Episode 246: Why mid-tiers offer the best returns to shareholders, ft Evolution Mining's Jake Klein

This week’s episode features Evolution Mining executive chairman Jake Klein in discussion with Northern Miner editor-in-chief Trish Saywell at the Global Mining Symposium. Jake explains the benefits of remaining a mid-tier sized company, and how China owns as much as 20% of Africa’s debt, particularly of resource-rich nations. He also discusses the challenges of mining, which he describes as “sweet torture”, as well as the company’s future plans. Jake Klein is a founder and Executive Chairman of Evolution Mining Limited. The gold miner was formed in November 2011 and has forged a reputation for reliability and consistency. Through a patient counter-cyclical M&A growth strategy, Evolution has steadily upgraded the quality of its asset portfolio and become Australia’s third-largest ASX-listed gold miner with a market capitalization of over $7 billion. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/