Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Willem Middelkoop

CEO and Founder Commodity Discovery Fund

Willem Middelkoop (Geneva, August 21, 1962) is an entrepreneur and investor, who, earlier in his career, became well-known as a photojournalist, columnist and market commentator on TV. In 2008, he founded AmsterdamGold and the Commodity Discovery Fund. The former he sold to Value8 in 2011, after which he and two co-investors became founding shareholders of the successful business accelerator Startup Bootcamp Amsterdam. Today, as founder and director, Middelkoop works full time for the Commodity Discovery Fund and travels the world as a speaker and commentator on monetary and geopolitical issues. He has written a series of successful books on these topics. Middelkoop is a member of the Advisory Board of the London-based monetary think-tank OMFIF.


2025 Agenda Sessions

The Dealmakers Den

The Dealmakers Den offers the opportunity for junior mining companies to pitch their Africa-located gold projects to a panel of elite decision-making investors.

Companies:
14:00 - 14:05 Opening remarks 
14:05 - 14:15 Company 1  
14:20 - 14:30 Company 2  
14:35 - 14:45 Company 3  
14:50 – 15:00 Company 4 
15:05 - 15:15 Company 5 
15:20 - 15:30 Company 6 
15:35 - 15:45 Company 7 
15:50 - 15:55 Judges deliberate 
15:55 - 16:00 Winner announced 

 

Wednesday 05 February 14:00 - 16:00 CTICC1

Investment Programme

Add to calendar 02/05/2025 14:00 02/05/2025 16:00 The Dealmakers Den

The Dealmakers Den offers the opportunity for junior mining companies to pitch their Africa-located gold projects to a panel of elite decision-making investors.

Companies:
14:00 - 14:05 Opening remarks 
14:05 - 14:15 Company 1  
14:20 - 14:30 Company 2  
14:35 - 14:45 Company 3  
14:50 – 15:00 Company 4 
15:05 - 15:15 Company 5 
15:20 - 15:30 Company 6 
15:35 - 15:45 Company 7 
15:50 - 15:55 Judges deliberate 
15:55 - 16:00 Winner announced 

 

CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg