JORC compliance

The base case is zero. The reality is 20 per cent over. Mining’s most expensive assumption isn’t going away.

Will Kendall has a line that lands with the quiet force of something everyone in the room already knew but hadn’t quite said out loud: "Base case is cost overruns of over 20 per cent," Will says, "That’s your base case.

By Jamie Wade on August 27, 2026
Efficiency, Production Optimisation, Costs, Financial Planning, Contract Management, ESG, Reclamation Projects, Regulatory Adherence, Extraction, Reserve Estimation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Development Stages
Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, North America, Canada
Iron ore, Copper, Nickel, Energy Minerals, Coal (Thermal and Metallurgical), Rare Earth Elements, Strategic Minerals, Precious Metals, Lithium, Gold

The contractor recovery has a forward visibility problem, and the JV model is quietly rewriting how junior projects get built

There are two stories inside Grant Thornton's latest mining contractors report, and the one getting most of the attention is the wrong one.

By Jamie Wade on April 28, 2026
Efficiency, Production Optimisation, Mineral Processing, Costs, Financial Planning, Contract Management, Procurement Efficiency, ESG, Reclamation Projects, Regulatory Adherence, Long-term Planning, Extraction, Mineral Extraction, Reserve Estimation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Development Stages
Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, North America, Canada
Iron ore, Base Metals, Copper, Nickel, Energy Minerals, Coal (Thermal and Metallurgical), Strategic Minerals, Precious Metals, Lithium, Gold

You're so vein: Dale Sims unearths the blind spots and biases that quietly sabotage resource models—and why the real risk lies between our ears

“You’re so vein, I’m so vein, we’re all so vein,” quipped Dale Sims as he opened his presentation at the AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference ‘MREC 2025’ in Perth.

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Content By Jamie Wade on May 16, 2025
ESG, Stakeholder Communication, Education and Training Initiatives, Workforce, Training and Development, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Case Studies, Exploration, Geological exploration and resource modelling
Australia, North America, Canada
Gold, Copper