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In early 2002, Barrick Gold decides to merge with another company, Homestake Mining, to create one of the largest Gold companies in the world.
A young French Canadian geologist (do not hold that against him) working for Barrick in Nevada is asked to pack his bags and move to Australia, to take up a vacant Chief Geologist position for this combined company. At the same time, a young Australian geologist from Adelaide South Australia (do not hold that against him) was working for Homestake and is asked to take over the Australian Exploration Manager role for the new company.
Both men were taking on new management roles, a huge step up for both of them. That’s how Francois Robert and Rob Krcmarov first meet.
This episode is about two people with different skillsets who decided to work together by creating a relationship of mutual respect and trust.
Until next time. Keep exploring.
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A baseline study has been initiated to recommend standards and mechanisms for assessing competence for resources industry professionals acting as Competent Persons in compliance with the JORC Code.
A short survey has been developed to gather information to be used in the baseline study of competence issues, being prepared `as part of the current review of the JORC Code. The survey asks a series of questions addressing key issues of interest to both Competent Persons and other stakeholders.
The survey represents an opportunity for both Competent Persons and users of public information prepared and presented in compliance with the JORC Code to provide their thoughts on the issue.
Answers to the survey questions will supplement information gathered by the stakeholder survey conducted during the initial stages of the JORC Code review last year (2021). The survey is intended to supplement this information and provide additional stakeholder input. The survey is designed to take as little as 2-3 minutes to complete.
You do not need to have contributed to the JORC stakeholder engagement survey conducted last year to contribute. The survey does not collect any personally identifiable information.
The survey may be completed by following this link. The survey is only open for contributions until 14th February due to the tight timeframe specified for the baseline study so please complete the survey today.
Additional thoughts and comments on competence issues not covered by the study are welcome by email, which should be submitted also by 14th February please.
The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived! Our judges have selected six teams to advance to the finals of this year’s Next Generation Explorers Award challenge at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) online convention.
As recently announced, PDAC has decided to reschedule the convention due to the current COVID public health restrictions in Ontario. PDAC 2022 will now be hosted in-person in Toronto from June 13-15 and online from June 28-29.
In addition, the 2023 NGEA™ challenge is now open! We encourage everyone to organise a team and apply today!
Here are this year’s six finalists (in no particular order):
To find out more about the Frank Arnott Next Generation Explorers’ Award visit the website.
Best wishes to this year’s finalists!
