Springpole & Duparquet – a Geology Perspective + the Latest Drill Results
Join First Mining Gold's James Maxwell, VP Exploration & Project Operations; Caroline Pienaar, Exploration Manager; and Dan Wilton, CEO, as they provide a geological perspective on the company's two flagship projects, Springpole and Duparquet. Explore the latest drill results from Duparquet, and gain valuable insights into First Mining's ongoing exploration efforts.
Dan Wilton has more than 25 years of experience in M&A, corporate finance and principal investing in the mining sector, having executed as principal or advised on more than $10 billion of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and more than $1 billion of financings. Dan was previously a Partner at Pacific Road Capital Management, a mining-focused private equity investment firm with approximately $800 million under management. Prior to joining Pacific Road, Dan's previous roles included Managing Director and Head of the Global Mining and Metals Group at National Bank Financial Inc., Managing Director in Business Development at General Electric based in London, England, and other corporate finance and M&A roles at global financial institutions based in Toronto and New York. Dan is a Director of Providence Living, a residential care and assisted living provider based in Vancouver, BC, and serves on the Audit and Finance and Quality Committees. Dan served on the Board of Providence Health Care for 11 years, including acting as Vice Chair for 6 years and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee during the financing and approval process for the New St. Paul's development. Dan holds a B.Comm (First Class Honours) from Queen's University and an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in France.
Vice President, 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.
Replay transcript excerpt
I'll say good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from today. While I always love talking to FirstMine and Gold CEO Dan Wilton, who is with us today, I'm thrilled to be able to also sit down with some of the geological team and get into some more technical details than we often do on these calls. Before I let them introduce themselves, I do want to do some really quick housekeeping. First I'll say the event is being recorded and should be available this afternoon for Replay. Today's event is also interactive, so I'm going to be leading off with a few questions just to introduce James and Caroline, but then we're eager to take questions from the audience. So in the bottom right of your screen, there's a little chat box. Please feel free to ask questions at any time during the presentation and we'll get to as many as we can towards the end of the event. That's enough out of me. James Carroll, I'd love if you guys could introduce yourselves to the audience. Let people know your role, your background and how long you've been with the company. I'll let you guys pick who goes first. All right, well, hello and bonjour. It's James Maxwell here. And thank you, Romeo. I'm the vice president of exploration and project operations with First Mining Gold. I joined working with the team at First Mining and its projects about 2 and a half years ago now. So well settled in. And I'm a professional geoscientist working largely focused in Canada over the last 20 years. Hi, everybody. I'm Caroline Pinar. I'm the exploration manager with First Mining Gold. I joined the company in December of 2021, soon after immigrating to Canada. Being based out of Vancouver, predominantly worked in the mining industry since 2010 for a company called A...
