Yet there is a wealth of people swimming in the talent pool across Asia. The recent Salary Survey by The Swann Group in China’s mining community found that there are many ways to build a team beyond that conventional wisdom. The reality is that there is a growing mobility in Asia of talented professionals that is bringing diversity to the region’s mining operations. There are Chinese professionals heading south to Vietnam and to far flung places such as Peru. At the same time a Philippine geologist might be drilling in Tibet or Laos. Talent, like many minerals, is a rare commodity and in today’s market there is good sense in having an open mind to where the best people might be found and how to make the most of their experience.

仍然有很多人正在横跨亚洲的人才交流池里徜徉。中国矿业协会天鹅组最近所作的一项工资调查发现构建团队除了以传统的智能方式外还有其他许多种途径。实际上，亚洲专业人才的流动性正在日益增加，这使得亚洲地区矿业的运转呈现多样化。中国的专业人才中有人正南下到越南，甚至到更远的秘鲁，同时也有菲律宾的地质学者正在西藏或老挝作钻探。人才，像许多矿物一样，也是珍贵的商品，而且当今的人才市场对判断最佳人选的出处以及如何充分利用他们的经验持谦虚态度。