Dig Deep

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 and silver ounces in Nevada and Arizona. Integra recently merged with Millennial so we talk more about this transaction and why this is good for both companies. "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." -- African proverb. KEY TAKEAWAYS When we harness the power of two teams into one force, it dramatically multiplies the strengths we have at hand. There are too many exploration and development companies in operation right now - the market is saturated. The merger is designed to be the go-to choice in the space, and to remain relevant. One of the biggest problems in the sector is people. The key to success is to secure top quality assets and top quality people. The question of potential mergers should always be seen with a bird's eye perspective. By merging, we are often doing a great service to our shareholders, and indeed to the world beyond, who could greatly benefit when two forces are yoked together. BEST MOMENTS 'We see the world from the same lens' 'These are exciting times!' 'We're getting to the nitty-gritty of what we need to execute on' 'These are the strategies and the visions that we have developed for the company in the future' VALUABLE RESOURCES   Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes George Salamis LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-salamis-4220b87 Jason Kosec LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jason-kosec-0a32aa30 VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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

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 privately-owned gold bullion smelters and refiners in the country so there’s a strong and long history of working in the precious metals industry Dan talks about the history of Hummingbird Resources and their Yanfolila Gold Mine in Mail and their Kouroussa project in Guinea what their looking to achieve as a company. KEY TAKEAWAYS Dan's family business essentially recycles metals for use in medicinal practices. This has had some crossover with his current business with Hummingbird, providing traceability for gold in mining. Hummingbird are looking to build more mines, grow the company, and engender more diversified operations in the long term. Making mistakes when trying to find your footing is not a bad thing, as there are no such thing as mistakes - only lessons that make you stronger. When you're starting out, it's wise not to over-recruit. Make use of freelancers and specialists instead of crippling the business with overburdened wage bills, until you're in a better position and can hire long term. BEST MOMENTS 'The family business is effectively a recycling business' 'We're trying to refine our ability to be a grown up mining company in terms of operations' 'You have to be honest about mistakes and learn from them' 'We've made some pretty serious management changes throughout the company' VALUABLE RESOURCES   Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Twitter: @HUM_gold LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hummingbird-resources/ Hummingbird Resources - https://www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk/ VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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

In this episode we have a returning guest who appeared back in November 2019 (Episode 51). Mike Jones is Managing Director at Impact Minerals Limited, an exploration company listed on the ASX with four extensive tenement holdings within Australia, featuring significant potential for high-grade mineral deposits of gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper and nickel. A graduate from the Royal School of mines, Mike is a very experienced geologist across Australia and in particular WA and give us an update on Impact Minerals around their recent acquisition and they recent partnership with BHP Xplor, one of the first 7 companies to be selected. He also gives us an update on the Western Australia mining industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS To find a world-class project takes time. You may get lucky, but it takes an extraordinary amount of work. Resilience is the key, especially in the face of challenges in certain countries and COVID, but persistence and hard work lead to results. Impact Minerals is one of the first seven companies, globally, to be chosen to be part of the BHP Explore programme. Perth is becoming a battery hub involved in downstream processing. Required acids are available freely in this port region. Across South East Asia, many countries are starting to grow, with technology leading the field. This requires an entirely new way of mining with an endless stream of demand. BEST MOMENTS 'The philosophy of generating targets is what led me to start Impact Minerals' 'We've been pretty discriminating about the targets we've chosen' 'All of a sudden gold came back. Lithium started to raise its head' 'We're getting better bang for our buck' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes www.impactminerals.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-minerals-limited http://twitter.com/ImpactMinerals https://www.instagram.com/impact_minerals VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Spencer Cole, Chief Investment Officer for Vox Royalty who are a mining royalty company with a portfolio of over 60 royalties and streams spanning 8 jurisdictions. Since the beginning of 2020, Vox has announced over 25 separate transactions to acquire over 50 royalties. In the past 6 months alone Vox has dual listed on the NASDAQ exchange, launched a maiden dividend and announced +160% annual revenue growth. With a Masters of Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce, Spencer co-founded Mineral Royalties Online (MRO), a specialist marketplace/brokerage for mineral royalties underpinned by developing the world’s largest proprietary royalty database, which was subsequently sold to SilverStream in 2019. While at MRO, Spencer was involved in over $1 billion of royalty transactions. In addition to co-founding MRO, Spencer has spent over 10 years at BHP, South32 and UBS Investment Bank in a wide range of commercial and technical mining roles. Spencer gives us an update on VOX Royalty and give us a more in-depth understand of the royalty space and why data is becoming more important than ever within the mining industry. KEY TAKEAWAYS Toronto is the home of many mining companies, but the true understanding required for the industry is not quite there. The ASX continues to support African projects more, whereas the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX venture support South American more consistently. Junior explorers have historically sold mining projects and kept a contract that gives them a future royalty scheme. There is a huge volume of data in the mining industry that is not being properly processed and evaluated. This is representative of the opportunity we have in the sector to find insight and benefit. Royalty a mainly North American-focussed sector. Most royalties are generated when businesses sell mining claims. There are simply more gold royalties in North America because it’s a rich area in terms of gold. BEST MOMENTS 'I'm a reformed investment banker' 'There's a slight bias in terms of which geographies they'll allocate capital to' 'Toronto is a pretty fun place to live, particularly as a mining executive' 'We're typically finding these royalty contracts sitting in the hands of prospectors' 'The benefit of hindsight is always a double-edged sword' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes spencer@voxroyalty.com https://voxroyalty.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/voxroyalty/ https://twitter.com/vox_royalty VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Rob Bergmann and Brian Lentz, of Relevant Gold who are a North American project generator, junior explorer hybrid business model, developing gold and precious metal projects throughout the USA. The current portfolio is focused on discovering district-scale, high-grade gold deposits through a “new eyes on old rocks” approach. Rob is the CEO and Brian is the Chief exploration officer and director and they tell us of their story from being university friends and being out in the field to then building business together and exploring for gold in Wyoming. KEY TAKEAWAYS Exposure to the full spectrum of the mining industry allows us to gain a wide perspective about the sector's potential from the beginning. We must always take advantage of new concepts when re-exploring older projects so as to unlock potential that may have been dismissed in the past. Many of the areas in Wyoming have been historically mined, and so a systematic geological approach is necessary. As well as Relevant Gold, the space is currently being developed by US Gold Corp in Cheyenne. State support and community support is lending ease to this transaction. BEST MOMENTS 'We haven't just been business partners for 15 years - we've been friends for much longer' 'We both had a vision for discovery' 'It's an old eyes on new rocks kind of approach' 'It's such a big concept' VALUABLE RESOURCES   Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Website: www.relevantgoldcorp.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/relevant-gold-corp/ Email: ir@relevantgoldcorp.com Phone: +1.763.760.4886 VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In the episode we chat to Fred White, Chief Commercial Officer at Descycle, a relative new company with the aim of developing clean technology for a variety of metals recycling & recovery and are guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals to develop low-impact metals processing technologies. Fred is geologist and investor with a decade of international resource sector experience as a geologist, investment analyst and portfolio manager and is here today to tell us the story of Descycle and what they are looking to achieve in developing clean technology for a variety of metals recycling & recovery. KEY TAKEAWAYS It's crucial to get some kind of field experience in the sector before you settle into your chosen area. It helps to have some "dirt under your fingernails" Descycle is aiming to change the way the world processes and recycles metals, hoping to replace pollutive, high energy expensive processes. Descycle's unique form of chemistry involves using metals which behave differently than in any other processing system in use today. In the world's attempts to achieve net zero, we need to electrify economies, which requires a vast quantity of metals. DES is a new class of chemistry made of non-toxic biodegradable, mass produced inputs. They are non-water based mixtures of salts and organic compounds. BEST MOMENTS 'I went from the bush in Zambia to the mean streets of Mayfair' 'It gives you a bit of dirt underneath your fingernails' 'This novel chemistry is a new class of chemistry' 'The world is trying to reach net zero' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Fred White LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/fred-white-893b7561 VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Phil Russo, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Toubani Resources, a Canadian-listed exploration and development company with a focus on developing their Kobada Gold Project in Southern Mali, West Africa. Phil is an experienced mining and finance professional with more than 18-years experience in corporate, project development and capital markets functions working for the likes of Barrick Gold and Perseus Mining and talks about the story of Toubani Resources, what they have achieved so far and the outlook of the company in 2023. KEY TAKEAWAYS Canada and Australia are the epicentre of mining and finance, so many find themselves drawn there, specifically in the burgeoning mining sector. Toubani's projects produce somewhere in the region of 100,000 ounces per year. It is advanced and well-permitted, providing a robust platform upon which to flourish. Toubani's main strategy will be to be even more methodical in their approach towards assets. BEST MOMENTS 'The project is rather advanced' 'They call that the dark side' 'We're really fortunate to have these guys' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes  Phil Russo LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/in/phil-russo-1b319554 VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Matthew Yates, Executive Chairman of OreCorp, who are a development and exploration company listed on the (ASX) and have an advanced high-grade multi-million ounce project in northwest Tanzania. Matthew is an experienced geologist with over 30 years experience in exploration and project development working in Australia, Central Asia and West Africa. He has been with OreCrop since 2013 moving up from CEO & Managing Director and talks about OreCrop’s journey so far and discusses their Nyanzaga project and how the mining industry has turned around in Tanzania. KEY TAKEAWAYS The key to creating a thoroughbred mining operation is pulling together the varying skill sets of partners and founding a collective that is strong and talented. When we have the faith and resources of robust partners, it allows us to move on any opportunities that may arise. You must strike when they appear. Over the past two years, much progress has been made in Tanzania, with full permits being granted for special mining licenses, as well as bringing in $56 million dollars in equity to see the company through pre-development. BEST MOMENTS 'We ended up staring grass roots projects in those countries' 'We saw great geological endowments' 'We're very well backed!' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes  Website: https://orecorp.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orecorp-ltd Twitter: https://twitter.com/OreCorpLimited Email: maude@nwrcommunications.com.au Phone number: +61 8 9381 9997 VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Julian Soles, CEO of First Mode who are a global carbon reduction company focused on heavy industry and exist to solve the most dire and pressing problems for people and our planet. Julian has a background in architecture and engineering and has worked in naval/marine for most of his career before moving to the mining sector with Anglo America to be their head of technology, developing and implementing step change new technologies and practices, focusing on reducing water and energy consumption, minimizing land disturbance and waste production, preventing soil, water, and air pollution at mine sites, and conducting successful mine closure and reclamation activities. He talks about First Mode and what they are doing to help decarbonise the mining industry, specifically looking at machinery, plant and energy consumption on mine sites. KEY TAKEAWAYS Oil and gas is needed, but we also need to stop using it eventually, and so a transition must begin and take place in an orderly fashion is the planet is to survive. We can definitely decarbonise and innovate in the mining space, but it will take a new way of thinking and a brave way of exploring change. A new generation of working requires an entirely holistic way of looking at the problem. It's not enough to change the vehicles, we also need to revolutionise the entire mining infrastructure. BEST MOMENTS 'In the oil and gas space - there needs to be a transition' 'They were looking someone who can bring different thinking to mining' 'What we're trying to do is get the same level of performance with new gen' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Website: www.firstmode.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstmode/ Twitter: @firstmodehq or https://twitter.com/FirstModeHQ Instagram: @firstmodehq or https://www.instagram.com/firstmodehq/ Email: hello@firstmode.com Julian Soles LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-soles/ VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.

In this episode we chat to Russell Fryer, CEO of Critical Metals, who were formed to identify and acquire brownfield mining opportunities in the strategic metals sector as defined by the United States and European Union. Their focus is on near-term production opportunities, prioritising cash flow generation over exploration upside and where the Board believes opportunities have been overlooked and under-analysed. Their primary asset is the Mol-ulu Project in the DRC’s Katangan Copperbelt, Russell’s career has been in the mining investment and equity space working for some of the major global financial institutions and shares the story of Critical Metals and their new project in the DRC that has recently gone into production. KEY TAKEAWAYS In 1997, Russell got a glimpse of what the global world of mining looked like due to shifts in the South African market, allowing him a set of rare insights and providing a wealth of experience and wisdom. In 2010, the world entered an economic world war, beginning with China shutting off the rare earth supply to Japan. Dividends are beginning to pay off in terms of contracts and exploration. Projects begun years before are now attracting investors and interest. BEST MOMENTS 'I've been investing in mines since 1991' 'We've got a 30 year encyclopaedia book of opportunities' 'We're trying to keep the cash burn low' VALUABLE RESOURCES   Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Twitter: https://twitter.com/CriticalMetals Email: info@criticalmetals.com VALUABLE RESOURCES mailto:rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ http://www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ 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.