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.
Bianca Pisciola is a co-founder and CRO of 6ix, a capital markets technology platform. Through 6ix, she has deployed data-driven investor relations technology for more than 100 public mining companies, including Endeavour Mining and McEwen Mining.
Bianca is on the founding team of Save Canadian Mining, an advocacy group dedicated to reinstating the tick test within Canadian capital markets. Other members of the founding team include Eric Sprott, Rob McEwen, Keith Neumeyer, Sean Roosen, and other leaders of the industry.
She also sits on the board of One Silver Lining, a Canadian non-profit organization she founded, supporting youth through conferences, benefit concerts, TEDx talks, and scholarships.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Hi everyone and welcome to B Metals Live Investment Summit today hosted by 6, covering all bases with B-Medals. Speaker 1: I'm pleased to introduce our speakers for today. We have John Wilton, President, CEO, and Director, Speaker 1: and Derek Iwanaka, Speaker 1: Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Speaker 1: John will walk us through a company presentation and then Derek and John will be taking questions live. Remember, you can submit your questions at any time on the Q&A panel on the right-hand side of your screen. Speaker 1: Also, Speaker 1: the presentation will be recorded and available to you to watch at your own time on SIX.com. Speaker 1: Without further ado, I'll hand it over to you, John. Speaker 2: Great, Dasha. Thanks very much for the introduction Speaker 2: and welcome to everyone to our 2nd webinar. Speaker 2: We'd like to give you Speaker 2: an update really on B Metals, Speaker 2: maybe a little bit more background Speaker 2: into our current Speaker 2: commodity Speaker 2: spread Speaker 2: and focus going forward, Speaker 2: and give you an update Speaker 2: primarily Speaker 2: on a news release we put out in mid-December Speaker 2: with some drilling results from our South Mountain project Speaker 2: in Idaho. Speaker 2: Disclaimer for your attention. Speaker 2: This is a slide from RBC Speaker 2: as a review of the financial year Speaker 2: 2020. Speaker 2: And it gives you an indication of some of the Speaker 2: asset performances, Speaker 2: general, some Speaker 2: stock exchange indexes, Speaker 2: some commodities. Speaker 2: And really, Speaker 2: what that really shows us is Speaker 2: that where B Metals is now in terms of our commodity spread and the top Speaker 2: performing commodities Speaker 2: o...
