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The Emperor’s new cryptocurrencies – and gold

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

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Never ones to miss a passing bandwagon, earlier in the year we wrote a Strictly Boardroom column on digital currencies. As this was not an obvious area of our expertise we recruited some help from Dr Dick Baur - a finance expert focused on markets, who has written extensively on the machinations of the gold and bitcoin markets. Whilst recognising…
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What can your country do for you?

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

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Continuing our catch-up on the May Strictly Boardroom articles, that I write with Allan Trench (The University of Western Australia) on MiningNews.net, the next article looks at the different types of mining economy, and what this means for corporate strategy and minerals policy. Borrowing from the World Economic Forum's classification of countries, we break mining economies into three types: factor-driven,…
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Mineral Economics for Geologists

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Commodities, Exploration, Mining, Recommended

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Are you a geologist in the mining sector? Do you know how mineral economics drives decision making and success in your industry? Prove it! Take the test now! http://www.slideshare.net/JohnSykes/mineral-economics-for-geologiststakethetestnowcentreforexplorationtargetingweb   Allan Trench and I will be running our Mineral Economics for Geologists short course at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, Curtin University & The University of Western Australia on 2nd…
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