Q&A with Gerald Panneton, CEO of Gold Terra

Today I am joined by Gerald Panneton, a long-time mineral and resources executive. I saw you were listed as retired CEO, but that’s obviously changed. What brought you back into the corner office? GP: Well, it’s not the first time I’ve retired and come back. I guess it must be the love of the business itself, being in the resource sector, creating value with the drill bit. Being able to pick up undervalued properties.

Yes, there is an energy transition – and to manage it, we need to understand it

I have studied, written, and talked a lot about energy over the past few years – articles in BIG Media and elsewhere, countless presentations in classrooms, on webinars, to conference delegates, plus podcasts and radio interviews. Together with a great expert team and support from the University of Alberta and Canadian Society for Evolving Energy, I have created

Take the red pill before it’ s too late!

In the action drama that is our modern life, far too many people have been consuming a steady diet of blue pills. And I am not talking about the blue pills that inspire aging leading men to reach the climax before their character is removed from the script. Rather, I am referring to the blue pills that allow people to continue living in (sometimes) blissful ignorance under the illusion of the Matrix.

 

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Gerald Panneton

Rob Driscoll goes one-on-one with Canadian gold-mining legend Gerald Panneton, who recently took the helm of Gold Terra Resource Corp. 

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Jim Payne, CEO and Chairman of dynaCERT,  discusses how perseverance was the key to success in a career highlighted by the creation of a fuel catalyst that is a “global solution to reduce pollution."

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The church of Artificial Intelligence: non-believers may be left behind

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The winds of change blow over the construction industry

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Can technology provide enough affordable homes? Absolutely, say these advocates.

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