ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Mike Beare (Co-Founder & COO, H5 Resources Limited)
How do you take a brownfield tin mine abandoned in the 1960s, overrun by thousands of artisanal miners, and transform it into a modern, zero-waste, low-carbon operation?
In this episode of the Founder Series on The Mining Pulse, we travel to Uganda to speak with Mike Beare, Co-Founder and COO of H5 Resources. H5 is currently undertaking the methodical rebuild of the Mwerasandu Tin Mine, operating an active alluvial plant while targeting a high-grade underground decline for Phase 2.
In this episode, we diagnose:
•Uganda as a Mining Jurisdiction: Why stable governance, cheap hydropower, and low labor costs make it an overlooked frontier for mineral investment.
•The Artisanal Challenge: Navigating the complex reality of 600+ artisanal miners operating on the license—and why aggressive eviction was abandoned in favor of formalization and future underground employment.
•Closure Up-Front: How H5 is executing a "zero-waste" strategy by repurposing alluvial clay for brick-making and selling sand/gravel as local construction material.
•The "Fabricator" Pitfall: Hard technical lessons learned when sourcing processing equipment from China, and why design IP and component quality matter more than price.
•The Carrier Metal Concept: Why you can't build a mine solely for critical minerals like Beryllium, and how Tin serves as the economic anchor to extract highly lucrative byproducts.
Stay sharp.
Stay informed.
Stay on the pulse.
🩺⛏️
How do you take a brownfield tin mine abandoned in the 1960s, overrun by thousands of artisanal miners, and transform it into a modern, zero-waste, low-carbon operation?
In this episode of the Founder Series on The Mining Pulse, we travel to Uganda to speak with Mike Beare, Co-Founder and COO of H5 Resources. H5 is currently undertaking the methodical rebuild of the Mwerasandu Tin Mine, operating an active alluvial plant while targeting a high-grade underground decline for Phase 2.
In this episode, we diagnose:
•Uganda as a Mining Jurisdiction: Why stable governance, cheap hydropower, and low labor costs make it an overlooked frontier for mineral investment.
•The Artisanal Challenge: Navigating the complex reality of 600+ artisanal miners operating on the license—and why aggressive eviction was abandoned in favor of formalization and future underground employment.
•Closure Up-Front: How H5 is executing a "zero-waste" strategy by repurposing alluvial clay for brick-making and selling sand/gravel as local construction material.
•The "Fabricator" Pitfall: Hard technical lessons learned when sourcing processing equipment from China, and why design IP and component quality matter more than price.
•The Carrier Metal Concept: Why you can't build a mine solely for critical minerals like Beryllium, and how Tin serves as the economic anchor to extract highly lucrative byproducts.
Stay sharp.
Stay informed.
Stay on the pulse.
🩺⛏️
English
South Africa
TRANSCRIPT 🔗
Are you the producer of this podcast?
Add a podcast transcript
Need Audio-to-Text?
Transcribe with Listen411 in Just 60 Seconds
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The Mining Pulse.
OTHER EPISODES IN THIS PODCAST
In Episode 19 of The Mining Pulse, hosts James Agenbag and Graeme Smith sit down with Martin Cassidy, Managing Director at Truco, to run the diagnostics on mining fluid handling systems.
A chemical engineer and De Beers process veteran, Martin is running one of the oldest companies in Gauteng, fou…
Guest: James Campbell (Managing Director at Botswana Minerals, PLC)
While global demand for critical raw materials and battery elements like copper and lithium skyrockets, greenfield mineral exploration has dangerously flatlined. With major mining houses becoming increasingly risk-averse and 90% o…
In this episode of The Mining Pulse, hosts James Agenbag and Graeme Smith sit down with Mosa Mabuza, CEO of the Council of Geoscience, to run a comprehensive reality check on South Africa's geological future. Overseeing the organization that acts as the custodian of the country's subsurface data, M…
In Episode 18 of The Mining Pulse, hosts James Agenbag and Graeme Smith sit down with Robert Grafen-Greaney, global Head of Mining at AON, to run a comprehensive reality check on the modern mining risk landscape.
Overseeing a massive $1.2 billion global mining insurance portfolio, Robert leverages…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Pint Size Media, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
