 Hi, how's everybody doing today? This is Rich and we have a RichTV Live with our very special guest. It is Andrew Pollard, the CEO of BlackRock Gold. How are you doing today, Andrew? Very good. Very good to be here with you, Rich. I'm great to have you here. Now BlackRock Gold is a precious metals exploration company with two projects in Nevada. Can you tell us a bit more about the company and why these two projects are so exciting? Yeah, well, I mean, exciting is a good word for it, because since about four or five months ago, we've emerged as one of the best performing gold and silver stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange. We're focused in Nevada, which, if this were Roman times in the in the gold space, Nevada would be, I mean, it's the place to be. It's, you know, home to one of the world's largest gold mining complexes. And in terms of jurisdictions, I mean, our projects are one of our projects is three hours from Reno and the other projects about three hours from Las Vegas. So I don't mind, you know, site visits are pretty fun time down there. But yeah, so we've, we've really emerged in the past few months on the back of acquisition we did in February. The market didn't take notice at the time because if you remember what was going on at the end of February, I mean, the day we announced it was the same day the World Health Organization put out their very first global health emergency order and it sent the Dow just tanking followed by, you know, probably four of the five worst days in down hit down history. So our stock actually sold off on this news. I thought it was going to be pretty good. It was turned out fabulous, but we went from 20 cents at the end of February down to seven cents. And, you know, you know, it's one of this is hiding in plain sight. And it's sort of the story of our project because the project that we got this time 100 years ago would have been one of the most significant mining districts in all of the United States. And we just got our hands on half of this entire district. And it took decades to consolidate many individual claims packages put together. And we're now the very first group to ever go and target these historic workings. And this is one of the highest grade silver districts in North America is certainly one of the largest in terms of historic production. So we only really started talking about it again, you know, once people started coming up from under their desks and like, you know, end of April, early May, and then, you know, finally, when we started shining a spotlight on all these different historic mines, which are on a property, you're like, holy cow, they started taking notice and we went from, you know, seven cents all the way up to a buck 60 on on the release of our very first assay, the very first drill hole into our project. So we've since come out with we're doing the maiden round of drilling ever done on this property before in the old days, they just mined this stuff. The veins are so rich and straight from surface. But we're the first group to ever drill into them. And yeah, we released our very first drill hole in the beginning, sorry, at the end of July added about $100 million to our evaluation because the market realized it wasn't just promotions, it wasn't just us, you know, our way of being about a little project. We had a whole lot of fresh life into this one new mine. And then just a few days ago, we released the results from the second target of our property, which was also a historic mine. And we announced our second discovery. So we've released two sets of results from our maiden drill program, which is still ongoing. And we've announced two different discoveries. We've we've hit on eight drill holes, we've hit nine high grade veins, four of which those veins assated over a kilogram per ton silver equivalent. So I mean, it's almost too good to be true, but we finally sort of, it's been a shot of adrenaline in the heart for the market. And yeah, it's been a hell of a ride so far. Now you just released some very impressive results from the drill program, which you touched on at your Tonopath West project. Can you give us the rundown on those recent discoveries? Yeah, so we are very first drill hole. You know, this was into a mine, an historic mine that I mean, these guys were mining it for a couple of decades. And they got all the way down to about it's an underground mine, they mined it down to about the 1880 level. But then they got turned around because I guess they were below the water table. So water started inflowing. And back in those days, I guess electricity was it was just coming online. So they brought in these electric water pumps. The water pumps work fine. Unfortunately, electricity wasn't all that reliable in 1920. So what happened was, you know, rolling brownouts and blackouts would happen. And that's not what you want for when you've got underground miners, you know, 1800 feet below Earth is to have below surface to have water rushing in unexpectedly. So they stopped mining it. And where they stopped mining it 100 years ago, the vein was 24 meters thick, like we have all these records that show that the veins were 24 meters thick. And this is one of the the bit largest producing veins in the entire district. And they just stopped mining because of the water. Well, a few years after that, the metal silver prices went from a dollar down to 35 cents in the span of a couple of years. So what does that mean? Even though they paid all this money to buy these diesel generators and bring in these new water pumps, which took a couple of years to build, right as they were commissioning them, silver prices tanked and it just become uneconomic. No one's ever been in there since then. So what did we do for our very first drill hole? We set it up about 20 meters away from right where they stopped mining it. So we told the market we're going to hit something probably 20 to 30 meters, you know, probably around a kilogram per ton silver equivalent. No one believed us. And then guess what our first hole was, our drill hole was, it was 29 meters of a kilogram per ton silver equivalent. So, you know, the market was surprised, but we weren't. But the most encouraging thing about that was that our model was holding true. And we've got four different target areas on our property, which we're all going to be drilling in the next few months. So we have the opportunity to make not one, not two, but four different new discoveries on our property. And I mean, even on that first hole, we knew that there was going to be this big, thick vein. We knew how thick it would be and what the grades would be. But because we're the first group to ever drill into it, we actually encountered two other veins right on top of it. And one of those was over 3,600 grams per ton silver equivalent, you know, that had 18 grams per ton golden. I just, you know, so, you know, you're finding things that even the historic miners didn't know were there and they were in the Miami sinks for decades. But, you know, on one drill hole, we brought one historic mine effectively back to life. Like we're showing that there's a really good chance of a big ore body there. And then the second set of results, which we just came out with, went to the second target area. It was actually owned by the same company that was mining this one down to the 1800 foot level and got turned around. When they got turned around by all that water, they put all of their resources into the second mine on our property and we're mining that and they got down to about the 1600 foot level there before they went, before everything went kaput because of little metals prices. So same thing we did at our first target, we went and did our second target. We just set the drills right up, right where they stopped mining and we hit a whole bunch of veins. We hit five different veins in this area. So, you know, our first area, we hit three, this area, we hit five and then there's another area, a third target area where we released one mole and we hit a vein there, 562 grams over a million and a half. So, this is a project that honestly has been hiding in plain sight for 100 years. The reason no one's had it before was because back in the old days, I mean, these are all private land. So, the claims are individually owned and they were staked 120 years ago, it was discovered in 1900. So, back then they limited the amount of claims anyone could have and these have been passed down through generation to generation and I guess historic company, do historic company, but it's more of a real estate consolidation play than an exploration prowess play in the sense that this is fishing with dynamite. This is, you know, we're not, even though to the market it seems like we're making these new discoveries, we're really just going into old minds and expanding the resources. So, it's very straightforward because we know where the veins should be, which way they're going and stuff and I mean, yeah, eight drill holes, nine veins encountered, four of which over a kilogram, it doesn't get better than this. So, no, that's incredible. Now, what are the next steps at the Tenalpaw West? Yeah, so we're lots of drilling and hopefully lots of adding more value through exploration. We're still, you know, we're only midway through our very first drill program here. So, we've got, originally we were going to do 7,000 meter program, then we expanded it to 10,000 because it was looking pretty good. We just announced we're going to expand it even more to 20,000 meter. So, what that means is lots of drilling, lots of, lots of, we've got two different drill rigs going right now, going 24-7. So, between now and the end of the year, just we're going to try and prove up as many ounces and try and expand, well make as many new discoveries as we can. We've got four different areas we're trying to breathe life into and then expand the footprint in all areas. So, yeah, it's going to be an exciting ride for us for the next little month, but it's sure been a fun few months leading up to this. Now, BlackRock completed a 7.5 million private placement last month. Congratulations on that. A large portion of which came from mining legend Eric Sprott, which we love to talk about. He is like Mr. Silver. Can you tell us about that? Yeah, well, Eric approached us literally the day of our first discovery drill hole, which was that 29-meter hits with about a kilogram per ton silver. And yeah, he wanted to do a deal. We actually just completed a private placement a few weeks before that for four and a half million bucks, which funded this initial drilling. But, you know, obviously it's center stock, skyrocketing, and obviously it sort of proved our concept down there. So, yeah, as you said, Eric is probably the biggest silver bug in the world right now and he knows his stuff. He was familiar with the district going into it and I think just wanted to prove the concept and we delivered that. And yeah, money talks. He wrote a big check. He invested 5 million bucks. A few other associated companies invested in that. And we're now well positioned to go through the end of the year here with what we're planning on. That's great. Now, since you joined BlackRock Gold last May, the company has made significant turnaround. What a check to do to BlackRock and what have you done to bring value to shareholders? Seven cents all the way to over a dollar. Incredible returns from shareholders. Yeah, thanks. I actually came into BlackRock not through inspiration, but desperation. I was a shareholder in the company before. To say it was mismanaged would be an understatement from my perspective. I mean, nothing was done. So, you know, I used the word management very loosely. But effectively when I joined the company, it was insolvent. It was trading at three cents if it had any bid whatsoever. And I saw a project, sorry, I saw a company that had a really good project in it. And that was our Silver Cloud project in northern Nevada, which we still have and we're going to be drilling too soon. But I saw the wrong team behind it. And, you know, I've got a pretty big Rolodex for the last 15 years. I've been a consultant to mining companies, building management teams. I ran what's called an executive search term. So, you know, I put together boards, and I put together CEOs and management teams to ensure that the right people were behind the right projects. I had a lot of skin in the game with BlackRock, but I invested in them originally not based off the management team. I was my authentic about the project they had. Well, you know, the right project, but the wrong team, I figured who better to come in and try and roll their sleeves up and solve it. So, all I did was I, you know, effectively reconstituted the entire board and I just wanted about putting one foot in front of the other. I hired, the very first hire we made was bringing on a new executive chairman whose name is Bill Howell. Bill used to be head of exploration for Placer Dome, which was I think the third largest gold mining company on the planet. He had oversight over all their stuff in Nevada and all of the Americas actually, and they were taken out by Barrick in 2005 for about $10 billion US. So, I got Bill at here and he's been, he's a real mover and shaker in Nevada and he's added over 100 million ounces of gold to projects throughout his career. So, he's the guy to get the job done. And since then, we've just gone about building a team and we acquired this project recently and yeah, this is with Bill at the helm. I mean, he knows how to add ounces and scale up programs. So, I think we're really well positioned now. Now, Andrew, you mentioned this before you became the CEO, you're a management consultant for mining companies. That's a huge step to become the CEO of a public company and actually successful. Why is a good management team so essential in this industry? Yeah, well, at the time I stepped in, it was a little bit of a demotion because frankly, it was embarrassing to step into a company that was three cents and trading at like a million dollars market cap and insolvent, but you know, I didn't want to see it, I didn't want to see shareholders go belly up. So, I took a big step back in paying, took on a lot of risks to do this, but yeah, it's been very satisfying because literally, you know, for 15 years prior, I've been, you know, my business was selling one thing and that's that management matters. And, you know, I've always known the value of it all along, but it's nice to show that, you know, you can have the right project with the wrong team behind it and they can go straight into the ground and then all you do is make a few key changes and all of a sudden you're one of the best performing companies on the venture exchange. So, yeah, it's pretty satisfying. Certainly, you know, if I ever, you know, if I ever depart BlackRock, I think people will be shaking me down to come and help them build boards from here on in, but right now this has been a fun change of pace too. I was only going to do it for a few months and ride the ship, but turns out, you know, when you capture lightning in a bottle sometimes and you have a good synergy with people, you don't kick a gift horse in the mouth and you ride it. So that's what we're doing right now. That's great. Now, what should investors look out for from BlackRock in the coming months? Yeah, well, hopefully lots of drill results, you know, where we've got two rigs going full time at Tonopah West. So we hope to make more discoveries more than that now that we've confirmed where the veins are and where we confirm that we can hit them. We want to keep doing step outs and try and build up as much, show as much potential ounces as possible. And I mean, these, these are high grade ounces and they're in, you know, probably the best jurisdiction in the world. So they should be worth more than anyone on the, on the planet, you know, someone wanted to acquire us. Something very unique about our district is the fact that it's a pure play. It's a primary silver district, which is very rare. It's the historic production was about 100 to one silver to gold ratio. So for every 100 ounces of silver, there'd be one ounce gold. Silver is normally a byproduct of other minds. So, and generally like about two thirds of all silver production comes from base metals like lead and zinc and copper mines. So if, if those commodities are tanking or, or, you know, not doing so well, but silver prices go, these monster mines and Chile and other places, they can't scale up to capture that silver credit. Well, silver's gone ballistic in the last few months and then every, you know, people like Sprott and, you know, whether you like silver or you like gold, we've got a pure play precious metals district. And guess what? If we prove our bounces, this is something that could be scaled up really, really quickly to, to capitalize on, on a nice submerging blower and a precious metal. So it's very unique as well. Now, what is the best way for investors to get in touch with you? Yeah, I'd certainly refer anyone to our website first, which is blackrockoldcorp.com. But I always love chatting with investors, especially new ones, or if there's questions always available by email. My email is just Andrew at blackrockoldcorp.com. Well, thank you so much for your time today, Andrew. We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors. You've done a phenomenal job since taking over. And I'm assuming that this will continue. And now you got guys like, you know, Eric Sprott, who's one of the biggest silver guys on the planet behind you in the deal. So congratulations on all your success, and our entire community watching you very closely as you guys continue to progress. Thank you very much. It's great being here. Thank you, Andrew. Have a great day.