Vizsla Silver Corp: Actively Advancing a District-Scale Discovery
Michael is co-founder and Partner of Inventa Capital Corp., a private natural resource investment company based in Vancouver, BC. Previously, he was co-founder and CEO of Cobalt One Energy Corp. which was acquired by Blackstone Minerals Ltd in 2017. Michael has nearly a decade of experience in the natural resources industry, executing successful corporate strategies for mineral exploration companies. Michael started his career with Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX-PVG) shortly after their $265M IPO. Following that, he spent three years with Riverside Resources Inc. Michael holds a BComm. from Royal Roads University and a Diploma in Entrepreneurship from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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Commodities, Precious Metals
Rod Fountain
Unwasted
A global business the world really needs
A former business journalist turned life-long entrepreneur who has built successful businesses in publishing, commercial furniture, and waste upcycling and held senior management roles in professional football and disaster recovery. Rod founded Unwasted with his wife Mary and chemical engineer Rob Langley in 2018, after ten years working on the upcycling of cardboard waste into high-performance products – a period that included winning innovation awards from the Furniture Industry Research Association and Costain Group Plc.
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Terry Lynch
Power Nickel
Mr. Lynch graduated in 1981 from St. Francis Xavier University with a joint honors degree in Economics and BBA.
Over the last forty years, he has established himself as a serial entrepreneur establishing successful Industrial, Technology, BioTech, Energy, FinTech and Mining Companies both Private and Public. These entities have raised over $200,000,000 in equity. He is currently CEO of TSXV Listed Power Nickel Inc who has a very exciting advanced Nickel Sulphate discovery in James Bay Quebec. He is also the founder of Save Canadian Mining where with Eric Sprott and other mining leaders they advocate against Predatory Short selling.
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Jason English
Virtuworx
Jason is a serial entrepreneur best known for his philosophy on
building company culture which he has documented in his book
called “The Oros Effect”.
He has a Masters in Business with a background in mechanical
engineering and is a tech enthusiast who has been featured across
multiple media channels for his leadership perspectives on building
a group of companies that employ over 4000 people across South
Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
Jason is a failed Formula 1 driver, turned adrenaline junky and
helicopter and drone pilot, and loves anything that’s fast enough to
get him killed.
He was selected by Peter Diamandis as 1 of 250 global thought
leaders on futuristic technology, and was voted in 2021 as the MENA
regions technology leader of the year by Ventures Connect.
Jason serves on the board of YPO MENA, YPO PAN Africa, the global
Deal & Opportunity Network and is a certified strategic game plan
coach. He has spoken at numerous conferences and enjoys
supporting the careers of those around him.
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Vizsla Silver
Michael Konnert
Vizsla Silver Corp: Actively Advancing a District-Scale Discovery
Vizsla Silver is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, focused on advancing its flagship, 100%-owned Panuco silver-gold project located in Sinaloa, Mexico. To date, Vizsla has completed over 120,000 meters of drilling at Panuco leading to the discovery of several new high-grade veins. For 2022, Vizsla has budgeted +120,000 meters of resource/discovery-based drilling, designed to upgrade, and expand the maiden resource as well as test other high priority targets across the district.
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Commodities, Precious Metals
Unwasted
Rod Fountain
A global business the world really needs
Unwasted has patented a new sustainable ‘circular economy’ panel board called Neverwaste™ made entirely from waste cardboard without the use of any glues, resins, or toxic chemicals, and that can be re-made at end of use into the same high-quality material indefinitely. Major European manufacturers of furniture, kitchens, doors and flooring have committed to buying the product once in commercial production. The company has built a pilot plant in Deeside, North Wales, and has signed a lease on a 17-acre site in Skive, Denmark, to build its first full-scale plant using 100% renewable energy and wastewater and heat.
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Power Nickel
Terry Lynch
Power Nickel is a junior exploration company focusing on high-potential battery metal prospects in Canada.
It completed the acquisition of an option to acquire up to 80% of the NISK project from Critical Elements Feb 1, 2021
NISK comprises 20 kilometers of strike length with numerous high-grade intercepts. Power Nickel has a currently active drilling exploration program focused on confirming and expanding its current high-grade nickel-copper PGE historical resource (3.1 Million Tonnes of 1.7% NiEq) by preparing a new Mineral Resource Estimate in accordance with NI 43-101, identifying additional high-grade mineralization, and derisking NIsk prior to eventually selling the asset
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Commodities
Virtuworx
Jason English
Virtuworx is a virtual events, training and remote work platform
designed to maximise engagement and productivity. In an uncertain
world, Virtuworx provides you with the world's first dual platform
that delivers real experiences and real human connections while
saving time, money and reducing your carbon footprint.
Virtuworx Connect is a 2D web-based virtual events platform which
allows you to create user-friendly events, meetings and exhibitions
of any size.
Virtuworx Immerse is a 3D downloadable avatar-based virtual
platform for use across events, training and remote work. It’s an
immersive, interactive and hyper-realistic environment. Design your
own avatar and network with others as you would in the real world.
Use our standard campus or map and model an existing office or
building for use in the platform.
