In the episode we have a returning guest who appeared back in Nov 2022 (episode 294). Jason Brewer, CEO of Marula Mining who are an African focused mining investment company, exploring and discovering battery metals in East, Central and Southern Africa.
Jason has over 25 years experience in international mining, financial markets and investment banking and has been responsible for structuring and arranging corporate and project financing facilities for mining and exploration companies with a particular focus on projects in Africa.
He’s gives us an update on the company and their upcoming AIM listing, progress update on their Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine operations, news on their subsidiaries in Zimbabwe and Kenya and an overview on their recent acquisition.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

When you're on the ground in terms of project mining, it lends a sense of expediency and reliability to your operations.
Marula has four key projects with a fifth in its early stages. They key project is a lithium asset in South Africa, where processing materials takes place.
The reason that Marula has been able to grow so rapidly and effectively, is that a very clear strategy was decided upon - battery metals was the focus.
In the next four to six weeks, Marula aims to be trading on AIM, having spent the last months preparing legally and financially.

BEST MOMENTS
'I've been on the corporate side of mining here in Africa for the past 25 years'
'It was a shell of a company a year ago'
'We've been doing wonders over the past twelve months'
'Our stratgey was very much to get projects we could deliver on and get producing in several months'
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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 topicsThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media