Europe's Best-Kept Mining Secret: The Finnish Boom
Join us as we uncover Finland's remarkable emergence as Europe's most promising mining frontier, transforming from a well-kept secret into a major player in the global minerals market. Learn why industry experts are calling Finland the next big thing in European mining and what makes this boom so unique.
MSc - Economics
Mr. Kosonen, a dedicated entrepreneur, and investor has over 30 years’ experience in leadership roles in businesses across Europe, Asia, and North America. His current focus is on natural resource investments, particularly mineral exploration companies operating in mining-friendly jurisdictions.
Mr. Kosonen is the co-founder and director of NewQuest Capital Inc. and OCP Holdings Ltd., privately held investment firms based in Vancouver, Canada. He also founded and serves as Chairman of FinEx Metals Ltd., which holds gold and nickel exploration assets in his native Finland. Additionally, Mr. Kosonen sits on the board of directors of Inflection Resources Ltd. and Headwater Gold Inc.
Previously, Mr. Kosonen held the position of Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, for Nokia Cables (later NK Cables), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications equipment. He holds a master's degree in economics and has lived and worked in Finland, China, and Singapore prior to relocating to Vancouver, Canada.
Noora Ahola
President, CEO & Director at Mawson Finland Limited
Ms. Ahola is a Forestry Engineer with a Masters Degree of Natural Resources and Landscape Management. She has developed strong experience within the Finnish environmental administration, applying environmental and other land-use legislation for nature protection and other purposes and she has a strong ESG record. Her most recent roles during past 10 years have been in the mining industry as Managing Director of Mawson Oy and Interim CEO and Environmental Director of Mawson Gold Ltd before starting as a CEO of Mawson Finland Limited. Before that Ms. Ahola worked over 10 years in the Finnish environmental administration in The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland (ELY-Centre) in the Nature Protection Unit as an inspector and project manager. Ms. Ahola also has years of experience working in the forestry sector and with other land uses.
Ms. Ahola represents mining business in the Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finnish Mining Association and Arctic Centre (University of Lapland) boards. Ms. Ahola is also a Director in a few other private companies. As President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Ms. Ahola is responsible for developing and executing the Corporation’s short- and long-term goals and for all executive management matters at the Corporation, including the management of staff.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Speaker 1: Depending on where in the world people are signing in from today. I am joined today to discuss the opportunity for mining exploration in Finland. And I'm lucky enough to have with me 2 executives working in country today. Tero Kastanen, President and CEO of FinEx Metals, and Noora Aala, President, CEO and Director of Moss and Finland Limited. How are you both doing today? Speaker 1: Good, thank you. Very good, thank you. Awesome. So here's how today's going to work. I'm just going to do a bit of housekeeping before we get into the protein. I do have some questions for both the executives here today, and Then I'm going to ask some questions that came in over email from registrants, and then from the live audience here who's going to be jumping into the chat. So for those listening, the chat button on the bottom right of your screen is where you'll be able to ask questions during today's event. Speaker 1: We'll include as many questions as we can during today's time. If there are questions that are slightly off topic or really technical into the individual securities, what I'm gonna do is send them to the relevant teams afterwards. You guys will be able to get your questions answered. I'll send them to both Norah and Tara with your email and phone number associated. So don't worry. I also will say, If you think of the perfect question to ask right after the event has ended, which I often do, don't feel bad about it, please do still send it in. I'll make sure it goes to the correct executives. Speaker 1: Last thing I'll say for housekeeping, today's event is also being recorded and will be available for replay in the late afternoon Eastern time. Should come right in your inbox and will be available on bot...
