Beyond time together at the conference, breakfasts, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, lunches and workshops, the receptions are a great time for all to meet with attendees and members of New York's business community. All registered conference delegates are welcome to attend the three receptions, including the Monday May 8 Welcome Reception. You are welcome to register guests. Space* is limited. The number of attendees for the May 8 Welcome Reception will be limited to the first 125 people registered. People interested to just attend workshop(s) or reception(s) do not have to attend the conference. All must register in advance.
Monday May 8, 2023 - Welcome Reception at Shearman & Sterling with two guest speakers
Registration starts at 5:30 pm; two guest speakers starting at 6:30 pm and ends at 8 pm
Sponsor: Red Cloud Securities Inc.
After the informative workshops, join us - all CTMF attendees must register in advance - to enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres and beverages. Registered delegates for the Monday May 8 workshops are welcome to attend the Monday May 8 Welcome Reception with the guest speakers starting at 6:30 pm with two guest speakers.
The number of attendees for the May 8 Welcome Reception will be limited to the first 125 people registered. People interested to just attend workshop(s) or reception(s) do not have to attend the conference. All must register in advance.
Laura Granier, PC, Partner, Co-Chair Mining Group, Holland & Hart LLP. Laura Granier will provide an update about Lithium Americas Corp's Thacker Pass lithium mine project in Nevada and other projects under development in America.
Laura Granier, Partner, Co-Chair of Holland & Hart’s mining group delivers pragmatic counsel to help mining, energy, and natural resources clients navigate litigation and regulatory challenges. Laura's clients, including large energy users, mining companies, and water purveyors, benefit from both her extensive litigation and regulatory experience, and her experience as Vice President and U.S. General Counsel for a large utility provider. Laura represents clients before numerous regulatory agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, the Nevada Division of Water Resources, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. She has served as lead counsel in numerous regulatory proceedings including general rate cases, integrated resource planning and on complex water, resource and environmental agency issues. Laura also assists clients through the permitting process for projects on public and forest system lands. Laura has served as lead counsel in numerous court cases involving agency decisions and rule-making managing large client groups and complex issues. She has frequently and successfully handled cases involving key industry issues, complex matters and high stakes litigation. Laura also has successful defended agency decisions authorizing resource projects on public lands. Laura also works closely with clients in the areas of municipal law and government affairs, water rights acquisitions and permitting, and related policy issues.
Peter Boockvar, Chief Investment Officer, Bleakley Financial Group, a New Jersey based $8 billion wealth management firm. Peter is also Editor of the The Boock Report, a macro market newsletter. Prior to joining Bleakley, Peter was the Chief Market Analyst at the Lindsey Group, a macro economic and market research firm founded by former Federal Reserve Governor Larry Lindsey. Before this, Peter worked as a macro analyst and portfolio manager for a brief time with Omega Advisors and had previously been a partner at Miller Tabak + Company where he was the equity strategist and a portfolio manager.
Mr. Boockvar will discuss the outlook and interconnection of inflation, interest rates, the economy and markets and highlight that the world is a much different place than many of us are used to over the past 10-15 years. The era of cheap money is over and we're not going back. It's time to acclimate to an environment of sticky inflation, higher interest rates and tighter monetary policy.
We look forward to their remarks. You will not want to miss their presentations. Check back for updates.

Tuesday May 9, 2023 - Reception at Shearman & Sterling - Sponsors: ARK Silver; Big Rock Exploration; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Costmine Intelligence; Dolly Varden Silver; Guanajuato Silver; Honey Badger Silver; Relevant Gold
Join us after day one of the conference for an evening reception with delicious passed hors d'oeuvres and beverages starting at about 5:45 until about 7:30 pm. Members of the New York investment and business community are welcome to register to attend. Spouses and guests are welcome. All must register in advance to attend this and all NY SME CTMF activities.
Rob McEwen, Chairman of McEwen Mining and McEwen Copper is returning to speak at CTMF as a guest speaker during the Tuesday May 9 reception. Rob will speak about:
Entering a New Super Cycle for Metals Without the Workforce to Maximize the Moment!
Geopolitical tensions, trade sanctions have disrupted global trade. As a result, countries as well as large multinationals are beginning to scramble for metals, something they haven’t thought about for a long time. The energy transformation is adding to the demand for secure and in many cases in-country sources of supply. Compounding our ability to scale up to meet this increased demand is the shortage of graduates, in the west, looking to work in exploration, mining and processing. Our challenge is a bit of a paradox. What do we have to do to attract individuals to an industry out of favor with the general population but offers some of the highest paying jobs in many countries?
Rob is the Chairman, Chief Owner of McEwen Mining which has four mines located in USA, Canada, Mexico and Argentina. Associated with the gold industry all of his career, the first 18 years in the investment industry and since 1990 as CEO of several gold mining companies. He is the Founder of Gold Corp Inc. where Rob grew its market capitalization from $50 million to over $8 billion. At McEwen Mining (MUX) he owns 17% of the company, and takes a salary of $1/year. The cost of his investment in MUX and McEwen Copper exceeds $220 million. Rob and his wife have donated over $60 million to encourage excellence and innovation in healthcare and education. Rob is the recipient of many awards; including the Order of Canada, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame member, Honorary Doctor of Law Degrees from York University and Western University. Click here to see his other awards and memberships.
Sponsors: ARK Silver; Big Rock Exploration; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Costmine Intelligence; Dolly Varden Silver; Guanajuato Silver; Honey Badger Silver; Relevant Gold

Wednesday May 10, 2023 - Reception at Shearman & Sterling - Sponsors: ARK Silver; Big Rock Exploration; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Costmine Intelligence; Dolly Varden Silver; Guanajuato Silver; Honey Badger Silver; Relevant Gold
Join us from 5:30 to 7:15 pm for a relaxing time with delegates, spouses and guests and delicious hors d'oeuvres and beverages. You do not have to attend the conference to register to attend the reception. All must register in advance. Members of NYC's business and finance community are welcome to register. Registered conference delegates and speakers are invited to attend the three receptions. All others must register to attend any of the receptions separately.

* Space is limited. The organizers are monitoring registrations and may need to close registration early. Registration closed early in 2018 and 2017. We may require some registered delegates to be present in second board conference rooms that will have live video and audio feed to large flat screens to the main conference room or other conference center meeting rooms and or attend in other board rooms to watch and hear via live audio/ video feed. Additional rooms and space adjacent to the main conference room are also places to relax, network, meet one on one, for quiet conversations, or work. Join the sponsors. Content, speakers, and times may change.