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Scheduled to present at AusIMM Future Mining Conference on the future of critical metals

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Technical Paper Reviews

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I am scheduled to present at the Third International AusIMM Future Mining Conference between 4-6th November in Sydney. I will present a paper entitled: "An Assessment of the Potential for Transformational Market Growth amongst the Critical Metals" on behalf of the co-authors: Josh Wright, Allan Trench and Paul Miller. The abstract for the presentation is: "A ‘critical metal’ is one that…
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The forgotten economic potential of new mineral discovery (MiningNewsPremium.net)

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

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There's a co-authored article with Allan Trench on today's MiningNewsPremium.net Strictly Boardroom column, entitled "The forgotten economic potential of new mineral discovery". The article draws from some of our experiences in the past few weeks teaching on the International Mining for Development Centre's Mineral Policy and Economics course. Quite simply the article reviews how governments often focus on gaining their…
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Discovery Day 2015: How mineral deposits are really discovered!

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, PhD, Recommended

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This year, Allan Trench of the Centre for Exploration Targeting is hosting Discovery Day on Tuesday 24th February at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle. This is my favourite annual seminar as it includes a host of presenters who have actually discovered mineral deposits, discussing the reality of how it happened, including what role serendipity played. Perspectives comes from geology, geochemistry,…
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