Behind the Scenes with Bryan

Frederick Bell is CEO of Elemental Royalties – a gold focused royalty company whose goal remains to secure royalties over advanced assets from potential royalty acquisitions worldwide. In 2018, Frederick received the prestigious Young Rising Star Award at Mines & Money 2018.  Numbers wise, Elemental Royalties listed on the TSX-V during July 2020 after raising C$24M following three years a...

David is a legend in the mining world.  Prior to his current role, he has worked in various leadership capacities in the natural resources sector over the last 30 years.  He served most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp Inc. until its sale to Newmont Corporation in April 2019. Prior to joining Goldcorp, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a dir...

Carl and I discuss tailings management and the state of the industry.  

In this episode Justin and I discuss nuclear energy, uranium and the uranium investment market.  You can find out more about Justin and his company at www.uraniuminsider.com   

Northern Vertex Mining is a Canada-based exploration and development-stage mining company which operates Arizona’s largest precious metals mine, the Moss Gold-Silver mine in Arizona.

Aneel is the executive VP of Steppe Gold, with properties in Mongolia.  Amongst other things, Aneel and I discuss the challenges and benefits of mining in Mongolia. 

Amongst other things, Daniel and I discuss the future of energy and the adventures you can have in the mining industry.  

Amongst other things, Mark and I discuss the future of mining in South America.  

Amongst other things, in this episode Tyre and I discuss what the Nevada Mining Association is and what mining does for Nevada.  

Amongst other things, Karen and I discuss the TSF score card she has recently developed and implemented.   

James and I discuss uranium and nuclear energy.  

Amongst other things, Ivan and I discuss his passion as a serial explotationist. 

Amongst other things, Hefin and I discuss their wireless geotechnical monitoring equipment, including their Geo4sight and Cavetracker systems.

Amongst other things, my long time friend Sam and I talk about the value of engineers spending time in the field.  

In this episode David and I discuss academic life during the pandemic, conferences, training courses and review board work.   

In this episode, Corey and I discuss the use of risk analyses for improving the design and operation of tailings and other facilities.  We discuss the use of Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEAs) and bowtie analyses.  

Hamed Behzadipour is a research assistant at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.  Amongst other things, we to discuss biocementation of tailings.

Jennica is a mechanical engineer with the Human Systems Integration Branch of NIOSH.  We discuss her recent article which appeared in the February 2021 issue of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.  You can find the abstract here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42461-021-00410-1

Amongst other things, Kamran and I discuss his recent article, "Haul-road monitoring in Open Pit Mines Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles".  You can find the article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00291-w For additional information you can contact Kamran at kamran.esmaeili@utoronto.ca

Amongst other things, Nathan and I discuss the article that appeared in the March 2021 issue of Mining Engineering Magazine, titled, "An algorithm for Demonstrating the Social License to Operate".  Nathan's co-author is Kathryn Marlor.  If you'd like to know more about this process, you can get ahold of Nathan at ndmanser@mtu.edu.   

Amongst other things, Eleanor and I discuss her book, "Trembling in the Bones". This is a collection of poetry about the about the Colorado Coal strike of 1913 and the ensuing 1914 Ludlow Massacre.  I first came across her book when I was watching a PBS documentary about the massacre, wherein her book was quoted throughout.  The heartbreaking tragedy is brought to life in Eleanor's book....

Among other things, Keith and I discuss what it is like to be a PhD student during the pandemic.

Amongst other things, Navid and I chat about changes in education and college studies during the pandemic.

In this episode Rob and I discuss tailings management and future trends in tailings management.

In this episode Eric and I discuss the use of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls in a tailings environment.