Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Caroline Donally

Managing Partner Sprott Streaming

Caroline Donally has over 27 years of experience in finance and investments. She is a Managing Partner of Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty, where she’s responsible for all aspects of the business from institutional fund raising to mining investments. Prior to Sprott, she was a Managing Director at Denham Capital (mining private equity) and ran a $1 billion global mining portfolio. Prior to that she worked for Investec Bank and Rand Merchant Bank, providing project and development finance to mining companies. Caroline started her career at BDO Spencer Steward.

Ms. Donally currently serves as a director of Torex Gold Resources Inc and Major Drilling Group International Inc. She previously served a director of Turquoise Hill Resources and Highland Copper Company Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) from the University of South Africa, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand and the CA(SA) Chartered Accountant designation.

Ms Donally frequently provides her views on the mining finance and investment markets to the press and is a regular speaker on mining investments at international conferences. She has been awarded the title of one of “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” twice.


2025 Agenda Sessions

Future-Proofing African mining today - Uncovering the Top 5 elements for success

  1. The government factor: A landscape that offers investment-friendly options for increased infrastructure development spend, improved permitting processes and downstream value-addition is the dream. Can it be turned Into reality?
  2. The investment factor: Future demand for metals has never looked brighter, but are investors willing to provide the required capital at every stage of the mining life cycle?
  3. The community factor: Mining means job creation and economic opportunities, but is that enough to win the support of local communities for new projects?
  4. The talent factor: Artificial intelligence holds the future to technology adoption in mining - is tomorrow's mining generation prepared at a tertiary education level for this, and what does their integration with the existing workforce look like?
  5. The market factor: Are downstream buyers ready to play their part, including buying critical minerals from “risky” jurisdictions?”

Monday 03 February 16:25 - 17:20 CTICC1

Disruptive Discussions

Add to calendar 02/03/2025 16:25 02/03/2025 17:20 Future-Proofing African mining today - Uncovering the Top 5 elements for success
  1. The government factor: A landscape that offers investment-friendly options for increased infrastructure development spend, improved permitting processes and downstream value-addition is the dream. Can it be turned Into reality?
  2. The investment factor: Future demand for metals has never looked brighter, but are investors willing to provide the required capital at every stage of the mining life cycle?
  3. The community factor: Mining means job creation and economic opportunities, but is that enough to win the support of local communities for new projects?
  4. The talent factor: Artificial intelligence holds the future to technology adoption in mining - is tomorrow's mining generation prepared at a tertiary education level for this, and what does their integration with the existing workforce look like?
  5. The market factor: Are downstream buyers ready to play their part, including buying critical minerals from “risky” jurisdictions?”
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg