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GGC: A PREMIER INVESTMENT COMPETITION FOR FUTURE MINING INDUSTRY LEADERS

Hosted by Laurentian University’s Goodman School of Mines and the Faculty of Management, the Goodman Gold Challenge is a competition unlike any other. Students will evaluate the investment potential of three mining companies currently trading on the TSX or TSX-V and recommend to their top tier clients a single company for their portfolio.

The GGC will provide students with a real-life experience, putting their academic credentials to a vital test. Students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview three mining company CEOs about the current and projected financial strength of their company and why it belongs on their Tier 1 client list. Students will meet with REAL industry analysts to go over their work and who will provide advice, mimicking a financial firm obtaining advice from an exterior consultant. The competition offers multiple opportunities for students to network with CEOs, CFOs, industry professionals, business executives and students from other universities.

Their performance could win their team shares worth the equivalent of four (4) ounce of gold.

THE CHALLENGE

It’s called a challenge for a reason.

The GGC enacts an investment scenario in which each participating university team plays a finance firm. The firms are competing for a single, wealthy client’s business, impersonated by Mr. Jonathan Goodman and an investment committee. Mr. Goodman being interested in investing in the mining industry, the teams will have narrowed down their potential choices to three “favourites”, the three companies analysts prefer in the mining industry.

The top executives from these three companies will “pitch” their businesses to the teams, and they will need to select the one in which to invest Mr. Goodman’s capital or a portion of a pension fund.

The teams will have to prove through thorough analysis that they indeed have a better investment than the other teams, and justify their decision. This will be based on a variety of financial and management analysis tools, such as risk analysis, net present value calculations, etc.

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THE COMPETITION

The Goodman Gold Challenge (GGC) is a unique investment management competition for undergraduate students. Using 3 existing mining companies in their current situations, the GGC is unlike all other business competitions; not paper-based and not using fictitious companies.

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REGISTRATION

Teams are four (4) full-time undergraduate students attending the same university. Being a primarily financed-based competition, business and financial knowledge will be an asset; however, students from all programs and fields of study are welcomed.

The registration fee is $250 per student ($1000 CDN per team). The registration fees include accommodations for four nights, shuttle service to and from the Sudbury airport to the hotel, transportation between venues during the competition, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, both galas, and some local excursions. Students are responsible for travel to and from Sudbury.

Registration fees must be paid in full by November 15, 2024.

For more information regarding the competition and registration, please contact Claudia Ghiandoni, the event coordinator at goodmangoldchallenge@laurentian.ca

WHY BE INVOLVED WITH THE GOODMAN GOLD CHALLENGE?

• Invest in the future workforce
• Help students gain real life experience
• Provide an opportunity for students to network among their peers and industry executives and professionals
• Help students understand the importance of the full mining cycle

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