Northern Frontiers: CEOs Discuss Canada's Untapped Potential

Matthew Mickleborough, the founder, writer, and analyst of Junior Resource Investing, is praised for his technical yet engaging interview style that extracts nuanced insights from company executives, providing his audience with a thorough understanding of mining and exploration projects beyond traditional sources. As an outsider to the industry, he places a great amount of weight on executive transparency and honesty and works to foster that in his work, ensuring his audience gains genuine and reliable perspectives on investment opportunities.

Mr. Ridgway is a successful prospector and mining financier, gaining his initial experience with grass roots mineral exploration. Starting out as a prospector in the Yukon Territory in the 70’s, Simon and the teams under his guidance have discovered gold deposits in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua and silver deposits in Mexico. Simon is a founder of Fortuna Silver Mines and Radius Gold, and the CEO of Volcanic Gold Mines.

Chad Williams has an extensive background in capital markets and business management. He is the founder and Chairman of Red Cloud Mining Capital, Inc., Blue Thunder Mining Inc., and Sharechest. He was one of the founders of both Agilith Capital Inc. and Westwind Capital Inc., as well as the former CEO of Victoria Gold Corp. and former Head of Mining Investment Banking at Blackmont Capital Inc. Prior to these positions, Mr. Williams was a top-ranked mining analyst at TD Bank and other Canadian brokerage firms in Toronto. is also a founder of Hot Rod Publishing, a music company. Chad Williams is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, having received a Bachelor of Engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University.

Fletcher is an experienced mining executive with roles in junior mining companies for over 11 years including previous roles with Skeena Resources and QuestEx Gold & Copper. His current roles are CEO and Director of TDG Gold Corp. (since 2020) and Chair of Coast Copper Corp. (since 2021). His masters degree is in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK.