[music] I'm Georgia Williams. This is the Investing News Network and we're here at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. And joining me today is Kimberly Anne, founder, CEO, director, and president of La Hunting Gold, which trades on the TSXV at ticker symbol LG and on the OTCQB at LGCXF. Thanks for joining me today, Kimberly. >> Thanks for having me. >> Um, could you give us a little rundown on the company and what you're exploring for? >> Absolutely. Well, we have amazing


projects in the Walkerland, Nevada, best jurisdiction in the world. Um, our Santa Fe mine was in production from 88 to 94. heat bleach open pit style mining so lowcost operations. Uh they managed to make money at $350 gold and you can imagine what we can make with it. Now uh we have a current resource in PA out on it with 2 million ounces in the ground. We have the third highest grade of gold and silver uh in the Nevada uh Great Basin region right now. So good grade, lowcost operation. We're in the middle


of our permitting right now. We anticipate to have our permits by Q1 in 2027. Um, and we're super stoked because we're going to be building this mine soon. So, >> exciting. You recently kicked off a drilling at the Windfall Slab and have now released results from SLAB and York. What stood out to you most of these initial essays? And how does this shape the confidence um heading into the next round? >> Well, Slab and Calvata, I'm not sure where you got windfall because we don't


have windfall, but Slab, Kata, and York are three historic pits on the property. Santa Fe is the fourth historic pit. Uh all the drilling has been very strategic in drilling in and around these pits, dragging the pit shells down. Of course, with the numbers changing with gold and silver prices, it's making so much more economic that that you don't didn't think about 5 years ago. Um for example, our last model was done at 1950 gold. So even when we reunits down to $2,500 gold, for example, you're


capturing a lot more ounces. you can drop the cuto off grades etc. Um so these uh are really strategic goals of really thick intervals are exactly what we expect them to be. We still have more drill results coming out in these areas. Uh about six months ago we picked up 27 more claims over at York which is um allowed us to drill more over there because we were backed up against our border um so that pit can expand. So very uh very important knowledge for the company but um for permitting it's


fantastic because it's just you know knowledge is king here and we're doing a lot of network on all of this to uh increase our recoveries for mine life. So once we redo our pea um over the summer months after we get all the drilling back people are going to see significant change in numbers in in a very good way. >> That is really exciting. >> Yeah. Um, and the project represents a key step in advancing Lanton's gold strategy. How do you balance exploration upside and the realities of moving a


project toward potential resource definition and economic? >> That's a good question. So, last year um before the holidays, we received our plan of operations, which is the big drill permit that allows us to drill projectwide. Uh, all the drilling today has been under a notice of intent, which is 5 acres of disturbance. That being said, we've been able to get a lot of bang for our buck there because we can also drill on our hall roads, and our pits, on our patenting claims. Um, so


all the drilling to date has been very focused in and around the pits so that we're adding ounces to the mine life. The expiration upside is ridiculous. We have 28.6 square kilometers. Uh, I have a map with stars all over it from my lovely geos. I want to drill 25 different targets. I mean, it's got massive upside. But our choice 2 and a half years ago to head towards production, meaning start doing our permitting, um was strategic in that we know how big it can be, >> but to me, I'm a business person. I want


to be in production using our own cash flow to see how big it can be. So having that um plan of operation permit in hand allows us to have lots of flexibility. And the result of that is we're going to have three rigs um out the property between now and April. So, we're going to be we're actually going to be exploring but balancing all the permitting work we're doing, >> right? And you and you're talking about permitting and that was sort of one of the tenants of this new administration


was to help expedite and fasttrack projects. >> I mean, it's kind of interesting and it's kind of funny. Um, I mean, it is helping if you're a new permit going down the permitting, you know, line, but for us, we're so deep in the weeds in this process that we're at the higher level management that is looking at our file. So it really doesn't affect us so much but and it is quite motivating for um the Bureau of Land Management >> and the state level but they still don't


have enough staff, right? So you still need to have staff to get, you know, to expedite all this stuff. That being said, we have very good relationships. We're very fortunate. Um we meet on a bi-weekly basis and we all show up with our hit list of things done, which is why we've been so productive of, you know, with the permitting so far. So, that's really good for us. And look, you know, to build this thing, it's it's not a big ask. It's about $120 million and we'll be looking at taking mostly debt


because the payback is such a short timeline. Um, so it's less dilution to our shareholders. So, I'm getting really excited about raising that money because it's kind of the fun things I like to do. Um, but yeah, we're we're fortunate in that we've been working in Nevada for 25 years and we know all the people. I have them on speed dial and they answer. So, not everybody can say that when you're, you know, talking to the BLM and they actually pick up the phone, you know, so we're lucky.


>> Yeah. And, you know, we talked a little bit about, um, gold being on this, you know, record terror. Um, how does that make your, you know, project more, uh, alluring to investors? >> Well, I would say, of course, we're we're undervalued compared to other ones. And I will say that last year we were up 1,200%. So, yeah, that's a great start. But, um, what I do like about what I see is, uh, we have a constant uptick in our share price. It's not gold's up 200 bucks and you go skyh high


and then you go back down. It's not random movement because people are excited about gold. it's consistent um upticks of success on the ground and what we're actually accomplishing which is to me more important than shooting up and being you know a dollar stock overnight type thing because I don't know how sustainable that would be. Um but also we have tremendous liquidity and I think in the junior space if you don't have liquidity I don't want to buy in a stock that's not liquid because


it's a high-risk you know part of the business. So I think giving flexibility for clients to come in and out of your stock is the most important part because they can dive in, dive out and add more. You know, they have that. So >> yeah. And I was wondering if you could just talk to us a little bit about jurisdiction and how important it is, you know, for >> jurisdiction. I just like take a deep breath with Nevada because, you know, I've worked in Peru for a long time and it's lovely and great food and great


mineralization. Getting a permit, not so great. I mean, I had a company for 24 months, sold it for 18fold and didn't even have a drill permit and spent $2 million on just social, right? Um, and you know, an NOI in Nevada you can get in two weeks time. So, you you can actually explore a little bit and see if you want to keep it, right? So, Nevada and Utah are tied for first place. And it speaks loudly because I mean I was just at a dinner um with the governor of Nevada because I think knowing your


politicians is really important in case you need their help sometimes. Um and it was very evident to be in that room that they were all promining and wanting to help it anyway they can. So it's nice to be in a a place where people get it. There's great workforce. Um we also don't have any First Nations around our area. It's so dry there. Nobody lived there back in the day. Still the closest town is Hawthorne, which is an old retirement um community. It's the largest arms depot in the world. So,


everybody that works in that community basically works for us. So, you know, it's a win-win. >> It's a good jurisdiction. >> Yeah, it's a great jurisdiction. [laughter] I love it. And it's close to my home. I live in California. I live three hours from the project. So, every time I'm home, I run out there and take video and see what's going on and talk to my drillers and, you know, fun part. >> Perfect. Um, I know 2026 just started, but what can investors be on the lookout


for from the haunting world? >> More drill results. Um, we did drill um, eight holes over at West Santa Fe, which we haven't done yet. Um, so that's very exciting because it will be a satellite coming online in the future. It's only 13 km away. So, we look at this as a major lowcost operation because we can choose to just truck the rock or crush it and heat leach and load the carbon. Regardless, it's just it's a win-win. Um, we haven't seen the results yet, but it was a mine back in the day for


silver, which now is kind of making me laugh that silver is over 100 bucks. I'm like, "Oh, that silver credit is going to be pretty exciting." But, you know, if it was mine in the 30s for silver, you know, it was high-grade, right? So, um, we're excited to see those results come back and hopefully, uh, they'll be what we expect it to be, matching the historic data we have. And then I will go directly into baseline studies because we know it's still going to take two years to permit it even on a lower


uh scale, but um it's a big land package. It's a lookalike to Santa Fe with more silver added to it. So um yeah, it's it's really exciting. And then we have uh our resource report will be coming out this year uh hopefully in the next 12 weeks and then we'll have another PA and we have three drawings. So, it's a very busy time for the Haunting Gold Corp and I'm going to be on the road talking to people like yourself all over the world. So, it's going to be great. >> Absolutely. And you mentioned um sort of


the historic uh mining that went on there. Would you guys be considering reprocessing tailings from there if it became >> Well, that's why we're bringing out or bringing out Sonic rig in March, April, which um I haven't worked with a sonic rig before. I thought it would be less expensive because it's like vibrational style um drilling so you're not um hitting the heat the the um liner and basically we have all these heat leach pads historic pads sitting there that we've been monitoring for 35 years as


part of our mine closure plan but all of a sudden you start thinking about like okay well how much is left there because the cutoff grade was 0.54 so we think there's a lot there and it's already crushed sitting right next to where the new one's going to go, the heat bleach pad. Um, so we'll bring out that rig and test the zones and see what we get. But I mean, that's just beyond the lowhanging fruit that everything that was waste is now becoming ore. Um, so I hope we have the cycle for at least


five years because it's really exciting time to be a part of the industry and we just have a perfect project in a great jurisdiction. So, >> thank you so much for talking with me today, Kimberly. Thank you for having me and thanks for sharing the hunt story. >> Thank you. I'm Georgia Williams. This is the Investing News Network. [music] [music]