Reunion Gold: 2023 Recap and Looking Forward to 2024
Join Rick Howes, President & CEO, for the "Reunion Gold: 2023 Recap and Looking Forward to 2024" event, where we'll highlight the year's achievements and set the stage for future growth. Discover our past and future milestones, explore upcoming opportunities, and engage directly with Rick during a live Q&A session.
Thu, January 11, 2024 at 10:00 AMendedReplay
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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on an update from Reunion Gold's CEO, Rick Howes, regarding the company's progress over the past year and plans for 2024, particularly concerning the Oko West project. Key highlights included resource estimates, metallurgical results, financing updates, and upcoming milestones. Key Discussion Points - Overview of Reunion Gold's achievements in 2023, including a Maiden Resource Estimate. - Discussion of the Oko West project's potential as a top new gold discovery. - Updates on drilling results and resource expansion efforts. - Positive metallurgical results indicating high recovery rates. - Financial status, including a recent financing round that secured $70 million. - Settlement agreement with Barrick Gold and its implications for project expansion. - Plans for 2024, including finalizing a minerals agreement with the government and completing resource expansion programs. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps ...
Rick Howes joined Reunion Gold as CEO and President in January 2023 after joining the Board in November 2022. Mr. Howes is a seasoned mining executive with over 39 years of experience in the mining industry, most recently as CEO of Dundee Precious Metals. He has extensive operating, technical and project development experience in both underground and open pit mines throughout Canada and internationally. He has a track record for leading transformational change and operational excellence wherever he has worked. His passion for safety was instrumental in leading Vale’s North Mine to win the National Ryan Award for the safest mine in Canada in 2006. In 2009, Mr. Howes joined Dundee Precious Metals, where as VP and General Manager he led the transformation of the Chelopech Mine in Bulgaria to reach world class levels of performance. He became COO in 2011 and oversaw several significant growth capital development projects including the expansion of the Chelopech Mine, the upgrade and expansion of the Tsumeb Smelter in Namibia and the development of the greenfield Ada Tepe open pit gold mine in Bulgaria. He was appointed CEO in April 2013, where he led the company from a junior gold producer to a multi-asset mid-tier gold producer generating strong free cashflow and solid returns to shareholders. Mr. Howes retired from Dundee Precious Metals in 2020 and has since joined several mining company boards. He has been recognized as a visionary leader in mining, organizational innovation and transformation and was recognized as the Outstanding Innovator of 2016 by the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame.
Mr. Howes holds a Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours in Mining Engineering from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
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Speaker 1: I just wanted to welcome everyone to today's event. Thank you so much for joining us. Today will be Reunion Gold's live event hosted by 6. Speaker 1: I'm pleased very much to introduce our speaker today, Reunion Gold CEO, President and Director, Rick Howes. Hello, Rick. Speaker 2: Hi, Romeo. Speaker 1: Rick will be reviewing a presentation, afterwards we'll be taking questions live. We'll be starting with those that were submitted in advance over email. Remember, you can submit your questions at any time today in the Q&A panel on the right-hand side of the screen, truly at any point during the presentation. Speaker 1: As always, this event is being recorded. I will be available on six.com afterwards, but without further ado, I'll hand it over to Rick to get started. Speaker 2: Yes, thanks, Romeo. Speaker 2: So welcome everyone, and thanks for joining us today. Speaker 2: So I would like to just kind of run through a little bit of what's been happening at Reunion over the last year and then update you on some of the key things that are going to happen in 2024 as part of our continued plans to advance our Oko West project. Speaker 2: I think to start with, I'd just say Speaker 2: that we probably well recognize now as emerging as 1 of the top new Gold discoveries Speaker 2: globally. Speaker 2: This project certainly is moving quickly. We've got strong momentum Speaker 2: and we're on track to rapidly advance the project Speaker 2: through to production Speaker 2: ultimately. Speaker 2: We're well-funded Speaker 2: in terms of being able to do that. Speaker 2: We're in a jurisdiction that Speaker 2: gives strong support for mining, which Speaker 2: In these days of Speaker 2: difficulties in different parts of the world, this is a very fortunate situation Sp...
