2023-03-15 19:07:05 ET
Faced with an aging workforce, the mining industry needs to get back to recruiting and attracting a younger generation of skilled workers, according to FireFox Gold (TSXV:FFOX,OTCQB:FFOXF,FWB:A2PDU7) Chairman Patrick Highsmith.
“Geologists and the mining industry, in general, we've done a poor job of bringing in young talent,” Highsmith said. “The best and brightest, in the US in particular, used to go into mining, if you go back to the early 1900s … then fast forward to today, the best and brightest are often choosing tech .”
Succession planning has been a passion for Highsmith, and Firefox Gold’s team of young executives and mining professionals is evidence of that.
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FireFox Gold Chairman Wants Mining Industry to "Get Back to Recruiting" Young Professionals