A Few Ideas For Those Long Trips On The Road

To lighten things up a little in what has been one of the toughest years in our business, The Northern Miner decided to canvass the captains in our industry about the books they like to read when they leave the office. We asked as many as possible to tell us what their favourite two books have been over the last decade and what they are currently reading. Some declined, saying they didn’t have much time to read — or were too busy to respond — but many more sent in their selections. We are sure you will find the list eclectic and informative. Happy Reading!

Paul Benson, chief executive of Troy Resources Favourites: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond and The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Recent reads: Fool’s Gold: How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe, by Gillian Tett.

Geoff Burns, president and chief executive of Pan American Silver Corp.

Favourites: The Power of One by Bryce Courtney and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Recent reads: World without End by Ken Follett.

Tim Coughlin, president and chief executive of Lydian International Favourites: Sale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism by Chrystia Freeland and A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson. Recent reads: The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Luis da Silva, president and chief executive of Mano River Resources

Favourites: Sale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism by Chrystia Freeland and A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke.

Recent reads: Cityboy: Beer & Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson.

Eric Friedland, chairman and chief executive of Peregrine Diamonds Favourites: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond and The Prize by Daniel Yergin.

Recent reads: Through Black Spruce by Joseph

Chris Frostad, president and chief executive of Purepoint Uranium Group Favourites: Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James Collins and Jerry Porras.

Recent reads: Uranium by Tom Zoellner.

Rene Galipeau, chief executive and vice-chairman of Nuinsco Resources

Favourites: It’s a Long Way from Penny Apples by Bill Cullen and Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth May. Recent reads: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

John Gray, president and chief executive of African Aura Resources

Favourites: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. Recent reads: We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

David Harquail, president and chief executive of Franco-Nevada

Favourites: Get Smarter by Seymour Schulich with Derek DeCloet and The Big Score by Jacquie Mc- Nish.

Recent Reads: Dreams of Iron and Steel: Seven Wonders of the Modern Age, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal by Deborah Cadbury.

Kim Harris, president and chief executive of Midlands Minerals Favourites: Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett and Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein. Recent reads: The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson and The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld.

Wayne Hubert, chief executive of Andean Resources

Favo u r i t e s : Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Good to Great by Jim Collins.

Recent reads: The Eighth Habit by Stephen Covey.

Andrew Nevin, president and chief executive of Pebble Creek Mining

Favourites: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin and In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce. Recent reads: Due Considerations by John Updike.

Mark O’Dea, president and chief executive of Fronteer Development Group

Favourites: No Great Mischief

by Alistair Mac- Leod and River Thieves by Michael Crummey.

Recent reads: Red Dog, Red Dog by Patrick Lane, Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn & Hal Iggulden and Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden.

Nick Poll, president and chief executive of Mirabela Nickel Favourites: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl and Sketches of Frank Gehry by Sydney Pollack.

Recent reads: Executive Leadership by Elliott Jacques. Jeffrey Pontius, president and chief executive of Interna-tional Tower Hill Mines

Favo u r i t e s : Money Mountain by Marshall Sprague and Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Recent reads: Team of Rivals by Doris Goodwin.

Ian Saunders, president and chief executive of New Dawn Mining

Favourites: The Holy Bible by various divinely inspired writers; The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

Recent reads: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Douglas Silver, president and chief executive of International Royalty

Favourites: Rum Diary or anything else by Hunter Thompson and Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.

Recent reads: The City of Z by David Grann and Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

Vic Wall, president of Colossus Minerals Favourites: The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Recent reads: Breath: A Novel by Tim Winton.

— Please send your favourite book submissions for the next chapter of Reader’s Corner to Trish Saywell tsaywell@northernminer.com.