Last year, I helped Allan Trench put together a presentation on mining strategy, which he presented at the Wrays Resource Investment Group Seminar in West Perth, Australia. The presentation was entitled "Mining sector strategies for the future - Preparing for the next boom" and was a general review of the state of strategy in the mining sector and a couple… Read this post →
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… Read this post →
Today I have uploaded a presentation I gave in May to the Western African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) Stage 2 Outcomes Seminar, entitled: "The Role of Government Geoscience and Minerals Exploration in the Economic Development of West Africa". The presentation provided context for the excellent geoscience presented later in the seminar. The presentation also makes reference to Paul Collier's two excellent… Read this post →
The full list of speakers for the AIG "Value Creation in Exploration" Seminar has been confirmed. The list announced last week has been added to by Ian Willis, a veteran of Anglo American Exploration, who will discuss "Creating Value from Brownfields Exploration" which will kick start the session on "Exploration Strategy". Further details can be found on last week's post or the… Read this post →
With a few notable exceptions, minerals exploration is suffering a funding drought. Whilst some factors such as commodity prices and financial crises may be out of the industry's control, there is much that can be done by the industry itself to help improve the way it creates value for stakeholders. In an attempt to address these issues and hopefully provide… Read this post →
