Last week, a publication by colleagues Sam Davies (University of Western Australia & Alto Metals), David Groves (Orebusters), Allan Trench (UWA), and Jon Standing (Model Earth), to which I also contributed was published in the peer reviewed journal 'Ore Geology Reviews'. The paper is entitled "Entering an immature exploration search space: Assessment of the potential orogenic gold endowment of the… Read this post →
Continuing our catch up on last year's Strictly Boardroom articles in September we looked at the proposed gold mine royalty increase by the Western Australian government. Whilst, obviously the local gold industry was not happy, and in the end lobbied successfully for the proposal to be dropped, we (alongside gold expert Sam Ulrich) thought the proposal a good opportunity for… Read this post →
Earlier this year, we were proud to help University of Western Australia MBA student, Laurent Barrere present his coursework on Fortescue Mining Group (FMG) and Western Australian (WA) iron ore, as a paper at the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Iron Ore Conference in Perth. Although locally focused the research is an excellent study on the challenges of… Read this post →
Continuing our catch up on the Strictly Boardroom articles published in May, we tentatively dip our toes into the world of politics; though, at least, in an area, we can claim some prior knowledge, especially with the help of guest columnist, and our very own political consultant, Ian Radisich. We look at the issue of minerals industry taxation, and try… Read this post →
This week we are joined on the MiningNewsPremium.net Strictly Boardroom column by local political consultant, Ian Radisich, to discuss the proposed 'mining tax' put forward as a policy by the Nationals Party for the upcoming elections here in Western Australia. The idea is to increase taxation on the iron ore sector to cover increasing government debts following a decline in… Read this post →
