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Miners have culture too: Which corporate culture is your firm?

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Management, Media, Mining, Publications

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Last November, we published a Strictly Boardroom article on 'corporate culture' as part of a wider self-lead study of a subject which keeps popping up in our business and academic lives. As a starting point, before jumping into the serious reading, we reflected on some of the organisational cultures we'd come across in the minerals industry and academia: Egocentric -…
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What are the elements of industry collaboration that have added value to exploration?

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

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My PhD supervisor Allan Trench recently presented at the AMIRA Exploration Managers' Conference on "What are the elements of industry collaboration that have added value to exploration success?". The presentation covers the issue that whilst we know success in mineral exploration is the discovery of new high quality mineral deposits, and we have a bit of an idea about what best practice in…
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Systems-based Exploration & Mine Project Development and Mining Geology

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Conferences, Exploration, Mining, PhD, Publications, Technical Paper Reviews

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Last week I was proud to present a paper at the AusIMM & AIG Ninth International Mining Geology Conference with a paper entitled "Resources vs Reserves: Towards a Systems-based understanding of Exploration and Mine Project Development and the Role of the Mining Geologist". The abstract is included below, as well as a link to the presentation. A copy of the…
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