What steps should you go through to smoothly grow your career to management in the mining industry?
In this episode of the Dig Deep Podcast, Rob invites Keith, an expert exploration geologist, to talk about his journey towards being one of the well-known mining entrepreneurs. He shares some personal stories, from how he got into geology to the current business endeavours he has right now. Discover some great tips and strategies future mining entrepreneurs can acquire so they could be as successful as Keith. They also discussed the future of some commodities and a few recent issues in the mining industry.
It would surely feel like you’ve struck gold after listening to Rob and Keith’s discussion.
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Keith Barron has over 32 years of experience in the mining industry. He is an exploration geologist who has been an expert handling various commodity including uranium, platinum, diamonds, industrial minerals, sapphires, and golds.
In 2001, Keith has founded Aurelian Resources Inc., a company that focuses on gold exploration in Ecuador. He is also the founder, Director, and major shareholder of uranium explorer U3O8 Corp. and the Director of Firestone Ventures Inc.
Keith was awarded the Thayer Lindsley International Discovery Award in March 2008 at the PDAC Convention for his significant contributions in the discovery of the Fruta del Norte gold deposit. Aside from this, on the same year, he was also jointly named the Northern Miner’s Mining Man of the Year.
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight to people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from the first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. We source, headhunt and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients’ organisation in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
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