Luke Alexander brings extensive resource sector experience, knowledge and contacts to Newcore, particularly in West Africa. He has raised billions of dollars and structured deals for major mining companies while advising some of the world’s top institutional investment funds. Mr. Alexander began his investment banking career in the private client group at BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto, then started up an equity trading desk for Toronto Dominion in London before doing the same for National Bank. In 2008, he became senior partner at GMP Securities in London. Throughout his investment banking career, he helped fund many major resource projects in West Africa. In 2018, Mr. Alexander founded Park Road Capital, a Vancouver-based, natural resource focused consulting company where he continued to leverage his relationships in London.
David has over a decade of experience in corporate finance and capital markets with a focus on the natural resource sector. As an executive with the PowerOne Group he has developed a depth of knowledge in representing, advising, and assisting emerging companies in accessing capital, advising on mergers and acquisitions and managing their businesses. David is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has also served in a variety of executive roles and director positions to a wide array of private and public enterprises.
Mr. Skanderbeg was most recently President and CEO of Claude Resources Inc. since November 2014 – which was acquired by Silver Standard Resources Inc. for $337 million. He previously worked for Goldcorp, Inco Ltd. and Helio Resources, holding positions in both exploration and operations. Mr. Skanderbeg is also a director of Wesdome Mines. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba and an M.Sc. from Rhodes University, South Africa. He brings extensive experience in the exploration and evaluation of gold systems, operational management, cost and asset optimization and strategic analysis.
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Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Gold Explorers and the Price of Gold panel hosted by 6. Today's conversation is with the President and CEO of Nucor Gold, Luke Alexander, Speaker 1: President and CEO of GFG Resources, Brian Skanderbeg, and White Gold's Investor Relations Consultant, Paul Pint. Conversation is gonna be about what investors should expect from their gold exploration stocks when gold is in a long-term bull market. Now, just to get things started, today we're not gonna be answering any company-specific Speaker 1: questions unless it directly contributes to the conversation at hand. But that being said, if you do have a question that you think is really important and key to the conversation, please feel free to submit it in the Q&A chat found on the right-hand side of your screen at any time today, and I'll try my best to incorporate it into the conversation. Speaker 1: But gentlemen, thank you for coming on. Speaker 1: I'd like to get things kicked off. Let's go around the room and introduce ourselves just to lay the foundation for the discussion with your thoughts on the gold price and how gold exploration stocks are performing at the moment. Luke, why don't you start? Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Cam. And thanks everyone for tuning in. So, I mean, we've obviously seen in the last Speaker 2: 3 years the gold price pushed through $2, 000, Speaker 2: you know, in 2020, Speaker 2: 2022, Speaker 2: and again Speaker 2: this year, we just hit a 52 week high last week at about 20, 50, Speaker 2: you know, Speaker 2: per ounce. But ultimately, you know, the gold stocks aren't performing the way they have back in 2020 and 2022. Speaker 2: You know, if we look at the GDXJ Speaker 2: where it was trading, Speaker 2: you know, in 2020, it was at about a 50% p...
