
103: Tin, Copper and Cornish Ingenuity
Discover how Cornwall's rich mining history shaped the global mining industry. In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Executive Consultant Ian Glacken chats with Senior Consultant Laurie...
27 Mar 202510min

102: Cleaner - Quieter - Safer
Discover how battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are transforming underground mining operations. In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Managing Consultant Hamish Guthrie chats with Princip...
20 Mar 20259min

101: Machine Learning - Case Study
101: Machine Learning – Case Study In this podcast, Susan Havlin, Managing Consultant APAC and Dr Gregory Zhang, Senior Geology Consultant discuss the application of machine learning for geological ...
13 Mar 20259min

100: A thorny and divisive topic!
In this episode, Ian Glacken our Executive Consultant in Perth, Australia discusses the thorny and divisive topic about whether we should be trying to minimise conditional bias in an estimate or shoul...
11 Mar 202515min

99: Modelling & Managing Resource Depletion
In this episode, Susan Havlin, our Managing Consultant – Geology, and Gregory Zhang, our Senior Geology Consultant, discuss the advantages of developing customised internal tools to tackle technical c...
27 Feb 202511min

98 - Pre-Feasibility Studies
In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Senior Consultant Laurie Hassall and our EMEAA Regional Manager Julian Aldridge discuss the critical steps in moving from a Pre-Feasibility Study t...
20 Feb 202513min

97 - Recoverable Resources versus Recoverable Reserves PART 2
In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Executive Consultant Ian Glacken and Principal Consultant Jan Graham continue their deep dive into recoverable resources. In Part 2, they tackle lo...
13 Feb 202510min

96 - Geometallurgical Sampling
In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Senior Consultant Laurie Hassall discusses geometallurgical sampling, from collection to data analysis and ore body understanding.. This podcast ep...
5 Feb 20255min


















