Today is the official IPO listing of Leeuwin Metals (ASX:LM1) and to give us the spiel about this exciting new Nickel and Lithium explorer we’ve got the Managing Director Chris Piggott, alongside Non-Executive Director Scotty Williamson. You may also know as the Managing Director at fellow Nickel explorer and project developer, Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX). Chris has a very impressive CV and track record of being involved in some significant discoveries, namely the lodes that helped Bellevue Gold define + 3moz and also the Nova/Bollinger deposit (now operated by IGO). Leeuwin’s flagship asset is the William Lake Nickel project, located in the Manitoba province of Canada. This project has a decent opportunity for a large scale Nickel Sulphide project. There is already circa 90,000m of exploration drilling already in the ground, which is a replacement cost of circa $C355. The data from this shows Nickel intersections varying from 200m to +700m downhole, with high Nickel grades in addition to the presence of PGE’s. Chris has some decent skin in the game, being the top shareholder so he is heavily aligned with Leeuwin becoming a successful explorer. They’re trading on the ASX now, check out LM1 and enjoy my chat with Chris Piggott and Scotty Williamson.   **Check out the Leeuwin Metals website for further information**   If you would like your company to be a part of Life Of Mine, get in touch with me via matt@lifeofminepodcast.com   ***DISCLAIMER***   All Life Of Mine episodes are for information only and may contain forward looking statements that may not eventuate. Please do your own research before making any investment decision or alternatively seek advice from a registered financial professional.   ****************   Buy all your Life Of Mine Merch here   Life Of Mine LINKS   Follow on LinkedIn Follow on Twitter Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on TikTok   Make sure you subscribe to Life Of Mine wherever you get your Podcasts (links below):   APPLE SPOTIFY GOOGLE AMAZON MUSIC PODBEAN

The much awaited Geology spectacular is here for the Life of Miners. Jill Irvin, Principal Geologist at Entech joins Life of Mine to get right into the crux of Geology. We had a great chat about:  

• Some of the challenging Geology deposits in WA

 

• What Jill deems appropriate spacings for inferred, indicated and measured resource classifications

 

• Ins and outs of Resource reporting (especially when there are Performance Rights attached to it)

 

• How best to attack defining an orebody with the highest level of confidence

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*** Sign up for online JUMBO TRAINING at https://lifeofminepodcast.com/members-podcasts/ ***   Welcome to another ENTECH LEGENDS episode, proudly supported by our great friends at Entech Mining. Hit them up for anything in the fields of Mining Engineering, Resource Geology, Geotechnical and Ventilation (best in the game). Get in touch with them at https://entechmining.com.au/ and also give them a follow on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/company/entech-pty-ltd/.   Now the LEGENDS series has always been a popular one. I’ve been working on this bloke for 4 years and whether its out of guilt or curiosity, I’ve finally got him. My old boss, one of my biggest mentors and well-known figure in WA Mining, Mr Tony Sime.   Now as per usual, we yarned for about 2.5 hrs so I’ve split it up into 3 episodes. In this part 1, we go through how Simesy got into Mining and him getting on the airleg at a very young age. In these early years, he worked in and around Kambalda, Leinster, Laverton and Norseman (I probably missed some there). We also go into his victories in the rock drill comps, Simesy claims he invented the technique that Bub Butler uses when carrying the airleg back (Bub reckons he invented it so the jury is out).

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Welcome to another episode of Channel Mine News with the lads from Precision Funds Management. Andy Clayton and Tim Weir provide a sensational insight into what’s been happening in the Aussie Mining Sector. Join us every fortnight and give it a share around on Social Media to help spread the brilliance.

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Well this topic can only be described as “controversial” and “head turning” (FYI I agree with the controversial viewpoint)

Adam Turns from Symplexi recently presented at the AUSIMM Minesafe International conference, regarding “A Higher Standard Of Safety”. His topics and viewpoint pose the question “are we looking at safety in the complete opposite way to what we should be?”

Turnsy has been busy studying high performance Coaches and Organisations in regard to what makes them so successful. The guru’s he has taken a liking to have worked alongside successful organisations such as the New Zealand All-Black, Seattle Seahawks, Red Bull and many others. These individuals are:

• Dr Michael Gervais
• Owen Eastwood
• Ray Dalio
• Trevor Moawad

Safety in the Mining industry is currently driven by Procedures (shitloads of them), Management and Executives. The general consensus of Turnsy’s research is that Culture and Standards in highly successful organisations (e.g. the All-Blacks), are driven by players and workforces (not the bosses). This BOTTOM-UP idea is a complete 180 compared to how we currently do things. So if such a framework can work everywhere else in the world, why can’t it work in Mining?

If you would like to get into contact with Adam Turns about this topic or to get him onto your mine site, email him at adam@symplexi.com.au or alternatively message him on Linkedin via his profile ADAM TURNS

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Eric Cowan is a legendary Airleg Miner that has had an extensive career in Airlegging and Shaft Sinking. This yarn has some absolute cracking old-school Mining stories (and of course, plenty of fights). You’ll hear about:

 

– Getting abducted in Cloncurry

– Yabbying mission in the brand new troopy

– Snatching it and walking 90kms to hitchhike

– On the run and hiding in the Townsville Bowling Club

– Getting beat up by an 80yr old woman

– His best fights ever

– Hottest mine he has ever worked at (beyond belief)

 

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Eric Cowan is a legendary Airleg Miner that has had an extensive career in Airlegging and Shaft Sinking. This yarn has some absolute cracking old-school Mining stories (and of course, plenty of fights). You’ll hear about:

 

– Getting abducted in Cloncurry

– Yabbying mission in the brand new troopy

– Snatching it and walking 90kms to hitchhike

– On the run and hiding in the Townsville Bowling Club

– Getting beat up by an 80yr old woman

– His best fights ever

– Hottest mine he has ever worked at (beyond belief)

 

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Welcome to the first episode of CHANNEL MINE NEWS, the new go-to Mining market update with the guru’s from Chieftain Securities and Precision Funds Management.

Andy Clayton and Tim Weir joined Life Of Mine to go through everything that’s been happening in the Stock Market on both a Macro and a Micro level. You’ll hear about:

– Global inflation + Interest Rate rises (rocky road ahead)

– Rising cost pressures across the Mining industry

– Dacian putting Mt Morgans on hold (and who else is looking a bit iffy?)

– Goldman with some wild predictions about Lithium and Copper’s future outlook

– Positive company news met with negative share price movement

– IPO’s and capital raisings drying up and possibly going to shit

– Firefinch Demerger and Leo Lithium IPO

and plenty more

Thank you as always to our great sponsors at Entech Mining. If you want to know more about the leader in Mine Consultancy, check them out at http://entechmining.com.au/

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Scott Phillips is the Chief Investment Officer for THE MOTLEY FOOL AUSTRALIA and also host of the #1 Investing Podcast in Australia, Motley Fool Money.

Scott has kindly come on to help put everyone’s mind at ease, reinforcing that the financial world is NOT ENDING. With the recent Share Market volatility and Interest Rate rises, I thought it would be great to unpack why this is happening and how to look forward. It’s not all doom and gloom and it is 100% going to happen again. Please bare in mind, the share market only goes 2 ways over the LONG term…..RIGHT and UP.

If you are:

• New to investing
• Wanting to start investing
• Already investing and want to go up a level

Make sure you head to www.fool.com.au and check out what Scott and The Motley Fool have offer. There are some great packages that give you stock recommendations, coupled a gutload of investment educational resources. Great value for money, with the Share Advisor package beating the average market returns (this ledger is available so it’s no lie).

Make sure you also subscribe to the Motley Fool Money Podcast, where each week Scott and his side-kick “Straw-man” unpack everything that is investing.

Drew Harvey is the Business Development for Odell Resources.

Drew originally started out as a Underground Miner but has now transitioned into the world of Business Development. We had a great laid-back chat about both Drew’s underground career and his new ventures in the world of wheeling and dealing. 

The big question still remains….DO YOU LEAD OUT WITH THE BUSINESS CARD? 

Drew is a regular guest at the WA Mining Club, make sure you say G’day when you see him.

You’d be mad if you didn’t connect with Drew on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-harvey-34941390/ and also check out the Odell Resources website at https://odellresources.com.au/about-us/

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Important update for the all the Life Of Mine Fans

 

Life Of Mine (free version) will now be the general Mining Podcast, featuring:

– Monthly Mining market and stock update

– ASX and other top dog Executive interviews 

– Topical series (similar to Battery Metals episodes)

 

Life Of Mine Podbean Patron episodes will now be the go to spot for all Underground Mining specific chats, namely:

– Jumbo tutorials

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Andy Clayton from Precision Funds Management joins Life Of Mine for the Battery Metals series. These episodes will educate everyone on all there is to know about Battery Metals, namely what’s in an EV battery, who’s Mining all the minerals and what are the upcoming projects. There will be 4 episodes:

– What makes up an EV Battery (overview)

– Lithium

– Nickel 

– Copper

In this yarn we talk everything COPPER, which is predicted to go into a massive deficit in the coming years. In this chat we cover:

• Where all the bulk Copper is found (not Australia)
• The size and importance of the Escondida mine in Chile
• Has all the easy Copper been found?
• Upcoming global projects and who are the big players

and plenty more Copper chat.

Please share this series around your network, as it will be a great education tool for all those keen to learn about the EV revolution.

Thank you as always to our great sponsors at Entech Mining. If you want to know more about the leader in Mine Consultancy, check them out at http://entechmining.com.au/

Andy Clayton from Precision Funds Management joins Life Of Mine for the Battery Metals series. These episodes will educate everyone on all there is to know about Battery Metals, namely what’s in an EV battery, who’s Mining all the minerals and what are the upcoming projects. There will be 4 episodes:

– What makes up an EV Battery (overview)

– Lithium

– Nickel 

– Copper

 

In this yarn we talk everything NICKEL, namely the 1st commodity to get a speeding ticket and suspended from trading as you may have seen in the news. In this Nickel chat we cover:

• Nickel commodity price speeding ticket from the Russia-Ukraine war and the mob that shorted the living shit out of Nickel and got caught with their pants down.
• Nickel Sulphides vs Nickel Laterites
• The complexities and Capital intensity of developing a Nickel Laterite project
• Difficulty to find Nickel Sulphides vs the abundance of Nickel Laterites globally
• Where is all the Nickel coming from around the world
• What are the big projects in Australia and Globally (and what’s coming up).

Please share this series around your network, as it will be a great education tool for all those keen to learn about the EV revolution.

 

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Welcome to the first episode of the new and improved Life Of Mine. We're heading back to the foundations here, getting in deep with the life stories of those prominent within the Mining industry.   Our first episode is with Paul Bennett, Managing Director of Medallion Metals. Benno has had a very diverse career in Mining, where he originally commenced as a Mining Engineer and went all the way through to Underground Manager (after coming from a Victorian Timber mill). He then undertook a 9 year pivot to work for RMB, where he was involved in Financing Mining company's and deals. Paul was involved in the initial $15m that financed Bill Beament's Paulsens acquisition for Norther Star Resources, which laid the foundations for what Northern Star is today.   Benno is an absolute gentleman of a bloke and has a great story to tell, which paved the path for his current tenure with Medallion Metals.   Buy all your Life Of Mine Merch here   Make sure you subscribe to Life Of Mine wherever you get your Podcasts (links below):   APPLE   SPOTIFY   GOOGLE

Andy Clayton from Precision Funds Management joins Life Of Mine for the Battery Metals series. These episodes will educate everyone on all there is to know about Battery Metals, namely what’s in an EV battery, who’s Mining all the minerals and what are the upcoming projects. There will be 4 episodes:

– What makes up an EV Battery (overview)

– Lithium

– Nickel 

– Copper

 

In this yarn we talk everything LITHIUM. The Uber drivers are saying “its going up”. In this very bloody informative chat we cover:

• Lithium chemical makeup
• Spodumene percentages vs grade……how it calculates
• Hard Rock Lithium vs Lithium brine deposits
• The soaring Lithium price
• Pilbara Minerals unique auctioning system
• Liontown’s upcoming underground Lithium project
• Who is mining the current and upcoming Lithium projects in both Australia and the world.

Please share this series around your network, as it will be a great education tool for all those keen to learn about the EV revolution.

 

Andy Clayton from Precision Funds Management joins Life Of Mine for the Battery Metals series. These episodes will educate everyone on all there is to know about Battery Metals, namely what’s in an EV battery, who’s Mining all the minerals and what are the upcoming projects. There will be 4 episodes:

– What makes up an EV Battery (overview)

– Lithium

– Nickel 

– Copper

 

Episode 1 of this Battery Metals series gives a great overview of what makes up an EV battery and the different types of compositions (e.g. NCM batteries v Lithium Ion batteries)

 

Please share this series around your network, as it will be a great education tool for all those keen to learn about the EV evolution.

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Alex Biggs is the Managing Director at Critical Resources (ASX:CRR)

 

CRR are a Mining Exploration company with 2 flagship projects:

– Halls Peak Base Metals project near Armidale, Australia.

– Mavis Lake Lithium project in Ontario, Canada.

 

This is a fantastic yarn about Alex himself and the journey that has taken him to the heights of MD after being “not destined for much” as he put it. You’ll hear about his battle with a brain tumor in 2009 and how this has shaped the MD he is today. There is also plenty in the back half of this yarn about the exciting Halls Peak and Mavis Lake exploration projects.

Jarrad Lyster is a Jumbo Operator that invented Shake Down Mats. These mats have become the norm for all Jumbo’s, reducing vibration by 21% and providing a comfortable platform for the jumbo gods to stand on. Jarrad’s biggest mistake is that he made the Mats too good, as they last forever (very bad for repeat business).

Jarrad has now expanded his business into Salus Engineering, where he will provide more solutions to the Mining Industry. 

Check out the links below if you want to get in contact with Jarrad about Shake Down Mats or his upcoming products.

https://www.salusengineering.com.au/

jarrad@salusengineering.com.au

 

 

Tom Parrott is the Principal Geotechnical Engineer at Entech.

In this episode, we give a great overview of Ground Support for Underground Mining. Topics discussed include:

– How different bolts work (Split Sets, Resin bolts, MDX’s, Swellex, Self Drilling Split Sets etc)

– Which bolts are good in which ground

– Using the correct bit size for different bolts and lengths

– Does an MDX bolt perform as well as a Resin bolt?

– Does bolting achieve anything in really soft/broken ground?

and plenty more

 

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Andrew Penkethman is the Managing Director and CEO of Ardea Resources (ASX:ARL).

ARL have just been awarded major project status by the Federal government for their 100% owned Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP). This resource is the largest Nickel-Cobalt Critical Minerals project in Australia, with 5.9Mt of contained Nickel and 384kt of contained Cobalt. ARL are currently wheeling and dealing to find a strategic partner to take this project into production.

You’ll hear all about Andrews journey to MD at Ardea, plenty about what makes him tick as an exec and a good chunk about the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project.

Matt Nixon (CEO) and Andrew Chirnside (Chief Geo) from Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL) have come on for another quick yarn to give an update to all the investors out there.

You’ll hear about:

• Assays returned for first 7 drillholes into Boucher lode, in line with and exceeding current non-JORC resource.
• Orebody is thicker at depth than previously thought.
• Strategic requirement for the upcoming JORC Resource
• Planned surface drilling to test extents of deposit at depth

 

Hugh Brown is a documentary photographer and best-selling author that has specialised within the Mining Industry. 

He is currently developing a book titled “GARIMPEIROS”, which photographs and tells the stories of Artisanal Miners (Hand Miners) from all around the globe. The aim of the project is to give these miners a voice so they and their families livelihoods are not dumped out on the street by the world’s rich and powerful.

If you’d like to support Hugh in this important work, please click here as he would love your support: https://hbrownofficial.com/msp

 
Or if you’d like to follow Hugh’s work he is active on these two platforms:
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-brown-37a73132/
 
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Andrew Chirnside is the Chief Geologist at Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL). He has taken on this role to spearhead the exploration of Labyrinth’s Canadian Gold assets.

In our chat, Andrew discusses the success he was with his previous role with Northern Star at Jundee, and how this puts him in great shape to do the same with LRL. This interview highlights the amazing potential of the flagship Labyrinth project in Quebec. For more info about Labyrinth Resources, head to https://labyrinthresources.com/ and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter.

Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL) have provided an operational update today for shareholders.

 

Key pieces of information:

 

– 2,000m of drilling completed to date

– Initial 8 holes have all intersected the Boucher structure

– Visible Gold intersected outside current non-JORC resources between Talus and Boucher lodes (highlighting potential to expand known mineralisation)

– Acquisition of 7 new Mining claims in adjacent Ontario

– Compilation of maiden JORC resource on track for delivery in 2022 (existing NI43-101 foreign estimate is 2.1Mt at 7.1g/t for 479,000oz)

Tim Weir and Andy Clayton from Precision Funds Management chime in on the Half Yearly reporting season. Plenty of insight from the West Perth Mining gurus.

 

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Paul Michetti kindly joins us again for our 3rd TLT-Turbo Ventilation chat – Fan Testing.

TLT-Turbo are a global Ventilation Fan supplier that is now breathing air into Life Of Mine. Paul “The Fan Man” Michetti has 40 years experience in the ventilation industry and has been selling Vent Fans to the Mining industry for 25 of those years. Make sure you go back to episodes 120 and 123 to hear about Paul’s career in the Ventilation Industry and also Fan installations 101.

In this yarn we cover both lab and on-site testing for Primary and Secondary Ventilation Fans. Good yarn about the process that Fans go through before they get to your mine-site and also the testing done in-situ once they are installed.

If you would like to get in contact with Paul and TLT-Turbo Australia, head to https://www.tlt-turbo.com/en/region-finder/australia/ and follow the contact prompts. Or you can alternatively contact Paul Michetti via email at p.michetti@au.tlt-turbo.com

 

Sean “TED” Stewart has come back for a round 2 (head back to episode #46 for the best Mining rumours). Aside from spreading rumours that COVID hit the Mine camp before it actually did, there’s no new rumours to report. We had a quick yarn about the 422i Jumbo and the transition to electric technology, along with 1 for 1 vs 2 steels and Box Diamond vs Stripping.

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Elle “Robbo” Robinson is a Blast Technician for Orica. She has extensive experience in Underground Charge-up and Blasting, with a specialty in Emulsion Production charging. Plenty of tips about:

– Downhole and Uphole Emulsion charging

– Blocking off downholes

– Setting up and logging firings with Electronic Blasting systems

and plenty more

 

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Eric Samuel is a Mining Engineer that has recently made a pivot into the Finance Industry.

He founded the Facebook chat group “Ride The Wave”, which is a collection of like minded share traders that are looking to profit off Resource stocks.

We had a great yarn about investing in the Mining Industry, what high level traders are looking for….and plenty plenty more. If you’re looking to invest in the Stockmarket and buy some Mining shares, this is right up your alley.

Make sure you connect with Eric on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-samuel-01/

Matt Nixon and Andrew Chirnside have just returned from their first trip to the Labyrinth project in Quebec, Canada. Historical assays have been released today showing hits of up to 0.3m @ 619g/t Au. Exciting time for Labyrinth Resources, plenty of assays on the way.

You finally all get to meet the man that approves all your posts in Underground Miners and Aussie Underground Miners, Scott Gorfin.

Gorf and I have a great yarn about why he started the Facebook pages, possibilities of monetising them and plenty more Underground Mining chat.

Be sure to check out our Part 2 Patron yarn where all the feral and juicy secrets are hidden.

– Download the Podbean app

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This will give you access to all PATRON ONLY episode (they’re obviously the best ones). 

 

Surja Pandit is Mining Engineer that has recently completed his Underground Shift Bossing time. We spoke about what he learned from the experience and we both give plenty of advice to other young Engineers that get given this fantastic opportunity. Make sure you grab Surj on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/surja-pandit-006656b4/ he is now the go-to Mining Engineering contact.

Welcome to the first of the Entech Airleggers yarns. Plenty more of these coming in 2022, very exciting times.

Thanks again to Shane McLeay and the crew at Entech for their ongoing Life Of Mine support. Make sure you check out the global leaders in Mine Feasibility studies at http://entechmining.com.au/ for all your Mining Engineering, Geotechnical, Geological and Ventilation needs.

Our first Entech Airlegger is Branko Bosnjak, a Croatian born and bred legend of a bloke. We delve into Branko’s illustrious career on the Airleg which ranged from Shaft Sinking to all other forms of Airleg mining (and he’s still going at 59). The perfect yarn to get the Entech Airlegger series rolling.

Special announcement exclusively bought to you by Life Of Mine, the WA hard border is coming down 3 March.

Special shout out to all these folk (but not limited to):

– Workers that have stayed in WA for months/years and not seen their kids and loved ones.

– Interstate parents that haven’t seen their kids or grandchildren (like my mum Janey)

– Managers and workers that have tirelessly gone with the Covid flow, moved workers around state to state and constantly adapted to keep mine sites running.

– And everyone fuckin else

 

You should’ve accepted my interview proposal McGowan, I woulda made you sound awesome.

Last week we went into the Great Boulder Resources (ASX:GBR) story with the MD Andrew Paterson. In this episode, we delve right into Patto’s history in the Mining Industry. It’s great story with an even better bloke. In parallel with being a highly respected MD, he is also an absolute character. You’ll thoroughly enjoy the story about the anonymous newsletter that he circulated around the WASM campus back in his Uni days.

Check out Great Boulder Resources at https://www.greatboulder.com.au/

 

If you would like your company to be a part of Life Of Mine, get in touch with me via matt@lifeofminepodcast.com

 

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Matt Nixon (CEO) and Andrew Chirnside (Chief Geologist) from Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL) joined us to discuss their exciting new exploration announcement.

• Maiden 5,000m underground diamond drilling program has commenced at the flagship Labyrinth Gold Project in Canada
• Labyrinth hosts a non-JORC compliant NI43-101 resource of 2.1Mt at 7.1g/t for 479,000oz of gold
• The program is aimed at converting the resource to JORC status and targeting high-grade extensions to known mineralisation at the historic mine, where very limited exploration has taken place since the 1980s 
• Drilling will follow up on high-grade historical intersections of the significantly prospective Boucher lodes, which include results such as: o 2.39m @ 26.9 g/t Au from 218m o 1.45m @ 32.9 g/t Au from 490m o 2.4m @14.6 g/t Au from 227m
• Agreement reached with nearby assay laboratory for prioritised Labyrinth results

This episode is bought to you by Mine Survey Plus, check them out at www.minesurveyplus.com…..BEST IN THE GAME

In the first episode of 2022 we’ve got the Mine Survey Plus Founder and MD, Brett Grocock. This is the 2nd MSP legend to come onto the show, head back and listen to episode 115 with the MSP Ops Manager Gemma Murphy, no reason you can’t get more Mine Survey Plus in your life.

In MSP Round 2 with the main man Brett Grocock, we go back to first principals, not just in Surveying, but about how to get your Survey ute un-bogged in various locations all around the world, notably Pakistan. Also, how dropping the names Shane Warne and Brett Lee managed to avoid Brett getting abducted by smugglers and having his kidneys sold in Europe. Then there’s obviously a good chunk about what makes Brett and the team at Mine Survey Plus an absolutely sensational mob to work for. You’ll hear all about his career, business, unreal expat stories and shitloads more. Be sure to grab Brett and Mine Survey Plus on Linkedin (links below). Full video of this episode is also available on Youtube, where you’ll see the actually un-bogging maneuvers performed by Brett in Pakistan.

 

Brett’s Linkedin page – https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettgrocock

MSP Linkedin page – https://www.linkedin.com/company/mine-survey-plus/

 

 

 

Here’s what we’ve got lined up in 2022……..WE’RE GOING BIG

Matt Nixon comes in for another round after our first chat back in episode 105. Since then, a lot has happened:

– Matty got promoted to CEO 

– Orminex acquired 2 high-grade gold projects in the prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt in Quebec, Canada.

– Orminex changed its name to Labyrinth Resources (ASX: LRL)

 

In our yarn, Matty takes us through the project transaction process, the current exploration drilling at the Denain Gold project and plenty more. There are some very exciting times ahead for Labyrinth Resources.

In this quick yarn we go through what Entech got up to in 2021. Entech has been a great supporter of Life Of Mine this year, notably making possible the “ENTECH LEGENDS SERIES”. Head back and check out the Legends yarns, they’ve been the most downloaded chats by a country mile.

In our 2021 Entech recap, there’s plenty of chat about:

• The Nickel resurgence
• Lithium projects
• Komatsu’s Hybrid Boggers
• Modified Mine Design to suit electrification
• Interesting projects with 90°c rock temperature

Check out the leading Consultant for Mining Engineering, Geology, Ventilation and Geotechnical at http://entechmining.com.au/

Here’s one for the FIFO Mum’s and Dad’s out there, how to survive the first shift away from your kids. It’s bloody tough and something we all need to stick together on. I go through a few of the things that help me and a few other tips sent in by people.

Paul Michetti kindly joins us again for our 2nd TLT-Turbo Ventilation chat – Fan Installations.

TLT-Turbo are a global Ventilation Fan supplier that is now breathing air into Life Of Mine. Paul “The Fan Man” Michetti has 40 years experience in the ventilation industry and has been selling Vent Fans to the Mining industry for 25 of those years. Make sure you go back to episode 120 to hear about Paul’s career in the Ventilation Industry.

In this yarn we cover Fan installations for all Mining fans, namely Primary Surface fans, Underground Booster fans and Secondary fans. Great yarn for all the Ventilation Engineers and gurus out there.

If you would like to get in contact with Paul and TLT-Turbo Australia, head to https://www.tlt-turbo.com/en/region-finder/australia/ and follow the contact prompts. Or you can alternatively contact Paul Michetti via email at p.michetti@au.tlt-turbo.com

 

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In this mini episode, here are a few tips for the new to Mining GREENIES that you won’t hear in inductions. These will help you navigate through your first Mining job. Feel free to contact me if you want any more info for your first Mining gig.

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Thanks to Shane McLeay and the crew at Entech for making the Legends series possible. Check them out at http://entechmining.com.au/ for all your Resource Geology, Mining Engineering, Geotechnical and Ventilation needs. Entech are global leaders in the Mining Consultancy game and are proud partners with Life Of Mine.

Barry Upton is the Managing Director at RUC Cementation Mining Contractors. From his early 20s, he has held several Managerial positions and has gained an extremely diversified range of Mining experience. This is one of the most captivating Mining chats that you will ever hear. Shaft sinking on Hong Kong Island, handshake contracts at Freeport, freezing Canadian ground for Shafts are just a few of the interesting things we discussed. An absolute legend of Mining and even more of a great bloke to go with it.

The full video episode is also available on Youtube at https://youtu.be/a-xjp8_wRl4

Leanne Drew, aka Mad Mumzie, was the Pioneer of Mining Podcasts. She is an absolute legend and she came on to talk about her Mad Mumzie Podcast and Mining journey.

Check out her Podcast “Beers With a Miner” and all of her other links and resources listed below (including some of the episodes we referred to). She is like my new best friend, impossible not to bloody love her.

 

Website
https://www.madmumzie.com
All Podcasts 
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers/
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/madmumzie/
Beers with a Miner Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/149919862077860
Online Courses Hub
https://mining.teachable.com/
 
Episodes we spoke of:
Mining Terms you need to know with Mad Bazz
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers44
Old school 80’s mining in WA with MM’s Mum
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers44
Social Media Before Next of Kin
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers55/
RIP Big T and lessons learned
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers10/

Dr. John McIntosh on Black Lung, Medicals and fit for work
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers65/
Jody Sainsbury Coal Train Driver
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers71/

Louise Azzopardi Heavy Vehicle Mechanic
https://www.madmumzie.com/beers71/

***Hilarious Skit Video explaining ANTIDOTE SKIN – https://fb.watch/iX0F2nytPc/

The Mining industry has evolved from the Okka Boys club to the modern sensitive new aged guy. The time is perfect for all the greased up Fitters and Jumbo Operators to consider skin care.

Rachel Sutton has given away the Underground Mining life and is having a full time crack at ANTIDOTE SKIN. All natural, all organic and made my a Miner, for all the Miners.

Check it out at https://antidoteskinau.com/ and give her a follow on all the socials below:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/antidoteskinau

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/antidoteskinau/

Tiktok – https://www.tiktok.com/@antidoteskinau?lang=en

Welcome to our first TLT-Turbo episode, a global Ventilation Fan supplier that is now breathing air into Life Of Mine. In our first yarn, we chat to Paul Michetti, TLT-Turbo Australia’s front man for Western Australia. 

Paul has 40 years experience in the ventilation industry and has been selling Vent Fans to the Mining industry for 25 of those years. We talk about Paul’s career and plenty about Underground Ventilation and Fans theory.

If you would like to get in contact with Paul and TLT-Turbo Australia, head to https://www.tlt-turbo.com/en/region-finder/australia/ and follow the contact prompts.

So this was a bit of a piss take I did at work recently (worthy of a share). Tucker was having a meeting with the big boss to see if we can get a pay rise. As I could not attend the meeting, I sent him a mash up of funny endorsements from people on site (had a to pay some of them). I thought we’d bring some humour to the event, big boss got a laugh so all good. Enjoy.

Scott Williamson is the Managing Director at Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX).

Blackstone’s major asset is the Ta KHOA Nickel-Copper project in Vietnam. Check them out at https://www.blackstoneminerals.com.au/

Scott talked about the role Blackstone will play in both Mining and Refining Nickel concentrate to produce battery grade Nickel: Cobalt: Manganese (NCM) 811 Precursor for the Lithium-ion battery industry. 

We also delved in to the life of a Managing Director for a Public Mining company. Lots of hours, lots of flying (pre-covid) and plenty of wheeling and dealing all around the globe. 

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Steve “Squizzy” Taylor is a Leinster legend. He has been on the Jumbo for 25 years and has proudly made the shit ground at Leinster his own. We talk about his early career of Rugby League in Wollongong and how this put him in great stead to be a great Underground Miner. Squizzy takes a lot from his younger days of Rugby League and has applied it towards being a good cross shift and a team player.

There is plenty to learn in this episode about keeping yourself in a good head space and having a positive attitude towards your Mining career.