Western Mining Services

Mineral Exploration Consultants

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • About Us
    • The WMS Team
  • Our Business
  • Events
  • Papers
  • Presentations
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

Management-Level Training

Good News!

Our popular Senior Exploration Manager (SEM) Course is back — in both Perth and Denver.

This Course is designed for all who are Senior Exploration Managers, who aspire to be senior managers or who routinely work with and support Senior Exploration Managers and want a better understanding of the challenges of management level positions in our industry.

We had 42 participants in attendance at our first post-pandemic in-person SEM Course (Perth, October 2022). That Course  was a genuine success and showed that there was significant demand for the Course at the Perth venue.

So, we ran the Course again in Perth in February 2023, and another 35 eager, satisfied participants attended.

Based on that success, we will present the Course again in Perth (at our customary St. Catherine’s College venue) in February 2024. Please watch this site for the brochure and registration form. If you have questions in the meantime, please contact Jeff Welborn — jeff.welborn@wesminllc.com.

Also, and again in response to demand, we will resume the in-person SEM Course in Denver, Colorado, (July 18-21, 2023) at a new venue: (https://cccs.edu/conference-center/)

Lowry Conference Center, 1061 Akron Way (30 minutes from Denver International Airport)

The price for the Denver Course is US$3,200. Please use these links for the registration form and the brochure, and don’t hesitate to contact Jeff Welborn (jeff.welborn@wesminllc.com) for answers to any questions.

The Scope of Exploration Management Training

This Course is designed for all who are senior exploration managers, who aspire to be senior managers or who routinely work with and support senior exploration managers and want a better understanding of the challenges of management level positions in our industry.

The SEM Course is a comprehensive exploration management-level training that covers a broad range of topics:

  • Mineral exploration at the strategic scale – the roles of greenfield and brownfield exploration in development and implementation of corporate operating and growth strategies
  • Design and management of exploration programs and portfolios
  • The importance of group structure, program design, process discipline and effective people management to achieve exploration group objectives
  • Opportunity generation including the exploration search space concept, targeting science, the application of targeting models and new opportunity due diligence
  • Development of commercial terms for mineral exploration transactions and deal negotiation
  • Strategic risk evaluation and management in order to develop and maintain the necessary licenses to operate exploration projects in varied risk environments

Management Level Training Classroom

Our in-person SEM Courses are open enrollment and cover all of the above topics. In addition, individual training modules can be provided in-house for clients who desire training that is tailored to their particular needs.

We also offer the complete Senior Exploration Management Course (SEM) in virtual format. LEARN MORE

The feedback on our SEM Courses is consistently positive. WMS now has more than 700 SEM Course alumni working in countries throughout the world.  Information about our SEM Courses is available on this site and by email request: jeff.welborn@wesminllc.com. 

Management Level Training

Training Materials

  • Glossary of Terms
  • Selected Reference Materials – Minerals Systems Science
  • Selected Reference Materials – Targeting

Specialties

  • Target Generation
  • Strategic Planning & Exploration Program Design
  • Exploration Portfolio Review & Analysis
  • Commercial Risk Analysis
  • Due Diligence
  • Management-Level Training

Recent Posts

  • SEM Course (virtual) Update
  • SEM Course (virtual) Update — Certification
  • Virtual SEM Course Update — April 2022
  • Scientific Concept-based Exploration for Gold
  • Mineral Exploration Financing — we need a new model

Archives

  • 2022
  • 2019
  • 2016
  • 2015

OUR MISSION

We formed Western Mining Services (WMS) in 2005 and our mission has always been simple:

We Help Our Clients Achieve Mineral Exploration Success!


We deliver mineral discovery opportunities and sound advice that is grounded in our extensive experience and our keen understanding of exploration systems.

As our client, you will receive personal attention from our unique team of highly experienced industry experts.

  • We work globally from two bases: Denver, Colorado and Perth, Western Australia.
  • Our skills and experience cover all aspects of the mineral exploration process, both technical and commercial.
  • Collectively, we represent more than one hundred fifty years of hands-on mining industry work, including senior management experience in over 35 countries.

CONTACT US and let us work with you and your exploration team as your advisor, your sounding board, your devil’s advocate, your facilitator.

Western Mining Services LLC

7343 South Alton Way,
Suite 100

Centennial,
Colorado 80112
USA
Office: +1 303 770 0948

Western Mining Services Pty. Ltd.

Suite 26, Kobold House,
17 Prowse Street,

West Perth, WA6005
Australia.
Office: +61 (0)8 9322 4601

Contacts

Steve Bussey
+1 303 884 8337

steven.bussey@wesminllc.com

Jon Hronsky
+61 417992518

jon.hronsky@wesminllc.com

Brad Margeson
+1 303 884 8323

brad.margeson@wesminllc.com

Jeff Welborn
+1 303 884 8325

jeff.welborn@wesminllc.com

Connect With Us

  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Upcoming Events

Copyright © 2023 Western Mining Services LLC & Western Mining Services (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.