Media Advisory - Scotia Capital's Mining Conference to be Broadcast on Web

TORONTO, Nov. 29 /CNW/ -

TORONTO, November 29, 2010 - Scotia Capital Inc. extends an invitation to you to participate in our 12th Annual Mining Conference. This year we have assembled a broad range of precious and base metal companies from small exploration companies, to emerging producers, and senior miners. We look forward to your participation. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on the web beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Scheduled presenters and times* are:

Tuesday, November 30th

9:00 a.m.   Yamana Gold, Peter Marrone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
9:30 a.m.  Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd., Sean Boyd, Vice-Chairman and CEO
10:00 a.m.  Kinross Gold Corp., Glen Masterman, Vice-President (VP) Exploration and Chief Geologist
10:40 a.m.  Newmont Mining Corp., Russell Ball, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
11:10 a.m.  Goldcorp Inc., Lindsay Hall, Executive VP and CFO
11:40 a.m.  Barrick Gold Corp., Aaron Regent, President and CEO
12:40 p.m.  Teck Resources Ltd., Donald R. Lindsay, President and CEO
1:10 p.m.  HudBay Minerals Inc., David Garofalo, President and CEO
2:20 p.m.  Lundin Mining Corp., Phil Wright, President and CEO
2:50 p.m.  Cameco Corp., Grant Isaac, Senior VP, Corporate Services
3:20 p.m.  Quadra FNX Mining Ltd., Derek White, Executive VP, Corporate Development
3:50 p.m.  African Barrick Gold, Andrew Wray, Head of Investor Relations

Wednesday, December 1st
Session 1

9:00 a.m.  Franco-Nevada Corp., David Harquail, President and CEO
9:25 a.m.  Royal Gold Inc., Tony Jensen, President and CEO
9:50 a.m.  Silver Wheaton Corp., Randy Smallwood, President
10:25 a.m.  New Gold Inc., Randall Oliphant, Executive Chairman
11:15 a.m.  IAMGOLD Corp., Carol T. Banducci, Executive Vice-President (EVP) and CFO
11:40 a.m.  Eldorado Gold Corp., Paul Wright, President and CEO
12:40 p.m.  Lake Shore Gold Corp., Anthony Makuch, President and CEO
1:05 p.m.  Centerra Gold Inc., Stephen Lang, President and CEO
1:30 p.m.  Northgate Minerals Corp., Ken Stowe, President and CEO
1:55 p.m.  Alamos Gold Inc., John A. McCluskey, President and CEO
2:30 p.m.  Primero Mining Corp., Joe Conway, President and CEO
2:55 p.m.  Minefinders Corp. Ltd., Mark Bailey, President and CEO
3:20 p.m.  Gammon Gold Inc., Scott Perry Executive VP and CFO
3:45 p.m.  Kirkland Lake Gold Inc., Brian Hinchcliffe, President & CEO

Wednesday, December 1
Session 2

9:00 a.m.  General Moly, Bruce D. Hansen, CEO
9:25 a.m.  Uranium One Inc., Jean Nortier, President and CEO
9:50 a.m.  Denison Mines Corp., Ron F. Hochstein, President and CEO
10:50 a.m.  Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., Kevin Loughrey, CEO
11:40 a.m.  Inmet Mining Corp., Jochen Tilk, President and CEO
1:05 p.m.  Capstone Mining Corp., Darren Pylot, Vice-Chairman and CEO
1:30 p.m.  Copper Mountain Mining Corp., Peter Holbeck, VP Exploration
1:55 p.m.  Hana Mining Ltd., Patrick Donnelly, VP Corporate Development
2:30 p.m.  Labrador Iron Mines Ltd., John F. Kearney, Chairman and CEO
2:55 p.m.  Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltd., Francois Laurin, CFO
3:20 p.m.  Grande Cache Coal Corp., Robert Stan, President and CEO
3:45 p.m.  Canadian Lithium Corp., Kerry Knoll, Chairman

Thursday December 2, 2010  
Session 1

9:00 a.m.  Silver Standard Resources Inc., John Smith, President and CEO
9:25 a.m.  Hecla Mining Company, Phillips Baker, President and CEO
9:50 a.m.  Pan American Silver, Corp. Geoff Burns, President and CEO
10:25 a.m.  North American Palladium Corp., William Biggar, President and CEO
10:45 a.m.  Rainy River Resources Ltd., Ray Threlkeld, President and CEO
11:05 a.m.  Volta Resources, Alan Rootenberg, CFO and Secretary
11:25 a.m.  Teranga Gold Corp., Alan Hill, Chairman and CEO
12:20 p.m.  Torex Gold Resources Inc., Fred Stanford, President and CEO
12:40 p.m.  Aura Minerals Inc., Patrick Downey, President and CEO
1:00 p.m.  Ventana Gold Corp., Steve Orr, President and CEO
1:20 p.m.  Gabriel Resources Ltd., Jonathan Henry, President and CEO
1:40 p.m.  Guyana Goldfield Ltd., Claude Lemasson, President and COO
2:10 p.m.  Anatolia Minerals, Edward Dowling, President and CEO
2:30 p.m.  Exeter Resource Company, Bryce Roxburgh, CEO
2:50 p.m.  East Asia Minerals Corp., Nick Kohlmann, Corporate Communications
3:10 p.m.  Magellan Minerals Ltd., Alan Carter, President and CEO
3:30 p.m.  Victoria Gold Corp., Chad Williams, President and CEO

Thursday December 2, 2010  
Session 2

9:00 a.m.  Dundee Precious Metals, Jonathan Goodman, President and CEO
9:25 a.m. SEMAFO Inc., Benoit La Salle, President and CEO
9:50 a.m.  Aurizon Mines Ltd. David Hall, President and CEO
10:25 a.m.  Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Brooke Clements, President
10:45 a.m. Alexco Resources, Clynton Nauman, President and CEO
11:05 a.m.  Stornoway Diamond Corp., Matt Mason, President and CEO
11:25 a.m.  Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., Patrick Evans, President and CEO
12:20 p.m.  Tahoe Resources Inc., Kevin McArthur, President and CEO
12:40 p.m.  Allied Nevada Gold Corp., Scott Caldwell, President and CEO
1:00 p.m.  Detour Gold Corp., Gerald Panneton, President and CEO
1:20 p.m.  Norsemont Mining Inc., Patrick Evans, President and CEO
1:40 p.m.  Minera Andes Inc., Rob McEwan, Chairman, President and CEO
2:10 p.m.  Bear Creek Mining Corp., Marc Leduc, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
2:30 p.m.  Sabina Gold and Silver Corp., Tony Walsh, President and CEO
2:50 p.m.  Fortuna Silver Mines Inc., Jorge Ganoza, President and CEO
3:10 p.m.  First Majestic Silver Corp., Keith Neumeyer, President and CEO

Listeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at www.scotiacapital.com.  The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's website for three months.

* Agenda is subject to change. See www.scotiacapital.com for most current schedule.

Scotia Capital is the wholesale banking arm of the Scotiabank Group, offering a wide variety of corporate and investment banking and capital markets products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Scotia Capital provides full-service coverage across North America, and also serves selected niche markets globally. It has 29 offices and more than 300 relationship managers organized around industry specialties. For more information, please visit www.scotiacapital.com.

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With close to 70,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve approximately 14.6 million customers in some 50 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. With more than $523 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2010), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

For further information:

Joe Konecny at (416) 933-1795 or joe_konecny@scotiacapital.com