Star Diamond: 2023 Recap & Looking Forward to 2024
Join us for the "Star Diamond Corp: 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 our leadership team during a live Q&A session.
Mr. Mason has extensive experience in corporate financings, restructuring and advisory work. He has worked as a contract geologist for a number of mining companies. Following receipt of his MBA he was employed by Richardson Greenshields (which was acquired by RBC Dominion Securities), rising to the role of Managing Director with RBC. During his tenure at RBC, Mr. Mason spent two years in London England, initiating global coverage of mining conglomerates around the world. Following his time at RBC, Mr. Mason was recruited by TD Securities to start up and head the re-launch of a mining investment banking team. Clients which Mr. Mason brought to TD in lead relationships include amongst others Xstrata plc, BHP Billiton,Vale, Votorantim, Buena Ventura, IAMGOLD, Gammon Gold, Jaguar Mining, HudBay Minerals, Northgate Minerals, Equinox Minerals, Eurozinc and International Minerals. Since leaving TD, Mr. Mason has served as a director for mining and exploration companies. He is currently the owner, officer and director of private corporations that are engaged in retail, inventory management and personal training and wellness.
Senior Vice President Corporate Development at Star Diamond Corporation
Mr. Read is a diamond exploration geologist with over 39 years of international experience. After
graduating in geology and geochemistry from the University of Cape Town (BSc. Hons., 1983), Mr. Read
joined De Beers in South Africa. During his 12 years with De Beers, he worked on a wide spectrum of
diamond exploration projects in Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, Mali and
Tanzania), in addition to Canada and Brazil. Mr. Read came to Canada as a Landed Immigrant in early
1997 and worked as a consultant for several companies in Alberta, NWT, Nunavut, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, in addition to projects in Greenland and Brazil. Mr. Read commenced
with Star Diamond Corporation in late 2003 and since that time has led the team responsible for the
exploration and evaluation of the Fort a la Corne kimberlites. During his career of almost four decades,
he has encountered and solved many of the diverse problems associated with diamond exploration and
evaluation programs. Mr. Read is a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and a Professional
Geoscientist in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Mr. Read became a citizen of
Canada in September 2005.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: I wanted to formally welcome everyone to Star Diamond's live event today, hosted by 6. Please introduce their speakers for today. We've got Ewan Mason, Interim CEO and Chair, and George Reid, Senior VP of Corporate Development. Speaker 1: This webinar, designed for both newcomers to the Star Diamond story and long-time followers, Speaker 1: will be discussing the work done in 2023 and a view into what investors can expect in 2024. Speaker 1: There will be a live Q&A following the presentation, but you can submit your questions in the chat on the right-hand side of your screen at any point during the conversation. Speaker 1: As always, the summit is being recorded and will be available on six.com to watch afterwards as well as on YouTube. Speaker 1: Without further ado, I'll hand it over to George and Ewan to get started. Speaker 2: Thanks, Romeo. 1st slide, please. Speaker 2: There we go. As Romeo has mentioned, the intent today is to just give you a summary of what transpired in 2023, if you're new to the story, and to give you a bit of a look forward as to what we're expecting to do Speaker 2: in the new year coming up. Next slide. Speaker 2: This is all the normal gobbledygook that we have to give if you haven't seen it before. You can read it afterwards. Next slide. Speaker 2: Okay, so just to recap, Speaker 2: obviously the big news of the year Speaker 2: is we have agreed to take back the 75% interest Speaker 2: in the Falcon project that Rio Tinto owns such that we will now own 100% Speaker 2: of the project when it closes and it's worthy of note that we have never before owned 100% Speaker 2: of this project. We've always had a partner in it So this is a 1st. Speaker 2: In addition to getting the project back, we're gonna get Canadian 4 million Spe...
