WHAT IS AMIRA

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Overview

• An association with 70 (18 of top 20) Member
  companies representing the international mining
  and service industries
• Key service to develop, broker and manage
  collaboratively funded RD projects for Members
• 55 current projects covering exploration to
  finished metal and sustainability
• US40 million portfolio value
• US22 million industry funds
• US7 million new industry funds / year
• Legal entity is a not for profit company,
  limited by guarantee.
• Affiliations with MIRO, CAMIRO and ADIMB
• Offices located in Melbourne, Perth, Cape Town,
  Johannesburg

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AMIRA Process
Project Development
Brokerage
Relationships Technical Expertise
Relationships Market Knowledge
Research Contractor
Industry Customer
AMIRA
Facilitation
Project Management
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Benefits

• Participate in collaborative research projects,
  share the results and adopt research outputs
• Leverage company RD investments
• Critical mass funding - helps engage integrated
  teams of the worlds leading researchers
• Maintenance and development of regional RD
  infrastructure and post-graduate training
• Sponsor networking and personnel development.

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Global service delivery
UBC
McGill
CSM
Uni Sao Paulo
Mintek
JKMRC
Parker Centre
IWRI
UCT

pmdCRC
CSIRO
CODES
Sponsors/Members
Key Research providers
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Members direct AMIRA
Members of AMIRA
Council
Chief Executive
Research Coordinators Resource Identification
Research Coordinators Resource Transformation
Research Coordinators Sustainable Development
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Project development

• Members commercial situation and technology
  needs analyses
• AMIRA develops Project concept and circulates for
  comment
• Agreed concept triggers requests for research
  proposals
• Agreed research proposal accepted objectives,
  programs, milestones, deliverables, research
  budget and sponsor fees
• Contracts written, sponsorship payments begin,
  research commences
• NB Facilitation by Research Coordinators between
  stages enables sponsor and researcher input to
  project development - concept to agreed research
  program.

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Project management delivery of outcomes

• AMIRA overall project coordination
• AMIRA acts as sponsors liaison
• Twice yearly progress reports and sponsors review
  meetings - review / assess / modify / network
• Technology transfer seminars and workshops

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Visit www.amira.com.au

• About AMIRA
• Project listings
• Annual Reports
• Membership
• Councillors, Committees
• General items of interest
• Controlled access for
• Members
• Individual Projects
• Project Sponsors
• Research providers.

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AMIRA Membership

• AMIRA requires all companies wishing to sponsor
  projects to be Members of the Association (or pay
  an annual sponsorship premium equal to the
  membership cost).
• Annual membership subscriptions (Yr 2004)
• Individual company A6,500pa
• Group Company
• lt US2B market cap A27,200pa
• gt US2B market cap A54,500pa

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