Measured

After spending most of his working life within large organisations, Paul Hodkiewicz is now an independent consultant (Samarah Solutions).
Following his participation in a panel discussion at the MRE conference last month, Paul sat down with Rene and discussed how to handle the data overload many of us face, and the need to be able to agree to disagree in order to solve the big problems facing our the industry.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of tal...

Mike Stewart is a Technical Domain Expert for Seequent, the creators of Leapfrog software. Mike was one of our first Measured podcast guests, and filmed Measured #5 with Rene back in July 2022, so it was about time for another chat. 

Filmed at the AusIMM’s Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, Mike outlines new developments within Leapfrog, and discusses with Rene the value in the recent Seequent Evo release and Seequent's role in the future of Cloud-based applications and integrations.

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Rene caught up with Angus Tod, Vice President Global Commercial at Veracio, while he was on site at the MREC showcasing Veracio’s core scanning technology. They talked about the challenges in conveying the value new technology such as core scanning can bring to the industry.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining secto...

Measured has been doing the rounds again, this time featuring a ‘Round Table’ meeting with several industry experts. 

In this special episode of (Un)Measured, René sits down with Mark Hall, Jon Hronsky, Dave Lawie, Jacqui Coombes, and R. Mohan ("Mo") Srivastava to discuss their backgrounds and how and why they progressed in their respective fields. Join them as they discuss accidental careers, the highs and lows of business travel, good versus bad exploration, the impact of AI, impostor syndrome, and the need for good storytelling in geostatistics.

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Measured hit the road earlier this month to catch up with friends and industry experts at the AusIMM’s Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth. 

In this episode, René is joined by Bruce Armstrong, Managing Director at and Co-Founder of Independent Mineral Standards (IMS), to discuss the journey of the company that Bruce started, and what motivated him Bruce to choose this the entrepreneurial pathway. They also chat about what makes IMS different, and cover highlight some of the technical issues when certifying challenges in preparing certified reference materials (CRMs), particularly for photon assaying.

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Measured hit the road earlier this month to catch up with friends and industry experts at the AusIMM’s Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth. 

In this episode, René is joined by Matt Briggs, Non-Executive Director of Odyssey Gold, to discuss the Minerals Reporting Australia initiative that Matt has been influential in establishing. They discuss what led to the creation of the not-for-profit organisation, how it will be managed, and what it hopes to achieve. 

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Andrew Gillis from Redteam Projects (https://redteamprojects.com) joined me to discuss various mining industry topics, including capital project performance, risk management, and innovation within the mining industry. 

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces. 

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Everyone is talking about how we’re facing a talent shortage in the minerals industry, so I sat down with Jon Taylor of Discovery Group, which specialises in technical and executive mining recruitment, to hear about the trends he’s seeing. 

Jon discusses how to sell yourself and improve your CV, whether you should include a photo, the influence of AI in recruitment, and misconceptions about recruiters.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many wit...

Should we use ranges on our publicly reported resource estimates to better reflect uncertainty? In this episode, I sit down with Andy Clay to hear how he sees the world of resource classification and variance in estimations.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the ind...

Rapidly advancing to the highest level of technical management in Tier-1 companies, while raising a family in challenging jurisdictions, Jill Terry also casually trained for a half marathon on the side! If you don’t get inspiration from this conversation, then we don’t know who next to talk to!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral...

The conceptual founder of Leapfrog, Jun Cowan has an abundance of knowledge to share about geological modelling. Jun joins Rene in the Dunedin studio to discuss how he got his start, Leapfrog and his latest paper.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry fac...

Returning to the Measured Podcast, Scott Dunham is joined by Mike Job as both get into domaining with Rene. The trio also discuss the recent AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference, The Parker Challenge and capturing uncertainty.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry fac...

How laboratories function is often a mystery to many. Rene is joined by Ben Cooke as they dive into laboratory processes, the Photon Assay, and what is in the pipeline for ALS.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

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Now retired, Dick Minnitt still remains one of the prominent minds in the field of geostatistics. Dick joins Rene to discuss moving forward in the sampling space, what Dick has been working on in his "retirement' and what SHOULD be done in the lab.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and tho...

Rene and RSC General Manager – Geoscience Dr Michael Gazley take a look at the data quality management system for Portable XRF, including the quality of data the instrument produces, Quality Control and pXRF versus laboratory data. #measuredpodcast

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the indus...

Collaboration is very topical in the industry right now. Rene is joined by Great Boulder Resources Managing Director Andrew Paterson, as the two get into collaboration, competitiveness and being different in the industry.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

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Do Competent Persons own their work, and can they keep it when they leave their employers?
Rene discusses this debate with Steve Rose, Morrie Goodz and Kym Livesley, highlighting the issue and putting forward potential ideas surrounding the topic.

Steve’s thoughts on the topic over on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-rose-2a752219_how-long-should-a-competent-person-retain-activity-7043392161056247809-JtQG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with...

"Collaboration in the industry"

In this instalment of the #measuredpodcast, Pim van Geffen and Rene get into a very interesting discussion about collaboration in the industry. How do we get there? How is uncertainty captured? What is the potential of Artificial Intelligence in collaboration? All this, and more…

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the miner...

Fresh off the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Rene talks with Melbourne Mining Club Chairman Richard Morrow. Richard and Rene discuss the forum, the Melbourne Mining Club, the industry’s public image, and much more!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.
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Munich-based Francis MacDonald is the Co-Founder of Kenorland Minerals Ltd, and the CEO of Li-FT. Rene and Francis discuss starting a company, Li-FT & the Lithium movement, growing a team and much more!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

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Allan Trench is an Author, MBA Director & Professor at the University of Western Australia Business School, and a well-known name in the industry. Allan and Rene discuss the value of a MBA in running exploration companies, they muse about Chat GPT, speculate on the future of gold mining, and much more.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the...

This week Rene talks to Chad Peters, Founder, President, CEO & Director of Ridgeline Minerals. Chad and Rene talk Chad's meteoric rise, being "different" in an industry where everyone claims to be, and marketing to shareholders.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Nick Tate is the King of Geology YouTube, with his channel GeologyUpSkill amassing almost 12,000 subscribers and an astonishing 465,000+ views! Rene and Nick discuss Nick's career, how he broke into the YouTube scene and his motivation for sharing his wealth of knowledge.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of...

In a Measured first, René is joined by two guests this week! René chats with Chrysos Corporation Chief Technology Officer Dr James Tickner and Technical Services Team Leader Tim Sennett about the developments and innovations being made at Chrysos, particularly the PhotonAssay.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some...

Stuart Masters is an experienced head in the industry, with enough war stories to fill several books! René and Stuart sit down and talk about the industry, challenges we are facing and innovations being made.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.
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A very experienced campaigner in the Resource field, Scott Dunham has a passion for sharing knowledge and opinions with the rest of the Mining and Resource industry. Join Rene and Scott as they talk what needs to change in the industry, Machine Learning, Cancel Culture, and much more.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and...

Rene sits down to chat with Deborah Lord, Director & Principal of VRM, specialists in mineral asset valuation. Rene and Deborah go into depth about how ESG affects projects, dealing with transgressions in the industry, and trying to solve issues in the education space.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on...

This week, René is joined by Chief Technology Officer Shawn Hood from GoldSpot Discoveries (recently renamed EarthLabs Inc.). GoldSpot is a leading technology company leveraging artificial intelligence and data science to transform the mineral discovery process and is a key partner of RSC.

GoldSpot is at the forefront of Machine Learning developments in the industry, and Shawn takes the time to discuss this, as well as many of the issues that come with innovation.


Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of indu...

René talks to VM Drilling General Manager Courtney Pacey in this week’s instalment of the #measuredpodcast. Courtney gets into the thick of RC drilling, and what can be done to potentially bridge a few gaps in the understanding of the method between drillers and the rest of us.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral explor...

This week, Rene talks with Dr Sandra Occhipinti. Sandra is the Research Director at CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), the home of Australia’s Scientific research. In this talk, Sandra provides expert analysis on the developments in the industry, and talks about some of the great innovations coming out of her team.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about...

"I don't want any bosses, I don't want any employees"

Rene has known this week's guest, Dr Jon Hronsky, for a while now. Jon joins Rene to talk company culture,  being self-employed, ore-forming processes and much more!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issu...

"Miserable conditions, and I loved it!"

This week Rene converses with Olinda Gold Principal Structural Geologist Dr Brett Davis. Brett brings some real insight to this instalment of the #measuredpodcast, from what makes a good structural geologist, to the tough puzzles, to dealing with failure. It was a pleasure to have Brett so enjoy and subscribe!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry fri...

This week: Everything Portable XRF!

In this instalment of the #measuredpodcast, Olympus IMS Director of International Mining Todd Houlahan comes on to talk pXRF, the future of mining technology, and much more!

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

"A real melting pot of geological ideas"

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

In today’s conversation, René talks to Dr Richard Lilly, creator of the National Exploration Undercover School (NExUS) programme, administrated through the University of Adelaide. They discus...

"Amira: The Secret Sauce of Collaboration”

 Measured is RSC’s brand-new podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

 René Sterk and Jacqui Coombes discuss several hot-button topics at the minute in the latest episode of the #measuredpodcast. From trying to work out where Jacqui finds th...

   "Less than half of them are ever going to be developed, for social reasons"

Measured is RSC’s brand-new podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

 In the 6th instalment of the #measuredpodcast, René is joined by resolution88 Director & Principal, Bruce Harvey. René and Bruce di...

"Geometry modelling is not geology modelling"

 Measured is RSC’s brand-new podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

 Mike Stewart is a Technical Domain Expert for Seequent, creators of Leapfrog software. In this edition of the #measuredpodcast, René sits down with Mike to discuss what r...

"The way we've been communicating so far has been targeting a very narrow demographic"

Measured is RSC’s brand-new podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

In this edition of the #measuredpodcast, René sits down with Geologize CEO & Director Dr Haydon Mort. René and Haydo...

"You don't just casually become a competent person"

Measured is RSC’s brand-new podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

René talks with JORC Committee Chair Steve Hunt in this week's edition of the #measuredpodcast. In this discussion, René and Steve talk about some of th...