Join James Maxwell, VP of Exploration & Project Operations, and Caroline Pienaar, Director of Exploration, for an interview discussing First Mining's latest drilling results at the Duparquet Gold Project, including significant gold intercepts at both Miroir and Valentre targets. They will be taking questions from the audience during this exploration update session.
Fri, May 30, 2025 at 11:00 AMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on the recent exploration results from the DuParquet Gold Project, featuring insights from James Maxwell and Caroline Pienaar of 1st Mining Gold. The discussion included the project's geological background, recent discoveries, and the strategies employed to identify new targets for exploration. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of speakers and their backgrounds in geology and exploration. - Overview of the DuParquet Gold Project and its significance in the Apatibia region of Quebec. - Recent exploration results highlighting shallow intercepts and promising grades. - Discussion of the Miroir and Volentrae targets as key areas of focus for exploration. - The importance of geoscience data integration in identifying mineralization opportunities. - Strategies for advancing the exploration project amidst market challenges. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Share the recorded meeting with part...
VP, Exploration & Project Operations at First Mining Gold
James is a professional geoscientist with over 20 years of industry experience with a focus on exploration and development of orogenic gold discoveries, and has been part of discovery teams responsible for five major gold discoveries in Nunavut and Red Lake, Ontario. James was previously with Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. as Director of Exploration where he helped establish a 6.0 million-ounce gold resource base from discovery to the feasibility study level. Prior to working in Nunavut, James established an early career in the Birch-Uchi and Red Lake Greenstone belts where his team earned a Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association Discovery of the Year Award for the Rahill-Bonanza discovery. He is a long-standing member of the PDAC Health & Safety Committee and was a recent speaker for the 2019 Newgen Gold Conference held in Perth, Australia. James holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Manitoba with a focus on geological sciences and is registered with the Professional Geoscientists Ontario (“PGO”) and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (“NAPEG”).
Caroline Pienaar joined the FMG team in 2021 and currently serves as the Exploration Manager. In this role, she is responsible for advancing exploration strategies and building high-performing teams for core projects. Caroline brings over 14 years of experience in the gold industry, having worked extensively across Africa for AngloGold Ashanti before relocating to Canada.
Caroline holds a BSc in Geology and a Masters in Mineral Resource Management from the University of the Free State, South Africa, as well as an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her robust academic background and extensive field experience equip her with the skills necessary to strategically advance work programs aimed at unlocking exploration and development opportunities with a dedicated focus on optimizing processes and driving sustainable growth.
Passionate about her work, Caroline aims to leverage her expertise to uncover new opportunities for success and contribute to the growth of FMG’s portfolio of projects. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys exploring the natural beauty of Canada's outdoors, which fuels her adventurous spirit and love for nature.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from today. I saw at least a couple of people from fun time zones like Iceland and 1 in Singapore. So thanks for joining us at very odd times of the day for you guys. I appreciate it very much. I've got me today 2 rock stars from 1st Mining Gold's geological team. James Maxwell, company's VP Exploration and Project Operations, and Caroline Pienaar, Director of Exploration. How are you guys doing today? Great. Thanks. Thanks for having us. Good to see you. Awesome. Here's how today's going to work. It's going to be interview style at 1st. I've got some questions to kind of grill them on the most recent DuParquet results. I'm pretty excited to talk exploration, but today's event is also interactive. So please do use that chat button in the bottom right of your screen to ask questions, really at any point during today's event. I'll be grouping some questions together, so if your precise question doesn't get asked, I'll hopefully still be able to hit the topic. 1 thing, this really is an exploration-focused Speaker 1: event, so please do feel free to keep asking your corporate-related questions, but understand we're probably not gonna get to those today. What'll happen is I'll probably send them to Paul Morris at the 1st Mining Gold team and we'll be able to tackle those after. But today's conversation is really about DuParcay exploration. Speaker 1: If you want to sneak in a Springpole exploration question, I'm sure we'll be able to entertain that as well. But corporate questions will probably be off the menu for today. Speaker 1: 1 last piece of housekeeping, today's event is being recorded and will be available probably midday Speaker 1: Eastern time, or mid-aftern...
