Mr. Wilton is founding CEO of BeMetals and has over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry including roles ranging from target generation to feasibility studies and business development for base and precious metals. From 2010-2017, he was the Regional Exploration Manager of Africa at Antofagasta PLC. He was also a principal member of both the discovery and resource development teams of the Otjikoto Gold Mine in Namibia with Anglovaal Mining. Co-recipient of the Henno Martin Medal from the Namibian Geological Society for his role in the discovery.
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.
John started his career in a tin mine in Cornwall shovelling mud and clearing drains but since then things have gone downhill. John is currently a Partner and Head of Research at SP Angel and was the number 1 ranked analyst by Extel for all UK smaller companies in 2006 and for UK smaller mining companies in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Over the years he has been successful in recognising future trends in commodities and translating this information into key stock ideas. He has built mining teams at Fairfax, Numis and Societe Generale and previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Montagu Mining Finance.
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Speaker 1: Well, hello, everyone, and welcome to B Metals Live Summit today, hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce our speakers today. We have John Wilton, President and CEO, Speaker 1: Derek Iwanaka, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development at B Metals. We're also joined by mining analysts, Simon Beardsmore and John Mayer of CP Angel in the UK. Speaker 1: Our presenters are gonna walk us through a company presentation and then we will be taking questions live. So as a reminder, feel free to submit your questions at any time on the Q&A panel on the right hand side of the screen, and we'll try to get to them after the presentation. Speaker 1: And as always, this event is being recorded and will be available to watch afterwards on six.com. But without any further ado, I'll hand it over to you, John, to kick us off. Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Dasha. Speaker 2: And welcome, Speaker 2: everyone, to what we think is our 4th Speaker 2: webinar of B Metals. Speaker 2: So what we'd like to do is Speaker 2: give you an update on the company today, really focusing on our recent core drilling results from the end of last year Speaker 2: in the Zambian copper belt. Speaker 2: Firstly, I'll Speaker 2: just advance a few slides here Speaker 2: through the necessary disclaimer. Speaker 2: And then I'll pass over to Derek, who will give you the outline of today's Speaker 2: proceedings Speaker 2: and the introductions to our friends from SP Angel. Speaker 3: Thanks, John. I'll just go through the outline for today's webinar. Speaker 3: Thankfully, we are joined by Simon and John Speaker 3: from the UK. So thank you both for joining us. Speaker 3: They are going to be walking through a little bit about metals in general, since obviously that's why we're all here....
