Episode 55: World Copper Conference & Arizona Mining ft. BIFs

We're going interstellar this week on the Geology Corner. Lesley digs into banded iron formations (also known as BIFs), which are distinctive units of sedimentary rock. We talk oxygen, snowball Earth, and asteriods! Meanwhile, Matt discusses the 16th annual World Copper Conference in Santiago Chile and the near to midterm red metal outlook. We review a few analysts reports from the event and drill down into India as the emerging industrial metals market, the copper cycle, supply disruptions, and more! Matt also sits down with Arizona Mining’s (TSX:AZ) president and CEO Jim Gowans to talk the Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit, 80 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz. The company released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the deposit in early April, and we cover metallurgy and mining methods. Bonus: Matt briefly touches on the Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) and Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) deal in the Yukon! Timeline: Macro economic roundup: 0:30 Copper round-up and analysis: 1:45 Geology Corner ft. BIFs: 7:44 Arizona Mining CEO Jim Gowans: 24:35 Atac/Barrick agreement in the Yukon: 10:56 Articles referenced: Facts ‘n’ Figures: World copper mine production soars 5% in 2016, ICSG finds: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/facts-n-figures-world-copper-mine-production-soars-5-2016-icsg-finds/1003785422/ AllianceBernstein: More investment in copper needed: www.northernminer.com/news/investmen…ys/1003785134/ Site visit: Atac builds critical mass at Rackla in Yukon: http://www.northernminer.com/news/site-visit-atac-builds-critical-mass-%e2%80%a8at-rackla-yukon/1003778731/ Arizona Mining confirms size potential at Taylor: http://www.northernminer.com/news/arizona-mining-confirms-size-potential-taylor/1003777643/ PDAC 2017: Copper, zinc looking good for 2017: www.northernminer.com/commodities-ma…17/1003784440/ Robert Friedland, Lukas Lundin to be featured speakers at TNM’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London: www.northernminer.com/stock-markets-…on/1003784168/ Music Credit: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0 Music Credit: Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/