Stacking the Odds – How Heap Leaching Wins

Luke Alexander brings over 20 years of natural resource sector experience, knowledge and contacts to Newcore Gold, particularly in West Africa. He has raised billions of dollars and structured deals for major mining companies while advising some of the world’s top institutional investment funds. Mr. Alexander began his investment banking career in the private client group at BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto, then started up an institutional equity trading desk for Toronto Dominion in London before doing the same for National Bank. In 2008, he became a senior partner at GMP Securities in London focused on advising ASX, TSX and London listed mining companies. Throughout his investment banking career, he has helped fund many major resource projects in West Africa. In 2018, Mr. Alexander founded Park Road Capital, a Vancouver-based, natural resource focused consulting firm where he continued to leverage his extensive capital markets experience.

Dr. Jonathan Gilligan is a senior mining executive with over 35-years of multi-commodity, international experience across technical services, capital projects, open pit mine construction and operations. Prior to joining Liberty Gold, he held senior technical and projects roles with both Torex Gold Resources Inc., SSR Mining Inc., and BHP. Dr. Gilligan has been instrumental in advancing many mining operations around the world including the Marigold open-pit heap leach operation, Nevada, USA; Chinchillas open pit mine, Argentina; Olympic Dam Expansion Project, South Australia; Escondida Mine, Chile; Escondida Norte open pit copper mine, Chile, and many more. Dr. Gilligan holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology from University College London, UK and obtained a Ph.D. in gold mineralization in Archean rocks from the University of Southampton, UK.

George Salamis is a business leader in the mining and resource exploration sector, with over 30 years of global industry experience. Over the course of his career, he has played a pivotal role in over $2.2 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions. Most notably, as Executive Chairman of Integra Gold Corp., along with his team, he co-led the successful sale of the company to Eldorado Gold Corporation in a C$590 million transaction. Mr. Salamis co-led initiatives like the Integra Gold Rush Challenge and #DisruptMining, both of which aimed to drive groundbreaking advancements and disrupt traditional mining practices. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Montreal’s École Polytechnique and has been instrumental in discovering, financing, developing, and selling over five major mineral deposits worldwide. Mr. Salamis began his career with major mining firms Placer Dome and Cameco Corp, where he spent 12 years honing his expertise before transitioning into mineral exploration and junior mining in 2001. Working in over 25 counties around the world, his experience spans across multiple facets of the industry, from discovery to acquisition. In addition to his professional achievements, Mr. Salamis holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Hon) in the Canadian Armed Forces, serving with The Royal Westminster Regiment. He is also a dedicated advocate for the Canadian military, serving as a director on both the Canadian Forces Liaison Council and Canada Company, a non-partisan charity supporting the Canadian Armed Forces.

Steven is a professional geologist working in the mining industry since 2010. He worked at Goldcorp's Red Lake, Campbell and Cochenour mines, where he was responsible for underground ore control, assigning geological confidence to mine reserves, managing bulk sample and sample tower programs, designing and managing >$10M dollar drilling campaigns, and modelling gold resources for the operations. Steven also spent time at Newmont’s Porcupine operation, where he modelled gold resources and constructed mine-scale geological models for deposits in the area. In 2022, he started his own geological modelling business and generated 3D geological models for gold and lithium projects across North America. He joined 3L Capital as a Mining Analyst in May 2023.