Dig Deep

In this episode, we chat with a returning guest who appeared in episode 106 in Dec 2020. Mark Brennan, CEO, and Co-Chairman of Cerrado Gold, a privately-owned Toronto-based growing precious metals mining and exploration company building a portfolio of assets in South America including Argentina and Brazil.

Mark gives us an update on Cerrado Gold and around their Minera Don Nicholas operating mine and an update on what’s been happening at their Monte do Carmo project.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Monte do Carmo, in Brazil is one of the highest-grade open-pit deposits in Latin America.
• In just one year, despite CoVid, they have nearly doubled production at Mineiro Don Nicolas, in Argentina.
• They are looking at expanding in Argentina by using heat leaching.
• If they go underground as well, there is potential to eventually double production in Argentina.
• Cerrado Gold went public in February 2021. Cash flow is excellent.
• They have finished their restructuring and caught up from the CoVid delays.
• There are a lot of incentives available in Argentina because the government wants to bring in US dollars.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We´re generating 30 to 35 million of free cash. ´

‘It’s a big property with lots of potential, lots of growth.’

‘The infrastructure is amazing.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Episode 109 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taking-mining-public-with-mark-brennan/id1440020656?i=1000501146601

Website: https://www.cerradogold.com

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CerradoGold

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cerrado.gold/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cerrado.Gold.Inc

Email: [email protected]

Mark Brennan LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brennan-356a59157/

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

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

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

Twitter: @MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org

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

 

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, 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.

 

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 with Richard Williams, CEO of Cornish Metals who is an Associate Company of Osisko. They are building a portfolio of strategic metals assets in the United Kingdom and North America. Their near-term strategy is to focus on exploration of the near-surface high-grade copper and tin mineralization at the United Downs project in Cornwall, UK. 

Richard is a Professional Geologist who has over 30 years of experience in the mining and mineral exploration sector. Principally in southern Africa, and south and Central America. He talks about Cornish Metals. As well as the rich history of mining in Cornwall and what the area has to offer in the decades to come. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The Cornish South Crofty asset they acquired already has planning permission and a new mine permit.
• It is the highest-grade tin project in the world that is not yet in production.
• Tin is essential to the tech markets, Internet of Things, and electrification.
• There is still a lot of high-quality tin, and other metals, available in Cornwall.
• The community around the South Crofty site is extremely supportive. They know it will generate wealth for the area.
• Old workings mean that 100% of the tailings can be put back underground.
• There is also copper, zinc, lithium, and silver in the area. Something that has been re-confirmed by recent drills.
• It is estimated that there will be around 33/34 pounds of tin for every tonne of rock. Extremely high grade.
• The process they plan to use to dewater the mine is specifically designed to improve the environment.
• Opportunities to generate green energy using the resources available on site are being investigated.
• The surface impact is anticipated to be minimal.
• South Crofty should be in production within 5 years.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Today, about 50% of all tin consumed goes into solar electronics. ´

‘The recorded average grades from those (old) mines was in excess of 7% copper.’

‘A tonne of rock would be worth something in the order of $550 to $580 US.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Twitter: @CornishMetals

LinkedIn: Cornish Metals Inc.

Facebook: @CornishMetals

Instagram: @CornishMetals

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Email: [email protected]

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

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

Twitter: @MiningRobTyson

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org

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

 

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, 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.

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 with Phil Antunes and Tony Reschke of Simem Underground Solutions. They provide custom mining solutions, designs, engineers, and manufactures site-ready Paste Backfill, Shotcrete, and Grout plants with pumping systems for on-surface and underground mining which plays an important role in the mining process.

Phil is the technical director and Tony is the Vice President and they tell us more about the company and the importance of backfill solutions within mine production.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Simem engineers work collaboratively, across all systems and go into the field to install what they build.
• They work fast. For example, for the Polaris mine, they had a massive cement rockfill plant with heating built and on its way to the Canadian Arctic, within 12 weeks.
• Several other examples of their complex projects are explained, in detail, in the podcast.
• They have experience of working in every environment, including the most extreme conditions.
• There is a comprehensive explanation of what the different types of backfill are, in the podcast.
• CAF gives you better strength.
• Dried-out tailings can be used in Paste Backfill. The strengths are reproducible and known.
• Underground backfill plants present many challenges, which are discussed in the podcast.
• Paste Backfill is costly to set up, but for flagship, long-term mines they are usually the way to go.
• No job is too challenging for Simem Underground.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We don’t look at just Canada or just North America, we are truly global. ´

‘We do the full engineering design of the plants.’

‘The biggest differentiator we have is experience…30 years of mine plant building.’

‘No one is pigeonholed…. We’ve intentionally made sure engineers are constantly in different areas.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://simemug.com/

LinkedIn: Simem Underground Solutions | LinkedIn

Email:  [email protected] [email protected]

Phone: +1.604.288.2500

 

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 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 with Phil Antunes and Tony Reschkey of Simem Underground Solutions. They provide custom mining solutions, designs, engineers, and manufactures site-ready Paste Backfill, Shotcrete, and Grout plants with pumping systems for on-surface and underground mining which plays an important role in the mining process.

Phil is the technical director and Tony is the Vice President and they tell us more about the company and the importance of backfill solutions within mine production.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Simem engineers work collaboratively, across all systems and go into the field to install what they build.

They work fast. For example, for the Polaris mine, they had a massive cement rockfill plant with heating built and on its way to the Canadian Arctic, within 12 weeks.

Several other examples of their complex projects are explained, in detail, in the podcast.

They have experience of working in every environment, including the most extreme conditions.

There is a comprehensive explanation of what the different types of backfill are, in the podcast.

CAF gives you better strength.

Dried-out tailings can be used in Paste Backfill. The strengths are reproducible and known.

Underground backfill plants present many challenges, which are discussed in the podcast.

Paste Backfill is costly to set up, but for flagship, long-term mines they are usually the way to go.

No job is too challenging for Simem Underground.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We don’t look at just Canada or just North America, we are truly global. ´

‘We do the full engineering design of the plants.’

‘The biggest differentiator we have is experience…30 years of mine plant building.’

‘No one is pigeonholed…. We’ve intentionally made sure engineers are constantly in different areas.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://simemug.com/

LinkedIn: Simem Underground Solutions | LinkedIn

Email:  [email protected] [email protected]

Phone: +1.604.288.2500

 

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, 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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In this episode, we chat to Mike Ferguson, President, and CEO of Gensource Potash who are a Canada-based fertilizer development company, which is focused on developing resource opportunities with a specific focus on potash development.

Mike is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in potash and uranium and is leading the development of this greenfield property and tells us all about the company and their Tugaske project and the sustainable production methods used.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Gensource Potash trades on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange and the London AIM Market.

• Financing was very Europe-centric, so London is a good fit.

• Taking a modular approach enables them to start small and easily find finance, then ramp up as fast as the market allows.

• A single module of 250,000 tonnes production is a strong economic unit all by itself.

• These small modules can be run at 100% capacity from day one, which improves capital efficiencies.

• All product for the Saskatchewan facility is presold. A setup that virtually eliminates risk.

• Gensource is turning potash mining into something more akin to a manufacturing process.

• No salt tailings are created, which means no surface brine ponds.

• All of their power and heat are self-generated. They plan to become a true net-zero operation.

• Tugaske will be co-owned by Gensource and their partner Helm.

• The cyclical mining approach they use enables them to use 75% less freshwater per tonne of product.

• Working with Helm, Gensource is disrupting the market providing an alternative supply in a market where just five producer accounts for 75 to 80% of the supply.

• Gensource´s supply chain has been greatly simplified, which saves a lot of money. It also has an extremely low carbon footprint.

• A growing global population means demand for potash will continue to grow.

• Construction is due to start production, in 2024.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We are dedicated 100% to potash development. ´

‘Gensource is about doing things differently.’

‘We simply have no waste; we have no tailings.’

‘We self-generate all of our own power and heat.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://gensourcepotash.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gensourcepotash

Email: [email protected]

Call: 001 306 974 6414

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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 with a returning guest who appeared in Episode 117 in February 2021. Matt Salthouse is the Chief Executive Officer at Kainantu Resources. An Asia-Pacific-focused gold mining company with two highly prospective gold projects in a premier mining region, the high-grade Kainantu gold district of Papua New Guinea (PNG). 

Matt gives us an update on what’s been happening in PNG and with Kainantu Resources over the last 10 months when he was last on the podcast. We discuss the May River acquisition, the north, and south program, and the FSE listing and capital management.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Over the past 10 months, their focus has been on mapping resources in KRL South.
• They are in the process of closing their copper-gold May River deal, which brings together three concessions.
• May River is in the Frieda River Copper and Gold area of PNG, which is one of the largest undeveloped copper projects in the world.
• In KRL North, they have done a lot of sampling work.
• In KRL South, they have already identified a forty grammes per tonne sample.
• Geophysics work is planned for both sites.

Kainantu Resources listed on the Frankfurt Exchange mid-year, which is proving to be good for capital management.

The relationship with the government and local communities is still sound.

The experienced and well-connected board is able to pursue strategic collaboration opportunities.

Despite CoVid having had an impact, Kainantu Resources have still managed to push forward.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We´ve been quite tight and scrupulous in terms of managing our capital, so have a reasonable body of capital, at the moment. ´

‘We are looking to do some geophysics work at both KRL North and South.’

‘Everybody in the management group has connections and contacts in Southeast Asia.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Kainantu Resources - https://kainanturesources.com

Email: [email protected]

Episode 117: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mining-in-papua-new-guinea-with-matt-salthouse/id1440020656?i=1000509599113

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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 David Stein, CEO of Kuya Silver who is developing first-class, high-margin sustainable silver mining operations in Peru. They are focused on growth and cash flow with a focus on low-cost silver operations in mining-friendly jurisdictions

David has a background in geology and engineering and founded Kuya Silver back in 2017 so he talks about their flagship project Bethania and their newly acquired silver project in Northern Ontario.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Bethania, Peru was in operation until 2016 and Kuya is due to start production again by the end of 2022.
• Most of the veins at Bethania have been made bigger and new veins have been discovered nearby.
• The Ontario acquisition is the first step in becoming a multi-mine producer.
• It is a silver cobalt operation with good grades.
• Going public is a lot of extra work, but it has made raising capital far easier.
• Their recent acquisitions have greatly strengthened the company.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘There´s a historical resource there from the previous owners. ´

‘The project is very profitable with very quick payback.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://kuyasilver.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuya-silver/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KuyaSilver

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

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7YU27yR9RLHdG-frVAuxg

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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 chat to Galen McNamara, CEO of Summa Silver Corp that is a TSX-listed explorer focusing on developing the Hughes Property in the prolific Tonopah district of Nevada. They have also commenced drilling at Mogollon, New Mexico

Galen is a geologist by trade and has over 15 years of experience in discovery and capital markets. Apart from heading up Summa Silver, he also sits on a few different boards. In this episode, he talks about both projects, the progress they have made and gives us an update on the current silver market.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Summa Silver is a new silver exploration company that focuses on the Southwestern US.
• They have two historic properties that have not been explored using modern technology.
• At the Tonopah, Nevada project they are getting grades above one thousand grammes per tonne on multiple targets.
• The best hole at Tonopah is 4408 grammes per tonne silver equivalent over 2.8 meters.
• They are about to start drilling at the New Mexico Mogollon project.
• Currently, between 60 and 70% of silver is used for industrial purposes. In the future, that percentage will rise sharply as demand from the electric car industry grows.
• Good silver assets are hard to find, so servicing that demand is going to be hard. Another reason prices are likely to rise.
• Despite doing a lot of drilling Summa Silver is still quite well-financed-
• The outlook for the silver market for 2022 is good. In the podcast, Galen explains why.
• Many junior silver miners are undervalued at the moment.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Historically, in precious metal bull markets, silver outperforms gold. ´

‘The demand for silver in a situation like that is gonna almost double from what it is today.’

‘We are not trying to reinvent the wheel.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/galen-mcnamara-02a52911

Twitter: https://twitter.com/galenmcnamara?lang=en

Summa Silver Twitter: https://twitter.com/SummaSilver?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

LinkedIn Summa Silver: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/summa-silver-corp

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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 with Alastair McIntyre, CEO of Altiplano Metals who are 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. He is now at the helm of Altiplano Metals and is here today to tell us more about the company and the projects that are involved.

Alastair is also going to be at the upcoming Mines & Money London event which is Europe’s largest mining investment event on December 1st and 2nd 2021, so you can meet him in person if you have any questions for him.

You can get 10% off with the discount code DIGDEEP10 when registering at: https://minesandmoney.com/

So, listen to this podcast, get your tickets today and we will see you there...

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Altiplano Metals is a part of The Metals Group.
• They are made up of a group of individuals and companies that share talent management and office space.
• For 30 years, The Metals Group has raised over $500 million.
• The fact The Metals Group has been so successful means they get the opportunity to look at many excellent projects.
• Altiplano has focused on cash flow and revenue generation, so they can self-fund exploration or reinvest in projects.
• They have been cash flow positive at their Farellon iron oxide, copper, gold site, since 2018.
• The Farellon site has approval for an on-site mill and iron separation, which will create more revenue streams and reduce costs.
• Altiplano has a very experienced board, which Alastair talks about during the podcast.
• They are looking to acquire more assets
• The agreement at Marie Luisa, Chile has recently been renegotiated. It has close to 7grams per tonne of gold and 1.9% in copper.
• Altiplano has several other projects progressing and coming on stream.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Over a span of 20/30 years, they (The Metals Group) have been involved in 25/30 successful companies. ´

‘Our business model is to use cash flow to support exploration.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: http://www.apnmetals.com

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/metals_group

Email: [email protected]

Meet Alastair at Mines & Money London on 1st and 2nd December 2021. You can get 10% off with the discount code DIGDEEP10 when registering at: https://minesandmoney.com/

So, get your tickets today and we will see you there...

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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 with Martin French, Executive Chairman of Chesterfield Resources. It is a mineral exploration company operating in Canada and Cyprus, focused on copper and gold and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Martin has over 30 years of experience in capital markets, investment banking and mining and has worked all over the world in Asia, South America and Africa and tells us the story of Chesterfield Resources.

He is going to be at the Mines & Money London Event as a panel speaker on the 1st & 2nd December 2021 so if you have any questions then please get in contact with him or meet him in person at the event.

You can get 10% off with the discount code DIGDEEP10 when registering at: https://minesandmoney.com/

So, listen to this podcast, get your tickets today and we will see you there...

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Chesterfield Resources has just finished drilling at their Cyprus resource.
• Polymetal International, the gold specialists, backed them in November 2020.
• In July, they purchased a big copper exploration project in Labrador, Canada and partnered with Altius Minerals to explore it.
• Most big mining companies want to get exposed to copper and many are doing so by buying into exploration companies.
• The Canadian site is a sedimentary basin. Geology which typically results in good yields.
• There are already around 250 copper shows on the surface, so it is clearly heavily mineralised.
• Yet, due to it being isolated very little drilling has taken place, to date.
• Their first meeting with the Inuit First Nations Grand Chief, Etienne Rich went well.
• The Canadian brokers have responded well to their offering.
• Having Dr Neil O´Brien on board is paying dividends. He is well known and respected in the industry.
• Bottlenecks at the assay labs are causing problems.
• In Cyprus, exploration of the Limni South dumpsite is yielding good results, so they are looking to put together a gold oxide project.
• They plan to roll out IR programmes in London, then Toronto. Followed by a secondary listing in 2022.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We´ve now got two really good partners. So, for a small company, we´ve come a long way. ´

‘It´s in a very very low-risk jurisdiction…. Also, Labrador is regarded as the best province in Canada for mining.’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://www.chesterfieldresourcesplc.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chesterfield-resources-inc.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chesterfieldplc

Email: [email protected]

Meet Martin at Mines & Money London on 1st and 2nd December 2021. You can get 10% off with the discount code DIGDEEP10 when registering at: https://minesandmoney.com/

So, get your tickets today and we will see you there...

 

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, 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

[email protected]

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.