Give us your backstory and, uh, how you got started, what projects you've been a part of, and how that led to Dakota Gold.

Great.

Well, I, uh, grew up in a small town, um, Canada, in New Brunswick.

I did my undergrad in, um, geology, and then went on and did my, uh, masters in mineral exploration.

So I love exploration.

I've been doing this for, as you say, 50 years now.

I started in 1976, and have worked all over the, uh, the world in that regard.

... how big is this

Give us your backstory and how you got started, what projects you've been a part of, and how that led to Dakota Gold.

Great.

I grew up in small town Canada in New Brunswick.

I did my undergrad in geology and then went on and did my master's in mineral exploration.

So I love exploration.

I've been doing this for, as you say, 50 years now.

I started in 1976 and have worked all over the world in that regard.

Yeah, I guess my point in bringing that up was that it probably had to be pretty good for you

Mine builder Bob Quartermain, named to the Order of Canada just last week, framed it as structural.

Gold now has surpassed US Treasuries.

Now, it hasn't surpassed, you know, US dollars if you look at all types of dollar investments.

But, you know, gold represents, what? 23 to 25%, based on the World Gold Council, of central banks' holdings.

So, you know, that's different.

We're finding central banks continuing to buy.

And Bob Quartermain's advice to his younger self and to anyone starting out.

Two things, focus on good geology and be willing to take risk.

From where you sit with all of your experience, is this a real turn in the cycle, or is it just kind of a, a breather inside the bull market, like you said?

No, I think it's a breather in the bull market, and one of the things that I think is different this time than let's say in the 2011 run up when we had gold moving, that was largely driven by speculation.

You know, the retail investors within it, perhaps going into the ETFs.

What we've seen is that systemic change now when you look at global reserves, monetary reserves, you know, gold now has surpassed US Treasuries.

Now, it hasn't surpassed, you know, US dollars if you look at all types of dollar investments.

But you know, gold represents, what? 23 to 25% based on the World Gold Council of central banks' holdings.

So you know, that's different.

Yeah