Mined in America

Episode 22 - Mark Pelizza - Part 2: The ‘Boom Bust’ cycle of mining and the importance of community

Janet and Mark return for Part 2 of their episode and discuss the need to change the ‘Boom Bust’ cycle of mining and the importance of community.
Mark Pelizza has spent 45 years in the uranium industry with project experience including the Alta Mesa, Benavides, Kingsville Dome, Longoria, Palangana, Rosita, West Cole and the Vasquez projects, all in Texas. He was also responsible for the permitting and licensing of the Church Rock, Crownpoint and Unit 1 projects in New Mexico and the North Platte project in Wyoming. Currently, Mr. Pelizza is the Principal of M.S. Pelizza & Associates LLC where he represents extractive industry clients. He previously served as Sr. Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs with Uranium Resources, Inc. He has also previously worked with Union Carbide Corp. Mr. Pelizza received his B.S. in Geology from Fort Lewis College and his M.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in Texas and a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists. He is the Past Chairman of the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association and the Past Chairman of the Uranium Producers of America.

Episode 21 - Mark Pelizza - Part 1: Fort Lewis College and In Situ Recovery (ISR)

Part 1 - Janet Talks to Mark about Fort Lewis College and In Situ Recovery (ISR)
Mark Pelizza is a Director at enCore Energy Corp. and has spent 45 years in the uranium industry with project experience including the Alta Mesa, Benavides, Kingsville Dome, Longoria, Palangana, Rosita, West Cole and the Vasquez projects, all in Texas. He was also responsible for the permitting and licensing of the Church Rock, Crownpoint and Unit 1 projects in New Mexico and the North Platte project in Wyoming. Currently, Mr. Pelizza is the Principal of M.S. Pelizza & Associates LLC where he represents extractive industry clients. He previously served as Sr. Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs with Uranium Resources, Inc. He has also previously worked with Union Carbide Corp. Mr. Pelizza received his B.S. in Geology from Fort Lewis College and his M.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in Texas and a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists. He is the Past Chairman of the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association and the Past Chairman of the Uranium Producers of America.

Episode 20 - Michael Collins - Part 2: Exploring for Uranium at Guyana’s Jonestown Site

Janet and Michael return for part 2 of their episode: Exploring for Uranium at Guyana's Jonestown Site
 
Michael Collins is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Fuels Ltd. With 15+ years of public market experience, Michael founded Bluerock Resources, which was the only new uranium producer in the 2000-2008 uranium cycle in the US southwest. Michael has worked in uranium exploration and development in the US, Mongolia and South America and has a depth of experience in permitting and feasibility studies, managing development projects and mine optimization programs.

Episode 19 - Michael Collins - Part 1: Uranium Production

Michael Collins is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Fuels Ltd. With 15+ years of public market experience, Michael founded Bluerock Resources, which was the only new uranium producer in the 2000-2008 uranium cycle in the US southwest. Michael has worked in uranium exploration and development in the US, Mongolia and South America and has a depth of experience in permitting and feasibility studies, managing development projects and mine optimization programs.

Episode 18 - Colin Craft - Part 2: The World’s First Non-Cyanide Field Test

Colin Craft has over 35 years of mineral processing and metallurgical testing experience, focused on the recovery of precious and base metals, in a variety of mineralogical and process settings. Most recently he has worked with Golden Predator (now Sabre Gold) on the 3 Aces Bulk Sample, and now the cyanide free, gold recovery unit known as the SRU™. He was instrumental in the construction, commissioning and successful operation of the SRU during 2019 season.
He has served as the Mine Manager and/or Mill Superintendent at the QR, Baker and Cusac Gold Mines, as well as Cantung’s tungsten and Roca’s Max Moly projects. He has also consulted on a number of projects for FLSmidth and JDS.

Episode 17 - Colin Craft - Part 1: Managing the World’s Largest Tungsten Mills

Colin Craft has over 35 years of mineral processing and metallurgical testing experience, focused on the recovery of precious and base metals, in a variety of mineralogical and process settings. Most recently he has worked with Golden Predator (now Sabre Gold) on the 3 Aces Bulk Sample, and now the cyanide free, gold recovery unit known as the SRU™. He was instrumental in the construction, commissioning and successful operation of the SRU during 2019 season.
He has served as the Mine Manager and/or Mill Superintendent at the QR, Baker and Cusac Gold Mines, as well as Cantung’s tungsten and Roca’s Max Moly projects. He has also consulted on a number of projects for FLSmidth and JDS.

KTC Episode 16: Peter Bures, CEO of C2C Gold Corp.

Peter Bures has focused much of his career on research and analysis of metals and mining companies. And is presently the Chief Business Development Officer of Star Royalties Ltd. since 2019. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and director of Antler Hill Mining Ltd from 2017 until 2020. Prior to this, Mr. Bures was the Vice President, Analyst, at Canaccord Genuity Limited, Research Division from 2014 to 2017, Director of Global Mining Sales at BMO Capital Markets in New York and Associate Portfolio Manager at Sentry Investments Corp. Mr. Bures also served as a Sales and Trading Group Analyst of Orion Securities from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Bures holds a bachelor of Applied Science (geological and mineral engineering) from the University of Toronto.
 
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KTC Episode 15: Jessica Levental, Founder & CEO of Precious Metals Summit Conferences LLC

Jessica Levental has been developing and producing major business and legal conferences since 1989. Prior to launching the Precious Metals Summit in 2011, she served as the Executive Director of the Denver Gold Group (DGG) from 2006 to 2010. Prior to DGG, Jessica worked as a Program Attorney for the Colorado Bar Association, CEB (California Continuing Education of the Bar) and the CLE Society of British Columbia. Before that, she practiced corporate law in Toronto and Edmonton, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English (with Distinction) and a law degree from the University of Alberta.
Jessica has served as a Director of the not-for-profit Colorado Mining Association Education Foundation since 2008, as a member of that Board’s Executive Committee since 2013 and as Chairman since 2018.
 
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KTC Episode 14: Tim Clark (CEO & Director) and Bryan Atkinson (SVP, Exploration) of Fury Gold Mines

Tim Clark brings 23 years of global capital markets experience with numerous US, European and Canadian banks, including Barclays Capital, National Bank Financial, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and most recently BMO Capital Markets, where he held the role of Managing Director, Institutional Equity Sales. Over the years, he has developed strong working relationships with Tier 1 institutional investors throughout the United States providing corporate strategy, and peer and financial analysis and insights on corporates within the materials, commodities and mining sectors.
 
Bryan Atkinson has been involved in mineral exploration globally for over fifteen years with a focus on orogenic lode gold and intermediate sulphidation epithermal deposits. Most recently, his work has been with high sulphidation, intermediate sulphidation, skarn and orogoenic deposit styles throughout the Americas. He has undertaken roles varying from soil sampler to ground geophysical surveyer, through to project geologist, project manager and most recently, Exploration Manager. In his role as an Exploration Manager he oversaw the successful completion of over 45,000m of exploration drilling across three projects in a six-month period with an overall budget of $40M.
 
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KTC Episode 13: Joel Freudman - Co-Founder, CEO, & Director of TRU Precious Metals

Joel Freudman is the Co-Founder, CEO and a Director of the Company. As a former practicing securities, M& A and corporate lawyer with focus on mining clients, Mr. Freudman currently serves as the CEO & Director of both public and private mineral exploration companies. Mr. Freudman is the President of Resurgent Capital Corp. (2016 to present), a Toronto merchant bank focused on undervalued micro-capitalization Canadian public companies.
Joel is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and holds a Juris Doctor degree from Western University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.
 
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