APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE: DANIEL

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001031

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/IEC/ENR, M/FSI/SPAS/ECON FOR LISA FOX, AND
HR/CDA/ML FOR EVELYN WHEELER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AFSI APER EMIN ECON
SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE: DANIEL

N. DALEY

REF: STATE 6460


1. As per reftel, this cable is a formal request for
admission to the Resource Economics Seminar, PE 142, to be
offered July 9-13 in Washington and Denver.


2. Applicant information: Daniel N. Daley is currently
assigned as an Economic Officer in Bangkok, Thailand, with a
TED of July, 2007. His onward assignment is as the Economic
/ Commercial Officer in Lilongwe, Malawi, with a transfer
date of September, 2007.


3. Current contact information:
Tel: (66)(2) 205-4698
Fax: (66)(2) 254-2839
Eml: daleydn@state.gov


4. Tentative travel plans: Depart Bangkok o/a July 14-15
for travel to Washington, DC, for FSI training, followed by
home leave and arrival at onward post in September or
October. Departure from Bangkok would be advanced a week if
accepted into the Resource Economic Seminar.


5. As the only Economic Officer in the Embassy in Lilongwe,
Daniel Daley will be reponsible for covering all aspects of
the Malawian economy. Although the country's economy is
primarily agriculture based, Malawi is currently mining coal
and has substantial uranium deposits in the north.
Australia's Paladin Resources Ltd. will complete a bankable
feasibility study in early 2007 and is in negotiations with
the GOM for a development agreement. Given the high global
demand for uranium, development of this mineral resource
could prove to be a significant factor in the develoment of
the Malawi economy. Participation in the Resource Economics
Seminar would provide Mr. Daley with the background to report
on such developments and effectively interact with a Malawi
government itself having little experience in the minerals
sector.

BOYCE