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Contango ORE: Interview with President & CEO, Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse

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Contango ORE: Interview with President & CEO, Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse

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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on discussing the progress and plans for the joint venture between Core Management and Kinross, including insights on shareholder relationships, operational logistics, and the impact of external factors such as weather and COVID-19 on mining operations. Key Discussion Points - Overview of Core Management's track record and past projects. - Discussion of key institutional shareholders and their involvement. - Update on the listing process for the New York Stock Exchange. - Division of responsibilities between Core and Kinross in the joint venture. - Budget approval for upcoming projects and drilling programs. - Assessment of the Fort Knox facility's capacity for processing ore. - Considerations regarding Alaskan winter weather and its impact on operations. - Update on the In-Field Geotechnical and Metallurgical Drilling Program. - Relationship with the Tetlin tribe and job training initiatives. - COVID-19 measures and their impact on exploration p...

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Speaker profile Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse

Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse

President, CEO, & Director at Contango ORE

Rick has more than 40 years of experience in the natural resource sector. Before joining Contango Ore in January 2020, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Trilogy Metals, who are currently developing the high- grade Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects located in the Ambler Mining District of Alaska. Trilogy is a company which was created in 2012 as a spin-out from NOVAGOLD, a well-known company he founded over 20 years ago. NOVAGOLD is currently finalizing permits for the 40 million ounce Donlin Gold Project in Southwest Alaska with partner Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold company. Previous to his role as Founder, President, and CEO of NOVAGOLD, he held the position of Vice President of Exploration for Placer Dome Inc. from 1990 to 1997. In addition to his international exploration perspective, Rick brings years of working experience in and knowledge of Alaska to Contango. Rick has managed projects from grassroots discovery through to advanced feasibility, production and closure. He has played a key role in setting up several other corporate entities including: Alexco - where he remains a Director - which is rejuvenating the Keno Hill Silver District in the Yukon; Tintina Resource (now Sandfire Resources America), which discovered and is now completing a feasibility study + permitting the high grade Black Butte copper project in Montana; and SolidusGold, where he is Chairman. Rick holds a Candidature degree in Science from the Université de Louvain, Belgium, and a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of Arizona. He received the Thayer Lindsley award in 2009 for his role in the Donlin Gold discovery and the Colin Spence Award in 2016 for his role in the Bornite Discovery.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk about Speaker 1: Core Management's track record? Speaker 2: My background is exploration. I've been an exploration geologist my entire career. Speaker 2: I started companies like NovaGold. It's close to a $4 billion market cap. Speaker 2: We developed the Donlan Creek project and brought in our joint venture partner Baric on that on a 50 50. We did similar thing with trilogy. She started about 10 years ago. Speaker 2: Developing the amber Mining District and bringing in South 32, an Australian diversified company there Speaker 2: to advance the Arctic and Boronite projects. So Speaker 2: we've done this before. Speaker 2: I liked the idea Speaker 2: of developing resources and advancing them to pre-feasibility Speaker 2: level of stage and then bringing in the major company Speaker 2: to go the distance. Speaker 2: So it's a model that's worked for us. We've had a lot of shareholder value with that approach over the years and over a variety of companies. Speaker 2: Can you talk about your key institutional shareholders? Sorry, just before we do that, how long was that? Speaker 1: It was under a minute. Speaker 1: Let me time the next 1 exactly. I'm going to get my phone real quick. Speaker 2: Okay. I should have a timer here. Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe do you have your cell phone on you? You can kind of like put on the, in front of like against your monitor or something. Speaker 2: But my stopwatch on. Speaker 2: OK, go ahead. Speaker 1: All right. Speaker 1: So the 2nd question is, Can you talk about your key institutional shareholders? Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got some interesting Speaker 2: sort of usual suspect shareholders. Speaker 2: John Hathaway with Tocqueville Speaker 2: became a shareholder. Speaker 2: Tocqueville, of course, was bought o...

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