Fireweed Zinc: New Exploration Targets in an Exciting Zinc District
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Tue, June 16, 2020 at 12:00 PMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting was a live investor summit hosted by Fireweed Inc., where the CEO, Brandon McDonald, presented the company's story and discussed the exploration plans for their zinc projects. The session included insights into the zinc market, project economics, and a Q&A segment for investors. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of Fireweed Inc. and its key personnel. - Overview of the zinc market and its future demand drivers. - Discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on the zinc industry. - Analysis of Fireweed's project, specifically the Tom and Jason deposits. - Exploration plans for the broader property, including the end zone and boundary zone. - Comparison of Fireweed's resources to peer projects globally. - Insights into the challenges faced by zinc supply, particularly from China. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Follow up on investor questions received during the Q&A segment. - [Unassigned] : Further ex...
Mr. Macdonald is a professional geologist with a diverse experience base including exploration geology worldwide and investment banking. In recent years he has focused his efforts in exploration and development as a principal of and consultant to various junior mining companies. In the past he was in the City of London where he worked in structuring financings and risk management at Macquarie Bank. In 2007 Mr. Macdonald graduated with an MBA (with Distinction) from Oxford. He completed his B.Sc. in Geology from UBC in 2000. Mr. Macdonald has a long history of mining exploration work in Yukon, including zinc projects, and originally hails from Ross River, near the Macmillan Pass Project site. He is a Professional Geologist registered with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC).
Dr. Milton has spent the past 13 years working on projects across Yukon, NWT, and BC. Dr. Milton has a passion for testing new ideas and technology in the exploration environment and brings experience from grassroots exploration, resource expansion, and developing advanced-stage projects. Dr. Milton has expertise in sedimentary rock hosted base metal deposits, and the geology of the northern Canadian Cordillera, with multiple publications in international, peer-reviewed journals. In 2015, he completed a Ph.D. in Geological Science at the Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia focusing on the Redstone Copperbelt. Prior to this he completed an M.Sc. in Mining Geology, and a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Geology at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a Professional Geologist (BC).
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Hi, my name is Bianca Bichola. I'm Speaker 1: the CEO of 6 and welcome to the fireweeds Inc live investor summit. Speaker 1: I'd like to start today by introducing our presenters, Brandon McDonald CEO and Jack Milton chief geologist Speaker 1: to kick things off random will be telling the company story, and then jack will talk about the exploration plan. Finally, we'll be accepting investor questions. Speaker 2: We're gonna focus today on exploration of the property, which is gonna be Speaker 2: handled by Dr. Jack Milton, our chief geologist. But I'm gonna kick us off with an introduction to the project, a discussion of the project economics, Speaker 2: and a little bit about the 2018 PEA and how we Speaker 2: see things improving since then. Speaker 2: A Speaker 2: necessary prerequisite to just remind everyone that I'm making forward-looking statements. Speaker 2: Jack's mostly talking about things that happened 400 million years ago. Speaker 2: I'm going to be talking a little bit about things that might be happening in the future. Speaker 2: So, you know, to kind of encapsulate Speaker 2: perhaps Speaker 2: the thesis here, you know, why do you want to invest in zinc projects? Why would you look at fireweed? You know, I want to touch on a little bit on the zinc market without holding anyone's hand necessarily there, just kind of an overview. Speaker 2: What the impact of COVID Speaker 2: might be, Speaker 2: a little bit about Speaker 2: what the future projects Speaker 2: are and what could fill the demand supply gap there, Speaker 2: talk about our project in particular, Speaker 2: how it sits within the world and Speaker 2: what the resource looks like compared to peer projects. And then I'm going to talk a little bit about Speaker 2: how we can im...
