North of the 60th Parallel

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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on the unique advantages and challenges of mining in northern regions, particularly the experiences and strategies of three companies: Contango Ore, Fireweed Metals, and White Gold Corp. Each speaker provided insights into their respective projects and the mining landscape in the North. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of panelists and their companies. - Overview of Contango Ore's projects, including the Manchot and Lucky Shot mines in Alaska. - Fireweed Metals' focus on critical minerals, highlighting the MacPass Zinc and MacTongue Tungsten projects. - White Gold Corp's exploration in the Yukon, emphasizing the historical significance of the Dawson District and their discoveries. - Discussion on the benefits of mining in the North, including untapped resources and opportunities for innovation. - Challenges faced in northern mining, such as extreme weather conditions and seasonal limitations. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. A...

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[Speaker identities could not be resolved; generic labels used] [00:08] Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's panel, [00:11] Speaker 1: North of the 60th Parallel, hosted by 6. The focus of today's discussion, as you may guess, is going to be around the unique advantages and challenges posed by mining in the North, as exemplified by some of the innovative strategies employed by the companies represented here today. Today's panel is being recorded and will be available to watch in the coming days as an on-demand video on six.com. [00:31] Speaker 1: I encourage you as the audience to ask questions of our panel today using the Q&A chat found on the right-hand side of your screen at any time. With that, I'd like to introduce each of our speakers here today. From Contango Orr, we have Rick Van Nuenheise. [00:42] Speaker 1: From Fireweed Metals, we have CEO and Director Brandon McDonald. And from White Gold Corp, we have David D'Onofrio, [00:49] Speaker 1: CEO and Director. [00:51] Speaker 1: Before we dive in, I'd like to go around the room though and each have our speakers each provide the audience with their two-minute elevator pitch just to help orient us to the companies and the jurisdictions that we'll be reviewing and talking about through today's conversation. [01:05] Speaker 1: But with that, Rick, over to you. [01:08] Speaker 2: Thanks Cam. Contango Ore is working in Alaska. We have a joint venture with Kinross. We sold them a 70% interest [01:16] Speaker 2: a couple of years ago [01:18] Speaker 2: on a project we have called Manchot. [01:21] Speaker 2: It's unique. It's high-grade. It's about 8g per ton. We've just completed a Feasibility Study [01:28] Speaker 2: on the project. [01:30] Speaker 2: And the plan is to truck the ore up to the Fort Knox...