In the episode we chat to Rob Smillie, MD of Southern Gold, an exploration company exploring for precious metals in South Korea. They have a highly experienced team with a track record of exploration success in Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe and have a growing Brownfields and Greenfields exploration portfolio they are developing.
Rob is an experienced management and exploration professional, with over 30 years of experience, including significant epithermal gold exploration, and is particularly working in Asia for the likes of OK Tedi, Calibre Mining and Oceana Gold. Rob gives us an overview of the company and what they are up to and what’s South Korea like as a mining jurisdiction which many of you maybe surprised.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Robert's experience has taken him from greenfield exploration to mining, all along the mining sector spectrum, making him well placed to act in any area of the business.
South Korea's mineral potential is hugely attractive, and is massively unexplored by modern day standards.
The mining business is a very small part of the economy in South Korea, and the rabid industrialisation means that high tech manufacturing is a vital part of the country's growth.
There are a number of brownfields and greenfields projects under Southern Gold's belt. The main mine was mined over several levels to around 250 metres.

BEST MOMENTS
'It's been a really great career and I've met a lot of tremendous people'
'What attracted us to South Korea was the potential'
'The mining industry has become a small scale industry'
'Despite being a great asset, this has very few holes in it'
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Website: https://www.southerngold.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southern-gold-limited
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SouthernGoldASX
Robert Smillie, Managing Director & CEO - rsmillie@southerngold.com.au
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson 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, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations 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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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 into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topicsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.