Join us for a live discussion featuring exploration companies working to unlock Ontario's mineral potential. Bring your questions and hear compelling stories from the front lines of exploration across the province.
Mr. Ackert began his career as a regional geologist with St. Joe Minerals, Bond Gold Canada and LAC Minerals in the 1980s. In 1990 he became mine geologist at LAC Minerals’ Golden Patricia Mine (Barrick Gold Corp after 1994) where he specialized in production and exploration. In 1996 he was appointed VPEx for Orezone Resources Inc. focusing on West Africa and was subsequently named VP Technical Services in 2005.
Mr. Ackert was a co-founder of C3 Metals, a successful explorer for copper in Peru and Jamaica where several significant porphyries and skarns have been discovered.
Mr. Ackert holds a BSc. In Geology from the University of Toronto.
Mr. Garbutt is a Professional Mining Engineer with a 25-year career in mine operations, projects, and engineering. He was most recently the Deputy General Manager with IAMGOLD at the Côté Gold Project with a primary focus on the operational readiness of the asset. Prior to this Mr. Garbutt was a Senior Principal and Mining Sector Leader with Stantec Consulting, supporting major mining companies in the execution of a wide range of capital projects and studies across the globe. He was also the General Manager of Sudbury Operations for KGHM and held senior technical and operating roles during a 14-year career with Glencore. Mr. Garbutt holds an MBA from Laurentian University and serves on the board of the Ontario Mining Association and select non-profit organizations.
Mr. Skanderbeg was most recently President and CEO of Claude Resources Inc. since November 2014 – which was acquired by Silver Standard Resources Inc. for $337 million. He previously worked for Goldcorp, Inco Ltd. and Helio Resources, holding positions in both exploration and operations. Mr. Skanderbeg is also a director of Wesdome Mines. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba and an M.Sc. from Rhodes University, South Africa. He brings extensive experience in the exploration and evaluation of gold systems, operational management, cost and asset optimization and strategic analysis.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from today. I'd love to see an international audience. I think we've got at least Alaska to Taipei today, which is always fun to see. So thank you, everybody, for making the time to join us at odd hours of day and night. Joining me today are Brian Skanderbeg, CEO of GFG Resources, Speaker 1: Jeff Ackert, Speaker 1: President and CEO and Director of Cascade Copper, and Mike Garbutt, CEO of Clean Air Minerals. Gentlemen, how are you today? Speaker 2: Very good, thank you. Speaker 1: Awesome. Speaker 1: So here's how today's gonna work just for the folks in the room. Speaker 1: I'm gonna shoot some questions at these guys just to get the conversation started, but this is an interactive chat. So please do share any questions you might have using the chat button in the bottom right of the screen. We're going to try to keep today's conversation on topic. So questions about individual securities represented here today Speaker 1: probably aren't going to get addressed. That being said, I still really encourage you to ask them because I'm going to send those questions through to the respective speaker. And if they're really easy clarification questions, I might let you sneak 1 in. But any question that's directly on topic, I'll be sure to work into the conversation as much as possible. Speaker 1: The only other thing I'll say for housekeeping is this event is being recorded and will be available for replay, Speaker 1: I'm going to say 2pm Eastern. It'll come into your inbox and also on Six's YouTube channel. But I really want to get into the conversation. I think it's an exciting 1, what we've got planned today on Ontario's mining landscape and how to most effectively u...
