Lats week, I was invited to speak on "The current investment landscape for mining, exploration and mineral sands" at the 19th Australian Mineral Sands Conference here in Perth. The presentation explored three broad, global trends and their high-level impact on mining and exploration, with some further specific thoughts on mineral sands, in line with the conference theme. The three trends… Read this post →
Last November, we published a Strictly Boardroom article on mineral sector excellence. It was based on a panel discussion held at 'Breakfast by the Bay' hosted by UWA Business School. The panel consisted of financier and director, Michael Anderson (Taurus Funds and Hot Chili), mining geologist, engineer and director, Alex Atkins (AusIMM and Alex Atkins & Associates), Vice-President of Geoscience… Read this post →
Earlier in the year, I was asked to present at the TARGET Conference (focused on exploration geoscience) in Perth, Australia on the subject of the 'business of greenfields exploration' - one of my favourite subjects. A brief abstract and the presentation can be found below, whilst the extended abstract can be found on Researchgate: https://www.slideshare.net/JohnSykes/business-of-greenfields-exploration-sykes-trench-apr-2017-centre-for-exploration-targeting "The minerals exploration sector is… Read this post →
I am delighted to be assisting on the 'Advanced Thinking Skills' workshop, this Thursday and Friday (4-5 May), run by Tim Craske of Geowidom and Thinkercafe. The workshop is a fantastic way of developing your basic and advanced thinking processes for better learning, memory, planning and decision making. It covers theoretical, conceptual and practical ways to increase the focus, quality… Read this post →
To begin the new year, Allan Trench and I have published an article in his Strictly Boardroom column entitled "Beyond Fubar forecasts" resolving to improve mining industry forecasting techniques. The article looks at some common flaws with forecasts using Donald Rumsfeld's admittedly hackneyed 'known unknowns' and 'unknown unknowns' metaphor, before detailing six New Years resolutions to improve industry forecasting: 1)… Read this post →
