{"id":2585,"date":"2023-01-07T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2025-01-20T05:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:34:48","slug":"paul-harbidge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireweedmetals.com\/paul-harbidge\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Harbidge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2585\" class=\"elementor elementor-2585\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749fc9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"749fc9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e3387c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e3387c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7fe2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f7fe2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paul Harbidge<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298f341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"298f341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d2d786 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d2d786\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed107e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed107e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paul is a geologist with more than 30 years of experience in mining exploration and development with a proven track record of discovering world class gold deposits. Paul is President, CEO and director of Faraday Copper Corp. He was previously the President and CEO of GT Gold and led the company to a CDN$456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in May 2021. Prior to this Paul was the Senior Vice President of Exploration at the multinational gold mining company Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in April 2019. Prior to that, Paul successfully led the exploration team at Randgold Resources Ltd., resulting in five major gold discoveries including the +5Moz Gounkoto deposit in the Loulo area of Mali and the +4Moz Massawa deposit in Senegal. 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