About Us

Allan Cramm and I were at Anaconda Mining, a junior mining company based in Baie Verte Newfoundland, where we operated a low-grade open pit gold mine and processing facility at the Point Rousse Project. Just 1km down the road from our open-pit operation was a high-grade gold deposit called Romeo and Juliet. For nearly 10 years we explored various ways to mine the deposit. The problem was that regardless of the conventional mining method or the gold price environment, we could not find an economic scenario to mine the steeply dipping, narrow vein deposit. Unlocking the deposit would allow us to add to production quickly, with a simple amendment to our lease. Trying to solve this problem is what led us down the path of what we originally called Sustainable Mining by Drilling (SMD).

At first, our journey was focused on solving our own internal issue. But our course changed when we were named a finalist in the Disrupt Mining Innovation contest in 2019. Even though we did not come away the winner (but probably the fan favorite!), we got something far more valuable than the 1st place prize. We learned we were not alone! There were several hundred attendees in the audience and when mingling amongst the crowd after the contest, we encountered many people from across the world who shared similar stories as Romeo and Juliet and thought our technology could be useful at their site. That was our big "aha!" moment, which altered our destiny forever. Now, we're on a mission to bring a new mining technology and process to market and help mining companies turn uneconomic narrow vein mineral resources into profitable, mineable deposits.

~ Dustin Angelo
COO