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.
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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, welcome to the 1st episode of B Metals new monthly series hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce our speakers for today, John Wilton, President and CEO at B Metals, as well as Derek Iwanaka, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Speaker 1: Derek and John are going to walk us through a company presentation and after we're going to be taking questions live in a Q&A session. You can submit your questions using the Q&A tab found on the right hand side of your screen. And further to the right on your screen is the handouts tab. Today's presentation is available for download. Speaker 1: As always this event is being recorded and is going to be available on six.com in the coming days and because this is the 1st episode of BMEL's new monthly series with your registration and attendance today you'll automatically be notified of episode 2 when we figure out a date for that but gentlemen Speaker 1: I'd like to kick things over you to get started. Speaker 2: Great thanks very much Cam, appreciate that and I appreciate people for logging on Speaker 2: to to get ready an update from us on where we are at the moment with B-Metals Speaker 2: and our exploration projects, Speaker 2: specifically today Speaker 2: focusing on the Speaker 2: results we put out yesterday from the Kato project Speaker 2: over here Speaker 2: in Japan. Speaker 2: So I think without further ado, Speaker 2: we'll start to move through our slide decks. Speaker 2: And just to give you, many of You will be familiar with this slide, but it really gives Speaker 2: an overview of where our projects Speaker 2: are across the world, Speaker 2: including Speaker 2: our Pangeni Speaker 2: copper project Speaker 2: in Zambia, Speaker 2: where in fact we have, as of th...
