The power of the Dog

Mining engineers, says a veteran CEO (and mining engineer), “have no idea what the ultimate answer is”.

“We are always estimating what we think the resource is and … we try and develop mining methods and approaches that put us inside a confidence level that guides us to an outcome, knowing that we don’t quite know what the answers are.

“You’ve got to be careful you don’t go broke trying to work out exactly what the answer is.