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CANSEE organized Business Networking Cocktail on Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Toronto at the amazing Montecito Restaurant with the aim of gathering Canadian and Serbian business diaspora contacts, and expanding business opportunities in Canada during the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development community PDAC 2020 (The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada). The main objective was to encourage business cooperation and to promote trade and economic development between two friendly countries all with great support from CANSEE Members and the Embassy of Canada in Belgrade.

Mirjana Doncic Beaton, Executive Director of the CANSEE Canadian-Serbian Business Association, together with the President of the Association, Aleksandar Obrenovic, the Ministerial Delegation of the Ministry of Mining and Energy led by Minister Aleksandar Antic, State Secretary Stevica Dedjanski and Assistant Minister Ivan Jankovic, as well as the representatives of the Embassy of Canada to Serbia visited for the second time in a row, the PDAC 2020 Convention, the largest international trade fair and mining convention held from March 1-4 in Toronto.

CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association organized regular General Assembly Session followed by Business Networking Cocktail, on the occasion of six successful years of running the Association.

The new electronic flat-rate taxation system, the abolition of tax returns in order to more efficiently record property rights in the cadastre and the introduction of a simplified procedure for hiring seasonal workers are three NALED-reformed years for which special team honors have been awarded to public administration employees responsible for their successful enforcement.

On Tuesday, January 21, the Embassy of Canada, in collaboration with CANSEE Canadian-Serbian Business Association organized a seminar on the topic of responsible social business in the future of Serbian mining: “Trilateral Dialogue on CSR – Canadian Experience”.

The seminar was held in order to promote a responsible approach to the development of mining projects in Serbia.

Ambassador of Canada H.E. Kati Csaba and CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association hosted another successful traditional Christmas reception at the Canadian Embassy’s residence on the 9^th of December.

The 9th International Conference on Mineral Resources held on November 5-6, 2019 at Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade gathered the most senior members of the local, regional and world’s business community and government officials of the highest. The conference also provided a perspective of the world’s mining experience in the domain of sustainable mining, female leadership in mining, opportunities of mining projects in Serbia and region, best international practices, progress report for mining impact to local societies and innovations in mining. The aim of this conference was to connect mining sector investors and experts with all relevant governmental, financial and social stakeholders.

Corporate Innovation Conference, the largest regional event dedicated to corporate innovation was held for the second time in a row, on October 22, 2019, at the Belexpocenter in Belgrade and organized by the ICT Hub. Corporate Innovation Conference 2019. is the flagship event dedicated exclusively to corporate innovation in Serbia.

On October 24, the fourth annual conference Doing Business 2020 was held in Belgrade. At the opening, Deputy Prime Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, H.E. Zorana Mihajlovic said that for the past several years Serbia has not been competing with the average results, but rather the global top performers and has advanced four places on the World Banks for 2020. Being ranked 9th in construction permitting, as well as the progress from 48th to 44th position in the overall ranking, oblige Serbia to be even more efficient in implementing reforms in other areas as well, so as to further improve the rating next year.

Vancouver, Canada, October 30, 2019 – Further to its News Releases of May 29 and September 18, 2019, Medgold Resources Corp. (TSX-V: MED) is pleased to announce the completion of its 2019 drilling program at the Tlamino Project (the “Project” or “Tlamino”) in southern Serbia.