by Craig Hemke
Sprott Money
Joe Mazumdar joined Exploration Insights as co-editor and analyst in December 2015 and transitioned to sole editor a couple of years later. Previously, he spent six years as Senior Mining Analyst at Haywood Securities and Canaccord Genuity in Vancouver; six years as Director of Strategic Planning, Corporate Development at Newmont Mining (Denver); and over two years as Senior Market Analyst/Commodity Trader at Phelps Dodge (now Freeport McMoRan, Phoenix).
Before becoming a mining market analyst, he worked for over a decade as an exploration geologist in different capacities for IAMGOLD; North Minerals; and RTZ in South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador); MIM Exploration in Queensland, Australia; and Noranda and others in Western Canada (British Columbia, Yukon) and the Northwest Territories.