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Bill Beament kindly joined us in the Entech booth at the 2021 Underground Operators Conference to give a testimonial on his long term business relationship with Shane McLeay and the Entech crew.

Episode #100 releases the long awaited TAGGED OFF website, www.taggedoff.com

This page will be dedicated to remembering deceased members of the Aussie Mining industry (both mining and non-mining related deaths). This concept opens up the door to all the members of the Mining industry that passed away from natural causes and allows them to be remembered as the true legends they were.

There will also be a Private Tagged Off Facebook page that will be the central location for sharing the website tributes and spinning some yarns about all the passed mining folk.

Firstly, thanks very much to Zooma Brand for pitching the initial idea, way back on episode #39 on Life Of Mine (and chipping in $500 for the project).

Secondly and very importantly, thanks very much to Mark Bowden for sponsoring the project (since it took 3 different website mobs to finally get the simple bloody thing done right). Bowdo is by far the most generous member of the Aussie mining industry that I have met to date and this project would not have been completed without him.

Lastly, thanks very much to everyone that donated to the intial GoFundMe page well over a year ago.

David Tucker

Glenn Egan

Michael Parker

Marcus Duck

Craig Groves

Lachlan Stanley

Patrick Byrnes

Peter Brand

Graeme Brand

Dean Pittaway

Jason Lansdell

Lloyd Mossman

Grant Brennan

Jackson Hopkins

Luke Clements

Peter Finn

Steve Wilson

Nando Clothier has been a Jumbo Operator for 15 years in a heap of Underground Mines all around the globe. This yarn has a gutload of Jumbo tips and tricks from a bloke that delivers a neat and clean job on the levers.

Rod Bridge and Dr Peter Waterman are Directors of Sideffect, an organisation dedicated to saving lives and raising drug awareness.

Rod Bridge founded Sideffect as a result of the tragic death of his son, Preston Bridge in 2013. Preston had an adverse reaction to a synthetic form of LSD at the after party of his school Ball, aged of 16. Preston was given this drug by his friend, who purchased it on the Silk Road (the Dark web) from China for just $1.75.

Following this, Rod completed numerous trips to China, posing as a major drug trafficker in aid of finding out more information regarding the manufacturing and distribution of synthetic drugs. Rod is now an expert of the Drug Industry and dedicates his life to raising drug awareness for todays youth. His objective as he states, is to simply make sure “no one dies”.

Sideffect offers Presentations to Schools, Mine Sites and many other organisations that want to raise awareness of drug use. Book a presentation with Sideffect at https://sideffect.org.au/ (highly recommended).

Richard Butcher is the Executive Vice President – Technical at Gold Fields and Andrew Bywater is General Manager at the Granny Smith Gold Mine. In this yarn, we follow on from Richard’s original Modernation episode (#54) and discuss further about where Gold Fields is at on the Modernisation road map. With Granny Smith being used as the major test mine for multiple new technologies, Andrew details what each piece of technology offers and both the opportunities and challenges associated with their implementation. You’ll hear about systems such as Newtrax, Mobilaris and many more.

Ross Graham (the “G” in “GBF) and Bud O’Shannessy (the “Mine” in LIVEMINE) come on for this yarn to share their highly impactful and inspirational mental health stories. Both Rosco and Bud have seen their mental health rock bottom and have now come out the other side to help get the conversation happening. We cannot thank both Rosco and Bud enough for opening up about their previous battles and using that as a base to become advocates for Mental Health awareness in the Mining Industry. Please share this episode to anyone you know that might be having a tough time and when you do, make sure you ask them “How’s it going mate?”.

Sue Steele and Jen Pearce are Co-Founders of both the Mining Emergency Response Competition (MERC) and Red Earth Health Solutions. The MERC is held annually in Perth on the last weekend of November, with this year’s event on November 28-29, 2020. The event is a not-for profit occasion, made possible by the generosity of Sponsors and Volunteers with all leftover proceeds being donated to charity.

This episodes takes a look at how The MERC was founded and how it has grown to be Australia’s most renowned Emergency Response Competition. Plenty of funny stories are shared from the MERC journey start to present.

Check out everything MERC related at https://www.themerc.com.au/ and follow the MERC pages on all your socials.

Also check out what Sue and Jen get up to when they’re not organising the MERC at https://redearthhealth.com.au/

Jordan Doutch is a Heavy Diesel Fitter that also runs a side gig called True Potential Therapy. TPT is all about helping people elevate their quality of life, where Jordan uses techniques such as Hypnotherapy to make this happen. Born and bred in Kalgoorlie, couple with many years of being a Fitter for both Surface and Underground mining operations, Jordan knows exactly how to relate to those within Mining.

If you would like Jordan to present at your Mine Site or if you personally want to book in a session with him, check out his website www.tpt.net.au or email him via [email protected]

Mike Lovitt is a Global Underground Technical Specialist for Orica. He is widely known as “The Global Mass Blasting Specialist”.

In this Blasting marathon, we talked:

– Mike’s early career as a Engineer and Manager

– Old School Mass Blasting

– Science behind pulling a cut – Emulsion vs ANFO

– Mike’s role in the Beaconsfield rescue

– Low voidage blasting

– Mike’s funky designs for blasting Shale Oil development in Estonia

– Upcoming Blasting automation

Plus much more.

Joel Thompson is a member of the mighty Manly Sea Eagles and founder of The Mindset Project. Through his organisation, Joel shares his inspiring story of growing up in hardship, overcoming adversity to now thriving in the field of helping others.

If you would like see how Joel can help your Company and/or Organisation, check out his website:

www.themindsetproject.com.au