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.
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Speaker 1: Well, hello, everyone, and welcome to the B-Metals Live Investment Seminar today, hosted by 6. I'm pleased to introduce our speakers for today. We have John Wilton, President and CEO, Speaker 1: and Derek Iwanaka, Speaker 1: Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Speaker 1: John and Derek will walk us through a company presentation and then we will be accepting questions live. So please remember, you can submit your questions at any time on the Q&A panel on the right hand side of the screen and we'll get to them after the presentation. Speaker 1: And as always, this event is being recorded and will be available to watch afterwards on SIX.com. So without further ado, I'll hand it over to you, John. Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Tasha, and welcome to everyone to this Speaker 2: update on B Metals. And what this webinar is really about today Speaker 2: is really to give you an update on really material developments on all of our projects Speaker 2: in the last 3 months since our last webinar which was Speaker 2: earlier in the year. Speaker 2: So just a little background Speaker 2: about why metals really Speaker 2: for those who may be considering a 1st Speaker 2: investment Speaker 2: into a company Speaker 2: like ours. Speaker 2: Really we're covering a broad spectrum Speaker 2: of metals at this point. Speaker 2: As some of you may well know that B Metals, we started with really a more of a focus on base metals initially. Speaker 2: But then from the middle of last year, we looked to expand our portfolio of projects to include Speaker 2: gold Speaker 2: into Speaker 2: that range of metals. Speaker 2: And we've now successfully Speaker 2: accomplished that through the acquisition of the Kazan Gold Project in Japan, something that we...
