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Born Into Mining: Yukon Roots to Mining Boots

Join Brandon Macdonald, CEO of Fireweed Metals, and Scott Berdahl, CEO of Snowline Gold, as they delve into their unique journeys from growing up in Yukon, Canada, to leading major mining projects there. This event promises a blend of personal anecdotes, family histories and insights into the mining world right from their childhood backyards.

Mon, April 8, 2024 at 2:00 PMendedReplay
Born Into Mining: Yukon Roots to Mining Boots

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Speaker profile Brandon Macdonald

Brandon Macdonald

CEO & Director at Fireweed Metals

Brandon is a registered Professional Geologist with diverse experience focusing primarily on international exploration geology and investment banking in the metals and mining sector. Brandon began his career working in structuring financings and risk management at Macquarie Bank in London, England. After graduating from his MBA (with Distinction) at Oxford University, Brandon returned to the mining sector and for the last 10 years has focused his efforts on exploration and development working as a Director, Chief Financial Officer and/or Consultant to various junior mining companies in Canada. In 2016, he was appointed as CEO and Director of Fireweed Zinc Ltd. where his long history of mining exploration work, specifically focused on zinc projects in the Yukon, is advantageous to the projects. Brandon originally hails from Ross River, YT, near the Macmillan Pass Project site. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from University of British Columbia, and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from Oxford University.

Speaker profile Scott Berdahl

Scott Berdahl

CEO, Director & Co-Founder at Snowline Gold

Scott is a professional geologist with over 15 years’ industry experience. Born and raised in Canada’s Yukon Territory and based in Whitehorse, he brings a strong technical grounding to discovery-stage exploration alongside in-depth local knowledge. He has business development experience with several private and listed exploration companies focused on gold and base metals. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning two degrees including a BSc in Geology, and he went on to gain his MSc in Earth Science & Engineering from KAUST in Saudi Arabia and an MBA from INSEAD in France and Singapore.

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If you're tuning in, you're tuning into the Born Into Mining panel. I'll be your host today. My name is Matthew McLeboro. I host the JRI Junior Resource Investing podcast and newsletter. Just so we're all aware, just some typical housekeeping items. There will be a question and answer period at the end of this. So please, if you have any questions, enter them into the chat and I'll do my best. I'll do my level best to get them in, you know, kind of time permitting, so to speak. Otherwise, this is being recorded, okay? So if you're in this room, please be aware that you kind of consent to being recorded. And otherwise, all standard disclaimers apply, all right, Blue Sky conversations potentially, not financial advice, et cetera, et cetera. And I see our numbers are just starting to tick up here. So I'll do the first 1 again here, just so we can get that off so that people can hear. I do encourage a Q&A. I do encourage listener questions. If you can, I'll do my best to get them in. Otherwise, I'm excited. This is gonna be an interesting 1. It's probably more of a reflective topic versus your more sort of typical company promo. And I'm excited because these are 2 fairly honest and articulate gentlemen here joining me. 2 Yukon boys, they're gonna reflect on what it's like growing up in a mining family in Yukon and hopefully share some anecdotes and insights into those personal histories. We've got 2 Kitco Mining CEO of the Year nominees here. We've got Brandon McDonald, who is the nominee, and Scott Berdahl of Snowline Gold, who is the winner. So Brandon, if you've got any grievances, you have to settle with that 1. I'll ask you to keep that for the parking lot after we're done here today. Okay, but anyway, gentlemen, thanks for joining me today. How are you guys doing? ...

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