Ep 34: State of Mining 2025 and Beyond: Risk, Refining, and a Gold Rush of Geopolitics

👤 Steve Virtue, Executive Consultant Mining, Politics, & Stakeholder Strategy   
🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting 

We unpack the year's $50B M&A wave, China's refining chokehold, permitting gridlock, and the talent crunch—and how disciplined growth, government offtakes, and smarter stakeholder trust-building can unlock projects. Steve shares playbook moves on risk sensing, supply-chain alliances, processing onshoring, remote ops, and workforce wellbeing amid global uncertainty and election cycles. Practical insights for leaders navigating capital, policy, and people—without losing the plot on execution.

 

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