Explore & Discover Issue No. 6 is out now!
Brandon Isakson Director of Operations This is always an exciting time of year for Big Rock. Although the winter months provide ideal conditions for many of our clients’ drilling programs, summer is undoubtedly the peak season for field geology work such as...
May Rockstar of the Month: Roger Schulz
Roger Schulz SENIOR DATA MANAGERRoger is a continuous advocate of Big Rock's HSE mission and goals. While out in the field in May, he demonstrated outstanding commitment to the importance of safety. A dedicated, team-first contributor, Roger is always adaptable and...
April Rockstar of the Month: Marcus Larson
Marcus Larson PROJECT GEOLOGISTMarcus has been a project geologist with Big Rock for almost one year and has quickly become a tremendous asset to the team. He was recently nominated by his peers in the month of April for outstanding contributions to the team. During...
What Makes Minerals “Strategic & Critical”?
Defining Strategic minerals:Minerals have been essential ingredients for building and advancing civilization for millennia. Recently we examined how minerals are a key input for nearly every aspect of our infrastructure, from homes and office buildings, to roads,...
Minerals Are The Future
A GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND It's no secret that our world is undergoing a period of rapid, transformational change. As the human population continues to rise globally, eclipsing 7.5 billion people in 2019, demand for resources to feed, clothe, house, and employ our...
How Partnerships Can Help Bridge The Gap
Brian Lentz Vice President Collaboration is key: How Partnerships build capacity, spur innovation, and amplify impact Over the past several years Big Rock has formed a special partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada's largest and most comprehensive museum of...
A Strong Growth Culture
Brian Lentz Vice President The right people for the right opportunity Big Rock believes a strong growth culture is one that is dedicated to honest and thorough self-assessment with a continuous effort to refine, develop and improve. This isn’t just an organizational...
PDAC 2019: Team Big Rock In Canada
TEAM BIG ROCK AT PDAC 2019 Big Rock is excited to be back in Toronto this year for the annual PDAC Convention, the world's premier international event for the minerals and mining industry. Our group will have it's largest representation yet at such a major industry...
Bridging The Gap: Sustainability In Practice
Dan Goettsch Business Development Creating Shared Value for Stakeholders In light of the theme that runs throughout our most recent Explore & Discover newsletter - Issue No. 5, Big Rock is excited to share that “Sustainability In Practice” is our key initiative...
Technically Speaking: An Appeal For Petrography
By Aubrey Lee | Senior Geologist by Aubrey Lee Senior Geologist, Big Rock Exploration Petrography: A Critical Exploration Tool Consider this fact – many university geology departments no longer offer optical mineralogy and petrography courses. In fact, teaching...
Explore & Discover: Newsletter Issue No. 5 is out now!
by Brian Lentz Vice-President, Big Rock Exploration Responsible exploration and development of Earth’s resources has never been more critical to human life and well-being. Mining of metals, minerals and energy enabled the industrial revolution and elevated much of the...
Digging Deeper: A Look at Construction Aggregate
What is construction aggregate? Construction aggregate, or simply "aggregate", is a broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetics. Aggregate is the...
Meet Team Big Rock: Geologist Liz Roepke
Liz Roepke PROJECT GEOLOGIST BS in Geology, minor in Math from University of Puget Sound, cum laude '11 MS in Earth Sciences, Biogeology track from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, '18 How I Became A Geologist: My family goes camping a lot so I was outdoors a...
AME Roundup 2019
by Rob Bergmann President, Big Rock Exploration AME ROUNDUP: Innovation, collaboration, DIsruption The Big Rock team has started this year hard-charging and motivated as ever. Due to the outstanding efforts by our technical field team in 2018 we wanted to create even...
Building A Successful Team
by Brian Lentz Vice President, Big Rock Exploration IMPACTFUL RESULTS START WITH EFFECTIVE PEOPLE. One of the most rewarding aspects of growing our company has been the process of assembling a truly special and talented group of people that live and breathe our...
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