 Hey guys, how you doing? This is your boy Rich from RichTVLive and you too can join the club at richpicksdaily.com where you can learn how to win and trade. Hi, how's everybody doing today? I'm your host, Rich, here on behalf of RichTVLive with our very special guest, the president of Benchmark Metals. Jim Gregg, how you doing today, Jim? Very well. Thanks for having me, Rich. Oh, excited to have you on the show today. A lot of crazy things happening on a global scale and we really believe that that is going to be a huge catalyst for metals and especially junior mining companies like yourself. And I have a question for you, Jim, obviously great to have you back on the show. And the last time we spoke, Benchmark Metals announced a nonbroker private placement for 40 million. Can you please go through this for our viewers and let them know what those funds will be used for? Sure. So it was a bought deal financing for 40 million Canadian. It included some very strong institutions and funds. But key to that is Yamana Gold also came in for some ownership into the company. So this provides the validity to the project and the management. But this 40 million dollars, excuse me, is going towards a very large budget in 2022. We have a 30 million dollar spend to advance this project to a mining decision. So all of the work in 2022 go towards completion of a feasibility study. And at this feasibility study, this is basically the earmark or the flagship answer to putting shovels in the ground. So there's a lot of work planned ahead. But we're vaulting from an exploration company to a mining endeavor very, very quickly. Absolutely love it. We love to identify undervalued, underappreciated, underexposed companies before they explode. Now obviously, there's been some huge news that is circulating with Russia invading the Ukraine. That's creating a lot of market uncertainty and volatility with all the market uncertainty. Do you see this as an opportunity for junior mining companies? Absolutely. I think the entire metals and mining space is undervalued. Many of you follow cycles through the years. We're set up now for a big lift in base metals and precious metals and just hard assets in general. And companies like Benchmark who have an established large resource and are moving towards a mining endeavor are the ones that will vault ahead very quickly on their market cap. So the time to invest in companies like Benchmark is now because you're already seeing with these geopolitical tensions, Ukraine, Russia, debt in the world and cost inflation that's out of control, these are all catalysts to move things like gold and silver and base metals. And a company like Benchmark metals reacts quickly to those shocks in the system. So I think there's incredible value baked in here and it's not just Benchmark. I'll speak for the metal sector in general. The cycle is around the corner and there's tremendous wealth that can be made by investing in metals companies. There's no question. I agree 100%. Now is the time to really start diversifying your portfolio and making sure that you have exposure to metals because they have always been considered a safe haven and right now in times of volatility investors need to look for places to park their money and feel comfortable. Now in saying that Benchmark metals also announced new results from four drill holes extending across 750 meters strike length from the Cliff Creek North to Cliff Creek Mid Zones. Can you please explain to the viewers today what these drill results mean? Sure. So this drilling is from work that was completed last year in 2021 and we're getting the bulk and not most of the results are back now. And what this is showing is that our roughly 3 million ounces of gold and silver that's in open pits is expanding. These are all expansionary infill and numbers to support the next updated resource. And one of the headlining numbers that was put out just a few days ago was 118 meters that's 118 near surface of 2.54 grams per ton gold equivalent. These are incredible numbers of gold and silver. They're well above the average number that you would typically see. And this just provides validity to the quality of this asset that Benchmark is advancing. Congratulations on all of your success. Seems like every time we talk you guys have some big drill results and there's good news around the corner. It seems like all the time for Benchmark metals. Now with the warmer weather around the corner do you see drilling ramping up more now for the company? Yeah well we actually have two drill rigs turning at site. We started mid-January and so with that we anticipate no lack of drill results throughout the year. But once late spring early summer comes along I would anticipate we would be back to five drill rigs turning. So it's a slow ramp up but the difference this year is that we're actually working throughout the entire calendar year as opposed to seasonal work. So a news flow will be constant from Benchmark. Very good. We love to see the news. We love to see catalysts for junior miners like yourself. Now before we go today is there anything else you would like to let existing and future potential shareholders know about Benchmark metals? Well I think the major catalysts are all happening within four months from now. So we will continue with regular news flow and drill results but this will lead into an updated mineral resource estimate and you got to keep in mind all these drill results you've seen over the past few months are helping build that expanded resource. And after the expanded resource estimate we'll see a preliminary economic assessment. So there's two big milestone events that add tremendous value to the company and we anticipate those to be completed all within four months. So the first half of this year there'll be some big movement and big surprises. We can't wait we're super excited and we'll be watching our entire community very very closely. Now in saying that what is the best way to contact the company if investors or future investors have any questions? I would visit our website at BenchmarkMetals.com and you can see contact numbers and emails. My email and a number is available and disclosed right on the site. Don't be afraid to reach out to any one of our people. We endeavor to respond immediately. Thank you so much for your time today the president of Benchmark Metals Jim Gregg. Now I must remind you guys the Rich TV Live is strictly for information and education purposes. Please do your due diligence, do your research before you invest in anything we talk about or discuss here on Rich TV Live. In saying that we believe this is a company that is grossly undervalued, underappreciated, underexposed. Right now junior miners are starting to heat up. We believe everybody needs to put benchmark medals on their radar and on their watch list. You can see the symbol here in Canada, BNCH in America, BNCHF and our guest. Thank you for joining us today, the president of Benchmark Metals Jim Gregg. Thank you for joining us today Jim. Always a pleasure. Thank you Rich. We wish you the best of luck. Love to invite you back if you have big breaking news or anything you want to discuss and keep up your good work and thank you for watching everybody. If you like the videos, please smash the like button, comment them below, share the video everywhere and subscribe. Remember, if you're not winning, you're probably not watching, we bring you the winners and we bring them to you first. Thank you for watching everybody. Thank you for joining us today Jim. Have a nice day everyone.