Thousands of Metres in the Works: Juniors Drilling Big
Three well-funded juniors are drilling big, with thousands of metres planned and already in the works across copper-gold, silver, and gold. With rigs turning and assays on the way, this panel digs into what these programs are built to deliver and why it adds up to a catalyst-rich stretch for shareholders.
Graham Downs began his career in the mineral exploration industry over 25 years ago with Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited, a consulting geological engineering firm focused in Yukon. He held a number of positions within Archer, Cathro ranging from prospecting to managing early and advanced stage exploration programs. He transitioned his field experience into marketing and communications for a number of junior resource companies before focusing on business development including financing and property transactions. In 2007, he was appointed CEO of ATAC Resources Ltd., in 2015 he was made President and in 2022, he was appointed Director. Over his career, he has raised over $100 million for mineral exploration and has completed numerous transactions with junior to major mining companies.
Anthony holds a BSc. Geology from Lakehead University and has over twenty-five years of management and exploration experience working with both major mining, and junior exploration companies. Over the course of his career, he has explored for a variety of commodities, and deposit types, on projects ranging from greenfields prospecting and project generation to managing multi-drill programs, and advanced development projects. This experience has given him exposure to a variety of exploration methods, as well as business management styles and techniques.
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Hello everyone and thank you for joining us. Today we have Graham Downs, President and CEO of Cascadia Minerals, Eric Zonschwerb, President and CEO at GRSilver, and Anthony Marguerite, president and CEO at K2 Gold. All of these companies are currently running drove programs in the thousands of meters, which is exciting, but can pose some unique challenges compared to a smaller, say, 2, 000 meter program. Before we begin, just a quick note that this event is being recorded and will be available for replay shortly after we conclude. And as we wrap up today, a meeting request pop up will appear. If you join for 1 company but found yourself interested in another, feel free to select on 1 or multiple companies you'd like to connect with. And I'll be sure to pass along that information to the respective teams. With that said, let's get started. Gentlemen, welcome. I think what makes the most sense is for people tuning in for a specific company and may not be aware of the other 2 on the call. Why don't we just take a quick moment to hear an elevator pitch from each of you to build a good foundation for this call. Graham, we'll start with you. Thanks so much, Kyle. Cascadia, we worked up in the Yukon and we acquired a Copper Gold deposit almost exactly a year ago. It's in central Yukon. It's on a road and it's got 36Mt, which gives us 650Mt of Copper and over 300, 000oz of Gold at over 1% Copper equivalent. Thank you. And Anthony, tell us about K2 Gold. K2 Gold, our flagship project is a Mojave project based in Inyo County, California. A highlight hole from earlier drilling was 86.9m at 4g and we just put out some news last week with our highlight intercept of 39.6m at 5.35g per ton. It's a 6.5km long oxide Gold trend, but that's just 1 piece of the puzzle. It's a large prop...
