West Red Lake Gold Provides 2026 Production Guidance
Join CEO Shane Williams for a live webinar regarding the company's recently announced 2026 production guidance at its flagship Madsen Mine in the Red Lake Gold District. Following a brief presentation, Shane will be available for a live Q&A from shareholders.
Fri, April 24, 2026 at 11:00 AMendedReplay
Investor webinar replay
Meeting Overview The meeting was held to discuss West Red Lake Goldmines' recent press release regarding their 2026 production guidance. CEO Shane Williams provided insights into the company's achievements in 2025, the rationale behind their production strategy, and operational milestones for the upcoming quarters. Key Discussion Points - Introduction of Shane Williams, CEO of West Red Lake Goldmines. - Overview of the company's progress since its inception three years ago, including achieving commercial production. - Discussion on the production guidance for 2026, highlighting that 60% of production is planned for the second half of the year. - Explanation of the decision to re-sequence mining to access the 447 complex, emphasizing its importance for operational efficiency. - Review of Q1 gold sales and operational metrics, including underground development and milling rates. - Importance of achieving key milestones in Q2 and Q3 to ensure production targets are met. Decisions Made ...
CEO, President & Director at West Red Lake Gold Mines
Prior to joining West Red Lake, Mr. Shane Williams was the Chief Operating Officer for Skeena Resources where he was involved in advancing the past producing Eskay Creek Gold project towards a restart. Between 2013-2019 he was Vice President of Operations and Capital Projects at Eldorado Gold where under his leadership the Lamaque Gold project was brought from Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) to commercial operation in just 18-months. He also served as Project Director for Eldorado Gold for their Greek assets and was responsible for the development of both the Skouries and Olympias projects which together had a capex of over US$1B. Mr. Williams has extensive open-pit development experience from his time working with Rio Tinto at the Iron Ore Company of Canada and at Kaunis Iron in Northern Sweden where he, as Project Director, was responsible for the successful staged development of this large, open-pit iron ore operation from early exploration into commercial operation over a rapid 3.5 year period.
Mr. Williams has a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland and an M.Sc. in Project Management from the University of Limerick Ireland.
Replay transcript excerpt
Speaker 1: Say good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from today. I know there's at least I think 8 time zones represented in the audience today. So really appreciate you joining us. I've got with me today Shane Williams, CEO, President and Director of WestRed Lake Goldmines, to discuss yesterday's press release on 2026 guidance. Shane, how are you today? Speaker 2: Great. Good to be on, Romeo. Speaker 1: Awesome. So I've got some boring housekeeping I'm going to run through, but then we'll get into the meat and potatoes. So I appreciate everybody's patience. Here's how today's going to work for those folks in the room. I've got some questions Speaker 1: based on the release that I'll pose. Then we're going to open it up to shareholders and prospective shareholders using that chat button at the bottom of your screen. Speaker 1: We'll say a couple things just because we're trying to keep it to about 45 minutes a day. If you ask a question I've already asked, I do encourage you to be patient if you can. I don't want to make Shane repeat himself, but I will make sure the transcript gets to the West Red Lake team so they can get back to you as soon as possible. So please do feel free to ask any question. I just might not get to all of them today. But if it's on topic and something we haven't covered, I will try to make sure we get to it in the time that we've got together today. That includes all the great questions that came in over email. We've compiled those and combined some of them just to keep today's event as efficient as possible. Other quick pieces of housekeeping, today's event is being recorded and will be available for replay in the early afternoon Eastern Time. It will pop right in your inbox, but wil...
