PDAC: Think big, exploration opportunity is huge, says BHP’s Laura Tyler

“From where I sit, the opportunity in front of us is huge,” BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) chief technical officer Laura Tyler told the PDAC’s virtual convention. “I see great prosperity as we collaborate to discover the commodities of the future … faster, more efficiently, and more sustainably than ever before.”

Speaking from Adelaide in Australia, Tyler noted that the last year had been one of “challenge and opportunity for us all.” She then provided a brief history of nickel, which is fast becoming the “workhorse” of battery technologies and plays an essential role in decarbonizing the global economy.

She said that the answer to many of the challenges the world faces could be found in the resources that the mining industry finds and produces.

For example, the industry provides essential products for economic growth and the transition to a low-carbon global economy by enabling cleaner power generation, more efficient transportation systems, and battery storage technologies.

“As exploration professionals, we are vital to the delivery of a better future,” Tyler said. “We play our part at the front end of the value chain, and we unlock the resources the world needs.”

Exploration, she continued, is the lowest cost path to growth and value creation for BHP’s shareholders and is critical to the company’s future, noting that BHP is increasing its presence around the world, including opening an office in Toronto.

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