Mr. Turner obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Ocean Science (Specialization Geology) from the University of British Columbia in 2002. He has managed and participated in numerous exploration projects throughout Western Canada, focusing mainly on precious metal vein, IOCG and diamond deposits. Mr. Turner has been Rockhaven’s CEO since 2008 and was appointed President in 2015.
Dr. West-Sells has over 25 years experience in the mining industry. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in Metallurgical Engineering, he worked with BHP, Placer Dome, and Barrick in increasingly senior roles in Research and Development and Project Development.
Dr. West-Sells has worked for Western Copper and gold since 2006, where he has held a number of technical and executive positions, and is now the President and CEO overseeing the day to day operations of the company.
Dr. West-Sells sits on the Yukon Minerals Advisory Board, the Board of the Yukon Mining Alliance and is also on the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining Governing Council.
Trevor Hall is the President of Clear Creek Digital, an investor relations consultancy working with junior mining and mineral exploration companies throughout the world. The agency specializes in social media management, grassroots investor outreach, and new media production for companies exploring for and developing projects focused on precious and base metals. Trevor received a Bachelor and Masters degree from the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He now resides in Denver, Colorado with his beautiful wife and 2 amazing children.
Mr. Johnson has over 25 years experience in the mineral exploration industry ranging from grassroots prospecting to consulting company operation and public company management. As a founder and manager of Arcmin Enterprises he helped a northern British Columbia First Nation build a labour service company employing over 180 people providing entry level and skilled workers to exploration and development projects in BC’s golden triangle. Mr. Johnson is also a director and CEO of International Cobalt.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon to everybody out there. This is the InvestUConn Speaker 1: Exploration Speaker 1: Investment Speaker 1: Summit in our 3rd presentation Speaker 1: of this event. My name is Trevor Hall. I am the host of Mining Stock Daily. We are a daily podcast Speaker 1: that publishes Speaker 1: news, analysis, and reports from the world of mineral exploration and mining. We publish Monday through Friday whenever there is active trading in Canada and North America we publish the news. You can find us on all your favorite podcast networks including Apple Podcasts, Speaker 1: Spotify, Speaker 1: Podbean. Speaker 1: If you have it on your phone to listen to your podcast, that's where you can find it. I am very privileged to once again be participating Speaker 1: with the UConn Speaker 1: to present Speaker 1: another great panel discussion. I think this is my 2nd or 3rd year of doing this. Speaker 1: Today we are welcoming the CEOs Speaker 1: of 3 companies based in the Yukon. Speaker 1: We 1st have Tim Johnson Speaker 1: from Granite Creek Copper. We have Matt Turner from Rock Haven Resources Speaker 1: and Paul Westsells from Western Copper and Gold. We're 1st going to spend a little bit of time from each of these individuals to allow them to provide an introduction Speaker 1: to their projects and their companies. Speaker 1: And then we are going to break in with a little bit of a panel discussion Speaker 1: with the 4 of us, Speaker 1: and then we will end with questions from the audience. If you are listening and have follow-up questions Speaker 1: for either or any of us, you can go to the Q&A Speaker 1: in the chat there Speaker 1: and post your question, submit it, And we will see those in the back end and hopefully be able to answer tho...