Episode 67: On location in Dawson City ft. Shawn Ryan & Ranj Pillai

The Northern Miner presents our annual podcast from Dawson City, Yukon. Matt and Lesley report on-site from the Yukon Mining Investment Conference to dig into all the emering stories in the region. We have an action-packed episode that includes exclusive interviews with industry players, analysts, and government officials! Matt sits down with Deputy Premier, and Minister of Energy Mines and Resources, Ranj Pillai to talk social license, legislation, and major gold miners investing in the Yukon. We dig into details around federal Bill C-17, which scraps controversial amendments in Bill S-6 that triggered lawsuits from several Yukon First Nations. Meanwhile, Lesley returns with a special Geology Corner featuring Yukon prospecting legend Shawn Ryan. They chat about the new White Gold (TSX: WGO; US-OTC: GFRGF) vehicle, which consolidates the majority of Ryan's Yukon gold portfolio into a deal supported by Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM). In addition, Lesley learns about the emerging "drones-to-drill" exploration strategy that Ryan developed to decrease potential environmental footprints caused by exploration efforts! Timeline: 4:34 Touch of Macro ft. Macquarie Research 8:47 Geology Corner ft. Shawn Ryan 10:45 The "drone-to-drill" exploration techniques 29:16 Update on White Gold field season 38:34 Yukon Deputy Premier Ranj Pillai 43:15 Discussion on Bill C-17 and environmental review Articles referenced: G4G Capital’s stock surges with option on Shawn Ryan’s claims: http://www.northernminer.com/people-in-mining/g4g-capitals-stock-surges-option-shawn-ryans-yukon-claims/1003780990/ Yukon catches more majors’ eyes: http://www.northernminer.com/news/far-north-attracts-investment-majors/1003785761/ Roundup 2017: Goldcorp scouts out investments in juniors: http://www.northernminer.com/news/goldcorp-scouts-investments-junior-explorers/1003783272/ When the east pushed back: The geology and metal districts of BC and Yukon: http://www.northernminer.com/news/east-pushed-back-geology-metal-districts-western-canada/1003782382/ Robert Friedland, Lukas Lundin, David Garofalo and Kelvin Dushnisky to be featured speakers at TNM’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London: www.northernminer.com/stock-markets-…on/1003784168/ Music Credits: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0 Isolated Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/