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Steve “Squizzy” Taylor is a Leinster legend. He has been on the Jumbo for 25 years and has proudly made the shit ground at Leinster his own. We talk about his early career of Rugby League in Wollongong and how this put him in great stead to be a great Underground Miner. Squizzy takes a lot from his younger days of Rugby League and has applied it towards being a good cross shift and a team player.

There is plenty to learn in this episode about keeping yourself in a good head space and having a positive attitude towards your Mining career.

In this yarn we have a 4-way chat about the current skills shortage and high employee turnover/demand in the Underground Mining industry. This then feeds into discussing the challenge of manning up the Bellevue Gold Underground project in the coming year.

Life Of Mine was kindly joined by both some new and familiar faces for this chat:

– Kerry-Lee Lynx who is an Underground all-rounder.

– Shane McLeay, Principal Engineer at Entech.

– Craig Jones, COO at Bellevue Gold.

Welcome to another episode of the ENTECH LEGENDS series, proudly bought to you by the crew at Entech. If you are looking for an International Mining Consultant specialist, check them out at www.entechmining.com.au for all of your Resource Geology, Mining Engineering, Geotechnical and Ventilation needs.

Martin Down has recently retired from the Underground Mining industry, falling just a few years short of a 50 year career. His father was the Chief Accountant for Western Mining in Kambalda back in the 60s, which saw Martin find a career with WMC in the Mining industry. He worked all through Kambalda and spins plenty of intriguing yarns about Mining in the Nickel boom.

Martin was also a Shift Boss at Bronzewing and was heavily involved in the recovery efforts following the Backfill disaster in 2000, which saw 3 fatalities. This was a very emotional and powerful topic for Martin to open up on. It was a great tribute to the 3 Miners that passed, but also great recognition towards all the heroic Miners that were involved in the recovery.

First yarn of the Life Of Mine minis. A few things that everyone underground can do to help get more cuts. Everyone from Jumbo to the Truckies can do their part to get more metres. Feel free to get the comment train going with all your tips and tricks. 

Send through your Life Of Mine mini episode requests, and I’ll talk heaps of shit and make them happen.

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Gemma Murphy has been a Mine Surveyor for over 25 years and is now the Operations Manager at Mine Survey Plus. She has been there and done it all and done it everywhere. Awesome yarn about the what Surveying was and where it is heading with all the new and exciting technology. Plenty of laughs and plenty of knowledge in this yarn. 

Make sure you check out Mine Survey Plus at https://minesurveyplus.com/. They can hook you up with all the wizz bang Survey technology such as:

They can also provide technical solutions for:

Luke Gleeson is the Head of Corporate Development for the new and exciting Gold Miner on the block, Bellevue Gold Limited (ASX:BGL).

Well we’re mixing it up, David Tucker has subbed in as the Life Of Mine host to interview Matt Michael (me).

We thought it might be time to give some history on the Life Of Mine host from birth to today. No point giving too much away, but this episode gives a great insight into why I am so passionate about topics such as Mental Health, Addiction and sensible Money Management.

I hope you all enjoy this, it was a great experience to reflect on the Matt Michael journey (its been a bit out there).

The old meets the new. Blake “The Big Fulla” and Jeff “Dahmer” Elder joined me to discuss our Top 5 video games for Racing, Sport and Voilence from our eras. Plenty of nostalgia talking about Super Nintendo’s and Sega Mega Drives in this one. 

Jeff “Dahmer” Elder came in to provide a bit of underground wisdom about charging Development cuts with Emulsion. Dahmer gives away plenty of tips and tricks on how to:

– Pull cuts better with Emulsion

– Reduce decoupling

– Reduce misfires

With many many years of charging experience, Dahmer is the man you want to listen to if you want some practical Charge-up tips.

Welcome to the 3rd episode of the ENTECH LEGENDS series, proudly bought to you by the crew at Entech. If you are looking for an International Mining Consultant specialist, check them out at www.entechmining.com.au for all of your Resource Geology, Mining Engineering, Geotechnical and Ventilation needs.

Bryan Worthington, what an absolute bloody legend. In his 20’s, Bryan was the sole Rise Miner at Mt Charlotte in Kalgoorlie. He then had plenty of years working in and around WA Airlegging, Jumbo Operating and Managing and then spearheaded the setup of Byrnecut’s first ever offshore contract at Bulyanhulu in Tanzania. This is an unbelievable yarn where you’ll hear about:

– How Bryan blew himself up in Rise

– The cunning trick behind how he always made his son Boof lay the rails when they were Airlegging

– Why a 7 foot Maasai piggy backed his mother on a 800km trip just because she wanted to meet Bryan in Tanzania.

and plenty plenty more.