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Executive VP & Director at Steppe Gold
Aneel is EVP and Director of Steppe Gold, and a ï¬nancial services professional with 15 years of progressive experience in capital markets having worked on over $1B in deals. He is the founder of ATMA Capital Markets, focusing on advising public and private companies in the Natural Resources sector. Aneel holds an MBA from the Goodman Institute of Investment Management at John Molson School of Business.
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Development at BeMetals Corp.
Mr. Iwanaka is a founding member of the BeMetals executive management team. He has over 18 years of investor relations and corporate development experience in the mining industry. Over the course of his career, he has been involved with over 20 mergers, acquisitions and property divestures, and he has played key roles in raising over US$100 million through various equity financings, including one of the first at-the-market (“ATMâ€) financings by a Canadian brokerage firm. Prior to joining BeMetals, Mr. Iwanaka oversaw the marketing programs for a number of mining companies traded in Canada, USA, Germany and the UK.
Chief Executive Officer at Angkor Resources
Mr. Burega has spent the past 10 years intimately involved in the launch and management of a number of natural resource companies. Previous to that he worked in the fields of finance, communications, and government relations for 12 years. He brings experience spanning both national and international projects, private and public sectors. Mr. Burega has also held senior management roles for a variety of both publicly traded and private natural resource companies, and has been active on a number of boards for both profit and not-for-profit organizations. He previously served as Angkor’s VP Corporate Development.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone and welcome to the Asia-Pacific panel hosted by 6. Today we're joined by Anil Warach, Stepgold's Executive Vice President, Derek Iwanaka, Vice President of B Metals, and Stephen Berga, CEO of Ankor Resources Corp. In this discussion, we'll be covering the present state and potential future of the Asia-Pacific regions, as heard from the industry leaders that work there. You can submit your questions using the Q&A panel found on the right-hand side of your screen. And as always, this summit is being recorded. We'll be available to watch afterwards on six.com. Speaker 1: And Neil, I'm gonna start you off. I'm gonna ask you to introduce yourself, your company, Speaker 1: And if you could quickly walk us through what you would say your company's strong points are. Speaker 2: Sure. Speaker 2: Thanks, Cam. And thank you to my fellow Speaker 2: panelists, Speaker 2: as well as everyone else attending on the Monday morning. So thanks for taking the time to hear our stories and a little bit more about Asia. Speaker 2: We're Step Gold. We're listed on the main board of the TSX under STGO Speaker 2: as our ticker. Speaker 2: We're 1 of the world's newest Gold producers. We brought production online Speaker 2: just about a year ago for the 1st time ever. In a very difficult time and environment, Speaker 2: We're a Gold producer with a strong balance sheet of about USD$30M Speaker 2: today. Speaker 2: That will continue to grow with production from our heap leach operation Speaker 2: this year Speaker 2: while we're expanding into our phase 2 Speaker 2: CIL plant and flotation circuit, which should commence Speaker 2: later this summer. Speaker 2: In all of building our 1st mine, we actually doubled our resources as well to circa 2.45 Speaker 2: million o...