John McConnell
President, Director & CEO
John McConnell's +40 years of mining experience is mostly in Canada's northern territories. John has been President & CEO of Victoria Gold since 2010 and has led the exploration, development, and financing of the Eagle Gold Mine in Canada's Yukon Territory. Eagle has been in production since 2019 and at full production will produce +200,000 ounces per year of gold.
Previously, he was President & CEO of Western Keltic Mines until it was acquired by Sherwood Copper; VP, NWT Projects for De Beers Canada primarily responsible for permitting and development of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine; Breakwater Resources Ltd in operations at the Nanisivik Zinc & Lead Mine on Baffin Island; and Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd.
Mr. McConnell has been recognized with the 2024 PDAC Viola R. MacMillan Award, and the 2023 AME Murray Pezim Award for the leadership, management, and financing of the Eagle Gold Mine, and the 2021 AME E.A. Scholtz Award for Excellence in Mine Development for his role in building the Eagle Gold Mine. A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, with a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering Mr. McConnell is also a Director of Lahontan Gold Corp.