Join Diane R. Garrett, President & CEO of Hycroft Mining, and Shawn Khunkhun, President & CEO of Dolly Varden Silver, for a candid chat about their projects, their industry experiences and the state of the silver market.
Dr. Garrett has over 25 years of senior executive management experience in the mining industry and an exceptional track record for developing projects and building companies. Dr. Garrett was President, CEO and Director of Romarco Minerals Inc. where she built and led the team that developed the multi-million ounce Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina from discovery through to final feasibility, permitting and construction. Romarco was subsequently acquired by OceanaGold in 2015 and Dr. Garrett was appointed to the Board of OceanaGold and a member of the Steering Committee for the Haile Gold Mine. Dr. Garrett was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. Prior to her time at Romarco, Dr. Garrett held numerous senior positions in public mining companies including VP of Corporate Development at Dayton Mining Corporation and VP of Corporate Development at Beartooth Platinum Corporation. Early in her career, Dr. Garrett was the Senior Mining Analyst and Portfolio Manager in the precious metals sector with US Global Investors. Dr. Garrett is also a Director of NovaGold Resources Inc., a gold company listed on the NYSE American and Toronto Stock Exchange and a Director of Ausenco Pty, an Australia based global engineering firm. Dr. Garrett has also served as a director of TriStar Gold, Inc. and Revival Gold Inc. Dr. Garrett received her Ph.D. in Engineering and her Masters in Mineral Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Khunkhun has over 20 years of experience in the capital markets, mineral exploration and development sector with a focus on enhancing shareholder value. He has served in a variety of strategic roles including Investor Relations, Corporate Development, CEO, Director and Executive Chairman. Mr. Khunkhun has been instrumental in creating awareness for undervalued companies including grass root explorers, developers and producers. Mr. Khunkhun’ s experience in incubating and growing early stage companies through capital raises, acquisitions, joint ventures and spinouts, as well as long-standing relationships with an extensive global network of HNW investors, private equity and institutional investors, analysts, brokers, and investment bankers, have been a valuable asset to growing mineral explorations companies. Mr. Khunkhun is a Director of Goldshore Resources Inc. and is Director & Exec. Chairman of StrikePoint Gold. Mr. Khunkhun has facilitated over $1B in capital raises.
Replay transcript excerpt
Okay, folks, we're going to go ahead and get started now. Unfortunately, Sean has not been able to join us yet, but we are hoping that he jumps in soon. But for now, it's just myself and Diane G. Garrett, the CEO of Hycroft Mining. Thanks for joining me today, Diane. Thank you, Romeo. Great to be here as always on the 6 platform and hello to all of our audience out there. And thank you everybody for joining. I got a bit of housekeeping before we get into the discussion. And again, hoping Sean's going to join us in just a few minutes. So first thing I'm going to say is today's event is being recorded, so it will be available later in the day for review. Pop right into your email. Feel free to share it whenever it comes in. You can also find it on YouTube as well as the 6 website. Today's event is also interactive, so I appreciate a lot of you sent in questions beforehand on the registration form. That's awesome, and we'll try to get to as many as we can today. But if you do have questions live during the event, please do feel free. The bottom right hand of the screen, there's a little chat button. If you open that up, you'll be able to ask questions during the event, and I'll try to get to them as soon as we're finished the kind of planned discussion today. If for whatever reason we don't get your question, there's Sean. Thanks for joining us, Sean. Hey, Sean. I'm so sorry for being late. My sincere apologies. All good. We're just getting right into the chat. Just doing housekeeping. So you're actually right on time. OK, perfect. Perfect. And if we don't get your questions today and again, we'll try to get to most of them, But if we don't, I'll make sure the relevant team, whether it's Dolly Varden or Highcroft, get back to you as soon as possible. So they'll get thos...
