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This will be my last editorial for The Northern Miner after 19 years here, and with its sister publications. In December, I’m off to start another adventure outside of mining. It’s unusual these days to spend nearly 20 years with one entity, so you might ask: what kept me here so long?
Well, there have been some perks. Travel, for one. My work has taken me to a remote exploration camp in the Argentinean Andes; to Canada’s Arctic, and flying by helicopter over craggy fjords on Baffin Island to reach a remote diamond project. I saw a project in Asia, where beer-loving German investors met their match when offered shot after shot of the Chinese spirit baijiu.
I’ve also had the opportunity to meet and cover some of the business world’s most entrepreneurial people. Problem-solvers, risk-takers, people who have an impact in one of the toughest – and most essential – businesses around. One highlight was interviewing mining legend Pierre Lassonde in his mid-town Toronto home. It had a multi-level library/study, just like in the movies.
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