Meeting Overview The meeting was a Gold Investing 101 session hosted by The 6, featuring discussions from industry experts on their respective companies and the gold exploration landscape. Key topics included the exploration strategies, project developments, and market conditions affecting gold investments. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of the panelists and their respective companies: White Gold Corp, GFG Resources, and E79 Resources. - Overview of the gold exploration landscape in Canada and Australia. - Discussion on the historical significance of the Yukon and Victorian gold fields. - Insights into the exploration strategies and project developments of each company. - The importance of infrastructure, grade, and risk profile in determining project viability. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Ensure the recording of the session is made available on the SICS website. - [Unassigned] : Review and address questions submi...
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.
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.
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT at Trilogy Metals
Pat Donnelly is Vice President, Corporate Communications & Development for Trilogy Metals and has a broad range of experience in mineral exploration, capital markets, corporate development and investor relations. He began his career as a project geologist 25 years ago exploring for precious and base metals and diamonds in western and northern Canada. Subsequently, Pat worked for a Canadian securities firm as a base metals mining analyst. Between 2012 and 2014 Mr. Donnelly was the Vice-President of Corporate Communications for Trilogy Metals. Most recently he was the President of First Mining Gold Corp. where he played a key role. Pat holds a B.Sc. in Geology (Honors) from the University of British Columbia and has an MBA from the University of Toronto.
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.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us for this Gold Investing 101 session hosted by The 6. I'm Stephen Suk. I'm an equity research analyst with Stiefel GMP based in Toronto. Speaker 1: I cover the junior gold and silver space, junior producers, developers, and a number of exploration Speaker 1: companies. Speaker 1: I've been on the Bay Street side of the business for about 6 years and before that was a mining engineer at various operations across Canada. Speaker 1: With me today is Patrick Donnelly with E79 Resources, Speaker 1: Brian Skanderbeg with GFG Resources, Speaker 1: David D'Onofrio with White Gold. Thank you so much, gentlemen, for joining me today. Speaker 1: I'll pass around the table to start off with to let each of you introduce yourselves and your companies in a little more detail. David, let's start with you. For sure. Thanks, Stephen. Great to be here. Thanks for the invitation. Speaker 2: I'm the CEO of White Gold Corp. White Gold Corp is a Canadian-based Speaker 2: exploration company. Our projects are in the Yukon, Canada, in what's known as the Fondyke or the Dawson district. So this is, we have a very, very large land pack, about 350, 000 Speaker 2: hectares, and it starts from Dawson and goes about 100km Speaker 2: south Speaker 2: to the coffee deposit, which is currently being Speaker 2: developed Speaker 2: or put along the development process by Newmont. Speaker 2: Western Copper and Gold's massive porphyry Speaker 2: is right there as well. This is the area that was made infamous 125 Speaker 2: years ago with the Fondyte Gold Rush. Speaker 2: And since that time, they found 20 million ounces of gold at surface. But remarkably, Speaker 2: no real modern exploration was done until about 15 years ago. This was a new initiat...
