In this episode, we chat to Alistair Waddell, President & CEO at Inflection Resources & Chairman at Headwater Gold. Both are junior explorers working across Australia and the US focusing on high-grade precious metals and copper assets.

Alistair is an exploration geologist with a background working in Australia, South America, and North America. He is here today to talk about the exciting projects he is involved in and his experience travelling the world as a geologist.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Get out there and create your opportunities by knocking on doors.
• Get exposure to different deposit types, people, and jurisdictions.
• Young geologists need a bit of drive and perseverance and must not be afraid to take a leap of faith to gain experience.
• Working for junior miners as well as major mining companies really broadens your understanding.
• Inflection Resources has two main projects. Both mining gold and copper.
• The geologist Dr Douglas Haines was involved in putting together the exploration proposal for both projects.
• Many of the targets were on open ground, close to existing paved highways.
• They are currently working their way through thirty-five truly greenfield drilling targets in their NSW project.
• Drilling is also about to commence in their Croydon goldfields. An area that has produced spectacularly high grade finds in the past.
• Brownfield sites usually come with more risk than people realise. There is a trade-off. Alistair explains why he prefers to drill greenfield sites.
• Headwater Gold is focused on high-grade epithermal veins in the Great Basin area of Nevada.
• There are twelve projects to explore in Nevada.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Get out and travel before life gets more complicated with mortgages, families and whatnot. ´

‘I recognise the self-driving geologists. They have that little bit of extra entrepreneurial attitude.’

’I’m certainly very comfortable at taking a swing on greenfield targets that have the potential to deliver a large tier one.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://inflectionresources.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waddellalistair/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/inflectionaucu

Email: [email protected]

Headway Gold: https://headwatergold.com/boardofdirectors/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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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.

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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.