The Northern Miner Podcast

This episode features an interview with Trish Saywell, acting editor-in-chief and senior reporter for The Northern Miner, on John Felderhof and his life after Bre-X. Trish discusses what it was like to spend three days with Felderhof in the Philippines and what it was like for him to be at the heart of one of Canada's biggest financial scandals. All this and more with online editor and host, Adria...

This episode feature’s the ESG panel from The Northern Miner’s third annual Progressive Mine Forum in October, featuring Kulvir Singh Gill, DPI Mining associate director; Claudia Mueller, Global Mining Management associate director at the Schulich School of Business; Sam Pazuki, OceanaGold vice-president of Investor Relations; Miranda Werstiuk, Optimize Group vice-president of corporate advisory s...

This episode features a keynote speech by one of the mining industry’s leading futurists, George Hemingway, Partner and Head of the Innovation Practice at The Stratalis Group in New York City. Recorded live at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto in mid-October 2019, George’s keynote touches on how mining companies need to focus on tru...

Chaarat Gold CEO Artem Volynets joins the podcast this week for a feature interview with acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell. Volynets discusses the challenges, strategies and opportunities of mining in the former Soviet Union. Artem Volynets joined Chaarat Gold as a non-executive director in March 2018 and is now the company's CEO. He made a name for himself as the CEO of Russia's En+ Group from...

This week's episode features a full-length interview with Rock Tech Lithium CEO Martin Stephan on the lithium market and its major driving forces. Topics include supply and demand, extraction techniques, and where it's all heading. Mr. Stephan is a manager and investment advisor with 25 years of experience with investments in natural resources. While focusing primarily on exploration companies in...

This week's episode features a special interview with CPM Group's Jeffrey Christian by acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell. Christian discusses precious metals prices and the macroeconomic dynamics that might be influencing them. Christian says it's time to play gold on the long side, but that an upward move may take four to five years to materialize. All this and the latest news on social media...

This episode features Miles Welch, manager of diamond secondary industry development, Government of Northwest Territories, who presented at The Northern Miner’s annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium at the TMX Broadcast Centre, in Toronto, on June 20, 2019. Miles goes in-depth on the challenges of mining in the Northwest Territories, including its prohibitive costs and small workforce, and what the...

This episode features independent diamond analyst and consultant Paul Zimnisky, who presented at The Northern Miner’s annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium at the TMX Broadcast Centre, Toronto, on June 20, 2019. Paul goes in-depth on the supply and demand fundamentals of the diamond industry and why he believes that successful marketing and branding will be crucial for the natural diamond industry....

This episode features the provincial mining panel discussion from The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Chad Norman Day, President, Tahltan Central Government; Steve Burleton, President and CEO, GT Gold; Dave Nikolejsin, Deputy Minister, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petrol...

This week marks the 150th episode of The Northern Miner Podcast, with new music, a hat tip to previous hosts, and a feature interview by acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell with Scotiabank commodity economist Rory Johnston on metal prices and the world economy. Also, the latest news on social media and the website with this week's host, online editor Adrian Pocobelli. Photo credit: Codelco. Music...

This episode features the Next-Gen Leaders Panel at The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Frederick Bell, managing director, Elemental Royalties; Shaun Usmar, CEO, Triple Flag Mining Finance; Olivia Markham, director and portfolio manager, BlackRock; and Dean Braunsteiner, national mining leader, PwC Ca...

This episode features the Yukon Territorial Panel at The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Yukon Premier Sandy Silver; Graham Downs, president and CEO of ATAC Resources; Brandon Macdonald, president and CEO of Fireweed Zinc; John McConnell, president and CEO, Victoria Gold; and Paul West-Sells, presiden...

In this episode, acting editor-in-chief Trish Saywell interviews Americas Silver CEO Darren Blasutti on macroeconomics, silver prices and the economic challenges of silver miners. Blasutti says many silver companies will need much higher prices before they can enjoy the financial benefits because of an excess of high-grading at low prices. He also discusses developments at the company's Relief Can...

This week’s episode features an interview with Lucara Diamond president and CEO Eira Thomas on what the company is doing to respond to challenges in the diamond market, including competition with synthetic diamonds, as well as the need for consolidation in the diamond space, and why the company plans to maintain its 7% dividend. The interview was conducted by Dean McPherson, TMX Group head of busi...

This episode features a speech on the difficulties of raising capital by Steve Letwin, Iamgold president and CEO, at The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium, which took place at Canada House in London in May 2019.  In his trademark plain-spoken style, Steve explains the pre-eminent importance of cash flow to the current market environment and why capital intensive businesses such as junior...

This week's episode features one of the luminaries of the Canadian mining industry, executive chairman of Yamana Gold Peter Marrone, who gives a speech on some of the company's biggest projects and how it overcame financial difficulties after a challenging 2014. The discussion was recorded live at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., on May 22, 2019....

Franco-Nevada CEO David Harquail speaks on his company's performance as well as the royalty business model at The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., on May 22, 2019.. Topics covered include Franco's growing profile of long-life assets; precious-metals royalties and streaming as a business model; succession plans with chairman Pierre Lassonde retiring n...

Franco-Nevada CEO David Harquail takes to the stage at The Northern MIner's Canadian Mining Symposium at Canada House in London in May 2019 to speak in his role as chair of the World Gold Council. David talks about how the WGC's focus has changed over the years from promoting gold jewellery consumption to promoting institutional gold investing, and what the WGC is doing today in this area. With 26...

We have a treat for gold investors this episode, with a moderated conversation between two deep-thinkers who are executives of leading, Canadian intermediate gold miners: Steve Letwin, president and CEO of Iamgold; and Peter Marrone, executive chairman of Yamana Gold. Moderated by senior staff writer Trish Saywell, this free-wheeling discussion was recorded live at The Northern Miner's Canadian Mi...

This episode features an in-depth interview with the man of the hour in the gold-mining industry: Mark Bristow, president and CEO of Barrick Gold since Jan. 1, 2019, when its merger with Bristow-led gold miner Randgold Resources took effect. This exclusive interview was recorded live as a "fireside chat" with senior staff writer Trish Saywell at The Northern Miner's Canadian Mining Symposium held...

This podcast features SolGold CEO Nick Mather accepting The Northern Miner's "Mining Person of the Year" award for 2018, first announced in March 2019. The award is in recognition of Nick's role as the driving force behind the wildly successful grassroots exploration team that has drilled off the world-class Alpala copper-gold deposit at its Cascabel project in Imbabura province in northern Ecuado...

This episode wraps up our two-part conversation with strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher on the topic of Canada's Indigenous People and their land rights, and what it all means for resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo, Ont., Bill is the author of two popular books on the topic: the recently published "Resource Reckoning: a Strategist's Guide from A to Z" and the 2012 mil...

This episode features the first of a two-part conversation with strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher on the topic of Canada's Indigenous People and their land rights, and how that relates to resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo, Ont., Bill is the author of two popular books on the topic: the recently published "Resource Reckoning: a Strategist's Guide from A to Z" and the...

In this mini-podcast, we share a 10-minute highlight from Cameco's hour-long quarterly results call, with president and CEO Tim Gitzel arguing why 2018 was a "pivotal year" for the uranium market and what lies ahead for the long-suffering uranium mining industry and Cameco. This podcast is sponsored by the Yukon Mining Alliance (www.yukonminingalliance.ca). Music Credits: "Jet Fueled Vixen" rhythm...

In this gutsy speech first recorded at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum in late 2017, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and CEO Steve Letwin speaks about the need to be ever-vigilant with regards to cost control and innovation when running a business - and what calamities can happen if you're not. This is an encore broadcast of Steve's keynote in honour of his upcoming appearance...