Darren Hazelwood - Panther Metals Plc

Before Darren Hazelwood was the CEO of Panther Metals, he was a retail investor. That background still shapes how he runs the company. Videos on every RNS, regular podcasts, AGM appearances where he stays around afterwards to chat with shareholders.The story he's running is one of the more compelling on AIM right now.Panther owns the historic Winston Lake site in Ontario, a former zinc mine that closed in 1998 when low prices made it uneconomic. The waste left behind is the asset. Recent vibracore work, an SRK-led Mineral Resource Estimate in progress, and a Letter of Interest from Traxys all point to a project with an indicative contained metal value north of a billion US dollars. Behind it sit Obonga, Dotted Lake with a 200-metre-plus magnesium intercept, and Wishbone's VMS potential. A CSE listing is also on the table to broaden the shareholder base.This conversation covers the lot. How the tailings became viable, what surveying a frozen Canadian lake involves in practice, what investors should make of the billion-dollar headline number, what the next six months look like for Panther, and what success means to Darren three years out.A properly substantive sit-down. Worth your time.Do your own research.