Meeting Overview The panel discussion focused on the unique advantages and challenges faced by gold exploration companies, featuring insights from CEOs of various firms in the industry. Each speaker provided an overview of their company's projects, recent developments, and future plans. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of panelists and their respective companies. - Overview of B Metals' exploration projects in Japan and the company's history. - CannaGold's transition with new board members and private equity backing to advance the Polaris project. - Lavris Gold's recent establishment and ongoing drilling program in southern Brazil. - Orford Mining's exploration efforts in Quebec, including multiple projects and partnerships. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Announce feasibility work and permitting process for CannaGold's Polaris project. - [Unassigned] : Continue the 16,000-meter diamond drilling program for Lavris Gold....
Mr. Wilton is founding CEO of BeMetals and has over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry including roles ranging from target generation to feasibility studies and business development for base and precious metals. From 2010-2017, he was the Regional Exploration Manager of Africa at Antofagasta PLC. He was also a principal member of both the discovery and resource development teams of the Otjikoto Gold Mine in Namibia with Anglovaal Mining. Co-recipient of the Henno Martin Medal from the Namibian Geological Society for his role in the discovery.
Mr. Kilofliski has over 25 years of executive leadership experience and a track record of creating significant shareholder value for various mining companies. In 2020 he helped grow TSX.V listed Tudor Gold Corp from $30M to over $500M in market capitalization. In the last decade, he has helped raise over $300M in equity, debt and JV capital. Mr. Kilofliski has an intimate knowledge of Canagold and the New Polaris project as he was Canagold’s CEO from 2014 to 2018. Under his leadership, Canagold was named one of the top 100 companies in BC, by BC Business.
A Professional Geologist (P.Geo) with a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Mr. Durose is a highly-ranked financial analyst who has worked in the capital markets for more than 25 years. Founder and CEO of Durose Asset Management Inc., he previously held increasingly senior positions as a well-regarded mining analyst with Scotia Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley, Bunting Warburg, and Nesbitt Burns. He has travelled extensively to visit mining and exploration projects all over the world. Before joining the capital markets, Mr. Durose worked as an exploration geologist in the Canadian base metal and gold industries.
Mark is an Honours Bachelor of Commerce graduate who has been involved in the investment industry for over 30 years in a number of senior advisory positions with several prominent investment firms, most recently as first vice-president at CIBC Wood Gundy. He has established, over his successful career, an extensive network across North America of mining executives, experienced high-net-worth junior resource investors and prominent junior resource portfolio managers.
Vior Inc. deploys a hybrid exploration strategy that is different from other junior explorers. We focus on exploring or partnering on our own prospective portfolio of district-scale projects in Quebec, but also look for strategic investments that have tremendous upside - diversifying risk and increasing the odds of making a discovery. Our focus and priority is exploring and drilling at our flagship Belleterre gold project, a historic past producing high-grade mine with tremendous district-scale brownfield and green field exploration targets.
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Speaker 1: Welcome to today's panel, Promising Gold Explorers, hosted by 6. The focus of today's discussion is going to be around the unique advantages and challenges facing gold explorer companies, as exemplified by some of the innovative practices and experiences Speaker 1: employed by the companies represented here today. Today's panel is being recorded and will be available to watch in the coming days for on-demand viewing on Six.com. Speaker 1: I encourage the audience to ask questions of our panel today using the Q&A chat on the right hand side of your screen at any time. With that, I'd like to introduce each of our speakers for today. From Beemells, we have CEO and President John Wilton. From CannaGold Resources, we have CEO Catelyn Kieliszewski. Speaker 1: From Lavris Gold, President, CEO, and Director Mike DeRose. From Orford Mining, President, CEO, and Director David Christie. And from Vior, we have President, CEO and Director Mark Fedosewicz. Speaker 1: Before we dive in, I'd like to gill around the room and have each of our speakers provide the audience with a quick 2 minute elevator pitch, just to orient us to the companies and the jurisdictions. We're gonna be reviewing in today's conversation. With that, I'd like to go over to you, John. Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Cameron, and thanks to SIXX for the opportunity to join this panel and looking forward to the Speaker 2: discussions. Speaker 2: Just my own background very briefly, Speaker 2: I have about more than 30 years now experience in the mining business. I'm a geologist by background, Speaker 2: experience really in feasibility Speaker 2: studies for various types of mining project, Speaker 2: gold Speaker 2: and base metals, Speaker 2: and Speaker 2: been involved in a number of acquisitions Spea...
