Mining Magazine June 2018 | Page 45

How do you ensure you work with the right contractors and the right people ?

“ There ’ s been a lot of advances over the last 25 years that I ’ ve seen , such as airborne geophysics . Airborne geophysics is a fantastic tool , and these days it ’ s very cost effective ”

LEADERSHIP

CALLUM BAXTER Geologist at Greatland Gold PLC
We ’ ve also got very good people . We ’ ve been investing in our people and we believe we have a very solid and stable team . But then also investing in all the external relationships as well to make sure that if we do need to get something done that we ’ ve got good contacts and we can actually get things done . Because when the industry really heats up , it can be very difficult to actually mobilise drill teams in a timely fashion , because everyone is just so busy .
How do you ensure you work with the right contractors and the right people ?
Baxter : Our drill team is run by people we know very well and any contractors that are engaged are supervised at all times by the Greatland management . So , we can see if something is going to go sideways pretty quickly , and we pride ourselves in operating to high industry standards . We know the good operators . We ’ ve managed to control costs , and we haven ’ t had any losttime injuries over many years . I think if you look at our programs that we ’ ve carried out in the past all the way from just basic soil sampling and mapping through the fairly comprehensive
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