Michael Jalonen

Michael Jalonen had a 33-year career as a respected mine analyst, specializing in precious metals, with Bank of America Securities and was regularly ranked as a leading mining analyst in North America. While at Bank of America, Mr. Jalonen implemented investment recommendations, provided coverage, analyzed, and researched 20 companies in the North American senior, mid-tier and intermediate precious metal producer group as well as five senior precious metal royalty and streaming companies. He created detailed operating and financial models on a mine-by-mine basis with long-term forecasts for companies under coverage, which led to valuation analyses to estimate company and asset values. Mr. Jalonen regularly published multiple industry thematic reports including five annual sector primers (including on the global gold sector) and quarterly reports on merger and acquisition activity in the global gold sector. He holds a BSc (Honors) in geology from the University of Windsor, an MBA from the DeGroote School of Business and is a designated CFA. He is also a member of the boards of i-80 Gold Corp. and Honey Badger Silver Inc.