Golden Opportunities: Uncovering the Lifecycle of Gold Mines
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Mon, May 1, 2023 at 10:00 AMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on the lifecycle of gold mines, featuring a panel of executives from various mining companies. Each speaker provided insights into their respective projects, highlighting exploration efforts, challenges in development, and the unique aspects of their operations. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of panelists and their respective companies. - Overview of Contango Ore's Macho project and its joint venture with Kinross. - B Metals' exploration efforts in Japan and the Zambian Copper Belt. - Northern Shield Resources' Moon Settler Project and its unique mineralization. - 1st Mining's Springpole Gold Project and its progress towards feasibility and environmental assessment. - Discussion on the challenges faced by companies at different stages of project development. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Continue monitoring the environmental assessment process for the Springpole Gold Project. - [...
Dan Wilton has 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 most recently 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 currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee for Providence Health Care in Vancouver, Canada. Dan holds a B.Comm (First Class Honours) from Queens University and an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in France.
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Development at BeMetals Corp.
Mr. Iwanaka is a founding member of the BeMetals executive management team. He has over 18 years of investor relations and corporate development experience in the mining industry. Over the course of his career, he has been involved with over 20 mergers, acquisitions and property divestures, and he has played key roles in raising over US$100 million through various equity financings, including one of the first at-the-market (“ATMâ€) financings by a Canadian brokerage firm. Prior to joining BeMetals, Mr. Iwanaka oversaw the marketing programs for a number of mining companies traded in Canada, USA, Germany and the UK.
Stephen has more than a decade of experience in the mining industry, in both technical and capital markets roles. While at Vale’s Thompson operation, he oversaw multi-million dollar construction contracts, evaluated the economics of new mining complexes and was integral to the development of the long-range mine plan for the T3 operation.
Mr. Soock spent 5 years in various mining engineering positions at sites across Canada before moving into mining equity research with GMP Securities – now Stifel GMP. Since that time, he’s covered senior and intermediate gold producers, base metal producers and exploration companies, as well as providing macro-economic analysis for factors related to precious metals. He currently covers 10 companies in the junior gold and silver space (including Steppe Gold).
Stephen has a B. Sc. in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a registered Professional Engineer.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today Speaker 1: for this panel, Golden Opportunities, Uncovering the Lifecycle Speaker 1: of Gold Mines. Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. We've got a great lineup for you today. Speaker 1: My name is Stephen Sook. I'm an equity research analyst with Stiefel GMP based out of Toronto. My background is as a mining engineer. And for the last 6 years I've been covering the junior side of the Gold and Silver space, Speaker 1: junior producers, developers Speaker 1: and exploration Speaker 1: companies. Speaker 1: Joining me today, we have Ian from Northern Shield Resources, Derek from B Metals, Dan from 1st Mining and Rick from Contango Ore. Speaker 1: We'll give them each a few minutes to introduce themselves and their companies and then launch into any questions. So reminder, if you do wanna submit questions, please do so in the chat and they will make their way to me to present to our panel today. Speaker 1: So with that, maybe Rick, we'll start with you. Speaker 2: My name is Rick Van Ewenhuis. I'm the present CEO of Contango Ore. We're a New York, Speaker 2: NYC, American listed company. Speaker 2: We're developing Speaker 2: our Macho project in Alaska. It's a high-grade, open pit mine. We're Speaker 2: delivering about 8g per ton ore to the mill. We have a joint venture with Kinross. Speaker 2: We selected Kinross as our joint venture partner to be able to process our ore at their mill. Speaker 2: We have short-circuited the whole process of Speaker 2: building a mill in a tailings facility Speaker 2: and raising capital for all of that. Speaker 2: That has allowed us to basically short-circuit the Lassonde curve and get into production relatively quickly and for relatively Speaker 2: a small amount of capit...
