1Managing Director, Uvuna Sustainability, Johannesburg South Africa In 2017 the South African Guideline for the Reporting of Environmental, Social and Governance Parameters (SAMESG Guideline) which...
Tag: Resources & Reserves
Rowan Thorne – The role of the geologist in ensuring sustainable ESG standards: A case study from Liberia, West Africa.
With the demand for raw materials ever increasing and the need for society to shift to a more sustainable future, the necessity to explore for...
Edmund Sides – Using Table 1 from the CRIRSCO Reporting Codes & Standards to provide a framework for risk/uncertainty assessment
When considering any mineral exploration or mining project, the over-riding concern is often one of managing risk and uncertainty. The initial emphasis is on geological...
Ruth Allington – Mind the gaps! Transforming the value of multidisciplinary risk assessments through dialogue and joined up thinking
In this talk, I’d like to share some of my personal experience of the value of acquiring, developing and applying ‘soft’ professional skills such as...
Grant Erskine – Gold Fingerprinting Technology to Support Responsible Sourcing
‘Gold Fingerprinting’ is a term associated with established scientific based technology that originally was used to validate the mine of origin for Gold before expanding...
Ivy Chen – ESG and the JORC code
The ESG component of the JORC Code has always been there, is coming more to the fore. But that was all before Covid hit. Some economists...
Graeme Keith – The problems of probability
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production companies invest substantially in the discovery of new resources to replace their reserves inventories. Much of this investment can...
Teresa Steele-Schober – Ensuring mineral company responsibility: The SAMESG Guideline
In recognition of the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in the viability, sustainability and public perception of extractives industry projects, investors are...
Tom Bide – Mineral resource data, the United Nations Classification Framework (UNFC) and sustainable reporting
The definition of resources and reserves is a cornerstone of the extractive industry. Although once the domain of mine managers and investors, concerns regarding the...
Dan Smith – By-products from Ores and Mine Waste
A significant number of the metals we use in modern technologies do not occur in concentrations in the Earth’s crust that make them suitable targets...