{"podcast":{"title":"Dig Deep","slug":"dig-deep-806880","podcast_index_feed_id":806880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/USVL2635439643","website_url":"https://www.digdeeptheminingpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5d680c2c-4791-11f0-9685-3f34819aca87/image/31ea95bd9df07102a933c2799d56237b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Rob Tyson","episode_count":655,"summary":"In this podcast, we discuss, educate and talk about industry news and hot topics, company reviews and live interviews with mining professionals and leading figures in the mining industry. Introducing your host Rob Tyson, Founder and Director of Mining International, a leading recruitment and headhunting agency based in the UK specialising in mining across the globe. We source and discover new talent to fill those difficult or challenging vacancies our clients have.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T08:21:50.247963+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880"},"episode":{"title":"Unlocking Europe’s Critical Metals: How MetPro Is Revitalizing Norway’s High-Grade Copper-Zinc Belt","slug":"unlocking-europe-s-critical-metals-how-metpro-is-revitalizing-norway-s-high-grade-copper-zinc-belt","published_at":"2026-08-27T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880/unlocking-europe-s-critical-metals-how-metpro-is-revitalizing-norway-s-high-grade-copper-zinc-belt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/USVL8237110874.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/USVL8237110874.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we chat to Steele Hemmerich, President of MetPro (Metal Prospecting AS), a copper and zinc exploration company in Norway's Grong VMS District. He brings a rare blend of hands-on field experience and capital markets execution. He started his career in the oil and gas industry before moving into corporate finance, where he worked on transactions across the mining, oil and gas, and technology sectors. Based in Dubai, he's evaluated mining projects across Europe, Africa, South America and Southeast Asia, and calls MetPro one of the most exciting he's come across, thanks to its drill-defined resource, Tier-1 jurisdiction and established infrastructure. In this episode, Steele joins the show to talk about MetPro's copper-zinc project in Norway and what it takes to bring a brownfield VMS district back into production. KEY TAKEAWAYS MetPro is fast-tracking the drill-defined Skiftesmyr copper-zinc deposit in Central Norway’s prolific Grong VMS district toward updated 43-101 compliance and pre-feasibility readiness. Built on decades of historical exploration and production data, the project benefits from tier-one infrastructure including direct access to highways, renewable hydropower, rail lines, and deepwater ports. The company’s multi-phase exploration program aims to expand resources beyond 6 million tonnes by testing open depths, strike extensions, and unaccounted high-grade gold and silver mineralization. MetPro is strategically positioned to help close the EU’s critical raw materials supply gap by leveraging predictable Scandinavian permitting standards and brownfield development speed. BEST MOMENTS \"We have over 18,000 meters of modern diamond drilling completed, so this isn't a story about starting from a blank page; we're building on decades of histori…","meta_description":"In this episode, we chat to Steele Hemmerich, President of MetPro (Metal Prospecting AS), a copper and zinc exploration company in Norway's Grong VMS Dist…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dig-deep-806880/episodes/unlocking-europe-s-critical-metals-how-metpro-is-revitalizing-norway-s-high-grade-copper-zinc-belt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-deep-806880/unlocking-europe-s-critical-metals-how-metpro-is-revitalizing-norway-s-high-grade-copper-zinc-belt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}