Company Interviews

Interview with Dr Mike Jones, MD of Impact Minerals (ASX:IPT)Impact Minerals is an Australian Exploration Company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX-IPT). The company is a project generator and developer and explores a portfolio of tenement holdings within major mining regions of Australia.

Interview with Paul Bibby, MD & CEO of Akora Resources (ASX: AKO)Akora Resources Limited ("AKO") is a Melbourne based mineral exploration company which was incorporated in October 2009. AKO has three prospective exploration target areas comprising some 308 km2 of iron ore tenements.Bekisopa is the flagship project with its high grade ~65% lump iron ore suitable for Direct Ship Ore (DSO). Our focus post the successful capital raising on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is to build on the quality historical geological knowledge and drill to define a +100 million tonne JORC CODE 2012 compliant high grade lump direct ship iron ore maiden resource.

Interview with Stephen Hanson, President & CEO of ACME Lithium (CSE: ACME)ACME Lithium is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring and developing battery metal projects in partnership with leading technology and commodity companies. ACME has acquired or is under option to acquire 100% interest in 266 lithium and lode mining claims totaling approximately 5,415 acres in Esmeralda County, Nevada, which are prospective for lithium contained in tertiary claystones.

Interview with Phillip Williams, Chairman & CEO of Consolidated Uranium (TSX-V: CUR)Consolidated Uranium Inc. (TSXV: CUR) (OTCQB: CURUF) was created in early 2020 to capitalize on an anticipated uranium market resurgence using the proven model of diversified project consolidation. To date, the Company has acquired or has the right to acquire uranium projects in Australia, Canada, Argentina, and the United States each with significant past expenditures and attractive characteristics for development. The Company is currently advancing its portfolio of permitted, past-producing conventional uranium and vanadium mines in Utah and Colorado, with a toll milling arrangement in place with Energy Fuels Inc., a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company. These mines are currently on stand-by, ready for rapid restart as market conditions permit, positioning CUR as a near-term uranium producer.

Interview with Sebastien de Montessus, President & CEO of Endeavour Mining (LSE/TSX: EDV)Endeavour Mining is one of the world’s senior gold producers and the largest in West Africa, with operating assets across Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso and a strong portfolio of advanced development projects and exploration assets in the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa. A member of the World Gold Council, Endeavour is committed to the principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates. Endeavour is admitted to listing and to trading on the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the symbol EDV.

Interview with Tom Peregoodoff, President & CEO of Apollo Silver (TSX-V: APGO)Apollo Silver Corp. is a silver exploration and development company focused on the advancement of its Calico silver project located in San Bernardino County California. The project boasts as one of the largest undeveloped silver resources in the United States.

Interview with Phil Hoskins, MD of Evolution Energy Minerals Limited (ASX: EV1)Evolution Energy Minerals is a ‘sustainable’ graphite developer focused on the Chilalo Graphite project in Tanzania. The project holds a total resource of 67.3 million tonnes @ 5.4% TGC for 3,667 tonnes of contained graphite.

Interview with Tim Moody, CEO of Pan Global Resources (TSX-V: PGZ)Pan Global Resources Inc. is actively engaged in base and precious metal exploration in southern Spain and is pursuing opportunities from exploration through to mine development. The Company is committed to operating safely and with respect to the communities and environment where they operate.

Interview with Heye Daun, CEO of Osino Resources (TSX-V: OSI)Osino is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused on the fast-tracked development of their wholly owned, Twin Hills Gold Project (“Twin Hills”) in central Namibia. Since its grassroots discovery by Osino in August 2019 the Company has completed more than 225,000m of drilling and has completed a suite of specialist technical studies culminating in the recently published Twin Hills PFS. The PFS describes a technically simple and economically robust open-pit gold operation with a 13-year mine life and average annual gold production of over 169koz per annum.Osino has a commanding ground position of approximately 8,000km2 located within Namibia’s prospective Damara sedimentary mineral belt, mostly in proximity to and along strike of the producing Navachab and Otjikoto Gold Mines. The Company is actively exploring a range of gold prospects and targets along the belt by utilizing a portfolio approach geared towards discovery, targeting gold mineralization that fits the broad orogenic gold model.Their core projects are favorably located north and north-west of Namibia’s capital city Windhoek. By virtue of their location, the projects benefit significantly from Namibia’s well-established infrastructure with paved highways, railway, power and water in close proximity. Namibia is mining-friendly and lauded as one of the continent’s most politically and socially stable jurisdictions. Osino continues to evaluate new ground with a view to expanding our Namibian portfolio.

Interview with Chris Reed, Managing Director & CEO of Neometals Ltd. (ASX: NMT)Neometals Ltd. is an Australian mineral development company, involved in the recovery of a large array of battery metals including lithium, titanium and vanadium. The company’s core business units consist of its lithium-ion battery recycling process in Germany, its vanadium recovery project in Finland and its Lithium chemicals unit, a joint venture (JV) with Bondalti Chemicals SA via Reed Advanced Materials (RAM) Pty Ltd.

Interview with Mark Selby, Chairman & CEO of Canada Nickel (TSX-V: CNC)Canada Nickel Company Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on its asset portfolio located in the Timmins mining camp, Canada. The company’s flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide project is one of the top five nickel sulphide projects globally with mineralisation similar to the Dumont Nickel Deposit.

Interview with Chris Stevens, CEO & Executive Director of Coda Minerals (ASX: COD)Coda Minerals is an exploration company focused on the exploration, discovery and development of minerals in the base metals, precious metals and battery minerals sector. Coda owns a 100% interest in the Elizabeth Creek Copper Project in South Australia. The Elizabeth Creek Copper Project has a long history of Cu production, established JORC 2012 compliant Resources and excellent exploration upside potential. The Company listed on the ASX in October 2020, following a heavily oversubscribed IPO and is actively progressing exploration at its flagship Emmie Bluff Copper-Cobalt-Silver prospect.

Interview with David Austin, President & CEO of Colonial Coal (TSX-V: CAD)Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Colonial Coal International Corp. (CCIC) is a publicly traded pure-play metallurgical coal development company. Currently, CCIC holds a 100% interest in two resource-stage coal properties in the Peace River Coalfield of northeastern British Columbia, Canada: namely, the Huguenot and Flatbed properties. NI 43-101 compliant resources totalling approximately 189 million tonnes of combined Measured & Indicated resources plus 194 million tonnes of Inferred resources of hard coking coal have been estimated for main deposit at Huguenot. NI 43-101 compliant resources totalling approximately 298 million tonnes of Inferred metallurgical coal resources have been delineated at Flatbed.

Interview with Oliver Turner, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Karora Resources (TSX: KRR).Karora Resources Inc. is a Canadian gold producer predominantly based in Western Australia. The assets of the company include the Beta Hunt Mine, the Higginsville Gold Operations (HGO) and the Spargos Reward Gold Mine.

Bonterra is a Canadian gold exploration company with a large balanced portfolio of exploration and mining assets including the Gladiator, Barry and Moroy deposits, Bachelor Mill and multiple highly prospective exploration prospects. Bonterra controls the only permitted gold mill in the region with a large land position of over 38,000 hectares in the Urban Barry Camp. Bonterra is located in the mining-friendly province of Quebec, within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt.

Interview with Pierre Léveillé, the President and CEO of Deep-South Resources Inc. (TSX-V: DSM)Deep-South Resources is a mineral exploration company, largely held by Management and Directors with 12% of Deep-South share capital and by Teck Resources Ltd with 16%. Deep-South is actively involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of major mineral properties. Deep-South growth strategy is to focus on the exploration and development of quality assets, in significant mineralized trends, close to infrastructure, in stable countries.

Interview with Ewan Downie, CEO of i-80 Gold Corp. (TSX: IAU)i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company’s advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80’s centralized milling facilities.

Interview with Charlie Greig, Technical Advisor for American Eagle Gold (TSX-V:AE)American Eagle Gold is focused on advancing its NAK property located in the Babine Copper-Gold Porphyry district in central British Columbia. NAK's known copper-gold porphyry mineralization is open at depth and is defined by a compelling geophysical signature analogous to Newcrest's Red Chris Mine and Newmont's Tatogga project located in Northwest BC. The company is currently drilling to test the property's geophysical features in search of a robust underground block cave copper-gold porphyry deposit.

Banyan Gold Corp. is focused on advancing and de-risking its 4moz AurMac Gold Project in the Yukon, Canada’s newest and rapidly growing mining district.The AurMac Project hosts structurally controlled, intrusion-related gold-silver mineralization. It is located in the Mayo Mining District of central Yukon, approximately 40 km north of the community of Mayo, Yukon, approximately 25 km to Victoria Gold Corp’s open-pit heap leach Eagle Gold mine and adjacent to the Keno Hill Silver District operated by Hecla Mining Company (previously Alexco Resource Corp.). The AurMac Project consists of 907 claims totalling approximately 173 km2 and contains three (3) Deposits: the Airstrip, Powerline and the Aurex Hill Zones. It benefits from exceptional infrastructure with the main Yukon highway just off the main access road, a 3-phase powerline, existing Yukon Energy Corp. switching power station and cell phone coverage.

Interview with Luis da Silva, CEO of South Harz Potash (ASX: SHP)South Harz Potash Limited (formerly Davenport Resources Ltd.) was founded in 2015 in Australia and specializes in the development of potash mining projects. The executive managers and members of the board have decades of experience in potash exploration and mining around the world.Südharz Kali GmbH, which is 100% owned by South Harz Potash, holds three perpetual mining licences, Ohmgebirge, Ebelebenand Mühlhausen-Nohra, and two exploration licences, Küllstedt and Gräfentonna, in the South Harz Potash District in north-western Thuringia, central Germany.The portfolio of German licences represents Western Europe’s most significant potash resource, comprised of high-grade Muriate of Potash (MOP) Inferred Mineral Resources (JORC 2012) and valuable potassium and magnesium sulphate minerals at relatively shallow depths.South Harz has identified at least four potential project areas across its licences, with Ohmgebirge identified as our flagship project due to its relative shallowness, high level of capital efficiency and potential to use existing proximate vertical shafts during construction.Permitting is already well advanced, and the proposed mining and processing methods for Ohmgebirge and Nohra-Elende are environmentally conscious.

Interview with Gilbert Clark, Executive Chairman of Meridian Mining (TSX: MNO)Merlin Marr-Johnson spoke with Gilbert Clark, the Executive Chairman of Meridian Mining (TSX: MNO) to discuss the company’s recent activities. Meridian Mining aims to become the next mid-tier copper developer and producer in Brazil with its focus on the development of its Cabaçal copper-gold-silver project located in the state of Mato Grosso. The Cabaçal copper-gold-silver project is an advanced-stage district-scale VMS deposit, which was discovered in 1983 by BP Minerals. The deposit contains broad zones of coalescing Cu-Au mineralization which starts close to the surface and is open at a depth of 175 m whilst extending 2,000 m along the strike. Meridian Mining on the 6th of March 2023 announced the results of its preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Cabaçal copper-gold-silver project. The PEA was conducted by Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. and confirms the project’s economic potential with growth opportunities. The highlights of the PEA include a base case after-tax NPV5 of CAD$778 million and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 58.4%. The NPV5 and IRR are based on a gold price of USD$ 1,650 per ounce, a copper price of USD$ 3.59 per pound and a silver price of USD$21.35 per ounce. The envisioned life of mine for the Cabaçal copper-gold-silver project is 22.3 years with the envisioned operation’s capital cost being USD$179.6 million. The first year of the operation will see a mill feed of 2.3 g/t of gold and 0.29% copper which will generate an after-free cash flow of USD$204 million, resulting in a payback period of 10.6 months.Meridian Mining believes that the economics of the PEA will only be improved in the future with the ongoing drill initiatives of the company aimed at expanding the project’s mineralisation and as such throughput.

Interview with David Kelley, CEO of Chakana Copper Corp. (TSX-V: PERU)Merlin Marr-Johnson spoke to David Kelley the CEO of Chakana Copper Corp. (TSX-V: PERU), to discuss the company and its recent activities).Chakana Copper Corp. is a Canadian junior minerals exploration company, focused on the advancement of its Soledad project near the town of Aija in the Ancash province of central Peru. The project forms part of the Ticapampa-Aija mining district in the Cordillera Negra, which has a long history of mining. The Soledad project consists of high-grade copper, gold and silver mineralisation initiated at the surface. The Soledad project holds an initial inferred mineral resource, published in early 2022, of 191,000 ounces of gold and 130 million pounds of silver. The project is envisioned to consist of both open-pit and underground mining operations. The company notes that a disconnect exists between the market demand for metals, specifically energy transition metals such as copper and the valuation of junior mining companies, which aim to fulfil the need. Chakana Copper Corp. believes that the market is experiencing a withdrawal and hesitance of investors, who are uncertain about future economic conditions. The opportunity, according to the company, exists that should the global economic sector turn, the value of various junior companies will multiply as investors will feel confident to enter the market once again. Chakana Copper Corp., along with other junior mining companies, will have a roundtable discussion with the government of Peru on a quarterly basis. The roundtable discussions will be aimed at addressing the challenges mining companies face in the company and coming to solutions which will be mutually beneficial agreements for the country’s mining sector and the companies. Chakana Copper Corp. is underway preparing for its exploration drilling program planned to commence in May 2023.

Interview with Robin Dunbar, President & CEO of Grid Metals (TSX-V: GRDM)Grid Metals is an exploration and development Company currently focused on exploration and resource growth at its properties in Manitoba and Ontario. Grid has a diversified portfolio of properties where it is actively exploring for Nickel-Copper-PGM-Cobalt, palladium and lithium. The Makwa Mayville Project 145 km from Winnipeg MB has a significant NI 43-101 compliant resource of nickel-copper and platinum group metals and a highly prospective lithium property. Properties are located in areas with good access and infrastructure.

Interview with Dustin Perry, CEO of Kingfisher Metals (TSX-V:KFR)Our previous interview: https://youtu.be/J75lUoSjZ1URecording date: 10th March 2023Kingfisher Metals Corp. is a Canadian based exploration company focused on underexplored district-scale projects in British Columbia, including the Golden Triangle region. Kingfisher has three 100% owned district-scale projects and an option to earn 100% of the HWY 37 Project, that offer potential exposure to high-grade gold, copper, silver, and zinc. The Company currently has 103,057,272 shares outstanding.

Interview with Jonathan Buick, President & CEO of Idaho Champion (CSE: ITKO)Idaho Champion is a discovery-focused exploration company that is committed to advancing its highly prospective cobalt properties located in Idaho, United States and lithium properties in Quebec, Canada. In addition, the Company owns the Baner gold project in Idaho County and the Champagne polymetallic project in Butte County near Arco.The Company’s shares trade on the CSE under the trading symbol “ITKO”, on the OTCQB under the trading symbol “GLDRF”, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “1QB1”. Idaho Champion strives to be a responsible environmental steward, stakeholder and contributing citizen to the local communities where it operates, taking its social license seriously, employing local community members and service providers at its operations whenever possible.

Interview with Belinda Labatte, CEO & Director of Lomiko Metals (TSX-V: LMR)The Company holds mineral interests in its La Loutre graphite development in southern Quebec. The La Loutre project site is located within the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (KZA) First Nation’s territory. The KZA First Nation is part of the Algonquin Nation and the KZA traditional territory is situated within the Outaouais and Laurentides regions.​ Located 180 kilometres northwest of Montreal, the property consists of one large, continuous block with 76 mineral claims totalling 4,528 hectares (45.3 km2).The Property is underlain by rocks belonging to the Grenville Province of the Precambrian Canadian Shield. The Grenville was formed under conditions that were very favourable for the development of coarse-grained, flake-type graphite mineralization from organic-rich material during high-temperature metamorphism.Lomiko Metals published a July 29, 2021 Preliminary Economic Estimate (PEA) which indicated the project had a 15-year mine life producing per year 100,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate at 95% Cg or a total of 1.5Mt of graphite concentrate. This report was prepared as National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report for Lomiko Metals Inc. by Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc., Hemmera Envirochem Inc., Moose Mountain Technical Services, and Metpro Management Inc., collectively the Report Authors.In addition to La Loutre, Lomiko is working with Critical Elements Lithium Corporation towards earning its 70% stake in the Bourier Project as per the option agreement announced on April 27th, 2021. The Bourier project site is located near Nemaska Lithium and Critical Elements south-east of the Eeyou Istchee James Bay territory in Quebec which consists of 203 claims, for a total ground position of 10,252.20 hectares (102.52 km2), in Canada’s lithium triangle near the James Bay region of Quebec that has historically housed lithium deposits and mineralization trends.

Interview with Sean Samson, President & CEO of EV Nickel (TSX-V: EVNI)Matthew Gordon spoke to Sean Samson, the President and CEO of EV Nickel Inc. (TSX-V: EVNI) to discuss the company and its recent activities and announcements. EV Nickel Inc. is a junior nickel exploration and development company focused in the Shaw Dome area located south of Timmins in Ontario. The Shaw Dome project of the company holds a land position of approximately 30,000 hectares and hosts the CarLang and W4 mineral zones. The company has applied for the trademark Clean Nickel™ across several jurisdictions, under which it intends to develop nickel production with zero carbon emissions. The company at the end of February 2023 announced a mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the CarLang A-Zone of its Shaw Dome project. The MRE totals approximately 1 billion tons of mineralisation at an average grade of 0.24% nickel and consists of 1.25 million tons of nickel in the indicated category and 1.16 million tons in the inferred category. The carling A-Zone represents only 20% of the total CarLang area, which totals 10 km of mineralisation.EV Nickel Inc. announced on the 6th of March 2023 that it had, as part of its partnership with the Ontario Government, received CAD$500,000 in funding. The funds are intended to be used towards the advancement of the company’s Clean Nickel™ strategy, which includes two separate research and development studies. The studies are aimed at advancing the company’s bio-leaching and carbon capture and storage process initiatives. The bioleaching initiatives will see bacteria implemented towards freeing metals from ore whilst the carbon capture and storage process will aid in earning carbon credits. The company plans to use its cash position of CAD$1.5 million towards the completion of its Clean Nickel™ studies as well as the completion of an updated mineral resource estimate of the high-grade W4 zone.

Interview with Paul Huet, CEO of Gold Producer Karora Resources (TSX: KRR)Matthew Gordon spoke with Paul Andre Huet, the Chairman and CEO of Karora Resources (TSX:KRR) to discuss the company and its recent activities. Karora Resources is a Western Australian gold producer focused on its 100% owned asset portfolio consisting of the Beta Hunt mine, Higginsville Gold Operations and the Spargos Gold mine. The mining operations of the company feed its two centralised mills, namely the Higginsville mill, a 1.6 Mtpa operation and the Lakewood mill, a 1.0 Mtpa operation acquired in 2022. The company aims to reach a gold production of between 185,000 and 205,000 ounces of gold per year by 2024. The company announced on the 3rd of March 2023 that it had concluded with the construction of the second decline at its Beta Hunt mine, which connected to the 500 level of the mine. The construction of the decline was accomplished by the company under budget and ahead of schedule. Karora Resources further announced that the first three new vent raise installations have been completed, with the completion of two additional vent raise installations being the next critical milestone in the Beta Hunt mine expansion plan. Karora Resources on the 7th of March 2023 announced an increase of 8% in the measured and indicated nickel resources and a 2% increase in the inferred nickel resources of the Beta Hunt mine. The nickel resources of the mine now total 21,100 tons of nickel in the measured and indicated category and 13,400 tons in the inferred category. The company plans to conduct infill and expansion drilling initiatives at the Beta Hunt mine in the coming year which will be funded through its cash flow. The drilling will be focused on the East Alpha and 40C resources in the Beta mineral block and the 50C/10C resources in the Gamma mineral block.

Interview with Robert Boyd, President & CEO of Endurance Gold (TSX-V: EDG)Endurance Gold Corporation (EDG - TSX.V) is a precious metals exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of highly prospective North American mineral properties with the potential to develop world-class deposits. Our exploration focus is currently to advance the Reliance Gold Project, located near Gold Bridge B.C. in the historic Bralorne - Pioneer gold camp.

Interview with Kevin Bullock, President & CEO of Signal Gold (TSX: SGNL)Signal Gold Inc. is a TSX and OTCQX -listed gold mining and development company, focused on the advancement of its Goldboro project, located 175 km northeast of the city of Halifax. The company published a feasibility study of the Goldboro gold project in 2021, which includes highlights such as an 11-year life of mine, 100,000 ounces of annual gold production, an NPV5% of CAD$ 328 million and an after-tax payback period of 2.9 years.

Interview with Tom Peregoodoff, President & CEO of Apollo Silver (TSX-V: APGO)Apollo Silver Corp. is a silver exploration and development company focused on the advancement of its Calico silver project located in San Bernardino County California. The project boasts as being the third-largest undeveloped silver resource in the United States and hosts a mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 166 million ounces of silver in the inferred category.

Interview with Derrick Weyrauch, President & CEO of Palladium One Mining (TSXV: PDM).Palladium One Mining Inc. is an exploration stage, critical minerals company with assets in Finland and North America. The Tyko project of the company holds a land position of 243 km2 and is located in North Western Ontario, 25 km north of the Hemlo mining complex. The project has grown to be a new Nickel district in Ontario. The project hosts the Smoke Lake and West Pickle discoveries which both host massive sulphide mineralisation.

Interview with Simon Clarke, CEO of American Lithium Corp (TSX-V:LI) American Lithium Corp. is an advanced lithium project developer throughout North and South America and uranium projects in Peru. The Falchani Lithium project as well as the Macusani Uranium project are located in south-eastern Peru and were brought into the company through the acquisition of Plateau Energy Metals Inc. in 2021. The TLC lithium project of the company is located in Nevada, close to the town of Tonopah.

Interview with Gerald Panneton, Executive Chairman and CEO of Gold Terra Resource Corp. (TSX-V: YGT)Gold Terra Resource Corp. is a junior gold exploration company that has assembled a highly prospective district scale land position on the doorstep of the City of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The company is currently focused on expanding and delineating gold resources at the company’s Yellowknife City Gold Project. With ready access to infrastructure and multiple new high-grade gold discoveries Gold Terra is on track to re-establishing Yellowknife as one of the premier gold mining districts in Canada.

Interview with Stephen Hanson, President & CEO of ACME Lithium (CSE: ACME)ACME Lithium Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing its battery metal assets in Nevada and Manitoba. The company’s asset portfolio consists of the Clayton Valley and the Fish Lake Valley projects in Nevada and the Cat-Euclid Lake, Shatford Lake and Birse Lake projects in Manitoba. The Clayton Valley project of the company holds a land position of approximately 2,975 acres and is located next to the Silver Peak lithium mine owned and operated by the Albemarle Corporation. The project has the potential to host lithium brines similar to the Silver Peak lithium mine. The Fish Lake valley project of the company has shown mineralisation of up to 200 ppm of lithium within claystone and is located next to the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project owned by Ioneer Ltd. The Shatford Lake project is a lithium pegmatite deposit which consists of 21 claims totalling approximately 8,883 acres in the southern limb of the Bird River Greenstone Belt of south-eastern Manitoba, Canada.

Interview with Derek Macpherson, President and CEO of Gold79 Mines (TSX-V:AUU)Gold79 Mines Ltd. is a junior gold exploration company focused on its three projects in Nevada and Arizona. The three projects of the company are the Gold Chain project located in Mohave County, Arizona, the Jefferson Canyon gold-silver project located in southern Nevada and the Greyhound property located north of the community of Baker Lake.

Interview with Claudia Tornquist, President & CEO of Kodiak Copper (TSX-V:KDK)Kodiak Copper Corp. (TSX.V:KDK, OTCQB:KDKCF) is focused on its 100% owned copper porphyry projects in Canada and the USA. Kodiak Copper is backed by John Robins’ Discovery Group, founded by Chairman Chris Taylor (President and CEO of Great Bear Resources), and led by Claudia Tornquist (former GM at Rio Tinto and former VP Business Development at Sandstorm Gold). The team has shown the ability to raise capital while protecting a tight share structure, and attracting strategic investors such as Teck Resources. The strategy behind Kodiak’s portfolio is to apply Great Bear’s successful approach to the copper space – unlock the value of historically drilled, underexplored assets in prime locations using new interpretation and technology.

Interview with David Kelley, CEO of Chakana Copper Corp. (TSX-V: PERU)Chakana Copper Corp. is a Canadian junior minerals exploration company, focused on the advancement of its Soledad project near the town of Aija in the Ancash province of central Peru. The project forms part of the Ticapampa-Aija mining district in the Cordillera Negra, which has a long history of mining. The Soledad project consists of high-grade copper, gold and silver mineralisation initiating at the surface.

Interview with Terry Lynch, CEO of Power Nickel (TSX-V: PNPN)Power Nickel Inc. is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on the advancement of its Nisk Nickel Sulphide project located in James Bay Canada. The location of the project enables it to take advantage of low-cost, low-carbon hydropower to create a sustainable battery metals operation. The project is 80%-owned by the company, with Critical Elements Lithium Corp. owning the remaining 20%. The project holds a large land position of approximately 20 km in strike length as well as high-grade intercepts of copper, cobalt, palladium, platinum and class 1 nickel.

Interview with Segun Lawson, President & CEO of Thor Explorations Ltd. (TSX-V, AIM: THX)Thor Explorations Ltd. is a TSX-V as well as AIM-listed West African focussed gold producer. The company’s flagship project, the Segilola gold project is located approximately 120 km northeast of Lagos. The project currently has an open-pit life of mine of five years, and commenced production in Q1 2022 after a ramp-up period. The Segilola project is set to produce 80,000 ounces to 100,000 ounces of gold in 2022. The project’s open-pit resource holds 517,800 ounces of gold in the probable category and 532,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category, with its underground resources showing 76,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category.

Interview with James Sykes, CEO of Baselode Energy (TSX-V: FIND)Baselode Energy Corp. is a Canadian uranium exploration company, focused on high-grade uranium orebodies in the Athabasca Basin area of Northern Saskatchewan, where it holds a land position of approximately 227,000 hectares. The company is focused on discovering near-surface, basement-hosted, high-grade uranium deposits, which it believes it has accomplished with the ACKIO discovery at its Hook project.

Interview with Alex Walker, CEO of East Star Resources (LSE: EST)East Star Resources is focused on the discovery and development of gold, rare earth, and copper deposits in Kazakhstan. With an initial nine licences covering 1,687 sq km in three mineral rich Ore Districts, East Star is undertaking an intensive exploration programme, applying modern geophysics to discover minerals in levels that were not previously explored. The Company also intends to further expand its licence portfolio in Kazakhstan. East Star's management are based permanently on the ground, supported by local expertise, and joint ventures with the state mining company on certain projects.

Interview with Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining Gold Corp. (TSX: FF)First Mining Gold Corp. is a Canadian project developer with assets located in Ontario and Quebec. The Springpole project of the company is one of the largest, undeveloped, open-pit gold deposits in Canada. The project’s economics include an 11-year life of mine, post-tax NPV5% of CAD$ 995 million and a post-tax IRR of 29%. The company’s 100%-owned Duparquet gold project located in Quebec is an advanced exploration asset, which holds 3.4 million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated category as well as 1.6 million ounces of gold in the inferred category. The project offers the opportunity to consolidate approximately 5 million ounces of gold in the Abitibi gold district at less than CAD$ 5 per ounce of gold.

Interview with Michael Konnert, President & CEO of Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSX-V:VZLA)Vizsla Silver Corp. is a Canadian exploration company focused on exploring and acquiring precious and base metal assets. The Panuco silver-gold project of the company is a 6,800-hectare land package located in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, near the city of Mazatlán. The project lies along the same silver trend as the San Dimas mine of First Majestic Silver Corp. Vizsla Silver Corp. currently has 9 drill rigs active at the project, with 6 dedicated to resource expansion and 3 to exploration initiatives.

Interview with James Withall, CEO of Rupert Resources (TSX-V:RUP) Rupert Resources Ltd. is a Canadian-based gold exploration and development company focused on its Rupert Lapland project in Northern Finland. The Ikkari gold deposit of the company lies within the Rupert Lapland project and holds an estimated 4 Moz of gold.

Interview with Max Porterfield, President & CEO of Callinex Mines (TSX-V: CNX)Callinex Mines Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company advancing its portfolio of copper, zinc, gold and silver-rich deposits located in the Flin Flon, Bathurst and Buchans mining districts. The high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc deposit of the company, the aptly named Rainbow deposit has recently been delineated after its discovery in 2020. The Rainbow deposit forms part of the company’s Pine Bay project which is located near the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Interview with Jeremy Wyeth, CEO & Orin Baronowsky, CFO of Treasury Metals (TSX: TML)Treasury Metals Inc. is a gold-focused company with assets in Canada. Treasury’s Goliath Gold Complex, which includes the Goliath, Goldlund and Miller deposits, is located in Northwestern Ontario. The deposits benefit substantially from excellent access to the Trans-Canada Highway, related power and rail infrastructure and close proximity to several communities, including Dryden, Ontario. The Company also owns several other projects throughout Canada, including the Weebigee-Sandy Lake Gold Project JV, and grassroots gold exploration property Gold Rock. Treasury is committed to inclusive, informed and meaningful dialogue with regional communities and Indigenous Nations throughout the life of all our Projects and on all aspects, including creating sustainable economic opportunities, providing safe workplaces, enhancing social value and promoting community well-being.

Interview with Alan Pangbourne, CEO of Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSX-V:CKG)Chesapeake Gold Corp. is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on the advancement of its precious metal deposits in North and Central America. The company’s flagship Metates project is a 100%-owned gold and silver project located 175 km northeast of the city of Mazatlán in Durango state, Mexico.