PKF, accountants and business advisers, notes that worldwide pressure on supplies of non-ferrous metals has brought a lot of new mining companies into existence and to the market. As they move into production, these companies will face tough financial challenges during 2008. PKF is holding a seminar aimed at helping those companies to manage down their tax costs.

The free seminar will take place on Wednesday January 23, 2008 from 5.30 pm at PKF's London office in Farringdon and will explore a number of current tax issues affecting mining companies and their employees.

Topics that will be covered include: - the fiscal challenges of having profits and losses in different jurisdictions; the tax costs of internationally mobile directors and senior employees; the capital gains tax issues facing company owners and other shareholders. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet and question the company's tax and mining sector experts.

Peter Penneycard, corporate tax partner and mining specialist at PKF, said, "Controlling tax costs will be a key contributor to financial success for mining companies in 2008. By exploring the tax issues that will affect companies and their employees with us, attendees can begin to focus themselves in a tax-efficient direction for the year.

To register for this free seminar, or for further information, please contact Claudia Belsman on 020 7065 0039 or email claudia.belsman@uk.pkf.com. 

PKF is a leading firm of accountants and business advisers with more than 1,800 partners and staff operating in 23 offices in the UK mainland firm, a wholly-owned financial planning company and associated offshore practices. The firm specialises in advising growing and entrepreneurial/owner-managed businesses, AIM and fully listed companies, and also has extensive experience in the public and not-for-profit sectors. Principal services include assurance and advisory; taxation; consultancy; corporate recovery and insolvency; corporate finance and forensic. The firm has particular expertise in advising sectors such as hotels and leisure; mining and resource; public sector; real estate and construction; professional practices; not-for-profit; and medical.