Ep 127: AI in Mining: Hype, Reality, and What's Next
Join Tarrant Elkington, General Manager of Snowden Optiro, and Scott Carpenter, Director of Technology at Datamine Software, as they explore the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence in mi...
10 Sep 202538min
Ep 126: The Hidden World of Silica Sands
In this episode of the Fresh Thinking podcast, Laurie Hassall (Senior Consultant, Geology) and Senzeni Matondi (Principal Consultant, Geology) from Snowden Optiro's UK office explore the fascinating w...
3 Sep 202512min
Ep 125: Inside the Black Box: essential guide to plant sampling
In this episode of Fresh Thinking, our Executive Consultant (and fellow sampling guru) Ian Glacken sits down with Mark Murphy, world renowned Sampling expert, to uncover the realities of plant samplin...
1 Sep 202513min
Ep 124: Stochastic Mine Planning - Evolving approaches to manage uncertainty
Stochastic Mine Planning – Evolving the Way We Manage Uncertainty In this episode, Tarrant Elkington (General Manager, Snowden Optiro) is joined by Matheus Faria (Director of Technical Services, KPI M...
21 Aug 20251h 55min
Ep:123. Why Sampling Can Make or Break a Mine - Part 1 of 3
In this first of three episodes on sampling, Ian Glacken (Executive Consultant at Snowden Optiro) speaks with Mark Murphy (Manager of Geological Services at IGO), about why sampling is one of the most...
13 Aug 202515min
Ep 122: Mining the Margins - What makes nickel laterites so complex
In this episode, Julian Aldridge (Managing Consultant, EMEAA) joins Laurie Hassell (Senior Consultant, UK) to discuss the complexities of nickel laterite deposits - from geology to geometallurgy and t...
6 Aug 20257min
Ep 121: Power Shift: Why the Mining Industry Is Going Electric
Electrifying Open Pits: The Challenges and Opportunities of Going Battery-Powered In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, Sarah de Vries (Principal Consultant) is joined by Paul Lucey, Di...
30 Jul 202510min
Ep 120: How Final is Your Final Pit?
In this episode of Fresh Thinking by Snowden Optiro, host Tarrant Elkington (Snowden Optiro General Manager) chats with Pedro Ladiera (Senior Consultant Mining) about one of mine planning's most criti...
23 Jul 202519min
