2021 Yukon Exploration Investment Summit, Part 4

Scott Sheldon, BA, started working in the mining industry in the early 1990s. He later became a provider of web services and campaign management to various junior miners in Vancouver. He is also President of Go Metals Corp., the company responsible for extending the Yukon White Gold district south with the Wels Gold project.

A trained geologist, Byron King has been with Agora Financial – and now an Agora subsidiary called St. Paul Research – since 2002. Over many years, he wrote a series of newsletters covering the energy and mining sectors to include small cap juniors. He has traveled extensively, and visited exploration, development and producing sites in 6 out of 7 continents. Byron has also spoken at many resource-themed conferences. Presently, he writes a letter entitled Whiskey & Gunpowder, which explores large scale historical themes and macroeconomic issues, often with angles relating back to basic resources and the fundamentals of wealth creation. Byron is also a retired officer in the U.S. Navy. He holds earned academic degrees from Harvard, the Naval War College and University of Pittsburgh.

Scott is a professional geologist with over 15 years’ industry experience. Born and raised in Canada’s Yukon Territory and based in Whitehorse, he brings a strong technical grounding to discovery-stage exploration alongside in-depth local knowledge.

Ms. Christie has over 20 years’ experience in the exploration and mining business. She became the President and CEO of Banyan in 2016. Prior to that she was the President of privately owned Gimlex Gold Mines Ltd. (2006-2016), one the Yukons largest placer mining operations and was involved in consulting for exploration, mining, environmental assessment, government, community and First Nation relations, including working with First Nation development corporations. She is currently is on the Boards of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd (since 2006) and Klondike Gold Corp. and Western Copper and Gold. Ms. Christie has been a board member of PDAC, AMEBC and other industry associations and was a founding board member of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (2004-2016). She is active in non-profits and charities, including being President of a charity “Every Student, Every Day” that works to improve attendance in Yukon schools. Ms. Christie has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of British Columbia and is a registered professional engineer in BC and Yukon.

David has over a decade of experience in corporate finance and capital markets with a focus on the natural resource sector. As an executive with the PowerOne Group he has developed a depth of knowledge in representing, advising, and assisting emerging companies in accessing capital, advising on mergers and acquisitions and managing their businesses. David is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has also served in a variety of executive roles and director positions to a wide array of private and public enterprises.