Education

Many clients are, quite rightly, keen to learn more about the sector that they are investing in, rather than simply taking a Global broker’s word on a stock or property. To assist these clients we offer a series of self-guided educational courses free of charge. These are generally modular and new modules will be added regularly. So please return to this page from time to time to see what is new.

Geothermal Primer - John McIlveen of Jacob Securities has put out a new geothermal primer which gives a great background to geothermal energy for those who are not familiar with the industry. Click here to view it.

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The Mining Investment College is a series of four video lectures, featuring lecturers from the Colorado School of Mines, other mining industry experts and Rick Rule of Global Resource Investments. The lecture series covers three main areas:

- Introduction to geology
- The exploration process, and
- Pre-production and production phases of ore deposits.

The lectures form the core of an 8 week course.

• Mining Investment College Video 1
• Mining Investment College Video 2
• Mining Investment College Video 3
• Mining Investment College Video 4

Ore Deposits 101 – This Global Resource Investments course gives an introduction to different ore deposit types in simple layman’s terms. Modules of the course will be added from time to time. Please check back from time to time to see what’s been added.

• Ore Deposits 101 – Part 1 – Introduction (32 minutes)
• Ore Deposits 101 – Part 2 – Layered Complexes and Kimberlites (41 minutes)
• Ore Deposits 101 – Part 3 – Porphyries, Skarns and IOCG Deposits (39 minutes)
• Ore Deposits 101 – Part 4 – Mesothermal and Greenstone Lode Gold Deposits (37 minutes)
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Property Evaluations – Brent Cook, author of Exploration Insights, has produced three short videos explaining how analysts evaluate an exploration property during a site visit. These are well worth watching and can be viewed on YouTube. Click here to link.

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The Exploration Process John Mark Staude, President of Riverside Resources, has put together a series of short videos explaining the exploration process in layman’s terms. The first of these, an Introduction to Exploration Techniques is posted on Youtube and can be viewed by clicking on the link above.