John Black, CEO, and Dr. Kevin B. Heather, Chief Geological Officer, deliver a comprehensive Corporate & Exploration Update for Aldebaran Resources, sharing key insights into recent milestones and strategic advancements, highlighting the company's commitment to excellence in the resource sector.
Tue, February 6, 2024 at 11:00 AMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting provided an update on Autogram Resources, focusing on recent drill results, project milestones, and a new collaboration with Rio Tinto's Newton division. Key highlights included the progress of the drilling program, funding achievements, and the anticipated resource update. Key Discussion Points - Overview of Autogram Resources' recent activities and project status. - Completion of a 14,600-meter drill program focused on the Altar United Zone. - Current progress on the 2023-2024 drill program, with over 11,000 meters completed. - Successful capital raise of over $26 million to fund ongoing projects. - Signing of a collaborative agreement with Newton (Rio Tinto) to test new sulfide leach technology. - Anticipation of a significant resource update in Q4 2023 and a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) in H1 2025. - Discussion of the environmental benefits and operational efficiencies of the Newton technology. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded...
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 Auto Brown's Resources live event hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce their speakers for today, John Black, Speaker 1: CEO and Dr. Kevin B. Heather, CGO. Speaker 1: They will provide a corporate and exploration update for Autogram Resources, Speaker 1: and afterwards we'll be answering questions. You can submit the questions in the chat at any point during the conversation Speaker 1: in the bottom right corner of your screen right there. As always, the summit is being recorded and will be available to watch afterwards. Speaker 1: So without further ado, I'd like to hand things over to John to kick things off. Speaker 2: Okay, well, great. Thanks. And thanks everyone for tuning in either live or you can catch us on a replay as well. Speaker 2: We're very pleased to be getting back into the flow of drill results Speaker 2: and looking forward to walking you through this 1st batch and what we'll begin to see as fairly regular releases coming for the next 6 months or so. I'd also like to thank 6, Romeo, Kyle, and the team there for providing this platform. It's a great way for us to quickly get some additional information out about a press release. Speaker 2: We'll try to do this on most releases as they come forward, just to give a better background for what we're Speaker 2: doing and provide a forum for questions and answers. Speaker 2: What I'll start with is just a brief overview of where we're at with the project, remind people Speaker 2: what stage we're at, what's coming up on this, and then most of today I'll be passing it over to Kevin, who will walk us through the drill results that we put out this morning. Speaker 2: So just a quick summary of the highlights from the last 12 months. Speaker 2: Last year, as many of yo...
