In this episode we chat to Taj Singh, President and CEO of NOA Lithium Brines, a lithium exploration and development company formed to acquire assets with significant resource potential with all of their projects located in the heart of the prolific Lithium Triangle, in the mining-friendly province of Salta, Argentina, Taj has a background in metallurgy and over 20 years of experience in the mining sector in the areas of executive management, business development, capital markets, project develo...
Jul 23, 2023•24 min•Ep. 357
In this episode we chat to Shirley Hayes, who is the founder of SHiP Copper Mines, a copper mining and development company based in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa and is a 95% subsidiary of Copper 360. Shirley is a mining entrepreneur who extensive experience in surface mining and blasting and has also run her own quarrying business in the early days. Seeking and identifying alternative commodities, she started SHiP Copper Mines focusing on the concordia tenement covering 36K hectare...
Jul 19, 2023•48 min•Ep. 356
In this episode we chat to Niv Dagan, Founder & Executive Director of Peak Asset Management, a boutique investment management & corporate advisory firm, with offices in Melbourne and Vancouver. Their entire principle is built on the "co-invest" model, so they only put opportunities in front of their clients that they personally back with their own capital. Niv has a background in capital markets, broking and hedge funds and talks about the company and gives us an overview of what is happ...
Jul 16, 2023•29 min•Ep. 355
In this episode we chat to Dan Greco, an executive performance coach who works with many people in the mining sector around performance, personal issues and challenges they face within our industry plus others. He previously worked in a catering as chef, working on mining sites remotely and on FIFO rosters so is experienced and understands what those conditions and environments are like Dan responded to my LinkedIn post about getting a guest to come on to the podcast to talk about metal health i...
Jul 12, 2023•49 min•Ep. 354
In this episode we chat to Ignacio Salazar, CEO of Highfield Resources, who are an ASX listed potash company which focuses on the construction of its flagship low cost, low capex Muga Project in Spain which is fully permitted. Ignacio has a background in economics and law and has worked in the Oil & Gas industry with Shell before moving over to the mining industry back in 2009. At the helm of Highfield Resources, Ignacio tells us more about the company, its journey and what they are looking ...
Jul 09, 2023•43 min•Ep. 353
In this episode we chat to Chris Byrne, Managing Director of Legacy Minerals who are exploring for high grade gold, copper, and base metal deposits in the World Class Lachlan Fold Belt, NSW, Australia Chris and an electrical and environmental background and started his career with Anglo American in the coalfields of NSW and QLD and has been at the helm of Legacy Minerals since 2017 and gives us an overview of the company and their journey so far and what they are looking to achieve. He talks abo...
Jul 05, 2023•38 min•Ep. 352
In this episode we chat to Marna Cloete, President of Ivanhoe Mines, a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future. Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platin...
Jul 02, 2023•48 min•Ep. 351
In our 350th episode we talk with Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), one of the world's leading and most diversified companies in mining and processing of natural resources, with fully integrated energy, transportation and marketing operations. The Group is represented in 16 countries of the world on four continents and is one of the largest employers in the industry. Benedikt has extensive experience in the mining and energy sectors, holding various management & execut...
Jun 28, 2023•55 min•Ep. 350
In this episode we chat to Gene Morgan, Founder and CEO of Zelandez, who are experts in Lithium Brine-field Technology Services whose purpose is to accelerate lithium supply, which is why Zelandez provides cutting-edge technology that helps develop lithium brine resources faster and produce more profitably. Gene has a mechanical background and worked in the Oil & Gas sector with SLB before starting Zelandez back in 2016 and talk about his journey and how they help Lithium companies who are e...
Jun 25, 2023•22 min•Ep. 349
In the episode we have a returning guest who appeared back in Nov 2022 (episode 294). Jason Brewer, CEO of Marula Mining who are an African focused mining investment company, exploring and discovering battery metals in East, Central and Southern Africa. Jason has over 25 years experience in international mining, financial markets and investment banking and has been responsible for structuring and arranging corporate and project financing facilities for mining and exploration companies with a par...
Jun 21, 2023•50 min•Ep. 348
In this episode we chat to Tony Moreau, CEO and director of American Eagle Gold, a junior miner focused on exploring for world-class gold and copper deposits in North America, namely its flagship asset… NAK copper-gold property located in British Columbia. Tony is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and worked in a variety of position’s for IAM Gold, most recently Business Development and Innovation. Apart from his role with American Eagle Gold, he also leads the Young Mining Professionals Toronto Ch...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 347
In this episode we chat to Ian Wilson, founder and president of Makuri Technology who specialise in the design, manufacture, and supply of high-performance wear liner systems to optimise the front end of hard rock mining process plant, serving a global customers base Ian is a mining and business professional who’s worked for the largest multinational mining companies with a background in maintenance, engineering, operations, business development and executive management. Founding the company, Ia...
Jun 14, 2023•45 min•Ep. 346
In this episode we have a returning guest who appeared in January 2022 (Episode 203). Belinda Labatte, CEO and Director of Lomiko Metals who are a Canadian junior exploration and development company with properties in Quebec, focused on the development of a graphite and Lithium project. Belinda has more than 15 years of senior management experience in mining and 20 years in the capital and investment markets and gives us an update on the company, what the companies outlook is over the next 6-12 ...
Jun 11, 2023•28 min•Ep. 345
In this episode we chat to Tim Moody, President and CEO of Pan Global Resources, is a Vancouver based junior resources company actively engaged and focused on the discovery of copper, tin and other metal exploration in Spain. Tim has over 40 years industry experience with much of his career with Rio Tino in roles such as Exploration Director and Vice President and Director of Business Development for the company and currently holds directorships on the boards of 3 companies. Tim gives us an over...
Jun 07, 2023•34 min•Ep. 344
In the episode we chat to Rick Trotman, President and CEO of Barksdale Resources, a junior miner who are acquiring, exploring, and de-risking high quality precious and base metal projects in the Americas and have assets in southern Arizona, and Mexico. Rick is a geologist by background working for the likes of Barrick and Yamana Gold before moving into securities and private equity before taking the helm at Barksdale Resources over 5 years ago. He talks about their exciting Sunnyside project whi...
Jun 04, 2023•25 min•Ep. 343
In the episode we chat to Rob Smillie, MD of Southern Gold, an exploration company exploring for precious metals in South Korea. They have a highly experienced team with a track record of exploration success in Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe and have a growing Brownfields and Greenfields exploration portfolio they are developing. Rob is an experienced management and exploration professional, with over 30 years of experience, including significant epithermal gold exploration, and is particula...
May 31, 2023•32 min•Ep. 342
In this episode we chat to John Passalacqua, CEO & Director of First Phosphate, a mineral development company fully dedicated to extracting and purifying phosphate for the production of cathode active material for the Lithium Iron Phosphate (“LFP”) battery industry and they hold a 1.5K sq.km land claim in Quebec, Canada John is an international business strategist with over 35 years of extensive technology and capital markets experience and gives us an overview of First Phosphate, what is ha...
May 28, 2023•26 min•Ep. 341
In this episode we chat to Geert Klok, country manager for AMG Graphite who are a leading global supplier of high-purity natural graphite, operating its own mines and vertically-integrated production facilities. They were founded over 100 years experience ago and have always been synonymous with outstanding raw materials expertise, with production sites in Europe, Africa and Asia. Apart from the country manager for AMG, Geert is also the chairman of the board for the chamber of mines for Mozambi...
May 24, 2023•47 min•Ep. 340
In this episode we chat to David Austin, CEO, President and Chairman of the board of Colonial Coal International, a publicly traded pure-play metallurgical coal development company who hold a 100% interest in two resource-stage coal properties in the Peace River Coalfield of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. David has a strong coal background, having previously founded Northern Energy & Mining Inc and Western Coal, so has a wealth of knowledge in the coal sector. He discusses the curren...
May 21, 2023•25 min•Ep. 339
In this episode we chat to Raffi Jabrayan, VP, Commercial Sales and Business Development at Exyn Technologies Inc, who are pioneering autonomous aerial robot systems for complex, GPS-denied environments within the mining industry. Raffi’s background is in supply chains and worked many years for Dundee Precious Metals before moving to Exyn into a business and commercial sales role, overseeing the expansion of the business internationally in the mining sector. He explains what Exyn Technologies do...
May 17, 2023•24 min•Ep. 338
In this episode we chat to Jamie Strauss, Founder of Digbee, who are an ESG and data platform for the mining industry where their data and ESG ratings are used by investors and other stakeholders for the same reason. Jamie is an entrepreneurial CEO for the mining sector with over 30 years of experience within finance and is a seasoned independent director of listed mining companies in the past. His extensive experience has inspired him to discover software solutions, to provide a unique ESG disc...
May 14, 2023•44 min•Ep. 337
In the episode we chat to Drew Zimmerman, CEO at Stallion Discoveries Corp who are an exploration company bred to pursue the exploration of large, under-explored land packages located in the best jurisdictions next to world class projects with the singular ambition of making significant discoveries. They have projects in the Athabasca Basin and in Idaho. Drew has a commerce & investment background and been involved in public markets in a brokage capacity before taking the CEO role at Stallio...
May 10, 2023•29 min•Ep. 336
In this episode we chat to Jake Klein, Executive Chair of Evolution Mining, a leading growth-focused gold company operating five wholly owned mines in NSW & QLD in Australia and in Ontario, Canada. Jake is an experienced mining executive with a proven track record having developed Sino Gold with a market cap of $100M to eventually selling the company to Eldorado Gold for over U$2Billion. Being at the helm with Evolution since 2011, Jake has developed the company to what it is today and talks...
May 07, 2023•30 min•Ep. 335
In the episode we chat to Andrew Dinning, founder, MD and CEO of Sarama Resources, a West African gold explorer and developer focused on establishing a new mining district in Burkina Faso with a focus on their Sanutura Project. Andrew has over 30 years experience in the international mining arena having worked in across West Africa, UK, Russia and Australia and has extensive experience in mine management, operations and capital markets within the gold sector. Andrew gives us an overview of the c...
May 03, 2023•55 min•Ep. 334
In this episode we chat to Eduardo Covarrubias, Chairman at Los Andes Copper, a TSX listed miner focused on developing its 100% owned tier-one copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Chile. A chemical & Industrial Engineer by background, Eduardo has been involved in the banking industry with Chase Manhattan Bank for almost a decade, covering the mining sector in Chile and has expertise in project financing, structured finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions. As Chairman, he is going ...
Apr 30, 2023•22 min•Ep. 333
In the episode we chat to Dana Samuelson, President of American Gold Exchange who are a leading national precious metals and rare coin company specializing in dealer-to-dealer trading and direct sales to the public. Dana has a wealth of experience in precious metals and rare U.S. gold coin buying and selling, starting this company over 25 years ago. He educates us about the history of the monetary system, why its important for everyone to have physical gold and silver especially in this current ...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 332
In this episode we chat to Bob Duffin, Executive Chairman at Eastern Metals, an Australian base and precious metals exploration company with a portfolio of projects in New South Wales and the Northern Territory in Australia. Bob has more than 45 years’ experience in resource exploration, project assessment, mining investment analysis, and company management and is here today to tell us about Eastern Metals, what they have achieved and talks more about their Tara project and Brown Reef Deposit in...
Apr 23, 2023•35 min•Ep. 331
In this episode we chat to Per Wimmer, CEO of Wimmer Financial, a merchant bank specialising in project and acquisition finance within natural resources as well as sectors focussing on project debt and equity financing at the BFS/DFS stage or equivalent. Per worked for Goldman Sachs as an executive director earlier in his career before setting up Wimmer Financial in 2007 and is going to discuss the companies journey and their future. He also speaks about possibly becoming the first private Dane ...
Apr 19, 2023•28 min•Ep. 330
In this episode we chat to George Salamis and Jason Kosec who are merging their two companies together. George is President/CEO of Integra Resources who are a development-stage mining company focused on the exploration and de-risking of the past producing DeLamar Gold-Silver Project in Idaho, USA. Jason Kosec, CEO, President and Director of Millennial Precious Metals who are building a multi-million-ounce, multi-asset production company unlocking value through near-surface, heap leachable gold a...
Apr 16, 2023•40 min•Ep. 329
In this episode we chat to Dan Betts, Executive Chairman and CEO of Hummingbird Resources, an AIM listed mining company who are a leading multi-asset, multi-jurisdiction gold production, development and exploration company with two core gold projects in Mali and Guinea. Dan founded Hummingbird in 2005 and has successfully taken the company from a grassroots exploration business to a listed, producing mining company. The Betts family business has been around since 1760 and your the oldest private...
Apr 12, 2023•29 min•Ep. 328
