Introducing Anders Carlson: Leading GFG's Exploration to Find the Next Timmins Gold Mine
Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from GFG Resources' new Vice President of Exploration, Anders Carlson, as he shares his insights on the future of GFG and discusses his plans for advancing the company's exploration projects.
Vice President, Business Development at GFG Resources
Prior to joining GFG Resources, Mr. Lepage spent nearly eight years with Claude Resources Inc. as Manager, Investor Relations which was acquired by Silver Standard Inc. in 2016. Prior to his position with Claude, Mr. Lepage held marketing and business development positions in the consumer products and financial sectors. Mr. Lepage holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Certified Professional Investor Relations designation from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Mr. Carlson is a seasoned mining professional with 17 years of experience in mineral exploration and economic geology. He holds an Applied M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from Laurentian University and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology from the University of Manitoba. Throughout his career, Mr. Carlson has held various positions with notable companies such as SSR Mining (“SSR”), Anglo American Plc., Cadillac Ventures Inc. and Wildcat Exploration Ltd. Over the past 12 years, Mr. Carlson has held multiple titles in exploration and resource development with SSR, most recently serving as the Senior Manager of Exploration for Canada. During his tenure at SSR, Mr. Carlson was part of the team responsible for adding more than 2 million ounces of high-grade gold to the resource base. He has also worked extensively with SSR’s Business Development group over the past seven years, reviewing merger and acquisition targets that resulted in the merger with Alacer Gold Corp. in 2020 and the acquisition of Taiga Gold Corp. in 2022. In addition to his exploration expertise, Mr. Carlson has spent the past three years working with SSR's Global Growth team to strengthen and de-risk exploration pipelines, as well as unlock value at near-mine to greenfield opportunities in Turkey, Argentina, Nevada, and Canada. Furthermore, he has been an integral part of the community relations team in Canada, successfully developing inaugural Exploration and Capacity Sharing agreements with regional stakeholders.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to GFG Resources' live event today, hosted by SICKS. I'm pleased to be joined by their Vice President of Exploration, Anders Karlsson, who is going to be going through a Q&A session today with us. So just as a note to everyone in the audience, if you want to participate, ask Anders anything, feel free to submit questions in the chat found on the right-hand side of your screen at any time today. And later on, we're going to be doing a Q&A session with our guest, Andrew Carlson, who is going to be going through a Q&A session today with us. So just as a note to everyone in the audience, if you want to participate, ask Andrews anything. Feel free to submit questions in the chat found on the right-hand side of your screen at any time today. And later on, we're going to be submitting a link to that same chat. Feel free to click on that when it's there and get in touch with the team by filling out the survey that's going to be, you'll be directed to. No further ado, let's get started on some questions that we received from, or rather in advance. Anders, I just want to start off with, could you provide a brief background of yourself and your experience prior to joining GFG? Absolutely. Thanks Cam, very much for having me. Great to be here. Yeah, so my background is obviously hard rock from southern Manitoba, small farming community. So my BSc and Masters were at University of Manitoba and Laurentian University respectively. So definitely rooted in Archean geology and Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Worked for a major, some government mapping and a junior in my 1st few years. And then in 2010 joined the CB Gold operation with the Cloud Resources, now SSR Mining. And was fortunate enough to work with Brian and Mark right off the bat there. And we kind of...
