Victoria Gold Corp. (TSX: VGCX) is Leading Yukon’s New Gold Rush. The Company’s core holding is the 100% owned Dublin Gulch property in central Yukon, approximately 375 kilometers north of the capital city of Whitehorse. Dublin Gulch is home to the Eagle Gold Mine – the largest gold mine in Yukon history. As at December 31, 2022, the Reserve is 2.6 million ounces of gold (124 m tonnes grading 0.65 g/t). The long-life Eagle Gold Mine has high likelihood for further mine life extension at depth and along strike. Exploration potential across the greater Dublin Gulch property is excellent and includes priority targets Raven and Lynx among others.
John McConnell
President, Director & CEO
John McConnell’s +40 years of mining experience is mostly in Canada’s northern territories. John has been President & CEO of Victoria Gold since 2010 and has led the exploration, development, and financing of the Eagle Gold Mine in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Eagle has been in production since 2019 and at full production will produce +200,000 ounces per year of gold.
Previously, he was President & CEO of Western Keltic Mines until it was acquired by Sherwood Copper; VP, NWT Projects for De Beers Canada primarily responsible for permitting and development of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine; Breakwater Resources Ltd in operations at the Nanisivik Zinc & Lead Mine on Baffin Island; and Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd.
Mr. McConnell is the 2021 Winner of AME BC’s prestigious EA Scholtz Award for Excellence in Mine Development for his role in building the Eagle Gold mine. A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, with a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering Mr. McConnell is also a Director of Lahontan Gold Corp.
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