All post from: July 2016

Allan Trench discussing mineral resources on ABC Radio

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Media, Mining

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Last week my Strictly Boardroom co-author and PhD supervisor, Allan Trench of UWA, along with Tim Munday of CSIRO were on the ABC Nightlife radio show discussing mineral resources and the challenges faced by the exploration and mining sector, including the helium sector! You can listen to the podcast here. It is one of the few examples of an in-depth…
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A manifesto for the Australian gold industry

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Mining

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This week's Strictly Boardroom column with Allan Trench on MiningNewsPremium.net outlines "A manifesto for the Australian gold industry" covering the improvements in shareholder returns, public disclosure, technological innovation, operation excellence, environmental management, project management, employee training and opportunity, community relations, social licence, and exploration that we believe the gold industry should try to implement whilst the times are good and…
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Positive review of Strictly (Mining) Boardroom book in ‘The Digger’

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Commodities, Exploration, Media, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Recommended, Strategy

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This week's "The Digger" features a positive review of our latest book "Strictly (Mining) Boardroom: Volume II - A Practitioner's Guide for Next Generation Directors". The book is available in paperback or e-book from Major Street Publishing or Amazon.
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Why is gold so precious?

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Media, Mineral Economics

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Last week's Strictly Boardroom article with Allan Trench on MiningNewsPremium.net was on a topic we've covered before, and will likely cover again (potentially via a book) - why is gold so precious? Specifically why is it used as a store of value and monetary exchange? It turns out there are some good physical and economic reasons. From a physical perspective…
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The light and dark side of education and technology

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Media, Mining, PhD, Strategy

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Today's Strictly Boardroom article on MiningNewsPremium.net reviews the findings of one of last month's Centre for Exploration Targeting "Future of Minerals Exploration" scenarios workshops. The workshop discussed how technology and education could be used to enable or disable engagement with the mining sector, primarily through the reinforcement or unwinding of inequality in society. The two scenarios developed considered how things can…
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