Company Interviews

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.