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1. Pacific North West Capital Corp. Announces High Grade
Gold of 51.66 g/t Read More.
2. Markets, Money and Life With Grandich and George –This week’s show covered important and relevant topics to this week’s market action including The Grandich $50,000 Challenge To Any Gold Bear, Fed ramps up discount rate to 0.75% and Why Peter sees his $1,300 – $1,500 gold target accelerating after the IMF announcement. Read More.
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4. AGORACOM Clients attending the PDAC... Read More
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Peggy Kent has founded, financed and operated two publicly traded mining companies and four private companies, and has completed over 40 mergers and acquisitions. She has raised over $1 billion in the U.S. and Canadian public and private equity and debt markets to fund the acquisition and development of mining projects in Canada and Latin America. As Chairman, President & CEO of Royal Oak Mines she started the company and grew it into an intermediate gold producer with annual production of approximately 500,000 ounces. In 1994, Ms Kent launched Royal Oak Mines’ $2.0 billion offer to purchase Lac Minerals, a major Canadian gold producer. Ms. Kent has received many professional and business awards in recognition of her achievements in the mining industry. She was a board member of Talisman Energy, TransCanada Pipelines and Nova Chemicals, which are among Canada’s largest energy companies.
Ross Burns has served as a director and officer of numerous junior public mining companies in Canada. He held positions of exploration geologist and open pit mine geologist at a major Canadian mining company. Mr. Burns has directed exploration programs for gold and base metals throughout North America and has been responsible for the replacement and estimation of ore reserves at several mines.
Bill Sheridan has been a partner in the law firm of Lang Michener LLP since 1970 and was managing partner from 1996 to 2002. He is an authority in mining law. Mr. Sheridan’s practice includes general corporate, commercial and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, mining and international joint ventures.
Richard Meschke has extensive experience in completing acquisitions, optimizing operations and negotiating contracts. He has been employed in the engineering and construction industry as a senior commercial manager where he negotiated contracts up to $100 million in value. Mr. Meschke has held senior executive positions in the energy industry and was Vice President of Business Development at Amax Inc. a major metals and energy company.
Adrian McNutt has extensive experience in production and management of both gold and base metal operations. He has carried out feasibility studies, engineering design, procurement and commissioning of plants, including the Kemess South gold-copper mine in British Columbia. He is responsible for the Company’s mining operations in Canada and Peru.
David Swisher has underground and surface mining experience in precious and industrial mineral operations, including the study of underground and surface mining techniques in Sweden. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in all facets of mining at the mine manager level. His experience includes the evaluation and implementation of mining methods, environmental, health and safety processes, maintenance best practices, operations optimization as a Six Sigma Black Belt, feasibility assessment and advanced behavioral instruction. Mr. Swisher has also successfully led numerous Labor Union negotiations to mutually agreeable results. Mr. Swisher is experienced in using various computer software applications for modeling underground and open pit mines.
Brent Jones has extensive experience in communications and investor relations for both private and publicly traded companies. During his time at Panasonic, Mr. Jones spent over five years developing and implementing one of the top investor relations programs in Japan, while dramatically expanding foreign ownership through institutional investors in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.