The Northern Miner appoints Alisha Hiyate new Editor-in-Chief

As George Harrison once sang: “All Things must pass”… and that includes incredible journalistic and editorial tenures. With that thought in mind, I announce to you all that Trish Saywell is retiring from our team on March 15.   

Before joining The Northern Miner, Trish worked in Asia for several publications, including The Hong Kong Standard, Asiaweek, and the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong. At the Far Eastern Economic Review, she covered China from Hong Kong, before being posted to Shanghai as the magazine’s bureau chief in the late 1990s. She also served as the magazine’s bureau chief in Singapore from 2000 until 2004. 

Trish brought that wealth of experience to The Northern Miner in August of 2007, and immediately made her mark by contributing some of the most read and most respected articles in the industry.  Trish’s ability to consistently report and write to that high standard throughout the next 14 years has been truly inspiring and has earned her one of the strongest reputations in the industry of any reporter and Editor-in-Chief. She has always covered the industry in rigorous terms, going the extra mile to examine an important piece of research or find that key expert quote, and her interviews of industry leaders for the paper, on video and in a live setting for our Symposiums, have truly set the bar of excellence and have enriched the content of The Northern Miner for posterity.   

Please join me in congratulating Trish on such an outstanding career at The Northern Miner. It is my hope that she will continue to bless us with some editorial content going forward … even if it is written from a beach house along the shores of some fabulous Caribbean destination! 

While Trish will be greatly missed,​ we are excited to welcome on board our new Editor-​in-Chief, Alisha Hiyate. It is always a joy in business to see individuals rise up and excel at each higher level they reach, making the overall group stronger with their growth. Alisha is one such individual and it is with great pleasure that we announce that she will be stepping into the esteemed role of Editor-in-Chief for The Northern Miner.  

Alisha has done an outstanding job as Editor of Canadian Mining Journal for the last five years. Among the key initiatives she spearheaded while managing the content of CMJ included guiding the redevelopment of the CMJ website, writing industry-leading editorials, increasing the brand’s social media presence, ​helping to establish and plan virtual symposiums, ​building a deeper network of industry contributors, and most importantly, changing the editorial direction of the magazine to a modern outlook that highlights the importance of ESG and related technologies to the industry.  

Alisha has nearly 16 years of experience as a mining journalist covering projects and mines, new technology, and environmental and social issues related to mining. In addition to her duties with CMJ she also serves as Editor of Diamonds in Canada magazine and has been a reporter and copy editor for the Northern Miner. Alisha brings a unique blend of editorial excellence combined with innovative business solution thinking to the role and we are very excited to see how The Northern Miner grows under her stewardship. CMJ is going to dearly miss her but is relieved her expertise is staying in-house.