Company Interviews

Interview with Hayden Locke, President & CEO of Marimaca Copper Corp. (TSX: MARI)

Marimaca is an exciting TSX-listed copper company.  The Company’s flagship asset is the Marimaca Copper Project in Chile’s Antofagasta region. It is the only copper discovery globally of the last five years and is a low risk project, with substantial exploration potential. Their vision is to create significant value for their shareholders and stakeholders alike. They hope to achieve this with a dual strategy of realizing the full potential of their flagship Marimaca Copper Project, which has the promise to become one of the most significant copper‐oxide discoveries in recent years, and explore for multiple large scale Marimaca Copper Project style targets, including a possible new IOCG district.

Interview with Dave Lotan, Chairman of Aurion Resources (TSX-V: AU)

Aurion Resources Ltd. (Aurion), is a well-funded, Canadian exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V:AU) and the OTCQX Best Market (OTCQX:AIRRF). Aurion’s strategy is to generate or acquire early stage precious metals exploration opportunities and advance them through direct exploration by our experienced team or through business partnerships and joint venture arrangements. Aurion’s current focus is exploring on its wholly owned Risti and Launi projects, as well as advancing joint venture arrangements with B2 Gold Corp. and Kinross Gold Corporation in Finland.

Interview with Bradley Langille, President & CEO of GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD)

GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) is a Canadian-based silver and gold producer focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring high quality projects in Mexico. The Company operates the Parral Tailings mine in the state of Chihuahua and has the Los Ricos South and Los Ricos North exploration Projects in the state of Jalisco. Headquartered in Halifax, NS, GoGold is building a portfolio of low cost, high margin projects.

Interview with Tim Moody, CEO of Pan Global Resources (TSX-V: PGZ)

Pan Global Resources Inc. is a junior exploration and development company focused on its assets located in Southern Spain. The Águilas project of the company is located 300 km south of the city of Madrid and has a land position of approximately 16,333 hectares. The project is accessible year-round and hosts copper, silver, lead, gold and silver mineralisation. The Escacena project of the company is located approximately 40 km northeast of Seville, Spain. The area is known for hosting one of the world’s largest volcanic massive-sulphide mineralisation zones. The project holds a land position of 5,458 hectares and has been actively explored by the company since 2019. The project hosts the La Romana copper-tin target and various others. The La Romana copper-tin target has been able to show a 100% hit rate in 140 drill holes drilled regarding the interception of mineralisation to date. 

Interview with William Sheriff, Executive Chairman of enCore Energy Corp. (TSX-V:EU)

enCore Energy Corp. is committed to providing clean, reliable, and affordable domestic nuclear energy by becoming the next United States uranium producer in 2023. enCore solely utilizes In-Situ Recovery (ISR) for uranium extraction, a well-known and proven technology co-developed by the leaders at enCore Energy. In-Situ Recovery extracts uranium in a non-invasive process using natural groundwater and oxygen, coupled with a proven ion exchange process, to recover the uranium. Uranium production is planned at enCore's licensed and past-producing South Texas Rosita Processing Plant in 2023, and at its licensed and past-producing South Texas Alta Mesa Processing Plant in 2024. Future projects in enCore's production pipeline include the Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota and the Gas Hills project in Wyoming, along with significant uranium resource endowments in New Mexico providing long-term opportunities. The enCore team is led by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of ISR uranium operations and the nuclear fuel cycle. enCore diligently works to realize value from other owned assets, including their proprietary uranium database that includes technical information from many past producing companies, from their various non-core assets, and by leveraging our ISR expertise in researching opportunities that support the use of this technology as applied to other metals. enCore is also committed to working with local communities and indigenous governments to create positive impact from corporate developments.

Interview with Louis-Pierre Gignac, President & CEO of G Mining Ventures (TSX-V: GMIN)

G Mining Ventures Corp. (TSXV: GMIN) (OTCQX: GMINF) is a mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal projects, to capitalize on the value uplift from successful mine development. GMIN is well-positioned to grow into the next mid-tier precious metals producer by leveraging strong access to capital and proven development expertise. GMIN is currently anchored by its flagship Tocantinzinho Gold Project in mining friendly and prospective State of Pará, Brazil.

Interview with Nolan Peterson, President & CEO of World Copper Ltd. (TSX-V:WCU)

World Copper Ltd., headquartered in Vancouver, BC, is a Canadian resource company focused on the exploration and development of its copper porphyry projects: Escalones and Cristal in Chile, and Zonia in Arizona. Two of these projects have estimated resources with significant soluble copper mineralization, and each has additional copper porphyry targets with exciting potential to expand the resource base.

Interview with Erfan Kazemi, President & CEO of Horizon Copper (TSX-V: HCU)

Horizon Copper is a premier copper company holding unique non-operating interests in high-grade, low-cost copper assets. Upon completion of Part B of the Transaction described in the Company’s Management Information Circular dated July 26, 2022, Horizon will hold a portfolio of unparalleled copper assets including a 30% interest in the copper-gold Hod Maden project, exposure to the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine through a 25% equity ownership in Entrée Resources Ltd., and a 1.66% net profits interest on the Antamina copper mine. Horizon plans to actively grow its portfolio of assets with a focus on copper projects. 

Interview with Philippe Cloutier, President & CEO of Cartier Resources (TSX-V:ECR)

Cartier Resources Inc. is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on the Abitibi Greenstone belt in Quebec. The company is focused on advanced-stage exploration projects with delineated mineral resources. The company’s flagship project, the 100% owned Chimo Gold Mine project is located 50 km southeast of the city of Val-d’Or in Quebec and holds a land position of approximately 29,523 hectares.  The mine has historically produced just under 400,000 ounces of gold between the 60s and late 90s and holds a mineral resource estimate, published in August 2022, which shows 720,000 ounces of gold in the indicated category and 1,633 million ounces of gold in the inferred category. 

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.