Resisting Pressure From Stakeholders to Make Short Term Decisions is Key With Catherine Raw

In this episode, we chat with Catherine Raw, who is an experienced executive within the mining and metals sector, and who also has experience in commodity markets, equities, and finance. She was previously the COO of Barrick Gold covering the North American region.
She has a geology/earth science degree from Cambridge. We discuss a wide range of topics including industry competitiveness, investment, women in mining and much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Successful projects balance the qualitative with the quantitative.
• In many cases, it is better to phase your investments and not put all of your CAPEX upfront.
• Taking care of stakeholders is a vital component of success. If the community wants you there, you face far fewer hurdles.
• Ultimately stores of value are important, so things will turn around.
• There is a lot of pressure on management to make short-term decisions, at the expense of longer-term decisions. The best companies resist that pressure.
• Women who are successful in mining stand their ground, but not in an aggressive way.
• We need to be able to explain the relevance of mining to the current and future generations.
• Mining needs to understand that people want a better work-life balance, they are no longer prepared not to sacrifice their personal and family lives.

BEST MOMENTS
‘I got to go to all of the cutting-edge geological frontiers and understand the investments there. ´
‘You need to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.’
‘The power industry is mining without all of the geology and mining.’
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, the 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.
CONTACT METHOD
rob@mining-international.org
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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.