In the episode we chat to Rick Trotman, President and CEO of Barksdale Resources, a junior miner who are acquiring, exploring, and de-risking high quality precious and base metal projects in the Americas and have assets in southern Arizona, and Mexico.
Rick is a geologist by background working for the likes of Barrick and Yamana Gold before moving into securities and private equity before taking the helm at Barksdale Resources over 5 years ago. He talks about their exciting Sunnyside project which is in the same region as South32’s Taylor Hermosa project and what the company has to offer from an investment prospective.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Working in and around the finance sector can be invaluable in mining, as it helps to understand the investment point of view.
Barskdale is abase metal exploration company focussed primarily in the desert of the south west and Northern Mexico.
Having a co-mining neighbour that is aggressive on spending and pushing a project towards development is key to achieving purposes and goals.
People are at the heart of mining, which means that inevitably, politics matter at some point in the life of any project.

BEST MOMENTS
'I like to solve puzzles and look for things'
'We're looking for poly-metallic deposits'
'This is one of the key assets in the Americas'
'Each dollar you put into the ground de-risks the whole district'
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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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Podcast Description
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.