This week’s episode features Carolyn Loder, the first woman in over a century to be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame. She also serves on the boards of K2 Gold Corporation and Integra Resources. Loder shares her insights on the evolving relationship between the mining industry and Indigenous communities in the United States, and reflects on the shifting tone in Washington toward domestic mining. She also highlights the vital role of the Women’s Mining Coalition and traces the progress of women in the mining sector over the past 50 years.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

This week’s Spotlight features Rua Gold CEO Robert Eckford, who discusses the company’s Reefton Goldfield project on New Zealand’s South Island, as well as Glamorgan Property in the north. To learn more, visit: https://ruagold.com/

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Shifting tone in D.C., ft Carolyn Loder on Indigenous issues and the Women's Mining Coalition

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Brief arhythmic glimpse of trolls mining in a cavern (2024)

something i made back on the grind to 2277

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For the first time ever Turning Earth was broadcast live from the DDR studio. This month I was joined by David from Slí Eile to discuss their upcoming Day of Resistance in the Sperrin Mountains, to support to people there who have been fighting off an international mining company.

We were joined as well by Conor McCabe, to bring a broader analysis to the discussion and help us understand the nature of the colonial and neocolonial exploitation of Ireland by foreign capital.

https://www.instagram.com/sli_eile/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Greencastle-Peoples-Office-100063579042613/

DDR E.020 Day of Resistance in The Sperrins with Sli Eile and Conor McCabe

This week’s episode features Rim Fayjhi, Director of Women in Mining Canada, and Jennifer Berger, Board Advisor for Women in Mining Sudbury. They share how to participate in this year’s Trailblazer Awards, to be presented at PDAC, and discuss the state of women in the mining industry. Fayjhi reflects on her recent experience studying mining engineering at university, while Berger draws on two decades of industry experience.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

This week’s Spotlight features Craig West, CEO of Coldblock Technologies Inc., who discusses the company’s innovative infrared-based assaying technology. Learn more at: https://coldblock.ca/ 

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Women in Mining on the industry, Trailblazer awards

This week’s episode features Blake McLaughlin, Vice-President of Exploration at Axcap Ventures, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. McLaughlin explains how exploration is being carried out in 2025 and why data is central to Axcap’s project acquisition strategy. He also discusses why North America remains a particularly attractive region for mining and how lower grades have become the new normal.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Leveraging data to drive exploration, featuring Axcap Ventures’ Blake McLaughlin

Just a working song and kind of an anthem to the mining regions (as I also come from a former one)!

We Guys From Shaft 3 (Thats Where The Coal Comes From)

This week’s episode features Bunker Hill Mining executive chairman Richard Williams in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the confluence of forces that shaped today’s mining industry. Williams explains how globalization and ESG policies have contributed to the supply chain concerns facing the sector in 2025. He also provides an update on the company’s Bunker Hill mine in Idaho, discusses the challenges of financing in a difficult market, and outlines how the project is moving forward.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

This week’s Spotlight features Canstar Resources president and CEO Juan Carlos Giron Jr., who discusses the company’s Buchans-Mary March and Golden Baie gold projects in central Newfoundland. To learn more, visit: https://www.canstarresources.com/

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner




Bunker Hill's Richard Williams on metals, defence and the supply chain

In this powerful conversation, Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Southwest Center, speaks with Don Unger, recent PhD and environmental historian, about his groundbreaking research on uranium mining reclamation on the Navajo Nation. Unger discusses the ethics of storytelling, the balance between technical and spiritual approaches to healing the land, and his concept of Critical Reclamation Studies, a framework grounded in both Western policy and Navajo cosmology.
Together, they explore the lived realities of land restoration, long drives and “cabin conversations,” and the wisdom of community leaders like Mr. Melvin Yazzie and Mr. Ernest Greyeyes.
This episode opens a window into environmental justice, language, and the ongoing legacy of Cold War uranium mining in the Southwest.


Don Unger - Critical Reclamation: Uranium, Storytelling, and Healing on the Navajo Nation

In episode 3 of Extracts, hosts Sarah Comyn and Megan Kuster arein conversation with Siyabonga Mthembu. Based in Johannesburg, Siya is the lead member of one of South Africa’s best known musical ensembles, The Brother Moves On. The Brother Moves On is widely regarded for their music which, in their own words, offers "transitional music for a transitional generation", An incredibly popular band, The Brother Moves On attracts huge audiences in South Africa and around the world. Their live shows are known for the band’s experimental performance approach which mixes art, music, and stories to create the conditions for transformative audience experiences. In today’s episode, Siya talks with us about the music industry, how Johannesburg’s gold mining foundations and legacies continue to shape his work, his concept of ultra sanity, and the projects he is looking forward to experimenting with next.

About Extracts

EXTRACTS is a podcast series about how artists are working to reimagine the potential futures of mined, excavated, and extractivist landscapes hosted by Sarah Comyn and Megan Kuster.

The music is from the South African performance art ensemble ‘The Brother Moves On’. We gratefully acknowledge the UCD Humanities Institute and UCD’s College of Arts & Humanities Research Strands Seed Funding scheme for funding this project.

Here's the link to John Grzinich's album 'Geofractions,' mentioned in the intro: https://maaheli.bandcamp.com/album/geofractions

Extracts - Episode 3. Siyabonga Mthembu

This week’s episode features Agnico Eagle chair Sean Boyd and Northern Miner Group president Anthony Vaccaro on the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt—a contest launched by the Northern Miner that hides a treasure box on public land, containing a code redeemable for C$1.3 million in gold. Boyd also shares his insights on the gold market and Agnico Eagle’s philosophy, while both guests reflect on mining in Canada, mining and the Arctic. Get you first clue to the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt at http://treasure.northernminer.com

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

This week’s Spotlight features Dale Verran, CEO of Fortune Bay, who discusses the company’s Goldfields and Poma Rosa gold projects in northern Saskatchewan and Mexico. To learn more, visit fortunebaycorp.com.

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Agnico Eagle's Sean Boyd and Northern Miner's Anthony Vaccaro on the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt

This month we are delighted to be joined by Markus Kröger, professor of Global Development Studies at University of Helsinki. Markus has joined the show before as a founder of the EXALT Initiative and as a PI in the Trees for Development project. This time Markus is here to talk to us about his new book from University of Cambridge Press, Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestation. This open access book will be published open access in October 2025. Markus gives us a sneak peek into the key topics of the book, primarily the mechanisms of regionally dominant political economies (RDPE) and the role they play in driving extractive sectors. To make this novel theorization, Markus looked at cattle capitalism in Brazil, narco-gold in the Amazon, and paper pulping in Finland. Markus shows how these three different RDPEs drive deforestation in their respective locations.  

Interested in reading Clearcut? (Open access out now!) https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/clearcut/8BBC0BFBF9AF30A01D4A1F6F6DA8E89C

Interested in learning more about Markus’ work? https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/markus-kr%C3%B6ger  

Interest in the Trees For Development Project? https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/trees-for-development

Markus Kröger - What path dependencies determine if a forest is Clearcut? (Clearcut book discussion)

This week’s episode features Nicole Richards, CEO of Allonnia, a biotechnology company developing innovative solutions for mining waste. Richards discusses how recent advances in biotech in the last five years are enabling cost-effective, efficient, and environmentally sustainable approaches to one of the industry’s toughest challenges.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

How biotechnology is disrupting the mining industry, ft Allonnia CEO Nicole Richards

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dami dng with a hexamethylenetetramine twist on it matcha edition

This week’s episode features a discussion of the recent US federal investment in a privately held mine—the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in California—with host Daniel Raimi and podcast guest Tom Moerenhout, a professor at Columbia University and leader of a critical minerals initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Moerenhout talks about the current US dependence on foreign imports for rare earth elements, which are used to manufacture things like wind turbines, batteries, missiles, and airplanes. While recent federal investment in the Mountain Pass mine puts financial risk on the US government, Moerenhout says that this type of approach could help the United States reduce its reliance on other countries for rare earth elements.

References and recommendations:

“MP Materials Deal Marks a Significant Shift in US Rare Earths Policy” by Tom Moerenhout; https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/mp-materials-deal-marks-a-significant-shift-in-us-rare-earths-policy/

The case study of A123 Systems; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A123_Systems

“Clean energy innovation in China: fact and fiction, and implications for the future” by Anders Hove; https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/clean-energy-innovation-in-china-fact-and-fiction-and-implications-for-the-future/

An Unprecedented Investment in US Rare Earth Elements, with Tom Moerhenhout

This week’s episode features Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the Precious Metals Summit and Mining Forum Americas conferences. Lazenby highlights how discipline has become a central concern for both major and junior companies, the continued popularity of streaming and royalty companies as financing vehicles for explorers, and the major announcement of Barrick Mining’s Fourmile project at Mining Forum Americas.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Western Editor Henry Lazenby on the Precious Metals Summit and Mining Forum Americas

Mining for winning investments & profitable portfolios

This week’s episode features VRIC and VRIC Media president and CEO Jay Martin in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the ongoing bull market in gold and his investment strategy as record highs continue to be broken daily. Martin also shares his investment outlook on other key metals, including silver, copper, and nickel, and offers his perspective on the U.S. government’s recent investments in mining companies.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

This week's Spotlight features Becker Mining Systems Canada CEO Albert Bower on the company's cutting edge communications technologies for both overground and underground mining, as well as how artifical intelligence is helping improve outcomes on mine sites. To learn more, visit: https://www.becker-mining.com/




“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Jay Martin on gold stocks and US investment in the mining sector

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Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussion of the impacts of extractivisms, alternative ways forward, and stories from people living the struggle every day. If you are someone who is interested in how our environment and societies have come to their current state, or learning about different ways we can move forward, this is the podcast for you.

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