Interview with Marco Roque, President & CEO of Cassiar Gold Corp.

Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/cassiar-gold-corp-tsxvgldc-whoever-comes-in-on-cassiar-is-going-to-make-a-lot-of-money-9480

Recording date: 17th March 2026

Cassiar Gold Corp. (TSXV:GLDC) operates an advanced exploration project in northern British Columbia with a resource base and infrastructure profile that management believes the market has significantly mispriced. The company controls 2.3 million ounces at its Taurus deposit, comprising 1.9 million inferred ounces at 0.95 grams per tonne and 410,000 indicated ounces at 1.43 grams per tonne. With 91% of these ounces within 150 meters of surface and the deposit remaining open in all directions, the geological foundation provides both near-term development potential and longer-term expansion opportunity.

What distinguishes Cassiar from typical exploration companies is its existing infrastructure position. The property holds valid mine permits, a permitted 300 ton-per-day mill, paved road access, grid power, 25 kilometers of underground workings, and 160 kilometers of access roads. President and CEO Marco Roque emphasizes that these pre-existing assets represent hundreds of millions in sunk capital that competing projects would need to spend and years of permitting timeline already completed.

Despite these advantages, Cassiar trades at approximately $32 Canadian per ounce of enterprise value with an $80 million market capitalization, well below the $50-900 per ounce range management cites for comparable peers. The company's strategic positioning centers on dual development optionality: high-grade underground veins averaging 10-20 grams per tonne capable of generating 30,000-60,000 ounces annually with minimal capital requirements estimated at $3 million Canadian, alongside longer-term open-pit development of the bulk tonnage deposit.

The critical path to production involves re-permitting tailings facilities to current British Columbia standards, estimated at 1.5-2 years, though direct shipping ore arrangements could compress this timeline by 25-33%. With current gold prices creating potential margins exceeding $5,000 per ounce on high-grade material versus $200-300 margins in previous years, management believes the risk-reward profile for near-term development has fundamentally improved, driving increasing strategic interest and supporting the company's transition from exploration toward production.

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