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CAIA Canada West | Metals, Mining & Mingle - Summer Education & Social
Date(s):
August 18, 2026
Note: All times listed are in local time
Venue:Ernst & Young LLP - The Stack
1133 Melville Street
19th Floor
Vancouver, BC V6E 4E5
Fee(s):This event has a fee
Description: 
Jointly hosted by CAIA Canada West Chapter and EY
Commodities are back on the agenda for investors, and geopolitics is much of the reason why. Export controls, sanctions, and the race to secure critical mineral supply outside of China have turned what was once a straightforward diversification question into a strategic one. Add inflation risk and energy transition demand, and allocators are rethinking how much real asset exposure they want and how best to get it. The view from the operating side looks different. Mining companies are managing capital discipline, permitting timelines that run for years, resource nationalism in a growing list of jurisdictions, and an investor base that has become far more selective about which projects get funded. Join CAIA Canada West and EY for a session bringing both perspectives into the same room: the asset manager's and the operator's. A networking reception at the patios of the beautiful Stack building will follow. Agenda:
2:00pm-2:30pm Registration & Mingling
2:30pm-3:20pm Presentations
3:20pm-5:30pm Networking Reception (outdoors)
Speakers:
"Current Trends in the Mining Sector"
Gwen Preston, President, CEO and Director, Alex Metals
"Current Cycle & Trends - The Role of Commodities in a Portfolio"
Tim Pickering, Founder, CIO, Lead Portfolio Manager, Auspice Capital Advisors Date & Time:
Tuesday, August 18th
2:00-5:30 PM (PT) Location:
Ernst & Young LLP
The Stack
1133 Melville Street, 19th Floor
Vancouver, BC V6E 4E5
Fees:
CAIA Members & Candidates: USD 10
Non-Members & Guests: USD 15
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Tim Pickering
Job Title: Founder, CIO, Lead Portfolio Manager
Organization: Auspice Capital
Tim leads strategic decision making and the vision for Auspice’s diverse suite of award winning, rules-based quantitative investment strategies. Auspice is Canada’s largest active commodity manager and since 2006 is one of few deeply experienced commodity tilted managers that partners with a range of investors from retail to institutional, managing funds, SMAs, ETFs and Indices. The NYSE listed Direxion-Auspice COM ETF is one of the top ranked Morningstar rated commodity ETFs globally and was followed up with the CCOM listing in Canada on the TSX
Gwen Preston
Job Title: President, CEO and Director
Organization: Alex Metals
Gwen Preston has been a metals and mining analyst, investment leader, company executive, board member, and journalist for almost 20 years. Through this range of roles Gwen has built a deep base of knowledge around how to fund, find, and develop mineral projects and an expansive network in and understanding of the mining capital markets. Gwen began her career as a journalist with The Northern Miner before founding the Resource Maven newsletter in 2014, where she spent a decade producing independent research, investment commentary, and sector education for a global subscriber base. She then took on the role of Vice President Communications for West Red Lake Gold, where she brought capital markets interest to high potential but complicated mine restart opportunity. Gwen also serves on the board of Onyx Gold. Gwen holds a B.Sc. (Chemistry) from McGill University and a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia.
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