Bosta pratama, M.Sc Geostat., is recently positioned as the Principal Resource Geologist of Newcrest Mining. His career has evolved from the greenfield exploration to mine geologist, and now responsible not only for resource estimation, but also optimizing productivity, business performance and profitability. Having more than 20 years of experiences, in this episode, Bosta shares his perspective about the evolution of resource geologist tasks and estimation workflow in the mining value chain. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Aware with recent mining investment has been declining in Indonesia since 2013 correspond with Indonesian Mining Law released in 2009, Dr. Rini Sutardjo conducted an investigation through her doctoral program to find out the backgrounds behind the regulation. Although the regulation now has been changed with the new law had just released in 2020, the raw mineral export ban still persisted for certain commodities. In this episode, we discuss about some possible approach need to complete before implementing the new mining law. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Dennis Sugiono, M.Sc., and Renaldi Suhendra, M.Sc., are junior geologist currently taking Doctoral course in economic geology at the University of Western Australia and Akita University of Japan. In this episode, they are sharing struggles and obstacles have to overcome when managing their Ph.D research as well as the value by studying abroad. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Dennis Sugiono, M.Sc., and Renaldi Suhendra, M.Sc., are PhD candidates in economic geology in University of Western Australia and Akita University of Japan. Graduated from Indonesian university, they immediately continued their study abroad. They got scholarships in different ways. In this episode, they shared some tips and trick to get fundings for the tuition fee, living cost, as well as for research when doing master or doctoral course overseas. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Elang Soeriaatmadja is a geologist currently hold a database manager position of the Superior Gold Inc., a gold mining company in Australia. Several times termination experienced do not stop him in the mining sector instead of strengthening his strategy to deal with the redundancy. In this episode, Elang shares his stories related to the unexpected terminations and how a geologist should react in those situations. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Aside of his expertise in nickel and base metals mining sectors, Yoseph Swamidharma, M.Sc., also one of the KCMI (Indonesian Joint Committee for Mineral Reserves) representatives in the CRIRSCO, the International organization that managing worldwide’s mineral resources and reserves reporting organizations. In this episode we discussed about the domestic nickel industry sector, as well as Indonesian involvement in the CRIRSCO. This is interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Indonesia has a long mining history undertaken during the Dutch Colonialism before its independence. However, modern mineral exploration has been started at least during 1970’s by several foreign mining companies. Several booms and downturns, as well as discoveries in the mineral exploration sector occurred caused by various factors. Theo had published a paper in 1994, as well as a book explained mineral exploration and discoveries history of Indonesia in 2018. In this episode, he shares everything he had released in both publications. This interview is conducted in English.

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Theo van Leeuwen is one of the pioneers of the modern mineral exploration in Indonesia. After completing his Master’s degree at Leiden University in 1967, he used to spend the first 3 years in Botswana and Turkey before moved to Indonesia until his retirement in 2002 with Rio Tinto. In this episode, Theo shares his journey as an exploration geologist, as well as discoveries were involved in the South East Asia Region. This interview is conducted in English.

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Prof. Mega Fatimah Rosana is an economic geologist and a senior lecture from Padjajaran University, Indonesia, recently acknowledged to assess and evaluate the UNESCO’s Geoparks. In the country, she marked herself in developing and proving up the Ciletuh Geopark in West Java until elected as one of the World’s geological heritage in 2018. With DiscoverMine she shared untold stories behind the Ciletuh Geopark, and also the significance of geologist roles to promote Geotourism as one of promising future business. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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Naomi Ida Litaay, M.Sc is a senior geologist of MMG and used to based in Zambia prior relocated to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. She had to stay longer in Zambia due to travel restrictions. In this episode, Ida talks about her survival, travel home during the pandemic, being a woman geologist in mining companies, and how to build a support system in the workplace. This interview is conducted in Bahasa.

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