Archive - Kevin Lester

Pattern Counsel Instalment Three

What Being Inside Teaches You

Sep 2 • Kevin Lester

August 2026

Start here: How to use this Substack

A quick guide to Kevin Lester's Substack

Aug 28 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 64: Lumwana Copper, Zambia

It took 70 years to build. Now Barrick is spending nearly $2bn to make it much bigger

Aug 27 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 63: West Wits' Qala Shallows

South Africa’s youngest gold mine

Aug 25 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 62: Zambian Mining Law

Zambia's Fifth Mining Law in Fifty Years

Aug 24 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 61: Kansanshi Copper Mine, Zambia

Four Owners, One Hill, Sixteen Centuries of Copper

Aug 20 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 60: Mponeng Gold Mine, South Africa

The Mine Harmony Gave Another Life

Aug 18 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 59: South African Mining Law

South Africa’s MPRDA Mining Law Is Twenty-Two

Aug 17 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 58: KCM, Chingola, Zambia

An Extraordinary Copper System

Aug 13 • Kevin Lester

MIH Story 57: Driefontein and Kloof Gold Mines, South Africa

One Hundred Million Ounces of Gold, and What Comes After

Aug 11 • Kevin Lester

MIG Story 56: Mopani Copper, Zambia

Nkana and Mufulira Mines

Aug 6 • Kevin Lester

Pattern Counsel Instalment Two

Being Inside: More Than a Seat, Presence When It Matters

Aug 5 • Kevin Lester

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