Tony Kiernan has chaired more WA miners into the big leagues than just about anyone.
He was founding chair of BC Iron when it listed at around $12m, chaired Pilbara Minerals from lithium hopeful to the ASX 50, chaired Saracen through the Super Pit deal and Northern Star merger, and has chaired Genesis from about $330m to a gold producer worth more than $8B+.
He's a former lawyer from a trucking family, and his father's line stuck: "If you don't pay a dividend, you're not in business, son."
Decades of shareholder letters show a philosophy that has barely moved.
We wanted to understand how he does it.
Tony covers:
• The three rules he gives anyone trying to make it in mining• Why cash in the bank beats accounting profits, and how much he always keeps in reserve
• Stories from BC Iron, Pilbara, Saracen, Genesis and selling an Eritrean gold mine to the Chinese• How he sizes up MDs, and why he rates CFOs so highly
• The Altura deal and backing lithium when nobody else would
• Proxy advisors, executive chairs and what makes a good director
• Why six is the right number of directors
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TIMESTAMPS
(0:00) Tony Kiernan's Business Philosophy
(08:15) The Drilling Business and Eritrea
(14:27) How to Chair a Board
(19:25) Pilbara Minerals and Lithium
(24:05) Dealmaking and the Altura Acquisition
(30:19) Proxy Advisors
(35:46) What It Means to Be a Director
(41:55) Lachlan Star
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