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 this year, Allan Trench (The University of Western Australia) presented some of our thoughts on culture and leadership in minerals exploration at the AMIRA Exploration Managers' Conference. The few comments from historically successful mineral explorers, such as Roy Woodall and David Lowell, that are recorded in the literature suggest the culture and leadership are important. However, there seems to… Read this post →
Last year, Allan Trench presented some ideas of ours, about the nature of collaborative, inter-disciplinary applied research to the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC). The DET CRC is coming to the end of its excellent run of research (primarily in low-cost drilling technologies) helping mineral explorers in Australia tackle deep, under cover exploration, one of the critical… Read this post →
I'm really pleased to tell you that a team of University of Western Australia (UWA) MBA students has won a prestigious international competition about applying sustainable development principles to the mining industry - the Schulich International Case Competition, this year with finals in Canada, associated with the PDAC conference. The team consisted of Matthew Horgan, Jessica Harman, Jessica Volich and… Read this post →