Farrell J. Anderson

Farrell Anderson received a geology degree from the University of British Columbia in 1989. He worked on gold, diamond, base metal and industrial programs in western Canada, Alaska, northern Europe, South America and eastern Australia for numerous companies. He was an independent prospector between jobs and explored and staked claims in Yukon’s White Gold district starting in the 1990s. Whitehorse prospectors Roger Hulstein and Farrell Andersen were recognized as Yukon Prospectors of the Year for 2015 for their part in the discovery of gold on Gorilla Minerals Corporation Corp Wels property east of Beaver Creek and north of Kluane Lake. They became interested in the area after the Yukon Geological Survey noted gold in the soil and stream sediment. The prospectors staked the Wels claims and optioned the property to Gorilla in 2011.¹⁾ The three claims are located about eight kilometres northwest of Wellesley Lake. The second one is twelve km northeast of the first, and the third one is sixteen km to the south. Hulstein and Anderson received cash, shares, and work commitments, plus a three percent Net Smelter Return, in exchange for the 100 percent interest deal.²⁾

Gorilla began drilling in 2015 and the ground showed great promise for a future mine.³⁾ They staked nearby claims and renamed the property Wels Nickel, reflecting the main type of mineralization sought. Secondary commodities include antimony, arsenic, gold, lead, silver, and tungsten. The company continued to test the ground and in May 2014 allowed the Wels South claim to lapse. In October they announced they had made the payment due on the option agreement with Hulstein and Anderson, thus acquiring 100% interest in the Wels Gold property.⁴⁾