Chris MacKinnon

Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary, Chalice Mining

Search every verified Chris MacKinnon interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In May 2023, Chris MacKinnon, Chief Financial Officer of Chalice Mining, discussed the company’s recent resource upgrade at the Gonneville deposit, stating it represented a 50% increase to 560 million tons at an average grade of 0.54% nickel equivalent, or 3 million tons of nickel equivalent. He described this as the second largest undeveloped nickel sulfide resource in Australia and the largest such resource not owned by a major mining company. MacKinnon also noted that nickel’s primary future use would be in electric vehicle batteries, and he anticipated strong government support and demand from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and battery makers. MacKinnon reported that Chalice had initiated a strategic partnering process in response to unsolicited interest from OEMs, opening a data room to 20 to 30 parties, including major global mining companies, with a transaction expected within six to twelve months. He also mentioned a recent A$70 million institutional placement at a moderate discount, with funds allocated to drilling along the Julimar complex and six priority targets in the West Yilgarn region, as well as updates from scoping and feasibility studies. He highlighted the company’s track record of a 5,000% shareholder return to date and described the Gonneville project as world-class, located one hour from Perth.