Engineer, Lawyer, Financial and Equity Analyst, Accountant, Portfolio Manager, Controller, CTO - Chief Technology Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Global Leaders of Mining and Natural Resources, Founder and Community Engagement, Investor Relations Officer, Auditor, VP of Underwriting, Credit Research, Environmental Services Practice Leader and Appraiser.
CTMF 2025 will be our 10th in-person Conference. CTMF 2024 saw record attendance, 330+, with leading experts and influencers attending including senior representatives from these firms. Typically, present at CTMF are representatives of ~50 mining and exploration companies and more than 200 bankers, investors, analysts, advisers, engineers, and government officials. About 60% of attendees travel from outside New York to attend, from more than 20 countries including from Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, India, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uruguay. Check back for updates to the agenda. Visit the Why Attend tab for more details.

Is there a charge to attend?
All attendees, including speakers must be registered in advance to attend any part of the conference, including the workshops and receptions. Space is limited.* Registration ensures proper access to the building, where the host, A&O Shearman is located. All delegates and speakers should register in advance here. Registrations will be monitored, and may need to be closed early. The organizers reserve the right to limit* and or restrict attendance. Registration may close before the events. Thank you Sponsors!
What is included with my 2025 registration?
Your confirmed pre-conference registration includes access to the conference on Tuesday May 20 and Wednesday May 21, 2025, breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks and reception on both days, plus the Monday May 19 Welcome Reception. All must register in advance. We hope to have adequate space for attendees to attend in-person the sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, as space is limited*, the organizers may ask some attendees to be present in a second or third boardroom that will have live video and audio feed to the main conference and or second track of panel discussions. There are additional rooms of varying size and spaces adjacent to the main conference and other rooms to relax, network, meet one on one, for quiet phone conversations, or work. The organizer reserves the right to close registration in advance of the event.
Visit receptions for details about the Monday May 19, 2025 Welcome Reception and evening receptions on Tuesday May 20 and Wednesday May 21, 2025. If you register to attend the conference, there is no additional charge to attend the evening receptions. All must register to attend any workshop on Monday May 19, 2025. The cost of attending any workshop is not part of the CTMF conference registration.
Conference registration fees include the registration fees to attend the evening receptions. Registrants for any of the four workshops on Monday May 19, 2025 are welcome to attend the Monday May 19 Welcome Reception. To attend the receptions on Tuesday May 20 and Wednesday May 21 and any workshop, you do not have to register to attend the conference. However, everyone must be registered in advance for all activities. Register early, space is limited.*
Re cancellations and substitutions - see below.
Are there any continuing education credits offered for this conference?
At this time, there are not continuing education credits for attending CTMF. This may change. We welcome your suggestions by contacting us at info@smeny.org. Please let us know. The event is attended by many leaders working around the world from the mining, finance, bank, investor, advisory, engineering, accounting, legal sectors that present insights about trends in the industry.
About exhibiting at the CTMF conference and events
There is limited space and tables available at the conference. There are multiple sponsorship levels that comprise the many varied opportunities to help achieve your marketing goals. Please refer to the sponsor tab to learn more about CTMF sponsors. Contact Tim Alch, Conference Co Chair at timalch@gmail.com to discuss this, including displaying pop-up banners. NY SME greatly appreciates the support and all of the sponsors and partners, that make this event possible.
Recording of proceedings and about the Media/ Press attending CTMF
NY SME asks all participants and attendees to limit the recording of CTMF events to snap shot photos. Video and audio recordings of any of the proceedings including receptions and workshops are not permitted under any circumstances, without written permission in advance of the event by the event organizers. Your registration acknowledges this, and that the organizers may use photos and or other recordings of CTMF events in future promotional and or marketing materials. Members of the press and media are welcome. All members of the media must register in advance and the event organizers ask you to in advance, to let us know of your plans to report on CTMF events.
What about Cancellations, Refunds and or Substitutions?
Space at all CTMF events is limited. Register to attend as soon as possible. There are no guarantees that all registrants will be able to attend, and or all be in the same event room as explained above and elsewhere in the event website. NY SME will do its best to inform all about remaining space, availability and assumes no liability associated with changes and or its stopping registrations in advance of the conference dates. The conference organizers reserve the right to limit and or restrict attendance. There are no refunds after April 1, 2025.
All attendees must register in advance. A $30 processing fee will be assessed on cancellations prior to April 1, 2025 and for substitutions made without advance written notice. Cancellations must be received in writing before April 1, 2025. A substitute delegate is always welcome, but the organizer must be notified in advance of the event in writing to avoid incurring a charge. Delegate substitutions may not be made at the event. If you do not attend the event or notify us of your intention to cancel, the full fee will still be payable. Attendees are responsible for organizing and paying for their own transportation, insurance and accommodation costs and fees, in all instances. If the conference or associated workshops and evening events need to rescheduled for any reason, the fees will be applied to the new dates. If any event is cancelled or postponed, the event organizers do not accept any responsibility for transportation, hotel, and or any other costs incurred by the delegate, speaker or sponsor.
New York SME thanks all delegates, sponsors and event partners
SME's Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference
Navigating Risks of an Uncertain and New Reality
Connecting Mining, Finance and Engineering Executives TM
Monday May 19 - Wednesday May 21, 2025
Content, speakers and times are subject to change. Attendees must register in advance. *Space is limited. The organizers may close registration early. We require some registered conference delegates to be present in a second and or third board conference room that will have live video and audio feed to the main conference room as well as a second room where the track two proceedings will originate that will be projected on multiple large flat screens and or attend in a third board room to watch and hear via the live audio/ visual feed. Additional rooms and space adjacent to the main conference room are places to relax, network, meet one on one for quiet conversation, or work. We ask all attendees once done meeting privately in any of the available rooms to kindly make them available for others' use when done.
NY SME, organizer of CTMF, is a section of Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, an association of 13,000+ geo-scientists and mining, mineral professionals in 100+ countries. SME members include mining executives, engineers, geologists, metallurgists, educators, students and researchers. SME advances the worldwide mining and underground construction community through information exchange and professional development. SME is a member society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. The New York Section of SME encompasses the Tri-State area. Its members are given the opportunity to network with peers and hear valuable presentations through its activities. NY SME dates back to 1871 when a handful of mining engineers in New York City founded the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). We invite you to join SME, learn about the SME Foundation and visit SME's Bookstore Catalog with a selection of economic and business texts about mining.