Interview with Alistair Ross

In this episode we chat to Alistair Ross, President and CEO at Rockcliff Metals Corporation who are a well-funded Canadian major explorer in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt, hosting mines and deposits that contain copper, zinc, gold and silver. We talk about Alistair’s life mission is “to bring nobility to the mining industry.” An exciting chat about the what design features in a mine could be altered to fundamentally improve the safety and health and performance of the industry and much more…. KEY TAKEAWAYS The mining industry has been hugely beneficial to society in lots of ways, but it also has a legacy of negativity that is sometimes difficult to overcome. Perception needs to be changed. Those with highly stressful jobs, can suffer from a compromised immune system. This makes those in the mining sector especially susceptible to certain infections, and requires a greater level of self-care. Improving the mental health of mining workers may be impossible, but our industry should in no way ever detract from their mental health at any time. It is up to us to ensure that happens, and so improve the nobility of mining. As upper level management, we should seek to hire supervisors and managers who are not simply good miners, but who care about people, and who can provide real leadership as well as empathy. The challenge for larger mining companies, is to retain and encourage a sense of agility instead of becoming complacent. BEST MOMENTS ’We have a lot of work to do in order to build trust’ ‘We can create workplaces by design’ ‘It’s going to take strong leadership on the part of the management crew’ ‘We designed it to be agile, innovative, and high-performance-teamwork driven' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes Alistair Ross LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-ross-96788011/?originalSubdomain=ca Rockcliff Metals - https://rockcliffmetals.com/about-us/management-and-board-of-directors/ Rockcliff Metals YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2hL7tmOtEZDcMEG-3m6XnQ ABOUT THE HOST Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight to peoples experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics. Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. We source, headhunt and discover new and top talent talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients organisation in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace. CONTACT METHOD [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3