ORE-ATORY: Elevating Mining Minds

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This is where the industry's real talk lives. No filters, no fluff, just conversations with the people shaping mining from the ground up. Field crew to C-suite, engineers to entrepreneurs—we go beyond job titles to get into what drives change. Hosted by Lindsey Schultz, each episode cuts through the corporate noise to spotlight the doers, the challengers, and the quietly revolutionary voices rethinking what mining can (and should) be. Because the future of this industry isn't just about resources. It'll be built by the stories we're finally telling out loud.

  1. Ep 39: Bridging Science Industry and Policy at Eldia (UofA)

    19 MAR

    Ep 39: Bridging Science Industry and Policy at Eldia (UofA)

    👤Hossein Yousefi, Ph.D. Student in Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona 🎙️Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  From water scarcity in Iran to leading a flagship symposium in Arizona, Hossein Yousefi shows how purpose, leadership, and science can shape real-world impact. This episode spotlights Academia in Action, where research meets industry and policy. PhD candidate Hossein Yousefi shares his values driven pivot into hydrology, his leadership journey, and how Eldia at the University of Arizona is bridging science, industry, and policy. Hear how keynote voices like Ken Graham of the National Weather Service and Gray Nuring of Google's Flood Forecasting team elevate the program, why a new internship and job fair with 12 companies matters for students and employers, and how accessible, virtual friendly programming scales impact. Expect practical insights on turning research into tools, building community, and crafting careers with purpose. Eldia runs March 24 for sessions and awards, March 25 for the internship and job fair, open to multiple departments and virtual attendees. Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ - Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    51 min
  2. Ep 38: Mining Made Human From Voice-Driven Safety to Tailings Revival

    5 MAR

    Ep 38: Mining Made Human From Voice-Driven Safety to Tailings Revival

    👤Jack Kellner, Senior Director of regeneration & Co-Founder of CanaryWaves 🎙️Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  From memes to mine sites, Jack Kellner shows how humor, human voice, and smart tech can transform safety, tailings, and talent in mining. This episode spotlights solutions that start small, scale smart, and put people first.   Episode summary: Lindsey talks with Jack Kellner of Canary Waves and Regeneration about humanizing mining, smarter safety, and community driven closure. Jack shares the origin of Canary Waves, a voice AI platform that captures radio chatter to add context to KPIs, surface repeat issues, and move sites from reactive to predictive. He unpacks Regeneration's stakeholder first approach to tailings reprocessing, pairing restoration with modular, capital light execution, and creative offtake models. They riff on gamifying mining to build the future talent pipeline, challenge the reflex of de risking as a kill switch, and make the case for starting small, communicating clearly, and keeping it fun, with real value for operators, innovators, and leaders.   Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining, from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists, to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ - Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    51 min
  3. Ep 37: Trevor Hall on Stories, Cycles, and Not Wasting the Bull

    19 FEB

    Ep 37: Trevor Hall on Stories, Cycles, and Not Wasting the Bull

    👤 Trevor Hall, CEO of Clear Commodity Network 🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  Lindsey sits down with Mining Stock Daily host and Clear Commodity founder Trevor Hall to trace his path from journalist to one of mining media's most trusted voices. Trevor unpacks the 5 a.m. grind behind his market briefings, how to balance paid coverage with journalistic integrity, and why relationships, not headlines, drive returns. He breaks down where the cycle stands now: institutional money is back, retail hasn't fully arrived, M&A is brewing, and even U.S. agencies are taking equity stakes. Expect practical guardrails for a bull market (take profits, vet management, beware promoters), plus a look at the Clear Commodity Network scaling coverage across oil, uranium, battery metals, coal, and more.   Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: ➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ ➤ Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    52 min
  4. Ep 36: Gems Unearthed Women's Stories Shaping Mining's Future

    5 FEB

    Ep 36: Gems Unearthed Women's Stories Shaping Mining's Future

    👤 Michelle Hohn, President and founder of Akashic Communications Corp., 🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  Lindsey welcomes sustainability and social performance strategist Michelle to unpack GEMS, a global storytelling initiative capturing the human side of mining. Drawing on decades in IR, ESG, and counseling, Michelle shows how expressive writing workshops help women find their voice, build communication skills, and translate personal arcs into powerful leadership and company narratives. They explore burnout, psychological health and safety, and why human-centered stories boost recruitment, retention, and ESG outcomes. Hear how GEMS' digital archive lets companies curate bespoke anthologies for talent attraction and legacy, plus a nomination feature inviting allies to champion contributors. Practical, inspiring, and actionable—this episode is a blueprint for weaving purpose and people back into mining.   Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ - Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    50 min
  5. Ep 35: Breaking Hiring Paralysis in a Faster Mining Market

    22 JAN

    Ep 35: Breaking Hiring Paralysis in a Faster Mining Market

    👤 MRC Recruiting Team 🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  In this quarterly MRC team debrief, Lindsey, Heather, Samantha, and Risa unpack what they're actually seeing in mining: a faster, tighter talent market, candidates juggling multiple offers, and why "mutual selection" beats pressure tactics. They share practical fixes—pre-plan interviews, decide faster, communicate transparently, and evaluate beyond the resume to spot transferable skills. The team dives into intentional culture and onboarding that drive retention, the power of tools like the Kolbe for team fit, and senior leaders choosing hands-on roles again. Innovation watch: startups, consulting spinouts, and mine-waste reprocessing are pulling in mission-driven talent—plus a growing wave of women-led ventures. Actionable, honest insights to help leaders hire better and candidates choose wisely.    Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.    Stay Connected: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ - Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    1hr 3min
  6. Ep 34: State of Mining 2025 and Beyond: Risk, Refining, and a Gold Rush of Geopolitics

    8 JAN

    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.   Our Promise:    We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: ➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ ➤ Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    1hr 5min
  7. Ep 33: Mothers, Millennials, and Misfits: The Future of Mining Isn't Who You Think

    04/12/2025

    Ep 33: Mothers, Millennials, and Misfits: The Future of Mining Isn't Who You Think

    👤 Samantha Larson, Talent Acquisition Director, MRC Recruiting   🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting  Lindsey Schultz and MRC's Samantha Larson unpack "Mothers, Millennials, and Misfits: The Future of Mining Isn't Who You Think." They dig into the looming talent cliff, why veterans, career-changers, women, and Gen Z are essential, and how better storytelling about mining's real-world impact attracts values-driven hires. Expect actionable tactics: proactive hiring during slowdowns, intentional culture, tighter interview processes, strong onboarding, upskilling and internal mobility, stay interviews, and "returnships" to capture institutional knowledge. They also challenge checklist hiring, urge inclusive leadership pipelines, and spotlight AI as an accelerator—not a threat. A playbook for leaders who want to keep great people and for candidates eager to make a difference.    Our Promise:  We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate. Stay Connected:  ➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ ➤ Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    48 min
  8. Ep 32: Storyteller from the Core: Mining, Messaging, and Meaning

    20/11/2025

    Ep 32: Storyteller from the Core: Mining, Messaging, and Meaning

    👤 Elizabeth Freeman, Geologist and Founder of Nuna LLC. 🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting   Host Lindsey Schultz welcomes Nuna founder and geologist Elizabeth Freeman to explore how AI-driven storytelling, authenticity, and community-first communications can transform mining's public perception and talent pipeline. Elizabeth shares her "for us, by us" approach—bringing a geologist's rigor to marketing—plus tactical ways companies can reach young audiences (think TikTok, forward-facing leaders), align comms with corporate goals, and celebrate the people behind the projects. From Alaska fieldwork to inclusive visual narratives, she makes the case for small, consistent content, local sponsorships, and public recognition campaigns that travel beyond industry echo chambers. Listeners walk away with fresh ideas to humanize mining, attract talent, and build durable social license.   Our Promise: We aim to engage with the most creative minds in mining—from engineers and executives to environmentalists and geologists—to explore groundbreaking projects and pioneering innovations. Our discussions are designed not only to inform but to inspire action and empower our listeners to lead and innovate.   Stay Connected: ➤ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mrcrecruiting/ ➤ Website: https://mrcrecruiting.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MRCRecruiting ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MRCRecruiting

    27 min
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This is where the industry's real talk lives. No filters, no fluff, just conversations with the people shaping mining from the ground up. Field crew to C-suite, engineers to entrepreneurs—we go beyond job titles to get into what drives change. Hosted by Lindsey Schultz, each episode cuts through the corporate noise to spotlight the doers, the challengers, and the quietly revolutionary voices rethinking what mining can (and should) be. Because the future of this industry isn't just about resources. It'll be built by the stories we're finally telling out loud.

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