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In this episode we have a returning guest who appeared in May 2022 (Episode 237). Andrew Grove, Managing Director and CEO at Chesser Resources, an ASX listed West African focused gold junior mining company with projects located in Senegal where they have discovered two high-grade gold Projects at its flagship Diamba Sud project in eastern Senegal.
Andrew is a geologist by trade and has become a high achieving Mining and Finance Executive with an established track record of achieving results, generating profits, identifying opportunities, managing risk and developing teams during his career. He gives us an update on Chesser Resources, details on their recent scoping study and what they are looking to achieve during the year..
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'We've defined mineralisation'
'We got some really good rock chips!'
'We're progressing now. It's feasible to see mining licenses'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Andrew Grove LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-grove-17491a30
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode, we have a returning guest who appeared back in May 2022 (Episode 241). Dave Webster, Chairman of the 79th Group, with one of their brands 79th Resources being one of the fastest growing natural resources companies in West Africa exploring and identifying gold and other mineral deposits around the region
Dave is a natural leader and previously one of the largest private landlords in the UK, with many years experience in the property sector as both a developer and a landlord. He moved into the resource sector 10 years ago and has developed a large portfolio of natural resource projects in West Africa, measured by the number of natural resource concessions under management across the region. The portfolio of resources consists of Gold, Bauxite, Iron Ore, Diamond & Co-coa concessions, the majority of the concessions being situated across Guinea. Today, he gives us an update on activities in West Africa and also new developments they are involved in across the Middle East. He gives us important lessons in business and in everyday life as he is an experienced and successful businessman.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
‘Minerals are the true currency on earth’
‘It started as a bit of fun buying a gold mine and now we have that many we are the largest operator on earth’
‘It’s all about the quality of the people you have in your team’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode, we have a returning guest who appeared in Jan 2022 (Episode 205). Oliver Hasler, Chairman and CEO of PYX Resources who are the 2nd Largest Producing Mineral Sands Company Globally based on zircon resources on their large operation in Indonesia.
Oliver has qualifications in mineral engineering and metallurgy and has a background in natural resources, manufacturing and the industrial sector and gives us an update on PYX which has gone through a massive growth phase in 2022. They also commenced the production of rutile and ilmenite, two critical minerals that they are stockpiling and Oliver explains why.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
‘We have done exactly what we said we would do in our five-year plan in 2020’
‘We started to produce rutile and ilmenite’
‘I’m constantly looking for opportunities to add to our group with a focus on synergy’
RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE
@ResourcesPyx on Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/company/pyx-resources/
Website: https://pyxresources.com/
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode we have a returning who appeared in June 2022 (Episode 248). Anthony Milewski, Chairman of Nickel 28 who are an innovative battery metals focused investment vehicle with a focus on metal streaming and royalty agreements offering our investors exposure to metals integral to key technologies of the electric vehicle and energy storage markets.
Anthony is an entrepreneur, investor and speculator and is going to give us an update on Nickel 28 and talk about market conditions, carbon credits, commodities and much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'I spun out to focus on the green energy transition that's underway'
'The whole space has gone harder and longer than we anticipated'
'The demand from corporates continues to grow'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Anthony Milewski LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/anthonymilewski
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In the episode we have returning guest who appeared back in November 2020 (Ep 102). Mike Battersby, Chairman and MD of Maelgwyn Mineral Services Limited, a privately owned limited company and is establishing itself as a world leader in the development and implementation of innovative cost-effective technologies and processes in the field of mineral, chemical and waste processing.
Mike has a background in mineral processing started the business over 25 years ago developing technology that can achieve significant environmental benefits in terms of reduced energy and waste for operations. The company has grown significantly to what it is today and Mike gives us an update on what has happened over the last few years
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'This can add serious value to the bottom line of gold mining operations'
'We're developing a range of products and processes based around these technologies'
'We've had to bite the bullet!'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/maelgwyn-mineral-services-ltd/?viewAsMember=true
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw7AERwlwV_Z7PdZcleCxxQ
Email - [email protected]
Website - www.Maelgwyn.com
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode we chat to John Black, Natural Resources and Energy Director at BDO UK who are an international network of public accounting, tax and advisory firms which perform professional services
John is a qualified accountant and worked for some of the biggest companies in this space and talks about some of the challenges mining companies or entities facing in the industry today and in particular Africa with BDO producing a report about the African mining industry. We also discuss the key trends for the industry including talent and ESG
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'The importance of sector focus enables people to develop'
'We have a really experienced partner and director team'
'Our challenges are pretty unique'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
BDO Natural Resources: https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/industries/natural-resources-energy/natural-resources-energy-articles-and-reports
John’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-black-63b2a978/
BDO’s Mining Report: https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/insights/industries/natural-resources-and-energy/the-role-of-africa-in-the-global-mining-industry
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
In this episode we have a returning guest who appeared back in October 2019 (Episode 46). Darren Stralow is the Chief Executive Officer at Bellevue Gold, a junior who has discovered an exceptionally high-grade gold system in the world-class Goldfields mining district and is one of the highest-grade and fastest-growing gold projects in Western Australia.
Darren is an experienced mining executive and qualified mining engineer with over 20 years’ industry experience and was a member of the senior management team at Northern Star Resources for over 10 years before joining the helm at Bellevue Gold. He gives us an overview of the company and what they are looking to achieve during 2023 and beyond. We discuss the labour market in WA and how Bellevue Gold set itself apart from other junior miners.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'It's an amazing journey for a young professional to be involved in'
'Bellevue as a company has built a significant high grade asset'
'We've gone through the journey of being an exploration company, and now a development company'
'You need to surround yourself with the right people'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Darren Stralow LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/in/darren-stralow-88158432
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode we chat to Stefan Bernstein, CEO of GreenRoc, a junior miner with a portfolio comprised of graphite, illmenite, iron ore deposits in Greenland. And their focus is on developing mines for the production of critical minerals, that is minerals that are considered vital for the economic well-being of the world’s major and emerging economies,
Stefan is a Danish geologist with over 30 years’ experience in Greenland’s mining sector, who brings a very strong knowledge base and understanding of the country and its mineral wealth, with his experience spanning both corporate and governmental advisory roles. He talks about GreenRoc and what they have achieved and what Greenland is like as a mining destination.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'This really sparked my interest for mineral exploration'
'GreenRoc has been working in Greenland for some years now'
'The demand is just around the corner'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Stefan Bernstein LinkedIn - https://dk.linkedin.com/in/stefan-bernstein-51514a1a
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode we chat to Dawn Larsen, Digital Solutions Manager for Epiroc who are a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries. With cutting-edge technology, Epiroc develops and produces innovative drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment, and provides world-class service and consumables.
Dawn has a strong background in software and digital technology in the mining industry and give us an insight to Epiroc and discusses how their new digital technology can help mining companies become more efficient and improve safety.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'We can now work with our mine customers and really engage, and identify even more business value'
'Software and digitisation is the roadmap to the future'
'It equips them with intelligence very quickly'
'The software helps to analyse things in real time'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Epiroc Digital Solutions Canada, learn more: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/digital-solutions-for-underground-mining
Subscribe to Mining Software News Updates: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/mining-software-news-updates-6955516167738310656/
Schedule a No-cost Digital Roadmap Strategy Session: [email protected]
Contact:
Dawn Larsen, Epiroc Digital Solutions Canada
1-249-377-9983
Case Studies:
HudBay: Increased mucking rate by 7%
Up to 15% increase in productivity
Interview with Michael Place, Mine Manager at Gold Fields, Australia on Vimeo
Fosterville: Expects to cut half the time off evacuations with Epiroc Digital Solutions’ Mobilaris Emergency Support
https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/customer-stories/2020/mobilaris-at-kirkland-lake-gold
Goldfields: Expect a 12-month ROI on Implementing Digitalization in the Mine
https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/customer-stories/2020/gold-fields-australia-modernization-program
Software Solutions Discussed in the Podcast:
Mobilaris Situational Awareness: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/sustainable-and-safe-operations/mobilaris-situational-awareness
Onboard: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/operational-performance/mobilarisonboard
Pocketmine: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/operational-performance/mobilaris-pocketmine
Emergency Support: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/sustainable-and-safe-operations/mobilaris-emergency-support
Short Term Interval Control, Planning and Scheduling: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/planning-and-scheduling/mobilaris-scheduling
Event Automation: https://www.epiroc.com/en-ca/products/digital-solutions/connected-assets/mobilaris-event-automation
Enterprise Data Integration Platform: MineRP: https://www.minerp.com/enterprise-interoperability
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
In this episode we have a returning guest who appeared in December 2020 (Episode 110). Michael Moore, managing director of Golden State Mining, are an ASX listed exploration company based in Perth, Australia who have acquired a number of gold, Lithium and base metals assets around Western Australia and looking to develop these in the near future.
Michael is a mine engineer by background with extensive experience in Western Australia and is also a past director of the Camborne School of Mines in the UK. We get an update on Golden State Mining, talk about their recent Lithium assets they have acquired, the graduate market and mining in Western Australia.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'We've seen a massive flood of IPO since 2018'
'Western Australia is the best place to be exploring in the world'
'There's a great future for minerals exploration here'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes
Golden State Mining - https://goldenstatemining.com.au/team/mike-moore/
VALUABLE RESOURCES
mailto:[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
http://www.mining-international.org
https://twitter.com/MiningConsult
https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/
Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
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