I headed off to Mines & Money in Islington yesterday, largely to see the launch of 100 Inspirational Women in Mining, a new book produced by Amanda Van Dyke and her Women in Mining Organisation. Yes, there was free champagne at the launch.
Well done to Amanda for the book. Under her leadership WIM in London has grown to 1000 members and is taken very seriously and the industry heavyweights at the event testified to that.
The event hall is packed with booths and folks are putting a brave face on life in the industry. Rick Rule of Sprott told them “you’ve felt the pain now wait for the gain.” Sure thing Rick but will everyone enjoy the gain and how long must we wait?
It still does not appear to have sunk in, in some quarters of this world, that investors who have lost 95% plus on companies where management took the piss on remuneration