Mining Recruitment: How CSG Talent Secured Environmental Leadership for Liberty Gold

Overcoming Complex Hiring Challenges at a Critical Stage 

Since September 2023, CSG Talent has partnered with the CEO of Liberty Gold as they’ve advanced a large-scale oxide project through feasibility, permitting, and towards construction. As the project moved into a critical stage, it became clear that building a strong operational leadership team was essential to navigate complex technical requirements, strict regulatory processes, and community engagement. 

With a limited talent pool and only one chance to get it right, Liberty Gold recognised the need for a specialist recruitment partner who could handle niche, sensitive searches and deliver senior talent ready to succeed. 

A Tailored Process for a Key Hire 

Liberty Gold’s priority was securing a senior environmental and regulatory leader to guide the project through complex mine permitting and community engagement. When CSG Talent first contacted them, Liberty Gold indicated they weren’t quite ready for the role they had been approached about. But after seeing the profile of another specialist in CSG Talent’s network, they were interested in working together on a different role. 

From there, mining recruitment specialist Stephen Hall conducted a detailed search alongside the original candidate, providing a shortlist within two weeks to ensure full market coverage and to give Liberty Gold a screened selection of senior mining professionals to choose from. 

The process involved extensive conversations to understand the specific challenges the site faced, including engaging with Native American communities, managing consultants, liaising with multiple federal agencies, and even developing a mitigation strategy to protect a threatened species of chicken living in the project area. 

Through regular dialogue, CSG Talent ensured all parties were aligned and that the final hire could handle sensitive discussions, environmental reporting, and future legal challenges if required.