On The Rocks

Host Emily King and guest Jim Culver talk about Silver Thursday and more.

Host Emily King and guest Chad Peters talk about starting a company during the pandemic, the importance of being transparent with shareholders, and more.

On this episode, Frank and Emily chat about mining investment in politically insecure climates, Frank's journey into mining law, and the biggest mining scandal in history - Bre-X.

Host Emily King and her good friend Daniele Spethmann share stories from their time in frontier markets, discuss the importance of valuing every single person throughout the exploration process, and answer some questions from young mining industry professionals.

This week's guest is Miranda Werstiuk. Miranda, the Director of Corporate Development at OCIM Precious Metals SA, is a corporate finance and investment banking professional with 25 years of global experience in the resource finance sector. She has been involved in transactions with junior, mid-tier, and senior exploration, development, and producing natural resources, as well as technology companies, totaling over C$165 million. Miranda discusses her unique path to enter the industry, making the financing structure of mining projects work… and getting muted by a helicopter pilot on one of her mining adventures!

A self-described ‘mining guy’ with 40 years of industry experience, including about 10 years as CEO of leading Miners, Tom is a long proponent of disruptive innovation. Tom was deeply involved in the pioneering years for autonomous trucks and now has turned his focus to a topic that was once science fiction, but now a reality: seabed mining. Very much a part of the long-running debate in society between the benefits vs the downsides of mining, Tom was a truly fascinating guest to have On The Rocks. Tom and host Emily King chat about mining in the movies, innovation in the industry, and mining’s complicated PR problem.