Join Barry O'Shea, CEO, and Dr. Wynand van Dyk, Project Director as they provide a broad project update on the metallurgical drill program, detailed engineering progress, 2025 site work and a general overview of Copperwood, Michigan's next copper producer.
Tue, May 20, 2025 at 1:00 PMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on a detailed presentation regarding Highland Copper's Copperwood Project, discussing its current status, the importance of domestic copper supply in the U.S., and the steps needed to transition the project from feasibility to construction readiness. The session included insights from the CEO and the project director, along with an interactive Q&A segment. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of Highland Copper's Copperwood Project and its significance. - Overview of the current state of copper supply and demand in the U.S. - Importance of having the right team in place for project advancement. - Details on the Copperwood Project's resource scale and its potential mine life. - The impact of U.S. executive orders on critical minerals, specifically copper. - Discussion of the Copperwood and White Pine projects and their roles in addressing supply shortages. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : ...
Mr. O’Shea has over 20 years of finance experience across diverse industries and countries. Mr. O’Shea was CFO of Fiore Gold Ltd. from May 2018 until its recent acquisition by Calibre Mining Corp. Prior to that, he spent eight years with New Gold Inc., initially as Vice President of Finance where he oversaw financial reporting, financial planning, internal audit, and tax and then as Vice President, Business Development, responsible for corporate development, investor relations, and strategic capital allocation. Mr. O'Shea is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has an Honours Business Administration degree from the Ivey Business School.
Dr Wynand van Dyk is a senior executive with 30 years of experience in mining, metallurgy and capital projects. Wynand began his career with De Beers in South Africa, followed by numerous years at Hatch working as a project manager and lead process engineer for the mining division. Mr. van Dyk then spent approximately 10 years with Lonmin Platinum (subsequently acquired by Sibanye-Stillwater) focusing on design, construction and commissioning of key capital projects, holding key managerial positions, particularly the Senior Manager for the Base Metal Refinery and Senior Technical Manager for the company’s Process Division. Most recently, Wynand held the position of Vice President, Engineering, R&D and Development at Itafos, a phosphate mining and fertilizer company based in Houston, Texas.
In addition to Wynand’s corporate experience, he has regularly consulted for international mining clients on EHS, operational risk management, process optimization, 6 sigma strategic alignment and project management. Wynand held the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University Engineering Faculty, Industrial Engineering Department. Concurrently, he was Adjunct Professor at University of Cape Town Engineering and Built Environment Faculty, focusing on risk, project management and the link to organizational resilience. Wynand holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering (Extractive Metallurgy) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Stellenbosch.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from. I saw it was a pretty international audience today, so I particularly appreciate you taking the time to join us. I've got with me today, CEO of Highland Copper, Barry O'Shea, Speaker 1: and company's project director, Dr. Reinen Van Dyke. Gentlemen, thanks for joining me today. Speaker 3: Thanks, Romeo. Thanks, Romeo. Speaker 1: So I'm eager today to go on a deep dive of Highland Copper's Copperwood Project, which is the nature of today's event. Now, here's how today's going to work. I'm going to shoot it over to the gentlemen who are joining me here today for a presentation. I'll be interjecting, hopefully not too much, but at least a couple of times with some of my questions as we go through it. I've then got some questions likely for them following the presentation, but this is an interactive event. I'd be very eager for the folks in the room to ask your own questions during today's event. So there's a chat button on the bottom right of your screen. Please at any time during today's event, click on it and ask any question that you'd like about the Copperwood project. If for whatever reason, we don't get to your question today, ran out of time, Speaker 1: something of that nature, Still ask it. I'm gonna make sure that the Highland team gets the transcript afterwards. So they'll be able to respond if there's any particular queries that we don't get to during today's event. I should also say that today's event is being recorded and will be available in your inbox Speaker 1: probably early afternoon Eastern time. It'll also be on events.six.com Speaker 1: and on Six's YouTube page. Speaker 1: But enough out of me. I'll let Barry and Dr. Vining get into the p...
