In this episode, we chat to Paul Atherley, Chairman of Pensana Rare Earth, an exploration company, soon to be bringing into production one of the world's largest and higher-grade rare earth projects in Angola, with the aim of producing minerals for power magnets, wind turbines, hybrid motor vehicles and much more.
Pensana have recently been listed on the London Stock Exchange, so we talk about the preparation and execution of this move, how the project is developing in Angola, and the importance of the minerals they will produce for the green economy.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Exploration is a skill best suited to those who wish to embrace risk. When we do so, the potential rewards can be so much more.
Those who do not recognise the importance of mining and its many different pursuits, can be easily convinced by demonstrating just how ubiquitous its effects are upon our daily lives.
The real revolution in electric vehicles is not in the battery technology, but the permanent magnets, which are some of the most powerful on the planet.
Those who take the risk and invest in junior mining companies at the bottom of the cycle are the ones who tend to make a lot of money. Magnet metals are still at a low price, and will soon be in great demand

BEST MOMENTS
‘People like myself like to go and take a risk’
‘If going into mining is a ticket to go into a city, then you’re kind of missing the point’
’The electrical revolution isn’t all about batteries’
’They’re certainly putting their money where their policies are'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
 
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Paul Atherley LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulatherley/?originalSubdomain=uk
Pensana Rare Earth - https://www.pensanametals.com/index.php/en/
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight to peoples experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.
Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. We source, headhunt and discover new and top talent talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients organisation in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
 
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