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I'm joined by Garrett Ainsworth, President and CEO of District Metals (TSX.V:DMX - OTCQB:DMXCF - Nasdaq First North: DMXSE SDB), to break down the newly announced resource estimate at the Viken Deposit in Sweden. With 1.5 billion pounds of U₃O₈ at 161 ppm, Viken now ranks as the second-largest uranium deposit in the world. Key topics covered: Major upgrade from the 2014 historical estimate with 44% growth in Inferred and 900%+ in Indicated categories. Garrett explains how the company advanced the resource without drilling, leveraging historical data. Comparison to other global uranium projects, including Olympic Dam and legacy M&A deals in Southern Africa. Strategic value of the deposit's polymetallic makeup, which includes vanadium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, zinc, and potentially rare earth elements. Plans for upcoming field work, geophysics, and preparation for a PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment) pending Sweden's uranium moratorium vote in September. Why this resource could have far-reaching strategic and permitting benefits for Sweden and the EU.   If you have any follow up questions for Garrett please email me at Fleck@kereport.com.    Click here to visit the District Metals website to learn more about the Company.

What's happening with Adelaide's property market? Is the incredible boom we've been seeing finally coming to an end? In this episode, we're joined by Peter Koulizos, the property professor, to take a closer look at what's going on in this fascinating market. Adelaide's median house price has now overtaken Melbourne's—for the first time in 40 years! And all this while having a population of less than 1.5 million compared to Melbourne's 5.5 million. It's been a remarkable run of price growth since mid-2020, but is the boom about to fizzle out? Peter dives into what's been driving this surge in Adelaide, looking beyond just affordability to unpack the underlying factors. Is this market still a hidden gem, or are we finally seeing the first signs of it slowing down? If Adelaide's meteoric rise has caught your eye, this conversation is one you'll want to hear. Peter's insights might just change the way you see this city's property market and where it's heading. Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Introduction 01:18 - Who is Peter Koulizos? 02:21 - Did the property boom in Adelaide go as planned or unexpectedly? 04:26 - Is the property boom in Adelaide losing momentum or still going strong? 05:39 - Is remote work still allowing people to live thousands of kilometres away? 08:42 - Can Adelaide locals sustain rising property prices amid economic concerns? 12:20 - What kind of growth are Adelaide's quintessential homes seeing? 13:42 - Key differences/similarities between Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane's property markets 17:58 - Peter's thoughts on Adelaide's headwinds of low growth and high property supply 24:52 - Can stamp duty exemptions for baby boomers help better utilise our housing stock? 26:54 - Is housing supply really different from the supply of other commodities? 30:19 - What is actually driving the property market in Adelaide? 34:30 - The impact of the mining industry, and the Olympic Dam, on Adelaide 36:03 - Will the return of people to Brisbane and Adelaide impact local economies and wages? 41:01 - Is it concerning that buyers agents can operate interstate without local licensing? 46:47 - Which Adelaide suburbs are poised for long-term growth beyond COVID trends? 51:03 - Is the rental shortage in Adelaide increasing demand for home purchases? 53:22 - Peter Koulizos' property dumbo About Our Guest: Peter "The Property Professor" Koulizos, a real estate expert with nearly 30 years of teaching experience, recently retired as the Program Director of the Master of Property at Adelaide University, though he continues to teach. In addition to his academic role, Peter is an active property investor and developer, holding several properties. He researches property markets across Australia to identify top investment suburbs in each capital city and has authored three books: The Property Professor's Top Australian Suburbs, Property vs Shares, and The Diary of a Small Developer. Connect with Peter Koulizos: Website https://www.peterkoulizospc.com.au/ Resources: Visit our website https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au If you have any questions or would like to be featured on our show, contact us at: The Elephant in the Room Property Podcast questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? https://www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://www.veronicamorgan.com.au Looking for a Mortgage Broker? https://www.flintgroup.au Work with Chris: chrisbates@flintgroup.au Enjoyed the podcast? Don't miss out on what's yet to come! Hit that subscription button, spread the word and join us for more insightful discussions in real estate. Your journey starts now! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theelephantintheroom-podcast Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast/id1384822719 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ge1626dgnmK0RyKPcXjP0?si=26cde394fa854765  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wall Street finished last week higher, led by tech stocks following Netflix's strong earnings report. The Dow rose 37 points (+0.09%) closing at a fresh record high, its fifth in the last six sessions. The S&P 500 chalked up a record close too, gaining 0.40%. However, gains were restrained by losses in the energy sector, bogged down by lower oil prices. Financial stocks also weighed with the S&P 500 Banks Index falling 0.1%, ending its five-day winning streak. The NASDAQ rose 0.63%, with Apple rising 1.2% on a sharp rise in new iPhone sales in China, and Nvidia gained 0.8% after BofA Global Research hiked its price target on the stock. Small caps Russell 2000 slid 0.21%, and the VIX eased 5.65%. For the week, Dow +0.96%, S&P 500 +0.85%, and NASDAQ +0.79% all comfortably secured a sixth straight weekly gain, their longest weekly winning streak since 2023.ASX SPI up 44COMMODITIESBHP's Olympic Dam copper mine halted on power outages, severe electrical storms.Oil prices fall, weekly 7% drop on China demand woes, mixed Mideast outlook.Speculators cut US crude oil net longs-CFTC.Global uncertainties drive gold above unprecedented $2,700/oz milestone.Copper rises as China rolls out support for stock market.Why not sign up for a free trial? Get access to expert market insights and manage your investments with confidence. Ready to invest in yourself? Join the Marcus Today community. 

The S&P 500 ended the final session of the week higher with a late spike. The latest batch of data pointed to an ever-resilient US consumer, potentially slowing the pace of rate cuts. Dow +0.6%; S&P +1% Nasdaq +1.1%.The benchmark S&P 500 finished August with a 2.3% gain for the month. It's now up 18.4% so far this year and is within 0.4% of the all-time high it set in July.ASX SPI Down 18BHP moves ahead with expansion of South Australia's Olympic Dam copper refinery.Oil settles $1 down as supply set to rise, uncertainty around Fed rate cuts.OPEC+ likely to proceed with planned output hike from October, sources say.Gold drops as dollar, yields firm after US inflation report.Copper steadies on China hopes, firm dollar weighs.Why not sign up for a free trial? Get access to expert market insights and manage your investments with confidence. Ready to invest in yourself? Join the Marcus Today community. 

In this episode of "The Court of Public Opinion," Jeremy Cordeaux speaks with Senator Bob Day about various topics, including the history of mining in South Australia, current energy policies, and the potential economic benefits of nuclear energy. Here's a summary of their conversation: Introduction and Mining History: Discussion on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of uranium and copper at the Olympic Dam mine by Western Mining, and the significant economic impact of this discovery. Political History: Mention of the political efforts by Norman Foster, who crossed the floor to support the development of Olympic Dam. Energy and Mining Industry: Analysis of the current state of the mining industry, with emphasis on the importance of copper and gas. BHP and Santos Marketing: Observations on the marketing strategies of BHP and Santos, highlighting the need for public and corporate advocacy for energy resources. Nuclear Energy and Waste Management: Discussion on the potential benefits of adopting nuclear power, including economic advantages and the role of South Australia as a nuclear waste repository. International Relations and Security: Potential for South Australia to strengthen international security partnerships by becoming a hub for nuclear waste management. Economic Impact: Exploration of how adopting nuclear energy could eliminate state taxes and significantly boost the economy. Comparison to Saudi Arabia: Mention of the economic model of Saudi Arabia, where citizens do not pay income tax, as a potential model for South Australia if it becomes a nuclear hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investing in Bizarro World Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIAfIjKxr02sAztzlJNy1ug5bDvTVZkME&si=w2d_EF-B5jMo1dYD Subscribe to Investing In Bizarro World: @bizarroworld A company named Bravo Mining that we follow and recommend recently made a major new discovery of global importance. Shares are up more than 130% since April to trade near C$3.50. What it found is a rare type of mineralization called iron-oxide-copper-gold. Pardon the brief science lesson from Wikipedia:Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits (IOCG) are important and highly valuable concentrations of copper, gold and uranium ores hosted within iron oxide dominant gangue assemblages…The tremendous size, relatively simple metallurgy and relatively high grade of IOCG deposits can produce extremely profitable mines, although the formation of these deposits is still not fully understood.Some examples include the Olympic Dam, South Australia, and Candelaria, Chile deposits.For the record, Olympic Dam is owned by BHP, which paid $9.2 billion for it in 2005. Candeleria is currently 80% owned by Lundin Mining, which paid $1.8 billion for that stake in 2014.I spend the first half of this week's episode of Investing in Bizarro World discussing this new discovery. Right now, Bravo has a market cap of C$380 million. It trades at C$3.50 as I mentioned. The shares have only been trading for two years, and the cheapest shares have ever publicly traded hands is C$1.47. But if you were able to finance Bravo Mining privately, before it became a public company, you could have shares at C$0.64. We do. And so do members of Private Placement Intel who financed Bravo privately with us in 2022.We are now up more than 5X on those shares with more likely to come. That's what I spend the balance of the podcast talking about: how we get access to and participate in these early-stage deals.We are holding a free webinar on June 5th to go over the merits of investing with private placements. You just need to call us at (844) 992-3004 to get registered to attend or enter your phone number in our signup form so we can call you. https://dailyprofitcycle.com/landing/private-placement-intel-webinar/You can find more details on Bravo, its history, IOCG deposits, private placements, and what we'll cover in this week's webinar in the 272nd episode of Investing in Bizarro World.0:00 Intro0:31 Bravo Mining Shares Double on New IOCG Discovery7:07 Bravo Mining Shares Quintuple for Private Placement ShareholdersVisit our website Daily Profit Cycle for more content like this and more! https://dailyprofitcycle.com/

"History is telling us that we're likely to get some new discoveries from introducing seismic into our mixture. Nobody understands mineral deposits like the geoscientists who work on them day in, day out." Dr. Heather Schijns explores the groundbreaking use of hard rock seismic data in mineral exploration with insights from one of the most popular papers at IMAGE 2023. OVERVIEW > The transformative impact of seismic data in identifying deeper mineral deposits and reducing exploration risks > The successful application of advanced processing techniques, like full waveform inversion and Kirchhoff pre-stack depth migration, on the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit > The counterintuitive cost benefits of seismic exploration as mining ventures deeper > The strategic approach to de-risking 3D seismic surveys for business stakeholders > The importance of seismic interpretation in effective mineral exploration and the evolving role of geoscientists in this domain > The potential for seismic methods to enhance safety and reduce high-risk activities in mining Host Andrew Geary and Heather Schijns discuss her expanded abstract, "Sparse 3D seismic survey over the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit." This episode delves into why now is the perfect time for the mining industry to embrace seismic methods, especially as the search for base metal resources deepens and conventional geophysical approaches face limitations. Listeners will be captivated by the journey from a sparse 3D seismic survey to a comprehensive understanding of the Olympic Dam deposit and how this approach paves the way for future exploration strategies. The episode also tackles the critical business aspect of seismic exploration, urging listeners to consider the value and risk reduction seismic data can provide. LINKS * Visit https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-222-the-seismic-approach-to-mining-geophysics-heather-schijns/ for the complete interview transcript and all the links referenced in the show. BIOGRAPHY Heather Schijns is the Principal Technical Specialist at Teck Resources Limited, supporting Europe/Africa exploration geophysics and generative. She is a geophysicist with experience exploring North and South America, Australia, and Africa for various commodities, including nickel, copper, lead-zinc, and coal. Heather is skilled in a range of geophysical methods, including gravity, magnetics, EM and MT, with expertise in hard rock seismic and rock physics. She's a published researcher with an MSc and PhD in Geophysics from the University of Alberta focused on hard rock seismic and rock physics. SHOW CREDITS Seismic Soundoff showcases conversations addressing the challenges of energy, water, and climate. SEG creates these episodes to celebrate and inspire the geophysicists of today and tomorrow. If you have episode ideas or feedback for the show or want to sponsor a future episode, email the show at podcast@seg.org. Andrew Geary at TreasureMint hosted, edited and produced this episode. The SEG podcast team comprises Jennifer Cobb, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis.

Ever since Krystina Hudson made the move to Adelaide she has felt right at home. Originally from the Pilbara in Western Australia, Krystina started as a Trainee at BHP in WA before transferring to SA to further her career and broaden her mining experience. She has quickly moved up the ranks and is now the Surface Logistics Supervisor for BHP, responsible for the movement of copper and other minerals from Olympic Dam to the global market. Krystina chats to us about what it's like working in the mining industry, what she loves about living in Adelaide, her passion for volunteering for major events including the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and her very unique way of using Paddle-Pop sticks to experience the best of Adelaide, South Australia.

For our final episode of 2023, we had the great opportunity to chat with two journalists whose work we've followed for a long time. Peter Ker has covered the resources sector for the Fin for over a decade while Anthony Macdonald wrote under the Street Talk banner until this year, when he became a Chanticleer columnist. The duo has a wealth of experience covering M&A, natural resources companies and plenty more. A big shoutout to all the Money Miners who've tuned in this year, we massively appreciate it and are looking forward to 2024, Hooteroo! All Money of Mine episodes are for informational purposes only and may contain forward-looking statements that may not eventuate. The co-hosts are not financial advisers and any views expressed are their opinion only. Please do your own research before making any investment decision or alternatively seek advice from a registered financial professional. Thank you to our Podcast Partners: InvestorHub – The go-to Digital Platform shaking up the Investor Relations industryEmail rhori@investorhub.com for more information DSI Underground - Supplier of Ground Support Products to the Mining and Tunnelling industries Terra Capital – Specialist investment manager in the natural resources sector McMahon Mining Title Services (MMTS) – Australia-wide tenement service experts Futureproof Consulting – Specialist mining-industry sustainability consultants providing ESG solutions for miners of all sizes, stages and commodities Anytime Exploration Services – Exploration workers, equipment, core cutting/storage + much more KCA Site Services – Underground mining machine hire for IT's, normet's, trucks and more Brooks Airways – Perth's leading charter flight operators K-Drill – Safe, reliable, and productive surface RC drilling Buy your Money of Mine MERCH here Join our exclusive Facebook Group for the Money Miners and request access to the Hooteroo chat group. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter HOOTEROO HERALD Follow Money of Mine on YouTube Follow Money of Mine on Twitter Follow Money of Mine on LinkedIn Follow Money of Mine on Instagram TIMESTAMPS (0:00:00) Introduction(0:01:35) Money of Mine's very first episode(0:03:42) Flying over for an East Coast trip(0:05:43) Making a schmick decline(0:07:48) Anthony Macdonald + Peter Ker on MoM(0:09:18) Geopolitics: The IRA & beyond(0:17:34) The profitless boom(0:18:50) Baffling Biollionaire behaviour(0:23:22) Where is China going?(0:25:01) ESG investing in review(0:30:31) Deal themes: Blocking stakes(0:35:17) The impact of Super Funds(0:41:38) Big M&A: Newmont + Newcrest(0:47:25) Will BHP make Olympic Dam work with Oz Minerals assets?(0:50:32) Santos + Woodside: Will it happen?(0:54:02) Looking forward: Inflation + interest rates(

The 2023 AGM of BHP Group Limited was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, on Wednesday 1 November 2023.  Arabunna Elder Kevin Buzzacott prepared a statement and today we hear from Donna Abdulla who attended the AGM to present the statement.  The wide ranging conversation shows many intersecting issues at play where these extractive industries operate and situates them in the ongoing project of colonisation.ARABUNNA ELDER  KEVIN BUZZACOTT's STATEMENT TO THE BHP AGM ON THE 1st NOV 2023, ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTREThis is Kevin Buzzacott speaking from Alberrie Creek, SA.Western Mining started off Olympic Dam in the 80s and made big trouble for our people. They were fully supported by the South Australia and the Australian Governments.  Despite the arguments back then, the Government should have moved in and shut it down, but instead, they supported Western Mining to move in and establish Olympic Dam at Roxby Downs. And they allowed shonky deals to continue WITHOUT PROPER CONSULTATION with Arabunna people and others. Since Native Title began, we have Native Title Corporations running the affairs of Finniss Springs, Stuarts creek and other places.Our old people set up these places and homelands for our people to live on, NOT for mining, and that's how it should be. All our black people from Finniss Springs are suffering because of the Government allowing mining developments.I believe there is wheeling and dealing happening as we speak.I would like the Government to hand back these places to the full Arabunna Common Law holders.And I would like upfront meetings ASAP  to discuss any inconveniences that it might cause.The old Finniss Springs and surrounding areas are too valuable, too precious, to be destroyed for mining. If necessary, we will call a full meeting with all people from all walks of life who care about the land.I have seen and witnessed my old people go to their graves worried and stressed out about their old country. I have seen the damage to the mound springs since mining began. The trees that have died.     We can see the changes, the effects of mining on our sacred lands.  It is still happening now, and it has to stop.Please take this as urgent.There are new families, new generations of our people who want Finniss Springs as their homeland. Some have never been there before. It is their right, and their heritage which cannot be denied.Contact me at Finniss Springs.Kevin Buzzacott 

Arabunna Elder, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, has returned to be on Country, by the sacred Mound Springs and Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre). In today's show we feature current recordings of Uncle Kevin, speaking from Country, about the ongoing struggle to protect Country. We also cast back to audio from the 2016 Lizard Bites Back, a protestival at the gates of the Olympic Dam uranium mine, which continues to be fiercely opposed, including at the recent AGM of mining giant BHP Biliton. Uncle Kevin Buzzacott 2023 audio is from videos by 'Decolonise Mob' 

Samso Insight Episode 112 is with Anna Petts, Program Coordinator - Characterising South Australia's Cover at Geological Survey of South Australia.   To many people the Gawler Craton is famous for IOCG deposits (Iron Oxide Copper Gold). The most famous mine, Olympic Dam started the rush for these giant deposits. When it was announced that there was this monster of a drill intercept, RD10 with 145m at 2.2% copper together with uranium and gold. This news created a rush like the wild west where everyone flocked to the region.   Subsequent to the rush, two other famous discoveries was made and they are Prominent Hill and Carrapateena. However, it was not until 2001 when Prominent Hill was discovered and in 2005 that Carrapateena was discovered. All this action was in the eastern region of the Gawler Craton and this region was named the Olympic Metallogenic Belt or the IOCG Belt.       Figure 1: The Olympic Cu-Au Province in the context of the geology of southern Australia. The main lithotectonic units of the Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province are shown and are interpreted from surface observation and geophysical data. The Olympic Cu-Au Province occurs in the eastern Gawler Craton and also indicated is the Central Gawler Gold Province, a gold-dominated metallogenic province formed during the same early Mesoproterozoic tectonic event that formed the Olympic Cu-Au Province. Inset shows the location of the Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province in the context of major Archean and Proterozoic terranes of Australia. (Source: Reid, Anthony. (2019). The Olympic Cu-Au Province, Gawler Craton: A Review of the Lithospheric Architecture, Geodynamic Setting, Alteration Systems, Cover Successions and Prospectivity. Minerals. 9. 371. 10.3390/min9060371.   The complexity of the surrounding area is not for the faint hearted as they are still arguing about the origins and formation of Olympic Dam. Figure 1 gives a high level summary of the Gawler Craton and its different geological events. There is no doubt that there is no simple answer but what the mineral explorers do know very well, is that their Return On Investment (ROI) here is not high.   For this reason, the Gawler remains one of the least explored regions on the Australian continent. Hence, this discussion with Anna Petts is all about the prospectivity of the Gawler and what the Geological Survey of South Australia is doing to help explorers have the edge and the resources to understand and explore the region.   Gold Discovery in the Gawler Craton   In 1995, there was the discovery of a gold mine in the other half of the Gawler Craton. The more "boring" part which birth the Challenger Gold Mine. This set up a rush to the area, however, till today, there is no Challenger replica. To me, this has got to be one of the mysteries of Australian mineral exploration.   If you draw a radius of 100km from the Challenger Gold Mine, there is nothing that is better than a prospect to be found (Figure 2). It will be pretty safe to say that the lack of discoveries is probably due to the fact that the last 20 years of exploration has been few and far in between due to a lack of exploration funding and the historical low ROI in looking for minerals in the Gawler Craton.       Figure 2: The spatial emptiness of big discoveries within the Gawler Craton. The comparison to a typical mining town like Kalgoorlie, there is too many producing assets to count.(Source: Taiton Resource Limited)   Why I like the Gawler Craton   My first introduction to the Gawler Craton was way back in 2019 when I looked over the Jumbuck project. Figure 2 was the result of that exercise when I was involved in trying to list a company with the project. I could see that there had not been any serious exploration in the region.   The conversation that I had with people was that it is hard to make discoveries. The geophysics were not picking anything up. There were not enough data out publicly that companies could use to make discoveries. The lack of success was biting into exploration funding.   Imagine a province like the Gawler Craton that still hides major discoveries. Look at the statistical probability of not finding another Challenger. This has to be a great place for the average mineral explorer who has the courage to test their exploration skill. Looking at the western province of the Gawler, the western part of the Stuart Highway, there are no producing mines currently. There are three deposits (Challenger is closed) that exist and two are currently being drilled out to see if they make the cut to become producing gold mines.   In one conversation, I was told that while drilling for iron ore, they came across a Gossan. This shows the variability of the area. It was only two to three years ago that the south-western part of the Gawler was identified as a new nickel sulphide area.   Samso's Conclusion   So what do I make out of this conversation with Anna. What I got out of it is that there is now a flow of fata that is being made public for explorers. The understanding of the Gawler is going to take a magnitude step forward in the near future, if not already. The testing of theories are now being played out with companies such as,   Indiana Resources Limited (ASX: IDA), Cobra Resources Limited PLC, Investigator Resources Limited (ASX: IVR), Petratherm Limited (ASX: PTR), Barton Gold Holdings Limited (ASX: BGD), Marmota Limited (ASX: MEU) Taiton Resources Limited (ASX: T88) The company that I am involved with is testing the concept that there is a unloved and unrecognised mineral system in between the Olympic Dam Belt and the Gawler Craton gold province, see Figure 3. The concept of a theory like this can be easily considered to be shooting with a long bow, but the recent announcement has made good evidence that there could be some truth to the madness.       Figure 3: The region that Taiton Resources Limited is testing its theory that there is a mineral system in the region (Red) which is now proven to be tapping the same source as the Olympic IOCG Belt (Green). The zircon test has come back with age of 1597.8 Ma, which is atypical of Olympic Dam. (source: Taiton Resources Limited).   The concept is that the red region (Figure 3) has been misinterpreted in the past and there lies a mineral system that may be fertile and endowed with mineralisation. This is the postulation and as mineral explorers, we are supposed to be testing the boundaries of believe.   The role of the explorer is to come up with the ideas and the concept and of finding minerals when others have missed. The role of the Geological Survey is to provide the tools and the solutions to aid discovery. After speaking with Anna, I feel that the Geological Survey is contributing a lot at the moment. The theory for Taiton Resources came about due to the data release in around 2020. The idea was born and the money was raised to test the theory.   As a director of the company and as the person who spoke to the vendor of the Highway project, David McSkimming, I will say that the theory for Highway is the best I have heard. I like the idea that there is a different thinking to understanding the mineral system in this region.   What the company has done to date has proven that this theory is still valid. Not only have we proven our original story is valid, we think that we could be on the edge of two tectonic event and that would make us siting on the margin of a major structural feature. We all know that major structural features are the blessing for an exploration project.   None of what I had described would not have been possible without the work generated by the Geological Survey of South Australia. Anna has clearly described what the Survey is doing and what datasets are now available. The new datasets will allow future explorers to take on what is potentially the last mineral province that has not been searched with intent for the last twenty years.       Chapters:   00:00 Start   00:20 Introduction   01:51 About Anna Petts   02:24 Disclaimer   03:04 The potential at Gawler Craton   06:07 The cover at Gawler Craton   10:39 Uncovering the lack of recent significant exploration stories   16:52 The exploration government initiatives   20:05 Potential mining hotspots   25:17 Understanding the overall complex of the big discoveries   29:01 Prospectively at Gawler Craton   32:31 All about the Ultrafine+ project   44:39 Potential mining location worth looking at   46:10 Conclusion

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The Boron Story - Samso is Excited.   The Boron story is going to be a big asset for Venture. For those taht are new to the Boron game, you will quickly find that Venture is in the big leagues. Granted that there is still a lot of questions, such as, is there an economic volume, is there an economic recoverable process...etc.   For Samso, the input credit and the potential ability to recover more tin in the process is the game changer. When you look at the major mining projects, it is very often the input m credits of other products in the mine that makes the profitability of the mine. If you look at Olympic Dam, by far the biggest single mine in the world, it is the myriad of other metals that have extended the life of the mine.     Samso's Conclusion   Venture Minerals have been through a wild ride over the two years. There is no denying that there are shareholders who are disappointed with the journey lately but there are also shareholders that have bought at the lows and exited with a handsome loot.   The introduction of the Boron story is exciting. This could be the game changer for Venture. This will create a new dimension for the company as when you look at the market for Boron, it will be an eye opener. If the oncoming data about what Venture have in terms of the Boron is positive, we will be in for another ride.   Whichever shareholder you are, there is also some realities that make VMS a well balanced investment. When you look at the portfolio of projects, they are placed in every stage of the exploration game. You have early stage greenfield exploration such as Kulin and Golden Grove North. Thor which is in a joint venture with Chalice Mining is being explored but is free carried as Chalice is earning into the project.   Mt Lindsay and the Riley iron ore project is the next step up. Mount Lindsay has greenfield to "development". Riley is at mining stage. Riley is waiting for the right market timing and can be turned on when the time arrives.   So my thoughts on a company like this is, its hedged at all ends. There are not too many companies in the sector with this kind of portfolio. I have spoken to many and I will be surprised that there is more than a handful with the well spread of projects like Venture Minerals.   When you have been in the sector for a long time, you appreciate these kind of odds. For this reason, I think that at at market cap of 40M, Venture is definitely worth doing some lengthy research.   Andrew Radonjic has been in this game for a long time and when you look at the price chart in Figure 1, the risk of investing in the company is not ambiguous. One may say you can go to the casino and have the same odds, but as all investors in this sector, we beg to differ. Research and understanding your risk management is the key.   Understand the geology, understand the upside and downside and understand your own risk capability. For these reasons, I strongly recommend reaching out to Andrew and getting him to give you the low down on the company.     Chapters:   00:00 Start 00:20 Introduction 01:20 About Venture Minerals and boron 04:14 Tin-rich borates in Mount Lindsay 12:02 Any potential metallurgical issues? 14:57 How much can be recovered from the cassiterite? 19:56 Uses of boron 23:18 Market shifts? 28:57 News flow 30:22 Why VMS? 31:56 Conclusion

In today's episode Pablo Miller and Chris Le Messurier chat to Noel Ong from Coffee with Samo. It's been often said that Exploration is the lifeblood of the mining industry & Noel looks at probably the best exploration example to date, Olympic Dam. Why is it so successful & what are the learnings from this incredible model? www.triplem.com.au/shows/mining-hqSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summary Keywordsproject, buffer, project management, people, senior management, safety, Ferrari, understand, organizations, TOC, number, called, tasks, area, world, Australia, critical, individual, terms.LinksLewis' Profile: linkedin.com/in/lewis-trigger-5ab2371Email:  trigalon@netvision.net.ilWebsite: http://lewistrigger.com/CI2/FREE!We are so lucky to have Lewis Trigger presenting live to the Enterprise Excellence Community in September 2022. If you are interested in attending please go to enterpriseexcellencecommunity.com/contact to reach out. Mention you heard about this event through the Podcast and we will get you a free pass. Please like, subscribe and share this podcast to help others gain insights and create a better future. Let's get back to the episode.Two Minute TipLewis:The main message that I give out, when I talk about constraint innovation in any area, including, obviously, the critical chain, and project management, but also in all the other areas that we get involved in. Including the whole routine activities, scheduling issues, the whole host of them. It all comes back to the same takeaway or message that I give over. And it comes out to one sentence. How can we basically do a lot more of the right stuff with what we've got? What does it mean, what we've got? What we've got is the people in the organisation. Our most valuable asset to nearly every organisation, and it's not just a cliche, are the people. And it's amazing how at times, we don't recognize that because when we talk about retrenching people, you know, and you look at the equipment, and you look at the people and say, God forbid, I'll never sell the equipment, even though the equipment's going to stay idle for the next year right? That I'll never get rid of. I paid all that bloody money for the whole thing, right? Ah, but people, we can get rid of real quickly. You know, when you get rid of the people, the amount of investment, you've just thrown away, and then eventually, when things are getting really good, you have to bring someone else in, because the person you get rid of is never going to come back and work for you. And so, so what I'm saying here is that the knowledge exists. When I go into even the most complicated project, like Olympic Dam. I mean I don't know, I don't know anything about underground mining, I don't know anything about open-cut mining, I don't know anything. I mean, I don't know. I mean, I'd go into one of those mines, I've never come out of the thing, right? That's for sure. I'd get lost in there. And then that's, that's the end of me. I know nothing about it. And quite frankly, I do know a lot about management. But those people, they know two things. They'll understand the engineering technical side fantastically. But they've got really good intuition. They've got really good common sense. It's just a question of directing it and focusing it. It's as simple as that. And so, you know, once I'm able to those said, obviously, the tips that I gave when I talk about the KBIs and the senior management. But once you get that into that mindset of those people, they latch on to it. And they develop it.SA Partners

Summary Keywordsproject management, project, constraint, talking, world, companies, routine, work, murphy, people, areas, terms, developing, TOC, BHP, buffer, number, deal, Israel.IntroductionWelcome to episode 107 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have Mr Lewis Trigger back on the show with us today. Lewis was previously on in Episode 31 sharing knowledge on the topic of Constraint Innovation. Lewis Trigger is an expert in Enterprise Excellence, helping organisations all over the world in virtually every industry. Today we will be exploring another key area of Lewis's expertise – Project Management and the Critical Chain.   QuotesAnd that Olympic Dam is an amazing, it's an amazing, it's sort of project actually, it's what we call a mega project, which is made up of a whole bunch of different projects.The credit really with the people, it's not with me, I help facilitate, I give them the tools, they come in or come up with a solution. But this case, I won't even give more credit because there are a number of change agents there who are already on the ball with where we're going.And there has to be a clear distinction here between two worlds, or two environments that were involved in terms of management. One environment is an environment where we've got an ongoing, when I say, ongoing operations, where we've got orders coming in, we're supplying those orders. I mean, that's got challenges in itself. But it's basically an ongoing operations, which is cause obviously being tweaked the whole time, as you're going in there. But the world of projects is a very different environment, the world of projects, is a world where we're talking about when you've got something which is non-routine.So how do people generally deal with uncertainty in projects, any, any experienced project manager will tell you, if he hasn't been trained in critical chain hasn't had the TOC training, they'll tell you Well, the way we deal with risk mitigation is we have to build safety buffers into the various tasks of the project. Now, that seems to make sense.How is it and this done so much research on it, the best companies, less than 30% of these projects come in, on the trip precious triangle of scope, in terms of what the what you're meant to be delivering schedule,LinksLewis' Profile: linkedin.com/in/lewis-trigger-5ab2371Email:  trigalon@netvision.net.ilWebsite: http://lewistrigger.com/CI2/FREE!We are so lucky to have Lewis Trigger presenting live to the Enterprise Excellence Community in September 2022. If you are interested in attending please go to enterpriseexcellencecommunity.com/contact to reach out. Mention you heard about this event through the Podcast and we will get you a free pass. Please like, subscribe and share this podcast to help others gain insights and create a better future. Let's get back to the episode.What Next?Check out Lewis Trigger's first podcast recording with us. https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/podcast/episode/4aa64913/31-theory-of-constraint-innovation-and-optimising-outcomes-with-lewis-triggerSA Partners

Samso Insight Episode 98: The Discovery of Olympic Dam concluded one of the longest search for a commodity.   In 1957, Western Mining Corporation Limited (ASX: WMC) initiated a search for Copper which started a sequence of events that lead to the discovery of the largest known mineral deposit in 1976. It would take the company another two years before they understood the magnitude of their discovery.   Olympic Dam was the third discovery by WMC in 10 years. The significance of the discovery is that it would be another twenty years before the next big deposit , Prominent Hill was to be discovered.   WMC was created in 1933 and was taken over by BHP in 2002. In 2009, Olympic Dam had a resource of 9.1BT of resource and it was 4.4 times bigger than the initial resource that WMC had announced. It was worth USD863B. In 2017, it was reported that there was 120MT of Cu eq (equivalent) and it will take 500 years to deplete the resource at that time.   The Story of the Olympic Dam was documented by the book "The Olympic Dam Story" by David Upton. I was able to find David and had organised to meet David and get his view of the discovery and his book on this episode of Samso Insights.   I hope this episode had brought out the essence of the hard work and perseverance of the WMC group to search and discover a once in a life time deposit such as Olympic Dam. I am a big believer of mineral exploration. My thoughts are that the low hanging fruits of mineral discovery was a couple of decades ago.   The giants to be found are all undercover or in areas that have been misunderstood or neglected such as Tropicana, Nova-Bollinger, Winu, Havieron, Julimar, and Fosterville, just to name a few.     Chapters:   00:00 Start   00:20 Introduction   01:36 How it started   09:21 The journey to look for copper   12:55 Communicating with shareholders   15:57 The work culture in Western Mining   19:35 The search for Mineral Systems   24:05 Discussion of new technologies and ideas   27:42 The need of interpretation of data   30:14 The complexity of the Olympic Dam   32:52 Political issues of Uranium   35:06 What drives the exploration?   37:37 The drilling   39:07 What is David Upton up to these days?   41:04 The vast amount information available   42:46 Why read the The Olympic Story   45:51 Summary of the Olympic Dam Story   49:35 Conclusion

 BHP has been sucking up to 42 million litres of water per day out of the Great Artesian Basin for its giant Olympic Dam underground copper and uranium mine since 1988. There is increasing awareness that pumping so much water from the great artesian basin is unsustainable.  But BHP is a very thirsty beast, and is looking to find an alternative water source through the Water Supply Project, a partnership between the South Australian Government, OZ Minerals, BHP and SA Water.

Taruga Minerals (ASX: TAR) chief executive officer Thomas Line joins Small Caps to discuss the company's upcoming exploration strategy at its Mt Craig project, where ionic adsorption clay-hosted rare earth elements have been confirmed. The project is located within the Adelaide Fold Belt and a similar structural corridor to BHP's Olympic Dam operation and other major base metal deposits in South Australia. Analysis of samples from the Morgan's Creek prospect within the project has indicated a simple low-cost flowsheet could be used to extract the REE.Article:https://smallcaps.com.au/taruga-minerals-confirms-ionic-adsorption-clay-ree-mt-craig-copper-project/For more information on Taruga Minerals:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/TAR/

Special Edition of Accountants on Purpose | Season 5 Launch Episode Ben Preston joins Sarah Bartholomeusz to talk about his unique journey to becoming an accomplished CFO. Following a series of very cold nights working in remote South Australia and a chance meeting a plan was put in place to embark on the journey to become an accountant. The “journey” included working as a mining labourer at Olympic Dam, a spot welder on the production line at Mitsubishi and an Accounts Payable clerk at the Women's and Children's Hospital. Ben Preston is now an accomplished CFO with many years of experience behind him as a CFO and prior to this working in both second tier and big four accounting firms. He is currently the CFO of the very popular family restaurant franchise, Fasta Pasta.

Coffee with Samso Episode 97 with Bronwyn Barnes, Executive Chair of Indiana Resources Limited (ASX: IDA), is all about the Gawler Craton.   Bronwyn is back sharing with us what is happening with the Gawler Craton and the Tanzanian litigation. The Indiana story is intriguing for me as this is one of several companies in the area that is exploring a severely under-explored region of Australia.   The Gawler Craton is no stranger to producing giant deposits. In fact, it is the host to the biggest uranium come copper mine. The Olympic Dam story is well talked about however, no matter how significant the discovery of the Challenger Gold mine is to the mature mineral exploration punters, it is a total non event for current investors in the sector.   Mineral exploration in the "Shear-hosted" world of the Gawler Craton is relatively unknown to the general public. I have done two Samso insights on this topic to highlight why investors should look at this area of Australia, as the next Commodity rush.   You can see the two insights by clicking the links below:   Challenger Gold Mine - Calcrete Anomaly Exploration Success   The Gawler Craton - The Next Commodity Rush ... Again.   Bronwyn share with us on the following,   What has happened since the first Coffee with Samso in May 2001- (Indiana Resources Limited (ASX:IDA) is all about the Gawler Craton. The results of the latest exploration drilling at Minos and why this is slowly showing the start of an exciting region for discovery. How the Tanzanian litigation if progressing Why Bronwyn feels that the Gawler project is the focus for the company. The upcoming resource statement from further drilling. Indiana Resources is one of the fortunate companies that has a great project and is literally filling in their own blank canvas.  

Three key South Australian MPs are leading the charge to convince Scott Morrison to end a ban on flights from COVID-ravaged India. Abusers who commit domestic violence offences could be tracked on a central register, similar to sex offenders, as part of a nation-leading idea being considered for South Australia. Mining giant BHP has been accused of wrongfully dismissing an Olympic Dam staffer after she reported concerns that a colleague had breached COVID-19 lockdown rules. And in sport, only three weeks ago, Crows captain Rory Sloane was lying on his side, forced to spend a week in exactly the same position as he recovered from corrective eye surgery that had repaired a detached retina. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atadvertiser.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the double header to kick off the long-awaited round 1, Olympic Dam play Roxby Districts at 2:30pm on ANZAC Day Sunday 25 April, followed by Hornridge vs East Roxby.

Guest Bio: Libby Lyons was appointed Director of Australia's Workplace Gender Equality Agency in 2015. She oversees the process that gathers gender equality data from over 10,000 employers, covering more than 4 million employees. In leading the Agency, Libby is focused on working closely with employers to achieve gender equality. Soon after her appointment, Libby initiated the development of a strategic plan aimed at maximizing the Agency's world-leading dataset and expanding the reach and impact of gender reporting nationally and internationally. As part of this strategic vision, Libby presented at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2018 and 2019. Libby was listed in Apolitical's 100 Most Influential People Working in Gender Policy for both 2018 and 2019. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and an Ambassador for Honour a Woman. Prior to joining the Agency, Libby had a distinguished career in corporate affairs and government relations, including senior roles at BHP's Olympic Dam, Alcoa of Australia, the Western Power Corporation, and Telstra. Learn more: WGEA   Notable Episode Quotes: “You know, government is no different to business. Sometimes you have to spend money to make money.” -LL  “I will only ever be as good at my job as those that work with me, those that put the wind under my wings. So, we have to look out for how we can help move them on and help progress their careers.” -LL “If I know that there is a particular issue that has to be addressed, and it's coming up in a meeting, and I know that my view is probably contrary or my thoughts or contrary to the majority or particularly the leader.... I'll caucus. I'll go out and individually start talking to the different people that are going to be at the table and talk to them and tell them what I think and caucus to try to get that support and say to them, “will you support me in tis. If you don't I'll bring it up anyway, but it would be great to have some support around the table.” -LL  “The one thing that I think we all need to work really hard on, as women, is: supporting other women. I still see, much to my disappointment, many senior women... who are not supportive of other women. Who still have that attitude of – I had to do it tough, you can too." -LL

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Major BHP has committed its copper operations in Chile and Australia to the Copper Mark voluntary programme, designed to hold the copper industry accountable to responsible practices in critical areas including environment, community, human rights and governance issues. The Copper Mark is a credible assurance framework to demonstrate the copper industry’s responsible production practices and contribution to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. “We know that our long-term sustainability credentials are important to our customers and increasingly important to end consumers of copper products, such as buyers of electric vehicles and copper intensive consumer durables,” says BHP group sales and marketing officer Michiel Hovers. “The Copper Mark accreditation is an important step in developing an industry-wide approach to transparency and standards for the copper value chain. The Copper Mark is an independent and credible certification, and will further reinforce the value responsible production of the copper products that we sell to our customers. “We have set targets to reduce our emissions by 30% by 2030 and we have a goal of net zero emissions by 2050. In Chile, at our largest copper mine, we are aiming to achieve 100% renewable power and 100% desalinated water. “We know that copper is essential to the energy transition, but equally important to our customers, our investors, our employees, our communities, and our stakeholders across the copper value chain is ethical and sustainable production of copper - where production is in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.” BHP’s Escondida and Spence mines, in Chile, and Olympic Dam, in Australia, produced a combined 1.5-million tonnes of copper production in 2020.

Justin Huhn of Uranium Insider joins us for his monthly update into the uranium sector today. Although the market has seemed a bit quit, there was some significant news out. Justin walks through BHP's decision to stop Olympic Dam expansion, a potential restart of reactors in japan and a 2-decade outlook for global nuclear energy.

This week on City Limits we welcome new host Zeb Peake to the Show!Later we interview long time anti-nuclear campaigner Dave Sweeney to discuss the odd "good news" story.With Dave, we discuss:BHP scrapping their $4 billion expansion project at the Olympic Dam mine, a function of both low Uranium commodity prices since Fukushima and the instability of the mined product. Federal government "plan" for a permanent national radioactive waste site in Kimba, SA, and their law changes precluding future legal pushback.The 50th nation ratifying the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Sunday; 22nd January 2021 will mark the day that nuclear weapons will be internationally illegal. 

SF Live Ep 92 - Taruga Minerals Limited (ASX: TAR) Guest: Thomas Line, CEO Originally live streamed on October 22nd, 2020 at 3pm PST. www.twitter.com/soarfinancial - make sure to follow us & click on the

دولت فدرال استرالیا اجرای پانزده پروژه بزرگ زیربنایی را برای کمک به بازیابی اقتصادی بعد از آسیب های ناشی از شیوع بیماری کووید-۱۹ تسریع خواهد کرد. این پروژه ها شامل ایجاد راه آهن میان سرزمینی بریزبن تا ملبورن و توسعه سد المپیک (Olympic Dam) در ساوت استرالیاست.

Henry's Guest this week is Hedley Widdup, an executive director at Lion Selection Group (LSX). LSX is a listed specialist investor in small and mid-cap gold miners and explorers. Hedley started life as a geologist on some of the country’s most iconic projects including Olympic Dam, Mt Isa (Black Star open cut), and St Ives Gold Mine. In 2012 Hedley joined the board of Lion and is a regular contributor to Livewire Markets and an expert on gold and gold juniors. In the podcast, Hedley gives his view on gold, some miners to watch for plus what to look for in those all-important drill results. Enjoy!

Henry's Guest this week is Hedley Widdup, an executive director at Lion Selection Group (LSX). LSX is a listed specialist investor in small and mid-cap gold miners and explorers. Hedley started life as a geologist on some of the country's most iconic projects including Olympic Dam, Mt Isa (Black Star open cut), and St Ives Gold Mine. In 2012 Hedley joined the board of Lion and is a regular contributor to Livewire Markets and an expert on gold and gold juniors. In the podcast, Hedley gives his view on gold, some miners to watch for plus what to look for in those all-important drill results. Enjoy!

Well it's been a while since I've uploaded a podcast. I've been taking a break partly due to the craziness in the world and partly because I want one.The sedition was actually produced for the 4ZZZ program Eco Radio.First up on the show is an interview with Izzy Brown about the protest and festival at the Olympic Dam uranium mine in South Australia.The protestival was planned for the end of July but because of COVID-19 has been postponed until the end of September.I went the the Vomit Cabaret the previous night so I play two performances from that. The song by The Songs Of Tom Smith leads nicely into a discussion about Ursula Le Guin's book The Dispossessed.The final major issue covered is the refugees who are detained in hotels in Brisbane and Melbourne.Here in Brisbane there's an ongoing blockade at the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel where activists are demanding freedom for the 120 men locked inside.One of the men who is locked in the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne is Farhad Bandesh.Farhad is a musician and artist. Being detained offshore and onshore for seven years has not stopped him making music and art. The show ends with his song Friendship.

The Environment Show interviewed David Noonan, Independent Environment Campaigner about the proposed Olymic Dam Expansion on June 2nd. If approved, the expansion would increase BHP’s already significant impacts on land, water, culture and wildlife. Further information is available at the Friends of the Earth website here  Check out David Noonan's recent briefing papers about the impacts of the proposed expansion of Olympic Dam: “BHP Extreme consequence tailings dams with potential to cause fatality of 100 employees” Briefing Paper & Chronology of Events by David Noonan, update 22 May 2020 BHP has Questions to answer on Worker Safety, Transparency and Accountability at Olympic Dam   “BHP Olympic Dam EIS Assessment Guidelines – Impacts on Aboriginal People” Comments on EIS Guidelines by David Noonan Independent Environment Campaigner, 25 May 2020   “BHP Olympic Dam operates underoutdated1991 era Radiation Exposure Standards” Briefing Paper prepared by David Noonan, Independent Environment Campaigner, 18 May 2020

As Chief Geoscientist at BHP and Asset President at Olympic Dam, our guest in this episode is certainly one with great insight and experience. Regarded as a champion of diversity and inclusion within the industry, Laura Tyler is passionate about her work which has been recognised through numerous awards including 2014 Queensland Woman in Resources and 2014 Exceptional Woman in Australian Resources.  She was also listed in the 2016, 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining list. Originating from England, Laura began her career in civil engineering after graduating with degrees in Geology and Mining Engineering.  Married to a fellow scientist, she and her husband, Duncan, made the bold move to Mt Isa which was the first of many moves for their family.  From living in the extreme heat of the Australian Outback to the cold Canadian Arctic, Laura shares her experience travelling around the globe, the impact it has had on her children and the importance of taking advantage of the opportunities we are given. Laura reflects on some of the challenges she has faced being a woman in the mining and resources industry and how she stepped into leadership roles.  Whilst the industry has made great progress in the area of diversity, Laura is now working to see more improvement as she develops fundamental policies in HR within BHP and works closely within BHP’s Jasper program. With years of experience across numerous fields, the wisdom and understanding gained throughout Laura’s career are immeasurable.  You will hear about Laura’s personal reflections and the principals she has lived by to achieve the success she has obtained in her career and family life.  

The Aussie share market is eyeing a lift of 0.4% at the open following commodities rallying on Friday.The Australia Prime Minister is expected to outline details of the Government's JobMaker plan, as well as increased spending on infrastructure projects including the expansion of BHP's Olympic Dam in South Australia.Investors will be watching Healius (ASX:HLS) and Select Harvest (ASX:SHV).Trading ideas:Citi estimates there is a 85% downturn of global share markets, suggesting there will be more bad news to come. So in this instance, you might like to consider looking at short ETFs to hedge your portfolio. You could consider (ASX:BEAR), (ASX:BBOZ) and (ASX:BBUS).UBS has given Seven Group Holding (ASX:SVH) a price target of $19, expecting a 9.5% rise from Friday's close of $17.35. Macquarie increased its target to $19.10 and Credit Suisse increased its target to $20.35.Macquarie increased Santos' (ASX:STO) price target to $6.05. 

 BHP is once again proposing to expand its operations at Olympic Dam in South Australia.  If approved, the expansion would increase BHP’s already significant impacts on land, water, culture and wildlife. On this week’s show, we hear from independent environmental campaigner  David Noonan, who outlines the numerous flaws and potential impacts of the proposal.Further information is available at the Friends of the Earth website here  Check out David Noonan's recent briefing papers about the impacts of the proposed expansion of Olympic Dam:1. “BHP Extreme consequence tailings dams with potential to cause fatality of 100 employees”Briefing Paper & Chronology of Events by David Noonan, update 22 May 2020BHP has Questions to answer on Worker Safety, Transparency and Accountability at Olympic Dam 2. “BHP Olympic Dam EIS Assessment Guidelines – Impacts on Aboriginal People”Comments on EIS Guidelines by David NoonanIndependent Environment Campaigner, 25 May 2020 3. “BHP Olympic Dam operates underoutdated1991 era Radiation Exposure Standards”Briefing Paper prepared by David Noonan, Independent Environment Campaigner, 18 May 2020 

The discovery of Olympic Dam in Australia captured the imaginations of exploration geologists around the world – over 40 years later we are just beginning to appreciate the nature and extent of what a ‘game changer’ Olympic Dam was for the mining industry. In this episode we talk to one of the most knowledgeable geoscientists about the deposit, Kathy Ehrig (BHP)- its discovery, mineralogy, structural control and massive size. That is all captivating in itself, but the discovery also prompted recognition of an entirely new class of ore deposits, Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold, or IOCG and research around the world into the processes which may be at work to produce these enigmatic deposits. Tim Baker from Eldorado Gold, with extensive experience in IOCG deposit research, takes us through the various models.The sheer complexity of Olympic Dam also created significant metallurgical problems. Kathy Ehrig led the team that developed new approaches and data analysis to identify the problems, effectively doing ‘geometallurgy’ before the term was widely applied, and setting standards for others to follow. Betsy Friedlander (Teck Resources), an exploration geologist now working on geometallurgy at the Trail Facility in British Columbia, sheds light on the how important the whole area of geometallurgy has become and why we should be thinking about it from the earliest stages of exploration.So you might have guessed already, but where does this lead us back to? Big data, and Kathy comes full circle in this episode, helping to place the role of big data into the whole complex picture of a giant among ore deposits.Theme music is Confluence by East Winds. www.eastwindsmusic.comThe Ore Deposits Hub is sponsored by SEG-SGA-IAGOD check them out at oredepositshub.com For more insights and stories with Kathy Ehrig, listen to Exploration Radio episode #34 sponsored by SEG at explorationradio.com

This show is a banger! We have an interview with Izzy Brown about BHP Billiton and their plans for the Olympic Dam uranium mine in South Australia.This will be the third time the lizard is returning to Roxby Downs. Olympic Dam and Arabunna and Kokatha country. So yeah, this is this is volume three of the Lizard. Well, BHP is being very sly they, are pushing through for an expansion, have been doing it in a very uncouth manner with the help of the South Australian government, they're expanding the water usage and potentially the pipeline into Arabunna country and around Lake Eyre [Kati Thanda ]. They're upping their daily rate to 50 million liters of water per day from the Artesian Basin. This is just crazy isn't in a time where, you know, water is in shortage and something that we should be preserving. The South Australian government has given them in the green light to expand on their water use, expand on their underground mine, and also build new tailings dams. Dams that don't reach reach the requirements of the new global standard that BHP has signed on to since those last disasters in Brazil.A report back from the Brisbane muscians and community rally for refugees on Saturday, and we'll hear from one of the detainees.Plus Bad Cop No Donut which includes a first hand report from Izzy about the police incident at the Reggae Stage during the Sydney Street Festival in Melbourne.Plenty of music to smash the state by as well.The picture is of the Mound Springs which have been affected by BHP Billiton's activities taking 35 billion litres per day out of the Great Artesian Basin.

Dwayne Mullins is a Jumbo Operator at Olympic Dam for BHP and has recently become a massive figure in the Mining Industry. Dwayne has set the precedence that it is okay for an underground bloke to say that their gay. Absolute great bloke and an awesome yarn, must listen for everyone. 

Dwayne Mullins is a Jumbo Operator at Olympic Dam for BHP and has recently become a massive figure in the Mining Industry. Dwayne has set the precedence that it is okay for an underground bloke to say that their gay. Absolute great bloke and an awesome yarn, must listen for everyone. 

Mining giant BHP wants to expand its operations at Olympic Dam in South Australia. Again. On this week’s show we speak to independent environmental campaigner and a person with a deep understanding of nuclear issues in Australia, David Noonan.  David tells us about the current proposal and why we can’t let it go ahead.JOINT ENVIRONMENT GROUPS PUBLIC SUBMISSION TO THE BHP OLYMPIC DAM EPBC REFERRAL 2019/8465 TSF 6: JUNE 2019ACF NUCLEAR FREE 26 JUNE 2019on BHP Olympic Dam EPBC referralDownload publicationPublic Submission by ACF, FoEA and Conservation SA is available here.BHP Olympic Dam Key Issues Briefing Papers available at:  Nuclear-Free Campaign Friends of the Earth Australiahttps://nuclear.foe.org.au/olympic-dam/Olympic Dam mine – proposed expansionShort briefing papers written by David Noonan in June 2019 regarding the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine:BHP Legal Privileges in the Olympic Dam Indenture Act 1982 Override SA LawsBHP Seek a Toxic Tailings Expansion Without a Full Safety Risk AssessmentPreconditions to Protect Mound Springs in Olympic Dam Expansion EIS GuidelinesBHP Uranium Mining Triggers “Protection Of The Environment” Under the EPBC ActBHP Must Lodge a Bond to Cover 100% of Rehabilitation Liabilities at Olympic DamMigratory Birds at Risk of Mortality if BHP Continues Use of Evaporation PondsThe Need to Assess a Feasible Alternative: No-Uranium Sales from Olympic Dam  

Sneaky, dirty business: BHP Olympic Dam expansionBHP is up to their old tricks again, trying to expand their dirty uranium mine and sneaky industrial practices, by spinning it with the tired old hype that it will create jobs. But even a cursory glance at their recent track record as an employer shows that looking after workers is not really part of their game plan.Arabunna Elder & Law Man Uncle Kevin Buzzacott has long lead the fight against this toxic mine and remains forefront of resistance to this latest threat to Arabunna & Kokatha lands & water. He joins Robbie Thorpe on 3CR's Fire First program, to yarn up about how the ongoing fight to protect country needs all of our support, everywhere.Earth Matters #1189 was produced by Nicky Stott  

The Olympic Dam mine is 400 kilometres from Adelaide in South Australia. It's owned by BHP and mines copper, gold, silver, uranium. It currently has a licence to produce 200 tonnes of copper per annum, but BHP has put in an applications to increase that to 350,000 tonnes of copper. Listen in for all the details from Dave Sweeny from the Australian Conservation Foundation. Our second guest is Ruby Marshall from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, who updates us on the school strike, Adani and the upcoming election.

Going Fission Speaks to Daniel Zavattiero; Executive Director, Uranium of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).  MCA is the industry association who represent Australian mining companies and the mineral commodities they produce.  He has extensive experience in the marketing of iron ore and uranium. The MCA website can be found at www.minerals.org.au.  The SANFCRC report can be found at http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/media-centre/.  Copies of the Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Report (UMPNER), or Ziggy report can be found at http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/66043 The unedited video of the interview will be made available shortly on YouTube. Going Fission's Twitter handle is @fissiongoing. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro theme. 1:00 - Introduction. 1:38 - Daniel's career history. 4:21 - Japan's and China's iron ore demand. 6:10 - Iron ore, thermal coal & metallurgical coal. 8:29 - Australia and the development of mining technology sector 10:54 - MCA's role in Australia 16:04 - Developing technologies and building nations 21:02 - Where does uranium come from. 26:03 - Australia's uranium agreement with India. 29:54 - Marketing energy dense fuels. 33:28 - Uranium mining history in Australia. 39:14 - Olympic Dam and its products. 39:14 - SANFCRC findings. 50:28 - The UMPNER or Ziggy report. 57:25 - Who to invite? 59:24 - Extra reading. 59:41 - Outro Theme

Who should be responsible for our nuclear waste?

Another big protest festival at the world’s biggest uranium mine, Olympic Dam, located on Kokatha Country in South Australia has recently taken place. Tune into hear the words of Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna elder, speaking to police while blockading the main road into the Olympic Dam mine on the final day of the protest. Plus wise words and sounds from protesters who’ve been involved for decades or just joined the fight. 

Conversations with Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna elder, and long-term nuclear-free activist Bilbo Taylor, reflecting on over 30 years of fighting the Olympic Dam uranium mine. 

The South Australian Royal Commission into nuclear expansion is losing credibility as it continues. The expert advisory panel is stacked with nuclear advocates and barriers are high for public participation, with requirements that submissions are typed and signed by a Justice of the Peace. Many Traditional Owners have already experienced the radioactive racism of the industry and have vowed to stop any expansion in its tracks. From the nuclear tests at Emu Field and Maralinga through to the imposition of the Olympic Dam and Beverley uranium mines, “it's not a fruit salad”, as Uncle Kevin Buzzacott says. Fresh from the Students of Sustainability Conference in Adelaide, Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott and Dr Jim Green are sharing their experiences with the nuclear industry and calling out for support and solidarity. Please submit your two cents to the Royal Waste of Time and stop this pro-nuclear push from gaining a foothold. All of the issues and information is waiting at http://www.conservationsa.org.au/nuclear. 

Greens’ Senator Scott Ludlam talking on the Fukushima disaster and the shelving of the Olympic Dam mine expansion.

Aired on 2ser 4th December Poznan Climate Negotiations The Kyoto Protocol, which was signed in 1997, was a first step for international climate negotiations. Last year, on the back of the world’s first climate election, the Rudd government went to Bali pushing for strong targets. This week, Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong will enter negotiations in Poland without having set any domestic targets at all. Libby King speaks with Jane Holden, the new Executive Director of the Climate Action Network Australia who is in Poland. Guest Nicky Ison from Australian Students Environment Network and the Institute for Sustainable Futures - talks about International Climate Conferences and Australia's position on feed-in tarrifs for the renewables. Olympic Dam Mine Last week mining giant BHP Billiton hold its annual shareholder meeting attracting a large number of protestors outside the Melbourne venue. The company walked away from its bid to take over Rio Tinto but it was the proposal to expand the Olympic Dam mine 500 km north of Adelaide that caused the protest. Under the new 20 billion dollar expansion, BHP Billiton will continue to starve the water reserves of the Great Artesian Basin and increase the mining of uranium. Anne von Fehrn speaks with Jim Green of Friends of the Earth Australia. CCS Bill passes the Senate A few weeks ago, a bill passed through the Senate, making Australia the first nation to legislate on carbon capture and storage, otherwise known as ‘clean coal’ technology. This involves burying carbon underground, more specifically offshore beneath the ocean floor. Phil Freeman, Climate Campaigner at the Australian Conservation Foundation, speaks here with Nick Hollins. Presenters Libby King and Tessa Dowdell