Doug Ramshaw is a senior executive and corporate director with more than 25 years of experience in the mineral resource sector. His work has focused on mineral project evaluation, M&A and business development strategies supporting corporate growth.
Mr. Ramshaw previously worked as a mining analyst for an independent brokerage firm in London, UK and has served in various executive capacities for a number of publicly listed junior resource companies. He sat on the board of Great Bear Resources from 2016 until its $1.8 billion takeover by Kinross Gold in February 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Geology from the Royal School of Mines.
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It's my pleasure today to chat with Doug Ramshaw, President and Director of Monero-Elamos. How are you today, Doug? Hey, Rami, I'm good. Thanks for the opportunity to chat. Awesome, love an opportunity to chat. So I got a number of questions I'm gonna ask really about your history in the industry and then we'll kind of zoom into projects as we get towards the end. But to kick things off, looking at your educational background, You got a Bachelor of Science in Mining Geology from the Royal School of Mines. Curious what sparked your interest in the industry? Hiking. When I was young, our family every year, we wouldn't go overseas from the UK. We'd have walking and holidays in Wales and Scotland every year. I was always fascinated picking up pieces of rock and the like. And that, together with the fact that my mum's brother was a geologist, so every time I was over at my uncle's house, I was always fascinated by his mineral specimens. I've got 1 from, he's passed away sadly. I've got 1 on my shelf there that to this day, I remember as a kid, because it was a big chunk of gold. Well, it's just dripping with gold. And so as a kid, you know, picking up something which you know should, if it was a pebble, should feel X amount of weight, like just this heft of it. So, you know, the combination of those 2, I think, and that coupled with the fact that, I think my favorite subject at school was geography, But I like physical geography, not social geography. So, glaciation and mountain forming and all that. So, I was very fortunate I went to a private school where I could actually drop my best subject, geography, and do geology early on as well. So I had 4 years of academic geology before doing my degree at the RSM. I guess we have Uncle Cal to thank, so that's great. Reflecting...
