The event was delayed from its usual date in February, the hight of the South African summer, due to a local COVID flare up, and masks and distancing were still enforced, but attendance was high. The line-up included ministers from around the world, as well as mining CEOs including Barrick's Mark Bristow, ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland and new Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad who made his first public presentation. The first big speaker was South African mining and energy minister Gwede Mantashe, who spoke on May 9.
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