Join Aldebaran Resources' CEO, John Black, and CGO, Dr. Kevin B. Heather, for an exploration update. Following the presentation, they are available to answer questions.
Thu, March 28, 2024 at 12:00 PMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on an exploration update for the Altar Porphyry Copper System, discussing recent drilling results and upcoming milestones. John Black, CEO, and Dr. Kevin B. Heather, CGO, provided insights into the project's progress and future plans, including collaborations and resource updates. Key Discussion Points - Overview of the Altar Porphyry Copper System and its significance as one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits. - Recent results from the latest batch of five drill holes and their implications for project economics. - Current drilling activities with four rigs and nearing the completion of a 20,000-meter drill program. - Upcoming milestones including a major resource update and the first Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) scheduled for 2025. - Collaboration with Rio Tinto Newton to explore new technology for mineral processing. - The strategic importance of the project's location in Argentina, a favorable mining jurisdiction. Decisions M...
John Black is an economic geologist with more than 30 years of exploration experience in the Americas, Central Asia, the SW Pacific, and Eastern Europe/Western Asia. He first worked in South America in 1993 and has been actively involved in mineral exploration throughout the continent for several companies since that time. His professional credentials include a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Stanford University in 1983 and an M.S. degree in Geology – Ore Deposits Exploration from the same University in 1988. John was the founding President of Antares Minerals Inc. and was instrumental in acquiring the Haquira project in Peru for Antares. He was the key driver in negotiating the sale of Antares to First Quantum Minerals for C$650 million. John’s early career included work with Bear Creek Mining Company, Kennecott Minerals Corporation, Rio Tinto and Western Mining Corporation and he currently serves as the CEO and director of Regulus Resources Inc.
Dr. Kevin B. Heather is an economic geologist with 40 years of field experience in North and South America. Dr. Heather was a founding member of both Antares and Regulus and directed the exploration that led to the discovery of the high-grade Haquira East deposit in Southern Peru, which sold to First Quantum Minerals in December 2010 for C$650 million. His professional credentials include a BSc. (honours) degree in Geology from UBC in 1982, a MSc. degree in Geology from Queen’s University in 1985, and a PhD. degree from the University of Keele in 2001. Dr. Heather is currently the Chief Geological Officer (CGO) for Regulus and Aldebaran and is the QP (FAUSIMM) responsible at a corporate level for overseeing the technical aspects of both company’s exploration activities. During his career Dr. Heather has been involved with several discoveries and has worked on various world-class ore deposits including the El Indio Au-Ag-Cu Mine (Chile), the Pascua-Lama Au-Ag deposit (Chile-Argentina), and the Au-Ag Cerro Vanguardia Au-Ag deposit (Patagonia, Argentina).
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Speaker 1: Hello everyone and welcome to the Auto Brown Resources live event hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce our speakers for today, John Black, CEO, and Dr. Kevin B. Heather, CGO. Speaker 1: They'll provide further context on the exploration update following the news that was released this morning. And afterwards we'll be answering questions. So feel free to submit the questions at any point in the bottom right corner of your screen, that little text box there. Speaker 1: As always, the summit is being recorded and will be available to watch afterwards. Speaker 1: So without further ado, I hand things over to John to kick things off. Speaker 2: Okay, great. Thanks Kyle. And thanks to Kyle and Romeo and the full 6 team once again for providing this format. We find this to be quite effective to be able to provide just a little more context when we put out news and give people the opportunity to ask for questions and learn more about what we're doing. Also thanks to everybody tuning in or picking this up on the replay. Speaker 2: If you have any further questions that we don't address today, please feel free to contact us. There's plenty of information on our website. Speaker 2: Just as a disclaimer, we are publicly traded, listed in both the TSX-V Speaker 2: and the OTC in the US, and the appropriate disclaimers Speaker 2: apply to us. So I thought we'd just start with a real quick summary for those of you that might be new to the story, Speaker 2: just a reminder for those that have been with us for some time, is Speaker 2: with Aldebaran, we are working on the Altar Porphyry Copper System. It's 1 of the largest Speaker 2: undeveloped copper deposits in the world in the hands of a junior. Speaker 2: It's about to get substantially Speaker 2: larger. And what we...
