Digital storytelling for mining: Vancouver tech company aligns with Kirkland Lake Gold to play mineral matchmaker.

Date01 August 2019
AuthorRoss, Ian

The mining industry doesn't always do a great job of communicating its message to the masses.

Vancouver tech entrepreneur Stephen de Jong is out to rectify that, one company at a time.

The junior mining executive has a rapidly growing technology platform where both mining-savvy and novice investors alike, or even citizens concerned about a mining project, can better visualize what a company is up to from the convenience of their smartphone, tablet or desktop.

"Whether it's a community trying to understand what you're bringing to the table or if it's an investor looking at your stock, we need to find a way so people are making more informed decisions," said de Jong, president-CEO of VRIFY, a technology startup he co-founded with partner George Salamis in 2017.

VRIFY just recently launched a partnership with Kirkland Lake Gold for a first-of-its-kind online tool that will allow the mid-tier miner to evaluate potential investment opportunities.

De Jong, who is also chairman of Integra Resources, a gold and silver company with a project in Utah, is scheduled to appear at the MECA symposium in Sudbury in October.

Back when de Jong was president of Integra Gold from 2012 to 2017, his junior exploration outfit was out to revive the former Sigma-Lamaque gold mine complex just outside of Val d'Or in north western Quebec.

To draw eyeballs to their project in the Abitibi region, they fully embraced technology as a tool to better showcase themselves.

"If you charter a plane, you only bring 10 to 20 people out (for a site visit)," said de Jong. "Why not do...

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