Dig Deep

In this episode, we chat to Paul Cronin, MD, and CEO of Adriatic Metals, an ASX and LSE-listed precious and base metals explorer and developer that owns the world-class Vares silver project in Bosnia and the Raska zinc deposit in Serbia. Paul's background is in corporate finance, investment banking, funds management, and commodity trading and is a co-founder of Adriatic Metals. He describes their journey in developing this world-class polymetallic underground mine in Eastern Europe and what this is going to bring to the region.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Bosnia has a well-developed coal mining industry. But their regulations are a little outdated compared to other jurisdictions. About two-thirds of their staff live locally, which is good for their standing in the community. Bosnia is rich in natural resources. The country has an abundance of cheap power and a fairly young diaspora that is starting to return to Bosnia, bringing all of their skills and experience with them. Inflation is having an impact. For example, the cost of diesel has proved to be a big issue. But, in Bosnia, the cost of power has not soared as it has in other jurisdictions. Bosnia is a vibrant, extremely beautiful, culturally rich, and welcoming place. People are extremely helpful, although some elements of bureaucracy move slowly. The expectation is that they will hit the ore body on their underground mine by October 2022. Production is scheduled to commence in Q2.   BEST MOMENTS ‘If we look at the way the two exchanges have behaved, we are still getting more liquidity on the ASX. ´ ‘We are a company that delivers what it says it’s going to deliver. Largely on budget and on time.’ ‘The prime minister was quoted in the Financial Times last year speaking very positively about the company and the industry.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.adriaticmetals.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adriatic-metals-limited/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdriaticMetals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adriaticmetalsplc/   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 Scott Levy, the CEO of Bedford Row Capital who is a non-bank originator that exists to serve a diverse range of firms who are unable to access the services of banks and want to raise finance in the debt capital markets. Scott has a background in financial services which includes asset-backed securities, securitisation, debt capital markets, structuring, Islamic finance, and asset management. We talk about current financing for mining companies and in particular, the royalty and streaming model that is becoming increasingly popular in the mining industry.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Bedford Row Capital´s primary function is to create access to finance using alternative sources. Over the last 15 years, vanilla investment banking has gone increasingly vanilla. A reluctance to invest in things that are not seen as totally ESG or green is making it increasingly difficult to secure capital for industries that need it. Since 2016, Bedford Row Capital has completed over 150 transactions, with most of the firms they arranged finance for being listed. It is the mid-tier transactions that need support. Streaming and royalty financing is used to fill the gap until you are ready for investors. For investors this form of finance is attractive, Scott explains why, in the podcast. It is in everyone's interest to continue production, which keeps the cash flowing. Not enough people yet understand the royalty and streaming model. Miners who want to tap into this form of finance must be sensitive to the sensibilities of new investors.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We´re in very interesting times, at the moment. ´ ‘Merchant banking, at least in the UK, is virtually dead.’ ‘Royalty financing is a way to attract new investors into the sector.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://bedfordrowcapital.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bedford-row-capital-advisers/ Website: https://www.raptorcapitalstreaming.com/   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 March this year (Episode 217). Marc Bishop Lafleche is the CEO of Anglo Pacific Group who is a global natural resources royalty and streaming company listed on both the London and Toronto Stock Exchanges. They are giving investors exposure to commodities such as cobalt, copper, nickel, vanadium, and uranium. Marc has a banking and international finance background and has been with Anglo Pacific for the past 8 years. He moved into the CEO role, early this year. Marc gives us an update on the company and their latest acquisition of a $185m copper and nickel royalty portfolio from South32.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Anglo Pacific Group is dual listed in London and Toronto. They are focused on future-facing commodities – the metals needed to achieve a more sustainable world. Their strong financial performance has enabled them to repay debts and de-risk their balance sheet. The royalty model they follow has insulated them from many of the current economic issues. Anglo Pacific has just completed a copper and nickel royalties acquisition from South32, which now holds a 16.9% stake in Anglo Pacific Group. They have reported their fourth consecutive quarterly record portfolio contribution. The current market and economic conditions suit the way the Anglo Pacific Group operates. BEST MOMENTS ‘Our portfolio has been performing exceptionally well. ´ ‘We are firmly positioned as the leading royalty company in the non-precious metals, future-facing commodity space.’ ‘We see a path to sustainable royalty income in the range of $100 million.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.anglopacificgroup.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anglo-pacific-group-plc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngloPacificPLC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngloPacificGroup/ The previous episode with Marc Bishop / https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/successfully-investing-in-a-responsible-and/id1440020656?i=1000552762597   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 May 2021 (Episode 138). Tony Reda is the founder, President, and CEO of Tectonic Metals. A mineral exploration company, which is focused on the acquisition, exploration, discovery, and development of mineral resources from district-scale projects in politically stable jurisdictions that have the potential to host world-class orebodies in Canada and the US Tony has been in mining for 20+ years and has been involved in several developments and acquisitions in the past. He gives us an update on Tectonic since we last spoke and talks about junior exploration and what Alaska has to offer as a mining jurisdiction. KEY TAKEAWAYS In the last 15 months, Tectonic Metals has acquired a new project which has 50 historical drills that showed extremely good grades. The mineral belt they are working on has enormous potential. The details are shared in the episode. They contact the native corporation in Alaska early and ask if they want to work collaboratively on mining projects. Alaska is vastly untapped. There is a lot of potential for tier one projects. The weather and lack of daylight in the winter are challenging. But this can, and is, being overcome. Now, is a good time to consider investing in mining. Tony explains why he thinks that is the case. We are likely to see more global companies setting up their own exploration and mining companies as Elon Musk has.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We work directly with native corporations in Alaska on native-owned land. We engage early as part of the acquisition process. ´ ‘Alaska is an untapped jurisdiction for mining.’ ‘The fundamentals behind the mineral space, in my opinion, are quite strong.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.tectonicmetals.com/contact/ LinkedIn Tectonic Metals: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18826447/admin/ LinkedIn Tony Reda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-reda-319b9211/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TectonicMetals/ Email: info@tectonicmetals.com Previous Tony Reda episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whajviz1VS0   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 Ritch Wigham, CEO and Director of Slave Lake Zinc. A mineral exploration company focused on the development of critical and precious minerals at its O'Connor Lake property located in the South Slave regions, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Ritch has a finance background. He is leading this junior miner into the future. Today, he talks to us about the history and what the company is looking to do to move their project forward with this critical mineral.   KEY TAKEAWAYS O´Connor Lake had a shaft built in 1952. The operation was shuttered when the price of zinc dropped. Decades ago, 25 showings of zinc and lead were found, but the project was shelved and forgotten. Recent airborne geophysics confirmed historic analysis and shows the area has rich deposits. Slave Lake Zinc has a collaboration agreement in place with the indigenous people of the area. The indigenous community appreciate that their young people need good jobs to stay in the area, which mining is providing. The site has year-round access and transport. Hydro power will soon be available, just a couple of kilometres away. Zinc is on a lot of country´s critical metals lists.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We did that first to make sure that the indigenous groups understood the benefits for them of what we were doing. ´ ‘We will be within just a couple of kilometres of being able to hook into hydro power.’ ‘It´s very very important, for Canada, to develop its own sources of these metals.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.zinccorp.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/slave-lake-zinc/ Email: rwigham@zinccorp.ca Phone: 001 604 396 5762   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 with Robert Boyd, CEO, and Director of Endurance Gold Corporation. A project generator exploration company, exploring gold and rare earth projects in British Columbia, Alaska, and the Yukon. Robert is a mining executive with a background in geology with a career spanning over 40 years. In addition, he holds many other board positions. Including being a board director for PDAC, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, and the Canadian Hall Of Fame. We talk about Endurance Gold Corp, the history of the Gold Bridge Bralorne Gold district, and the outlook for Canadian junior mining companies.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Endurance is a prospect generator company. They are currently focusing on developing their Reliance Project in British Columbia. The success of that project has moved them into the 55 or 60 million Canadian dollars valuation category. They have already picked up gold intersections that are about 435 meters of strike, within the overall gold system. Around 80% of their drill intersections have found gold. Fifteen to twenty percent of those are exceptional gold intersections. Hydropower is available locally and the mine is located very near the road. Canada is a good place for junior miners to raise venture capital. The green economy proving to be very good for mining.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Until 2020, it had never had a gold soil survey completed on it. ´ ‘We expect to be able to drill right through the fall; this is a very road-accessible property.’ ‘Mineral exploration is the R&D of mining.’   EPISODE RESOURCES LinkedIn Robert Boyd: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/robert-t-boyd-72012413 Website: https://endurancegold.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurance-gold/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnduranceGold YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UG7-pzSVK_JLPliid-a-Q   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 Mark Learmonth, CEO, and Director of Caledonia Mining who is a profitable cash-generative gold producer with a strong growth profile, with their primary asset, the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe. Mark has a finance and investment background. He joined the company back in 2008 and talks about his journey with Caledonia Mining, what they have been upto including their central shaft project and their Bilboes project, and why Zimbabwe is a great place to invest in mining. KEY TAKEAWAYS Caledonia Mining had to grow slowly. Initially, it only had access to the cash they made; there were virtually no 3rd party investors.  Drilling the central shaft has transformed the company’s profitability. The workforce in Zimbabwe is very high quality, so there is no need to hire expensive expat staff. They are now producing around 80,000 ounces per year. Currently, they are diversifying and becoming a multi-asset producer. Focusing on Zimbabwe is the plan. They know the jurisdiction well, the workforce is good and the geology is very sound. The fact that Zimbabwe has very high inflation barely impacts the business. Why is explained, in the podcast. Caledonia Mining are building a 12 megawatt solar project, which will save around $3 million per annum. Last year, Caledonia acquired a million ounce resource for $4 million. A few weeks ago, they acquired a nearly 2.5 million ounce asset. With grades of about 2.25 grams per tonne. With the extra cash flow, growth will be faster from now on. BEST MOMENTS ‘I learned the importance of really rigorous cash flow management and paying close attention to investment programs. ´ ‘There’s a lot of gold in Zimbabwe, the country has never been properly explored.’ ‘The mine has been operating for nearly 100 years. Over that time a sophisticated infrastructure had developed, which we have enhanced.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.caledoniamining.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/caledoniamining Email: info@caledoniamining.com   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 with Dennis Edmond, CEO of Kazera Global Investments. An investment Company focused on developing early-stage assets in Africa towards meaningful cash flow and resource realisation. We talk about the various projects they are involved in, lithium, minerals sands and their recent acquisition of a rare earths project in Kenya and what the exciting future holds for them.   KEY TAKEAWAYS We have built value without requiring investors' money to keep the company going. The lithium deal they are negotiating for their tantalum Namibia project will transform the company. Lithium is ripe for commercial exploitation. They are currently upgrading the processing plant in Namibia to increase tantalum production and start to separate lithium too. This will turn the Namibian project into a cashflow positive one. Recently, they introduced a pan plant to their diamond operation. Producing a positive cash flow. For their rare earths project, non-scientific valuations indicate the deposit could be worth around $3.3 billion US.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I´m trying to build assets into a position where they are either generating cash or saleable. ´ ‘it’s a considerably undervalued company at the moment.’ ‘We now have a team that is very focused on opportunities.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://kazeraglobal.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kazeraplc   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 with Ivan Fairhall, Director and CEO of Mawson Gold, a TSX-listed gold exploration company in two safe, Tier 1 mining-friendly jurisdictions: Finland and Sweden. Ivan is a chartered engineer and mine finance professional with over 15 years of mining industry experience and talks about Mawson Gold and their projects in Finland and Sweden plus their Southern Cross project in Victoria, Australia. Ivan also gives his insights into how junior (pre-development) mining companies operate in quite a nuanced world where projects, strategy and market timing need to work in harmony.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Mawson Gold is an exploration and development company. Their main project is the Rajapalot gold-cobalt project which covers 17,989 hectares of exploration permits in Finland. The field it sits in is a multi-million ounces greenfield discovery Their other project in Sweden is in the initial stages of exploration. They also own a large stake in Southern Cross Gold, in Australia. There are many similarities between mining in Sweden and Finland. They are very trustworthy and good to work with. Mining is not all about the technical merits of a project. Having a balanced team is key. You need to be sure you can raise more money before spending all of what you have on drilling holes. Mawson Gold owns 60% of the very exciting Southern Cross, Australia project.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Junior mining is not black and white. ´ ‘Nothing goes according to plan ever in mining. So what matters is how you respond to change.’ ‘Our stake in Southern Cross is effectively worth more than Mawson Gold.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://mawsongold.com/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/mawson-gold-ltd Twitter: https://twitter.com/MawsonGold Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MawsonGold/ Email: info@mawsongold.com   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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 with a returning guest who appeared in Feb 2021 (Episode 117) and Nov 2021 (Episode 192). Matt Salthouse is Chief Executive Officer at Kainantu Resources, which is an Asia-Pacific-focused gold mining company with some highly prospective gold projects in the high-grade Kanantu gold district of Papua New Guinea (PNG).  Matt gives us an update on the company speaking about the new Kili Teke deal. Along with updates on the May River project and shares his thoughts on the PNG government elections.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Kainantu Resources has executed a deal with Harmony Gold to acquire the Kili Teke project. Kili Teke is an existing inferred resource of South African standards. With around 6 million tonnes equivalent of gold. The amount of capital required to close the deal was relatively small, just a $500,000 payment to initiate it. Recent exploration of KRL North and South and May River have all yielded some good results. At May River they are waiting for around 300 results from an area with very promising geology. Papua New Guinea is a relatively stable place to mine. Successive governments have been supportive of the industry. BEST MOMENTS ‘A busy 6 months in terms of acquisition, working in the field and regional work. Consistent with the broader strategy. ´ ‘For Papua New Guinea mining is such a critical part of the economy.’   EPISODE RESOURCES Website: https://www.kainanturesources.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kainantu-resources-limited/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KainantuR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kainanturesources/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KainantuResources/   Previous episodes with Matt Salthouse - https://omny.fm/shows/dig-deep-the-mining-podcast/mining-in-papua-new-guinea-with-matt-salthouse and https://omny.fm/shows/dig-deep-the-mining-podcast/mining-in-papua-new-guinea-progress-report-with-ma   VALUABLE RESOURCES Email: rob@mining-international.org Website: https://www.mining-international.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theminingpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast/videos   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 about 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.