Blayne Johnson

Blayne Johnson is currently Founder and Chairman Director of Calibre Mining Corp a multi-asset gold producer and Chairman of Featherstone Capital. Recently Blayne Johnson was Founder, Director, and Executive VP of Newmarket Gold Inc. which operated three gold mines in Australia with an annual production of over 225,000 oz/year. Newmarket was acquired by Kirkland Lake Gold in November 2016 for $1 Billion. The Company had a market capitalization of approximately $10 million prior to purchasing the gold mines in Australia and that market value grew to $1 billion in approximately 14 months. Blayne has been a respected member of the investment community for over 30 years and has extensive experience in Capital Markets, financial structuring, mergers & acquisitions. During his tenure as Vice President at First Marathon Securities the firm participated in over $5 Billion of equity financings for junior resource companies. Mr. Johnson was also involved as a Founder of Terrane Metals which was purchased by Thompson Creek in 2010 for $650 million.