The Northern Miner Podcast

This week's episode features an interview with Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) president and CEO John Gorman, who discusses how nuclear power will play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. John explains how the next generation of nuclear reactors, called small modular reactors (SMRs), will likely be used on mine sites and how Canada is playing a 'first mover' role in the global nuclear renaissance. All this and more with online editor and 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 Association for Mineral Exploration president and CEO Kendra Johnston and SGDS Hive CEO and AME board member Andy Randell. Kendra and Andy discuss the upcoming AME Roundup conference from Jan. 18-22, 2021, which will take place virtually and focus on diversity and inclusion. Kendra Johnston joined AME as president and CEO in June 2019 following several years of volunteer positions at AME including director, executive director, chair of the board, chair of the roundup committee and serving on numerous committees including the finance committee. Kendra is a professional geologist and mining executive with over 15 years of experience in various facets of the mineral exploration and mining industry primarily in B.C. and Yukon, and is a passionate industry advocate for responsible mineral exploration. Andy Randell is a professional geologist living in Vancouver who is tailoring his career to bring change to the minerals exploration industry. Since 2014, he has established his consulting business, SGDS Hive, which takes on graduate geoscientists and mentors them through a variety of exploration projects to help engage and educate the next generation of geologists. All this and more with online editor and 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 Caldas Gold CEO Serafino Iacono in discussion with Northern Miner editor-in-chief Trish Saywell at the Global Mining Symposium. Trish asks Serafino about what it's like to develop a mine in Venezuela and the different touchstones of his varied career. Serafino Iacono has over thirty years of experience in capital markets and public companies and has raised more than $4 billion for natural resource projects internationally. Serafino co-founded Gran Colombia Gold, where he is executive chairman. He is also the CEO of Caldas Gold; CEO of NGX Energy International; and chairman of Western Atlas Resources Inc. The mining executive also co-founded Bolivar Gold Corp and Pacific Stratus Energy, among other companies, and is involved in numerous resource and business ventures in Canada, Latin America and the United States. All this and more with online editor and 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 world-renowned economist David Rosenberg in a fireside chat with Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Global Mining Symposium on Nov. 12. David and Anthony discussed the impact of the Pfizer vaccine on economic growth, interest rates, bitcoin vs. gold, and much, much more in this hour-long in-depth discussion. All this and more with online editor and 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 an interview with Platinum Group Metals president and chief executive R. Michael Jones, who discusses the company's large-scale Waterberg PGM project in South Africa. Michael also mentions the company's newly developed technology patent using palladium in lithium-ion batteries and shares his views on the outlook for both platinum and palladium. All this and more with online editor and 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 the launch of The Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium virtual mining conference, which takes place on Nov. 10 and 12, 2020, with opening remarks by group publisher Anthony Vaccaro. As well, the news section tackles the latest developments on the trade tensions between Australia and China. All this and more with online editor and 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 featured Professor Dennis Buchanan, senior research fellow and director of the MSC in metals and energy finance in the department of Earth science and engineering at Imperial College in London. Dennis discusses his courses on mining and finance at Edumine.com, and the importance of building interdisciplinary skills to better understand the business of mining. He also describes what it's like to give lectures at Imperial College during the coronavirus pandemic. All this and more with online editor and 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 an in-depth interview with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian on the U.S. elections, digital currencies, JP Morgan's spoofing scandal, and Bitcoin vs. gold as stores of value. Jeffrey was previously the head of commodities research at J. Aron & Company, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs, and formed CPM Group through a management buy-out of the commodities research group of Goldman Sachs, to provide independent, market-leading research on the commodities markets to customers ranging from sovereign governments to investment funds. All this and more with online editor and 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 closer look at the state of technical reporting in 2020 with SRK's Mark Noppe, Corporate Consultant and Managing Director Australia, and John Pfahl, Principal Consultant (Corporate Advisory) North America. In this wide-ranging interview Mark and John discuss the evolution of technical reporting, the aspirational nature of forward-looking statements, and how investors, regulators and the industry collaborate to bring in new standards. All this and more with online editor and 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 highlights from the ground-breaking ceremony for Iamgold's Côté gold project in Ontario. Speakers at the event included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Doug Ford and Mattagami First Nation Chief Chad Boissoneau, all of whom emphasized the high paying jobs that would result from the project. The speakers also discussed how the mining industry could play a role in alleviating climate change and how the sector has provided economic stability amid the coronavirus pandemic. All this and more with online editor and 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/