ORE-ATORY: Elevating Mining Minds – Details, episodes & analysis

👤Jack Kellner, Senior Director of regeneration & Co-Founder of CanaryWaves
🎙️Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting 

From memes to mine sites, Jack Kellner shows how humor, human voice, and smart tech can transform safety, tailings, and talent in mining. This episode spotlights solutions that start small, scale smart, and put people first.

Episode summary:

Lindsey talks with Jack Kellner of Canary Waves and Regeneration about humanizing mining, smarter safety, and community driven closure. Jack shares the origin of Canary Waves, a voice AI platform that captures radio chatter to add context to KPIs, surface repeat issues, and move sites from reactive to predictive. He unpacks Regeneration's stakeholder first approach to tailings reprocessing, pairing restoration with modular, capital light execution, and creative offtake models. They riff on gamifying mining to build the future talent pipeline, challenge the reflex of de risking as a kill switch, and make the case for starting small, communicating clearly, and keeping it fun, with real value for operators, innovators, and leaders.

Our Promise:

We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining, from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists, to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

Stay Connected:

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

- Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

👤 Trevor Hall, CEO of Clear Commodity Network
🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting 

Lindsey sits down with Mining Stock Daily host and Clear Commodity founder Trevor Hall to trace his path from journalist to one of mining media's most trusted voices. Trevor unpacks the 5 a.m. grind behind his market briefings, how to balance paid coverage with journalistic integrity, and why relationships, not headlines, drive returns. He breaks down where the cycle stands now: institutional money is back, retail hasn't fully arrived, M&A is brewing, and even U.S. agencies are taking equity stakes. Expect practical guardrails for a bull market (take profits, vet management, beware promoters), plus a look at the Clear Commodity Network scaling coverage across oil, uranium, battery metals, coal, and more.

Our Promise:

We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

Stay Connected:

➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤ Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

👤 Dr. Haydon Mort, Founder of Geologize
🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

In this live Spokane episode, Lindsay and Dr. Hayden Mort dismantle hiring myths, arguing mining suffers more from narrow school targeting and poor "soft" skills than a lack of talent. Hayden shares practical, brain-based communication tactics—labeling concerns, co-creating solutions, and injecting emotion—to win social license, attract ESG capital, and improve EVP. They explore cognitive diversity and non‑traditional pathways, the dangers and promise of AI in recruiting, and why reputation drives valuation. If you lead, hire, or communicate in mining, you'll leave with field-ready ways to humanize messaging, broaden the pipeline, and retain people without sacrificing KPIs.

Our Promise:

We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

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Stay Connected:

➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤ Website: [https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

👤 Holly Burton, Executive Coach & Founder of WimD 
🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

Why are women really leaving mining—and what can we do about it?

In this episode of Ore-atory: Elevating Mining Minds, Lindsey Schultz sits down with Holly Burton, a former mining engineer turned executive coach and founder of Women in Male-Dominated Industries (WimD). Holly shares her journey from falling in love with haul trucks to facing systemic barriers that pushed her out of the industry—and how those experiences fuel her mission today.

Together, Lindsey and Holly unpack the real reasons behind mining's retention crisis. It's not about remote camps or parenting—it's about underutilized talent, stalled opportunities, and systemic bias. Holly explains how coaching, negotiation, and self-advocacy can unlock staying power for women in mining while offering actionable strategies for companies to create lasting change.

If you've ever felt stuck, burned out, or overlooked in your career, this candid conversation will leave you with new tools and renewed perspective.

Key Takeaways:

✅ Retention is about opportunity, not location.

✅ Negotiation and strategy are career game-changers.

✅ Community and coaching create staying power.

Our Promise:
We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO: Steering the vision of MRC Recruiting.
🎙️ Carly Leonida, Founder of The Intelligent Miner

In this episode of Ore-atory: Elevating Mining Minds, Lindsey Schultz sits down with renowned mining writer and editor Carly Leonida, founder of The Intelligent Miner. With over 15 years of experience in mining media, Carly shares why true industry transformation begins with effective communication—especially with those outside the mining echo chamber. From amplifying Indigenous and Gen Z voices to exploring how gaming can transform training, this episode challenges professionals to listen more deeply, tell better stories, and engage in uncomfortable conversations. Discover why everyone is a stakeholder in mining—and how that reality should shape our future narratives.

Key Takeaways:

✅ Everyone is a mining stakeholder—whether they realize it or not.

✅ Gen Z isn't disengaged—they're uninspired by how mining tells its story.

✅ Vulnerability and plain-language storytelling are game-changers for trust and influence.

Our Promise:

We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting
🎙️ Leah Murphy, Founder and President of Career Gems

In this episode of Ore-atory, Lindsey Schultz is joined by Leah Murphy, certified coach, author, and host of Career Gems for the Journey. Leah shares her unconventional path from manufacturing engineer to purpose-driven leadership coach, highlighting how calculated risks, strong sponsorship, and transformative coaching helped her—and now her clients—thrive. From technical career pivots to negotiating with confidence, this conversation unpacks how professionals can lead with intention and build fulfilling, resilient careers. Whether you're in mining, manufacturing, or management, Leah's insights will change how you think about leadership, belonging, and your own value.

🔥 Key Insights You'll Hear:

✅ How calculated risk and cross-functional roles opened unexpected doors
✅ Why coaching unlocks potential that performance alone can't
✅ How to help technical experts thrive without forcing them into management
✅ The truth about salary negotiation—and what most professionals leave on the table
✅ Why belonging and psychological safety are essential for retention

Stay Connected:  

➤LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤WEBSITE: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting 

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

🎙️ Charli K. Matthews, CEO of Empowering Brands and Empowering Women

🎧 About This Session:

In this episode, Lindsey Schultz sits down with Charli K. Matthews, founder of Empowering Brands and Empowering Women, to explore how authentic leadership and community are reshaping the face of heavy industry.

From twirling batons at conferences to sparking confidence in the next generation of leaders, Charli shares how creating space for vulnerability and celebration leads to real transformation.

They discuss the challenges of impostor syndrome, the power of coaching, and the intentional design behind industry events that focus on both technical growth and human connection. Whether you're in pumps, mining, or leadership, this episode will remind you why showing up as your full self is the key to creating lasting change.

Key Takeaways:

1. Confidence can grow from being seen and supported.

2. Authenticity is not a liability—it's leadership.

3. Leadership isn't about titles—it's about creating space for others to succeed.

4. Community isn't a buzzword—it's a powerful catalyst for personal and professional growth.

5. Empowered people empower others—and that ripple effect can transform industries.

Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

Stay Connected:  

➤LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤WEBSITE: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting 

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

🎙️ Steve Virtue, Executive Consultant Mining, Politics, & Stakeholder Strategy

🎧 About This Session:

In this episode of Ore-atory, host Lindsey Schultz sits down with executive consultant Steve Virtue to explore how geopolitical change, ESG expectations, and public trust are transforming the mining industry. With elections reshaping power structures globally and stakeholder scrutiny intensifying, Steve argues it's time for mining companies to move from silence to strategy.

From Canada's shifting policy landscape to supply chain bottlenecks and global trade realignment, this conversation is a must-listen for anyone navigating the high-stakes future of mining. 

Plus, real-world examples of what good public affairs looks like—and why trust is the new currency in mining.

Our Promise:
We are committed to engaging the brightest minds in the mining industry—from executives and project developers to environmentalists and community leaders—to navigate the evolving landscape shaped by global politics and risk.

Stay Connected:  

➤LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤WEBSITE: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting 

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

🎙️ Tobi Dayo-Olupona, Lead Director AfriMine

🎧 About This Session:

In this compelling episode of Ore-atory: Elevating Mining Minds, host Lindsey Schultz welcomes Tobi, founder of AfriMine, to discuss how his nonprofit is reshaping mining's future through education, storytelling, and connection. Rooted in three pillars—Tribe Building, Mind Shifting, and Bridge Building—AfriMine empowers young professionals across Africa to find their place in mining, while reframing the industry's image as one of innovation, beauty, and impact. From founding student chapters during COVID to leading large-scale mentorship events, Tobi shares his journey, the inspiration behind AfriMine, and how his team is opening doors to careers that matter. If you're passionate about mining's future, this episode is a must-listen.

Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

Stay Connected:  

➤LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤WEBSITE: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting 

Meet the Host & Guest:

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

🎙️ Stephen Dummit, Founder of Tradewinds Leadership

🎧 About This Session:

In this final episode with Stephen, we unpack another leadership stigma: "I am right." While certainty might feel like strength, it often becomes a barrier—blocking communication, alienating team members, and compromising psychological safety.

This conversation dives deep into the role of ego in leadership and how it can subtly erode trust. Stephen offers practical insights on how curiosity, humility, and openness to challenge can unlock stronger team dynamics, improve decision-making, and support leaders' mental health.

Letting others challenge your thinking doesn't diminish your authority—it multiplies your impact.

Our Promise:

We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.

Stay Connected:

➤ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/

➤ WEBSITE: https://mrcrecruiting.com/

➤ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting

➤ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting