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9 MODULES
Follow the course from the global exploration business environment through strategy, portfolios, project execution, commercial risk, targeting and people. Whether you work for a junior explorer or one of the world’s largest mining companies, the principles are designed to make you think more broadly about how effective exploration is managed.
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DECADES OF EXPERIENCE
Collectively, Jon, Jeff and Steve bring decades of experience across mineral exploration, strategy, targeting, commercial risk and exploration leadership. This isn’t exploration management taught from a textbook. It is the accumulated thinking, experience & lessons of people who have spent their careers working within the realities of the mineral exploration business.
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AVAILABLE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
The Senior Exploration Management course has been created for people who make or are preparing to make important decisions within mineral exploration. Work through the course when it suits you. Pause, revisit and return to concepts as they become relevant to your own projects.
About the Course
Across nine modules, you’ll explore the technical, strategic, commercial & human dimensions of Senior Exploration Management. Module 1: The Mineral Exploration Business Environment Exploration cycles, global trends, discovery costs & the exploration value proposition. Module 2: Key Concepts in Mineral Exploration Management Explore search space, base rates, valuing opportunities, technological innovation, option value, skill vs luck. Module 3: What Matters at the Strategic Scale Strategy, portfolio quality, search-space management, partnering, greenfield vs brownfield & strategic decision-making. Module 4: Portfolio Management Budget allocation, economic analysis, project ranking, portfolio quality & project advancement. Module 5: Project-Scale Exploration Processes Systematic exploration, geological frameworks, project search space, valid targets & opportunity evaluation. Module 6: Commercial Risk Management Stakeholders, tenement access, confidentiality, negotiations, deal structures & non-technical risk. Module 7: Mineral Exploration Targeting: Part I Targeting science, the business interface, size-frequency distributions, Zipf’s Law & targeting under cover. Module 8: Mineral Exploration Targeting: Part II Mineral systems, clustering, target models, data interaction & target ranking. Module 9: Managing the Exploration Group: Culture & People Performance, creativity, decision-making under uncertainty, bias and building & retaining high-quality teams.
Who is this Course for?
The Senior Exploration Management course has been created for people who make or are preparing to make important decisions within mineral exploration. It is particularly relevant for: - Regional, country and exploration managers - Project managers moving toward senior leadership roles - Senior geoscientists aspiring to exploration management - Exploration executives and technical leaders - Junior exploration company leaders - Commercial professionals working alongside exploration teams - Mining-focused investment professionals - Government and academic professionals who interact closely with the exploration industry You don’t need to work within a particular commodity, jurisdiction or company size. The course is about the principles behind good exploration management & how to apply them within your own context.
Think Bigger about Exploration
Step away from the detail and develop a broader understanding of the strategy, decisions, risks, people and processes that drive effective mineral exploration. Pricing in USD
$750.00