Join us for a conversation with Banyan Gold President & CEO Tara Christie and renowned geologist, prospector, and mining entrepreneur John Robins, Banyan's Independent Strategic Advisor and the exploration force behind discoveries like Coffee Gold and Great Bear, as they discuss the potential of the AurMac Project in Yukon. Together they'll explore what it takes to define a district-scale gold opportunity and advance a 7-million-ounce resource in one of Canada's premier mining jurisdictions.
Tue, August 11, 2026 at 2:00 PMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting featured a presentation by Tara Christie, President and CEO of Banyan Gold, along with strategic advisor John Robbins. The focus was on the exploration potential of the ORMAC project, highlighting recent developments, drilling activities, and future plans. Key Discussion Points - Overview of Banyan Gold's ORMAC project and its significance in the current market. - Presentation of new resource estimates: 3.6 million ounces indicated and 5 million ounces inferred. - Discussion of the ongoing drill program, including 70,000 meters planned and current progress of 40,000 meters. - Exploration of regional targets and the acquisition of the Generic Gold property. - Insights into the geological features and infrastructure supporting the ORMAC project. - Potential for significant growth in mineral resources, including high-grade zones and deeper drilling. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Follow up on atte...
Ms. Christie has over 25 years of experience in the exploration and mining business. She became the President and CEO of Banyan in 2016. Prior to that, she was the President of privately owned Gimlex Gold Mines Ltd. (2006-2016), one of Yukon’s largest placer mining operations and and was involved in consulting for exploration, mining, environmental assessment, government, community and First Nation relations, including working with First Nation development corporations.. She currently serves on the boards of Osisko Metals and Western Copper and Gold; has been a board member of PDAC, AMEBC and other industry associations; and was a founding board member of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (2004-2016). Ms. Christie is actively involved in non-profit work and charitable initiatives, serving as the President and co-founder of “Every Student, Every Day”, a charity dedicated to enhancing school attendance across Yukon. Ms. Christie has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of British Columbia and is a registered professional engineer in BC and Yukon.
John Robins is a geologist, prospector, and mining entrepreneur with more than 35 years of industry experience. He received PDAC’s Viola R. MacMillan Award in 2025, AME’s Murray Pezim Award in 2022, and the Spud Huestis Award in 2008 for his contributions to mineral exploration and financing. He has been involved in several major discoveries, including the Coffee Gold deposit (Yukon), Three Bluffs (Committee Bay), the Aviat/Churchill diamond districts (Nunavut), and the Great Bear project (Ontario). Mr. Robins has been instrumental in more than $3 billion in M&A activity and over $1 billion in mineral exploration and development expenditures across Canada, Latin America, and Australia, including the sales of Great Bear Resources to Kinross Gold ($1.8B), Great Bear Royalties to Royal Gold ($200M), and Kaminak Gold to Goldcorp ($510M). He is currently Chairman of K2 Gold Corp. and serves as a strategic advisor to several junior mining companies.
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Speaker 1: So good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from today. I saw everywhere from Alaska to Singapore on the sign up list. So really appreciate folks joining us in all hours of the day, because I'm lucky enough to have with me today, Tara Christie, President and CEO of Banyan Gold and John Robbins, the company's strategic advisor. Tara, John, how are you today? Speaker 2: Wonderful, thanks for having us. Speaker 3: Great, thanks. Awesome. Speaker 1: And here's how today's gonna work for the folks in the room. So 1st Tara's gonna run us through a short presentation. Speaker 1: Then I have a couple of questions just based on it. Hopefully we'll leave today with a great update about exploration at ORMAC. I've got questions for both Tara and John, so I'll be both ready for a bit of a grilling. But today is also an interactive event. So there's a chat button at the bottom of your screen. Please feel free to ask questions at any point during today's event. We'll try to get to as many as I can. If for whatever reason I don't get to your question, they ran out of time or it's way off topic, I'll still make sure that the Bandian team gets those questions. And they'll be able to get back to you using either the phone number or the email that you sign up with. There's also a request meeting button at the bottom of the screen for those of you who are joining as an attendee. You can press that at any time during today's events, and it will log a request. And I'll try to get those requests over to the Banyan team as quickly as possible. And again, I'll try to reach out to you. Only other thing I'll say before we get into the good stuff is this event is being recorded. We'll be able to replay Speaker 1: in the near futu...
