The Market Online speaks with Liberty Gold President & CEO, Dr. Jon Gilligan as Liberty Gold Announces The Appointment of Dr. Jon Gilligan as new President and Chief Executive.
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00:00Welcome to The Watchlist right here from Stockhouse Publishing. Well, some exciting
00:09news from Liberty Gold as they announced the appointment of Dr. John Gilligan as new president
00:14and CEO. And here with us is Dr. John himself. A huge congratulations to you. This is some
00:20exciting news. Well, thank you very much indeed. Yeah, I'm really thrilled to get the opportunity
00:25to lead a really exciting developer in the gold space. Absolutely, I bet. Now, with Cal
00:33Everett's retirement marking the end of a very significant leadership chapter, I mean, how do
00:39you envision the strategic direction for Liberty Gold, particularly with respect to advancing that
00:43Black Pine and Gold Strike projects? So look, I think we have a unique opportunity here. I mean,
00:52the MO of the company sort of historically was some very smart explorers who had tremendous success
00:59discovering multi-million ounces of gold. And those projects ultimately got sold out to a larger
01:06company. This one, you know, the management team and the board have decided that we think this is a
01:12company maker and we want to develop it. And so the transition that you're seeing, I think, with Cal
01:19retiring and myself coming in, is that sort of transition from an explorer to a developer and
01:25ultimately to a producer. That's beautiful. Now, we all know, too, that with leadership transitions,
01:32there can be, and this is, an actual pivotal moment for an exploration company. So tell us what the
01:39immediate priorities and long-term goals are that you're setting to maintain that investor confidence
01:44and accelerate Liberty Gold's path to value creation. Yeah, thank you for that question. Very
01:51simply, we announced about two months ago that we're going to spin out the Gold Strike property.
01:58That's the gold property we have in southern Utah. That also has an antimony find on it that we
02:05announced at the same time. So we're spinning that out because we see that as the future of a new
02:11US critical metals company, that spin out will happen in the next three to four months. And that
02:17leaves Liberty as a very clean, clear, focused gold, great basin, oxide gold developer with Black
02:26Pine as our flagship asset. And so the focus is really twofold. First of all, we entered US
02:33permitting in the early part of this year, and we're now formally in that process. And we see,
02:40we've got a detailed schedule agreed with the federal and state agencies that gets us to a decision on the
02:48permit late 27. Very clear path. We have a team in place to drive that permit process with all this
02:56necessary environmental and social engagements. And at the same time, we're now building a small,
03:02really high powered owners technical team that will drive us through feasibility and into all of the
03:12elements around a purchase of long lead items and ultimately a construction decision late 27 at the
03:19same time that we get the permit.
03:21Well, congratulations again. And we really can't wait to see what the next quarters have in store. So
03:27join us again soon.
03:29Thank you very much. I really appreciate the time on the show and it was a pleasure to meet you.
03:33Again, that was the brand new Dr. John Gilligan, President and CEO of Liberty Golds. Their website
03:38is libertygold.ca for more information and stay right here on stockhouse.com for more up-to-date
03:45market news. I'm Lindsay Melchuk. We will see you next time.