SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--March 3, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A geologist with a background in zoology and mineral economics provided a decidedly different keynote address this week at MINEXCHANGE, the annual conference and expo organized by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) (Lakewood, Colorado). Rather than a motivational speaker with an upbeat message or an industry executive with detailed projections about supply, demand and prices for commodities, Douglas Silver gave the ultimate 20,000-foot speech and asked whether the COVID-19 pandemic was Earth's attempt at self-healing.

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