— Jon Hill , Vice President , Geology & Exploration , Jaguar Mining are now well ingrained into the way any company works in the sector , but Brazil needs to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of how it manages sustainability processes .”

Catching up is also key for the sector to continue its digital transformation ; necessary for the industry to remain competitive through the integration of new technologies . “ We ’ re seeing interventions in the safety field through remote controlled mining equipment along with cloud-based data management , directional drilling and dronebased change management and monitoring ,” says Hill who notes Nexa is constructing a new $ 350mn zinc project in Aripuanã which will be largely automated . In addition , Hill sees internetbased tenement staking as an opportunity for the ANM to raise efficiency and accelerate the industry .

Hill also highlights significant outsourcing of professional level skills as a means of reducing costs amid a returning sense of optimism in Brazil driven by a potential copper boom in the north and , since the election , renewed interest from foreign companies looking for exploration and

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