Second edition of the

UK-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST

Critical Minerals Forum

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Second edition of the

UK-AFRICA-
MIDDLE EAST

Critical
Minerals
Forum

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

Second edition of the

UK-AFRICA-
MIDDLE EAST

Critical Minerals Forum

Day 1

Tuesday, 25 November

09:00 – 09:30

Arrival and Registration

Calvin Bailey MP

09:30 – 10:00

Welcome & Keynote Speech

Rt Hon. Calvin Bailey MP—UK Trade Envoy for Southern Africa, and Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead

Noah Law MP

Oliver Richards

Hugo Brodie

Jeremy Wrathall

10:00 – 11:30

Panel 1: The UK’s Competitive Edge in Critical Minerals: Financing, ESG, and Market-Driven Growth

Rt Hon. Noah Law MP (chair)—Labour MP for St Austell and Newquay; Chair of the Critical Minerals APPG

Oliver Richards—Head of Critical Minerals and Mining, UK Department for Business and Trade

Hugo Brodie—Head of Sustainability and Physical Markets Development, London Metal Exchange

Jeremy Wrathall—Executive Chairman, Cornish Lithium

11:30-12:00

Tea & Coffee Break

12:00-13:00

Buffet Lunch

H.E. Macenje Mazoka

Caspar Rawles

Peter Handley

Vomic Nur Shah

13:00-14:00

Panel 2: Trilateral Cooperation – Africa–UK/Europe–GCC Corridors for Critical Minerals and Clean Technology

H.E. Macenje Mazoka—High Commissioner of Zambia in London
Caspar Rawles—COO, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Peter Handley—Founder, PHASE32
Vomic Nur Shah—Global Head of Origination and Client Coverage, UK Export Finance

14:00-14:30

Tea & Coffee Break

Sir Liam Fox

Veronica Bolton Smith

Dr Guy Kioni

Paul Ekins

14:30–15:30

Panel 3: UK–Africa Industrial Cooperation to Build Battery Britain and Strengthen Defence Supply Chains

Sir Liam Fox—Former UK Secretary of State for International Trade
Veronica Bolton Smith—CEO, The Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG)
Dr Guy Kioni—CEO, Missang; Fellow, Cambridge MENAF
Paul Ekins (chair)—Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, University College London (UCL)

15:30 – 16:00

Concluding Remarks

16:00-18:00

Networking Reception

Calvin Bailey MP
UK Trade Envoy for Southern Africa, and Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead

Noah Law MP
Labour MP for St Austell and Newquay; Chair of the Critical Minerals APPG

Oliver Richards
Head of Critical Minerals and Mining, UK Department for Business and Trade

Hugo Brodie
Head of Sustainability and Physical Markets Development, London Metal Exchange

Jeremy Wrathall
Executive Chairman, Cornish Lithium

H.E. Macenje Mazoka
High Commissioner of Zambia in London

Caspar Rawles
COO, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Peter Handley
Founder, PHASE32

Vomic Nur Shah
Global Head of Origination and Client Coverage, UK Export Finance

Sir Liam Fox
Former UK Secretary of State for International Trade

Veronica Bolton Smith
CEO, The Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG)

Dr Guy Kioni
CEO, Missang; Fellow, Cambridge MENAF

Paul Ekins
Director, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources

The Cavalry & Guards Club

Day 2

Wednesday, 26 November

Baroness Lindsay Northover

Baroness Sandip Verma

15:30 – 17:00

Policymakers’ Networking Reception

An exclusive reception hosted at the House of Lords, featuring welcome remarks by esteemed members of the House of Lords.

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Northover—Member of the House of Lords and the APPG on Critical Minerals
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Verma—Member of the House of Lords and the APPG on the Democratic Republic of Congo

Baroness Lindsay Northover
Member of the House of Lords and the APPG on Critical Minerals

Baroness Sandip Verma
Member of the House of Lords and the APPG on the Democratic Republic of Congo

The House of Lords

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