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).
Alex Campbell is a mining professional with over 10 years of combined expertise in South American mining operations, mine finance and Global Capital Markets. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Engineering (Mining) degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, as well as a Master of Science in Mineral and Energy Economics degree from The Colorado School of Mines.
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Speaker 1: Hi everyone, thanks for Speaker 1: joining today. This is a bit of a new interview or a new format for an update for Fireweed. Speaker 1: We're here to introduce Speaker 1: our Speaker 1: new-ish Speaker 1: Vice President, Corporate Development, Alex Campbell, Speaker 1: who Speaker 1: joined the company about 2 months ago. Speaker 1: So, you know, we're going to go through Speaker 1: some Q&A, some discussion, Speaker 1: some Speaker 1: maybe debate Speaker 1: on, Speaker 1: you know, the path forward for Fireweed, Speaker 1: how Alex is involved Speaker 1: and Speaker 1: what his role entails. Speaker 1: So without further ado, we'll get started. Speaker 1: I would say, Speaker 1: good to see you, Alex, but you're like 1 room over for me. Speaker 1: So- It's kind of awkward, right? Yeah, yeah, just a little bit. Speaker 1: Would have been tough to do it in the same room. Speaker 1: But Speaker 1: to get started, Speaker 1: how did you become aware Speaker 1: that Fireweed was looking for someone? Speaker 2: So I think Speaker 2: I started hearing some chatter Speaker 2: early in the year Speaker 2: about, you know, Speaker 2: Corp Dev role opening up at Fireweed. Speaker 2: To me, at, you know, beginning of the year, the company's name wasn't like Speaker 2: it had rung a couple bells. I know it was Speaker 2: it was out there. Speaker 2: I had read about it a little bit, but Speaker 2: I didn't get to know as much about it until further along the year and, you know, Speaker 2: I started starting to see a little bit more chatter in CEO.ca. Speaker 2: And Speaker 2: ultimately, Speaker 2: the way I got introduced to Fireweed was through, Speaker 2: before joining Fireweed, I worked at the CABC mining investment banking team here based in Vancouver. Speake...
