The Northern Miner Podcast

In this week’s episode, we discuss recent trends in risk management with Satarla CEO Sarah Gordon, who gives her views on the importance of sustainability and how miners can better measure their ESG credentials. She also talks about her new online course with Edumine.com, called ‘What is mining?’, and how it can benefit individuals who want to increase their knowledge of the mining sector. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. This week’s CEO Spotlight features GigaMetals CEO Mark Jarvis discussing the company’s Turnagain sulphide nickel deposit in British Columbia. Visit them online at: https://gigametals.com/ Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this week’s episode, we check in with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian, who gives us his latest take on the global economy, interest rates, the U.S. dollar, metal prices and electric vehicle adoption. He also explains how central banks are buying gold, but that private investor demand will ultimately be needed to push prices higher. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

This week's episode features the opening remarks by Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the 2021 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. This year's inductees were Patricia Dillon (b. 1952), David Elliott (b. 1948), William Gladstone Jewitt (1897-1978), Steven D. Scott (1941-2019), and Mary Edith Tyrrell (1870-1945). All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this week’s episode we take a survey of mining stocks and the latest moves in some of the most followed sectors, particularly gold, silver, copper, uranium and lithium. What are the trends? Which sectors are outperforming? And where can value be found? All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week’s episode features This week’s episode features Barrick Gold’s Q2 conference call with president and CEO Mark Bristow, who discusses the undeveloped potential of Nevada, the company dividend, the use of electrical vehicles in mines, the increasing importance of Canada as a mining jurisdiction, and the return to Pascua Lama. He also highlights the company's ESG credentials, new forays into Egypt, and the importance of the copper portfolio. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week’s episode features Access Mining managing partner George McLeod, who discusses the increasingly political role of mining companies, particularly in developing economies, and how industrial metals, especially those that relate to electrification, will begin to take on a strategic importance that was traditionally attributed to oil. He also discusses how recent political developments in South America, Africa and China might impact mining projects in those regions. George McLeod is a Southeast Asia specialist who has worked in the region for 12 years. He served as PwC’s regional Corporate Intelligence lead where he oversaw investigation and political risk assessments, primarily for Fortune 500 clients. Prior to that, George was a journalist who reported on Southeast Asia and Iran. He has appeared in numerous regional and international media outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Globe and Mail and The Guardian. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week's episode features Cameco's Q2 conference call with CEO Tim Gitzel, who discusses the company's ongoing challenges with low uranium prices. Despite optimistic forecasts for a uranium supply crunch, Gitzel explains how the market remains oversupplied, with the company continuing its strategy to buy uranium off the spot market to reduce available supply. He also discusses how the European Union has become more favourable towards nuclear energy as a means of achieving 'net zero' carbon emissions.  All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week’s episode features Rio Tinto’s second-quarter conference call with chief executive officer Jakob Stausholm and chief financial officer Peter Cunningham. The executives discuss the company’s extraordinarily profitable first half of the year, which included a $9.1 billion dividend, as well as ESG, demand out of China, and the company’s Jadar lithium project in Serbia. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week’s episode features Freeport-McMoRan’s second-quarter conference call with president and chief executive officer Richard Adkerson. The veteran executive discusses high shipping prices, sustainability, high copper prices, incremental demand out of China and emerging markets, as well as a recent breakthrough in the company’s leaching technology using artificial intelligence and data analytics. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week’s episode features Alcoa’s second-quarter conference call, with president and chief executive officer Roy Harvey and executive vice-president and chief financial officer William Oplinger. Harvey and Oplinger showcase the company’s record earnings and highlight the big issues impacting the aluminum market, such as China cracking down on aluminum smelters and higher metal prices. They also highlight the company’s new ‘mechanical vapour recompression technology’, which they say reduces carbon from refineries by 70%. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/