Dig Deep

In this episode, we chat to Ritch Wigham, CEO and Director of Slave Lake Zinc. A mineral exploration company focused on the development of critical and precious minerals at its O'Connor Lake property located in the South Slave regions, in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Ritch has a finance background. He is leading this junior miner into the future. Today, he talks to us about the history and what the company is looking to do to move their project forward with this critical mineral.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• O´Connor Lake had a shaft built in 1952. The operation was shuttered when the price of zinc dropped.
• Decades ago, 25 showings of zinc and lead were found, but the project was shelved and forgotten.
• Recent airborne geophysics confirmed historic analysis and shows the area has rich deposits.
• Slave Lake Zinc has a collaboration agreement in place with the indigenous people of the area.
• The indigenous community appreciate that their young people need good jobs to stay in the area, which mining is providing.
• The site has year-round access and transport.
• Hydro power will soon be available, just a couple of kilometres away.
• Zinc is on a lot of country´s critical metals lists.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We did that first to make sure that the indigenous groups understood the benefits for them of what we were doing. ´

‘We will be within just a couple of kilometres of being able to hook into hydro power.’

‘It´s very very important, for Canada, to develop its own sources of these metals.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.zinccorp.ca/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/slave-lake-zinc/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 001 604 396 5762

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 with Robert Boyd, CEO, and Director of Endurance Gold Corporation. A project generator exploration company, exploring gold and rare earth projects in British Columbia, Alaska, and the Yukon.

Robert is a mining executive with a background in geology with a career spanning over 40 years. In addition, he holds many other board positions. Including being a board director for PDAC, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, and the Canadian Hall Of Fame. We talk about Endurance Gold Corp, the history of the Gold Bridge Bralorne Gold district, and the outlook for Canadian junior mining companies.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Endurance is a prospect generator company.
• They are currently focusing on developing their Reliance Project in British Columbia.
• The success of that project has moved them into the 55 or 60 million Canadian dollars valuation category.
• They have already picked up gold intersections that are about 435 meters of strike, within the overall gold system.
• Around 80% of their drill intersections have found gold. Fifteen to twenty percent of those are exceptional gold intersections.
• Hydropower is available locally and the mine is located very near the road.
• Canada is a good place for junior miners to raise venture capital.
• The green economy proving to be very good for mining.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Until 2020, it had never had a gold soil survey completed on it. ´

‘We expect to be able to drill right through the fall; this is a very road-accessible property.’

‘Mineral exploration is the R&D of mining.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

LinkedIn Robert Boyd: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robert-t-boyd-72012413

Website: https://endurancegold.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurance-gold/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnduranceGold

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UG7-pzSVK_JLPliid-a-Q

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 Mark Learmonth, CEO, and Director of Caledonia Mining who is a profitable cash-generative gold producer with a strong growth profile, with their primary asset, the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe.

Mark has a finance and investment background. He joined the company back in 2008 and talks about his journey with Caledonia Mining, what they have been upto including their central shaft project and their Bilboes project, and why Zimbabwe is a great place to invest in mining.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Caledonia Mining had to grow slowly. Initially, it only had access to the cash they made; there were virtually no 3rd party investors. 
• Drilling the central shaft has transformed the company’s profitability.
• The workforce in Zimbabwe is very high quality, so there is no need to hire expensive expat staff.
• They are now producing around 80,000 ounces per year.
• Currently, they are diversifying and becoming a multi-asset producer.
• Focusing on Zimbabwe is the plan. They know the jurisdiction well, the workforce is good and the geology is very sound.
• The fact that Zimbabwe has very high inflation barely impacts the business. Why is explained, in the podcast.
• Caledonia Mining are building a 12 megawatt solar project, which will save around $3 million per annum.
• Last year, Caledonia acquired a million ounce resource for $4 million.
• A few weeks ago, they acquired a nearly 2.5 million ounce asset. With grades of about 2.25 grams per tonne.
• With the extra cash flow, growth will be faster from now on.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I learned the importance of really rigorous cash flow management and paying close attention to investment programs. ´

‘There’s a lot of gold in Zimbabwe, the country has never been properly explored.’

‘The mine has been operating for nearly 100 years. Over that time a sophisticated infrastructure had developed, which we have enhanced.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.caledoniamining.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/caledoniamining

Email: [email protected]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 with Dennis Edmond, CEO of Kazera Global Investments. An investment Company focused on developing early-stage assets in Africa towards meaningful cash flow and resource realisation.

We talk about the various projects they are involved in, lithium, minerals sands and their recent acquisition of a rare earths project in Kenya and what the exciting future holds for them.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We have built value without requiring investors' money to keep the company going.
• The lithium deal they are negotiating for their tantalum Namibia project will transform the company.
• Lithium is ripe for commercial exploitation.
• They are currently upgrading the processing plant in Namibia to increase tantalum production and start to separate lithium too.
• This will turn the Namibian project into a cashflow positive one.
• Recently, they introduced a pan plant to their diamond operation. Producing a positive cash flow.
• For their rare earths project, non-scientific valuations indicate the deposit could be worth around $3.3 billion US.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I´m trying to build assets into a position where they are either generating cash or saleable. ´

‘it’s a considerably undervalued company at the moment.’

‘We now have a team that is very focused on opportunities.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://kazeraglobal.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kazeraplc

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 with Ivan Fairhall, Director and CEO of Mawson Gold, a TSX-listed gold exploration company in two safe, Tier 1 mining-friendly jurisdictions: Finland and Sweden.

Ivan is a chartered engineer and mine finance professional with over 15 years of mining industry experience and talks about Mawson Gold and their projects in Finland and Sweden plus their Southern Cross project in Victoria, Australia. Ivan also gives his insights into how junior (pre-development) mining companies operate in quite a nuanced world where projects, strategy and market timing need to work in harmony.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Mawson Gold is an exploration and development company.
• Their main project is the Rajapalot gold-cobalt project which covers 17,989 hectares of exploration permits in Finland.
• The field it sits in is a multi-million ounces greenfield discovery
• Their other project in Sweden is in the initial stages of exploration.
• They also own a large stake in Southern Cross Gold, in Australia.
• There are many similarities between mining in Sweden and Finland. They are very trustworthy and good to work with.
• Mining is not all about the technical merits of a project. Having a balanced team is key.
• You need to be sure you can raise more money before spending all of what you have on drilling holes.
• Mawson Gold owns 60% of the very exciting Southern Cross, Australia project.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Junior mining is not black and white. ´

‘Nothing goes according to plan ever in mining. So what matters is how you respond to change.’

‘Our stake in Southern Cross is effectively worth more than Mawson Gold.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://mawsongold.com/

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/mawson-gold-ltd

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MawsonGold

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MawsonGold/

Email: [email protected]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 with a returning guest who appeared in Feb 2021 (Episode 117) and Nov 2021 (Episode 192). Matt Salthouse is Chief Executive Officer at Kainantu Resources, which is an Asia-Pacific-focused gold mining company with some highly prospective gold projects in the high-grade Kanantu gold district of Papua New Guinea (PNG). 

Matt gives us an update on the company speaking about the new Kili Teke deal. Along with updates on the May River project and shares his thoughts on the PNG government elections.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Kainantu Resources has executed a deal with Harmony Gold to acquire the Kili Teke project.
• Kili Teke is an existing inferred resource of South African standards. With around 6 million tonnes equivalent of gold.
• The amount of capital required to close the deal was relatively small, just a $500,000 payment to initiate it.
• Recent exploration of KRL North and South and May River have all yielded some good results.
• At May River they are waiting for around 300 results from an area with very promising geology.
• Papua New Guinea is a relatively stable place to mine. Successive governments have been supportive of the industry.

BEST MOMENTS

‘A busy 6 months in terms of acquisition, working in the field and regional work. Consistent with the broader strategy. ´

‘For Papua New Guinea mining is such a critical part of the economy.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.kainanturesources.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kainantu-resources-limited/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KainantuR

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kainanturesources/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KainantuResources/

Previous episodes with Matt Salthouse - https://omny.fm/shows/dig-deep-the-mining-podcast/mining-in-papua-new-guinea-with-matt-salthouse and https://omny.fm/shows/dig-deep-the-mining-podcast/mining-in-papua-new-guinea-progress-report-with-ma

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 Nov 2021, Episode 189. Alistair McIntyre, CEO of Altiplano Metals is part of the Metals Group of companies focused on expanding, acquiring, and developing cash-flowing and near-term cash-flowing copper, gold, and silver assets. 

Alastair has a geology and finance background and is an accomplished executive with 30 years of experience as a leader and senior advisor in metals banking, capital markets, physical and derivative metals trading, gold refining and mining. Alastair gives us an update on Altiplano Metals and what they have been doing in Chile.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Altiplano provides investors a unique opportunity for exposure to cash flow and exploration upside in copper and gold.
• Despite supply chain issues, Altiplano has been able to commission their processing facility at El Peñón.
• Flotation and magnetic separators produce both environmental and financial benefits.
• Tailings are reduced by 40%, water consumption by 75% and trucking by 75%.
• Maria Luisa is a former copper and gold producer where the company is currently driving an underground decline to access copper-gold mineralized zones.
• Altiplano also has a highly prospective gold exploration project in the Maricunga.
• They have purchased their own drill which provides excellent efficient for exploration and production activities.
• Altiplano continues to review additional cash flow and saleable exploration projects for acquisition.

BEST MOMENTS

‘That generates the ability to produce a copper-gold concentrate and separately a magnetic concentrate of iron. ´

‘I think that much of the inflationary pressures are localised.’

‘We should begin operations very soon in Marie Luisa.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: http://www.apnmetals.com

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/altiplano-metals

Twitter: https://twitter.com/metals_group

Email: [email protected]

Previous DDMP episode with Alistair McIntyre: https://omny.fm/shows/dig-deep-the-mining-podcast/self-funded-mining-and-exploration-with-alastair-m

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 with Craig Hutton, who is the CEO and President of Iron Bull Mining. A junior mining company that is on a mission to open up the next big African copper basin in Namibia.

Craig is an economic geologist with over 25 years of experience. He is going to talk about a book he wrote titled, “Mining Economics Explained” which is aimed at boards, executives, managers, and technical mining professionals. It unpacks the economic optimisation of a mine so that mining teams can maintain capital investment discipline against consistent criteria.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Harmony Gold Mining embedded Craig’s approach to mine analysis into their thinking and in just 7 years became the world’s fifth largest gold mining company.
• Miners really need to understand economics to succeed over the long term.
• During the last commodity boom, it was noted costs rose as volumes increased. The opposite of what the industry expected.
• Craig´s algorithm determines what an ore body can sustain. How much production levels can rise before costs begin to escalate.
• Craig´s algorithm welds ore body signatures with economics.
• Many investors do not fully appreciate that mining is a long-term game.
• In the next 26 years, demand for copper will be higher than what humankind has consumed up until this point.
• Unpacking the cost curves, in advance, is key.
• There is a difference between viability and feasibility. A distinction that few in the mining industry fully understand.
• 3D models and Craig’s spreadsheet-based algorithm work well together.

BEST MOMENTS

‘There’s a point at which actually costs begin to rise, you get to a point of diseconomies of scale. ´

‘We are going into a new super cycle and the danger is that we repeat what we did in the last super cycle.’

‘Every single orebody has a different financial signature.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-h-3755a612/

Email: [email protected]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 April 2019 (Ep 21). Peter Ledwidge is the founder & MD of Mako Gold which is exploring and developing gold assets in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.

Peter is a geologist with over 30+ years of experience in exploration and mining focusing primarily on gold in Canada, Africa, and Australia. He gives us an update on what Mako Gold has been doing over the last few years. Plus, we talk about the exciting prospects that West Africa has to offer. We also chat about why people in West Africa understand mining whereas people in Western countries do not.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Since its launch, Mako Gold has made three gold discoveries. The Napié Project and the Korhogo Project, in Cote d'Ivoire and a third one which they sold last year.
• The Napié Project is their focus. They recently announced their main resources of 868,000 ounces at 1.2 grams per tonne.
• Within a year or less production will grow to 1.5 million ounces.
• Currently, they are drilling the Korhogo Project.
• West Africa has changed dramatically since the nineties. It is now relatively easy to hire experienced people from the local population.
• West Africans get mining in a way that most people in Western countries don't. They appreciate that we need mining.
• The outlook for mining in West Africa is good. The governments there are very pro-mining.
• In West Africa, you can put a mine into production far quicker than you can in most other jurisdictions.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Our crew on the ground is 100% local which stands us in good stead with the administration. ´

‘Now, gold mining is the number one GDP source.’

‘If the share prices are down, it’s a good time to buy.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.makogold.com.au

LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/mako-gold

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakoGoldLtd/

Previous Peter Ledwidge DDMP podcast episode - https://www.podcastaddict.com/podcast/2273461

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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 Sept 2021 (Ep 172). Paul Johnson, CEO of Power Metal Resources. A London-listed junior miner that is currently exploring and developing large-scale base and precious metal deposits across Australia, Canada, the US, and Africa.

Paul is a chartered accountant and an experienced public company director in the resources space. He has been in executive positions with companies like Metal Tiger, ECR Minerals and Greatland Gold. It has been a busy time for PMR, so we get an update on Paul on First Development Resources, Golden Metal Resources and Kavango Resources which are under the Power Metals brand.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Power Metals Resources is in an excellent position for the next uplift and are building resilience into the company to be able to thrive regardless of market conditions.
• They have recently raised $1.25 million.
• They are targeting gold, copper, uranium, lithium, and several other rare metals.
• For uranium, they have secured a large package of properties, in Canada. ready for the uranium run that has been predicted.
• All of the licences for their Western Australia ventures have now been granted.
• Golden Metal Resources, Nevada is Tungsten focused but has copper, zinc, and silver.
• Tungsten is a critical metal.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We´ve built solidly the last three years, so are pretty well set now for the next uplift (in the metals markets). ´

‘There are very few vehicles listed in London that have a focus on uranium.’

‘We are really in the right place at the right time.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.powermetalresources.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/power-metal-resources-plc

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PowerMetRes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUqF1k8rAMjG20B9hbwv-w/featured

Phone: 0776 6465617 – send text

Email: [email protected]

Previous Paul Johnson DDMP podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/diversification-and-perseverance-leads-to-long/id1440020656?i=1000535977116

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mining-international.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos

ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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 about 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.