Stan Sudol
This blog aims to build awarness among the media, the general public and political decision makers about the economic and social benefits of sustainable mining practices in the 21st Century. These benefits include poverty alleviation, employment and enormous wealth creation for governments and shareholders.
To ensure that the digital generation has exposure to the fascinating and captivating history of this dynamic sector.
Republic of Mining
The mining industry is strategically vital and integral for the modern, prosperous lifestyles we are accustomed to in the West and for the hundreds of millions in China, India and other developing countries struggling to raise their standard of living.
Today, this economically important sector is under constant attack by a well-funded and “web savvy” environmental movement – which seems to dominate the Internet with their “green” propaganda. Partly because of this, the mining sector’s social license to operate is being questioned in many jurisdictions around the world.
Republic of Mining will provide a much-needed industry perspective to a global audience that may have difficulty finding information on the many social and economic benefits, technical advances, environmental successes and current challenges of this complex sector.
One of the most exciting new mining exploration camps in Canada is the exciting Ring of Fire region. The blog has the most extensive archives on the internet about this new discovery which has become an excellent digital resource for students, journalists and politicians. However, Republic of Mining will also post negative media articles on the sector. The mining industry cannot afford to ignore mainstream media criticism on its activities around the world.
Unlike most blogs that usually have only one writer or voice, Republic of Mining invites senior executives and other industry leaders to submit commentary about current contentious issues and challenges. In addition, the blog intends to extensively profile the great mineral regions of the world – like a National Geographic of the mining sector.
The Republic of Mining will also devote extensive space to the history of the industry. For instance, the gold rushes in California, the Canadian Klondike, Western Australia and the Witwatersrand in South Africa created enormous industrial growth and prosperity in these regions.
The copper wars in Montana, the union battles in the Sudbury Basin, the prospectors who found elephant-size deposits and the financial leaders like Canada’s Peter Munk who created an empire of gold – are all extraordinary stories.
Mining history is being ignored and the Republic of Mining intends to make it more easily available to a younger “digital generation” around the globe who increasingly source most of their media information from the Internet.
The industry is keenly aware of a looming shortage of skilled workers. If young people don’t get excited about mining technology or understand the sector’s sustainable contributions towards wealth creation and poverty alleviation, then how will we entice the next generation to view mining as a smart career choice?
Regularly updated content about mining politics, industry profiles, green initiatives and commentary from key players, plus stories from the sector’s exciting past will ensure that the Republic of Mining will be a site worth visiting by the mainstream media, political decision makers and the general public.
In October, 2011, Australian-based Mining IQ, a mining guide and international learning and communications portal, put RepublicOfMining.com on its list of Top 10 Mining Blogs, one of only two Canadian sites to be included.
Mining IQ says, “This blog [RepublicOfMining.com] aims to build awareness among the media, the general public and political decision makers about the economic and social benefits of sustainable mining practices in the 21st Century. It has a really admirable mission statement and it rings true with the content on the site.”
Mining IQ continues, “We especially like the variety of categories available on the site with commentary from aboriginal mining to mining education and from women in mining through to green mining. Stan Sudol has hit the nail on the head with his enlightened approach.” For the entire top 10 mining blog list: http://www.miningiq.com/mining/articles/mining-industry-blogs-the-pick-of-the-crop-reveale/
