In this episode, we chat to Julian Treger, CEO Designate of Audley Capital, a company that focuses on long-term investment opportunities in large-scale natural resources assets where it has identified the potential to add significant value.

Julian comes from the financial industry. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard University. In this episode, Julian is going to talk about the exciting project Audley Capital is involved in. Including their new venture CoTec.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• CoTec is based on the TSX.
• Its focus is on using green disruptive technology for mineral extraction.
• Conventional mining investing is riskier than it was a few years ago.
• The focus of CoTec is on the circular economy. On reprocessing and recycling.
• CoTec is in the process of buying two disruptive technologies to apply to their assets.
• It is now possible to pelletize iron ore without heat.
• New binding polymer technology means a lot of the waste we have can be recycled.
• The impact of the war in Ukraine is likely to have is discussed in detail.
• There will be a huge rush to rearm.
• New technology is being adopted far faster and the pace of change is likely to accelerate.
• It may even be possible to utilize nuclear waste.

BEST MOMENTS

‘These green disruptive technologies have a much lower carbon footprint, lower costs and allow a more modular approach. ´

‘I think recycling and reprocessing around the circular economy is a big opportunity.’

‘Our philosophy is to buy really disruptive, innovative technologies and then apply them to assets.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://cotec.ca/

Email: treger@cotec.ca

Binding Solutions: https://www.bindingsolutions.uk/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST

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 insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.

Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specializing in all areas of mining across the globe from the 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 client's organizations 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.

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.