Episode 130 - Big Data in mining ft Dabby, Malik, Mullan, Stothart & Yee

This episode features a round-table discussion on "Big Data" recorded live at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto in October 2018. The panelists are: Talia Dabby, director in the Technology Consulting, and People and Organization Practices at PwC Canada; Humera Malik, founder and CEO of Canvass Analytics; Glenn Mullan, president of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and president and CEO of Golden Valley Mines; Gordon Stothart, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Iamgold; and Shelby Yee, co-founder and CEO of RockMass Technologies. The panel is moderated by Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming. We also have the last in our series of "Sponsor Spotlight" promoted-content segments: brief interviews with key personnel from the top sponsors of the Progressive Mine Forum. This episode has Kiril Mugerman, president and CEO of GeoMega Resources, explaining how his company has developed a new, clean approach to mining and refining Rare Earths in North America. The episode has the fourth and final promoted-content "Mining Minute" segment with Cobalt 27 Capital chairman, CEO and founder Anthony Milewski talking about the team that's been assembled to push his streaming and royalty company forward. This podcast is sponsored by the Yukon Mining Alliance (www.yukonminingalliance.ca). Music Credits: "Miami Nights - Main Theme" and "Hiding Your Reality" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/