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Meeting Overview The meeting served as a panel discussion during the final day of the 6th spring virtual conference, focusing on the current state and future predictions for the metals and mining industry. CEOs from various companies shared insights on market trends, challenges posed by COVID-19, and upcoming projects. Key Discussion Points - Predictions for the metals and mining industry in 2022, including the impact of inflation and green energy demand. - The volatility in capital markets and its effect on exploration funding. - The challenges faced by the industry due to COVID-19, including increased costs and delays in operations. - Upcoming catalysts and projects that panelists are looking forward to in 2022. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Panelists to continue monitoring market trends and prepare for upcoming projects and drilling programs. - [Unassigned] : Companies to address the challenges posed by COVID-19 and ad...
CEO & Director at Golden Sky Minerals
Adrian is a geologist with over 40 years of international experience in exploration, project development and mine operations. He has been a member of, or led teams that made gold discoveries at Porgera, PNG; Big Bell, WA; Gross Rosebel, Suriname; Hope Bay, Canada; and White Gold, Yukon, Canada. The White Gold discovery in 2008 resulted from systematic soil geochemistry undertaken by Shawn Ryan. Adrian is a Director of several TSX.V companies.
President, CEO & Director at Ridgeline Minerals
Chad has over ten years of exploration and production experience in both the US and Canada. Prior to co-founding Ridgeline Minerals in 2018, Chad was a managing member of the Premier Gold Mines Ltd. exploration team responsible for the discovery of 10+ Moz of gold, including the discovery of CSD Gap, a high-grade 1.6 Moz resource estimate in 2017 and subsequent joint venture with Barrick Gold in 2018. CDS Gap is now considered one of the highest grade undeveloped Carlin-Type deposits in Nevada. Chad holds a B.Sc. in Geology and Earth Sciences from the University of Manitoba and is a registered professional geologist with the Association of Professional Geologists of Ontario (APGO). He is a long-time member of the Geological Society of Nevada (GSN), currently serving as president of the Winnemucca Chapter.
Executive Vice-President at Vior
Laurent has held a number of progressive positions in the mining industry over the past 15 years. As an exploration geologist, Laurent has contributed to different exploration successes; with Aurizon Mines at their Casa Berardi mine in Abitibi, and with Agnico-Eagle Mines with the early-stage recon of the Amaruq area in Nunavut. Since 2014, he has held positions in mining finance both as Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor for SIDEX, a Quebec based institutional fund specializing in mining exploration Companies. Laurent holds a Master’s degree in Economic Geology from Université d’Orléans (FR) and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and an MBA with Honours from École des sciences de la gestion of Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM) and Paris Dauphine (FR).
CEO at Vior Inc.
Mark is an Honours Bachelor of Commerce graduate who has been involved in the investment industry for over 30 years in a number of senior advisory positions with several prominent investment firms, most recently as first vice-president at CIBC Wood Gundy. He has established, over his successful career, an extensive network across North America of mining executives, experienced high-net-worth junior resource investors and prominent junior resource portfolio managers. Vior Inc. deploys a hybrid exploration strategy that is different from other junior explorers. We focus on exploring or partnering on our own prospective portfolio of district-scale projects in Quebec, but also look for strategic investments that have tremendous upside - diversifying risk and increasing the odds of making a discovery. Our focus and priority is exploring and drilling at our flagship Belleterre gold project, a historic past producing high-grade mine with tremendous district-scale brownfield and green field exploration targets.
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at Karora Resources
With over 10 years experience in the mining industry, Mr Turner was Formerly Senior Vice President of Precious Metals Equity Research at GMP Securities for seven years following experience in industry as a mining engineer with Wardrop Engineering. Mr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University and is a CFA® charterholder
President, CEO, and Director at Orford Mining
Speaker 1: Well, hello everyone and welcome to the last day of the 6th spring virtual conference. Speaker 1: At this Speaker 1: point, you've seen all the presentations from the participating companies. And now's your chance to ask any questions that you have to the CEOs of the participating companies. So I'm really pleased to introduce our panelists today. We've got a great lineup for you. We have Adrian Fleming, CEO and Director of Gold Island. We have Chad Peters, President and CEO and Director of Ridgeline Minerals. Speaker 1: We have Laurent Eustache, Speaker 1: Executive Vice President of Bior. Speaker 1: Oliver Turner, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Corora Resources. Speaker 1: And last but not least, we have David Christie, President and CEO of Orford Mining. Speaker 1: Before I jump into the attendee questions, just a reminder that you can submit your own questions at any time on the Q&A panel on the right-hand side of the screen. We'll try to get to as many as possible. And as always, the summit is being recorded so you can watch it again on six.com. Speaker 1: But I'm interested to know between inflation hedging, green industrial demand, Speaker 1: a nuclear market about to realise its need for fuel, the basic sector that is posed for growth and has historically outperformed Speaker 1: other sectors during recessionary periods. Speaker 1: What are your predictions for the metals and mining industry in 2022? Speaker 1: I'm going to kick it off with you, Adrian. Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you, Dasha. Well, we work in the gold space. Speaker 2: And so I see gold Speaker 2: continuing to oscillate Speaker 2: quite dramatically. Speaker 2: That may or may not be a good thing. I also think given the turmoil we're seeing in Eastern Europe tha...