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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Ed Karr: Chairman, U.S. Gold Corp | #ThePlaybook 382

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Ed Karr, Chairman of U.S. Gold Corp, shares his thoughts on what attracted him to the gold exploration sector, as well as how technological advancements and new tools have impacted the industry in recent years. Karr and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about a variety of topics including why the seasons impact gold prices, how U.S. Gold Corp determines whether a mining project makes sense, and their thoughts on the increasing popularity of speculative assets like Bitcoin. The pair also discuss the impact that a “proved out” discovery has on the company and why Ed compares their CEO to Tom Brady.

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0:00.0

On this episode of the playbook I have the gold standard ed car chairman of us gold corp

0:06.5

And we're going to talk about why you want a pocket full of gold not a pocket full of Bitcoin join me for all this and more on the playbook

0:17.5

This is entrepreneurs the playbook for each week

0:20.7

I bring you some of the greatest athletes

0:23.1

celebrities and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and

0:26.8

professional playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom

0:33.8

I'm your host David Meltzer. I have such an interesting company interesting entrepreneur and interesting topic

0:40.5

ed car chairman of us gold corp welcome to the playbook

0:45.6

Thanks Dave great to be here thanks for having us

0:48.1

Well, you know, this is an entrepreneur road map show and I love you know going backwards into technology

0:56.0

Meaning working with a gold company

0:59.4

One of the oldest businesses, but it also carries an energy to it

1:04.1

What drew you or attracted you to the gold gold business through your entrepreneurial journey

1:11.0

Yeah, great question and I'll tell you I've been investing in this sector kind of as an investor company builder

1:18.3

entrepreneur for the last 30 years and the gold exploration sector it's very cyclical

1:24.2

So this is a sector where you get these big booms, but also big bus

1:29.1

And if you can get your timing rights kind of like Kenny Rogers says in the song, you know

1:33.6

You got to know when to hold them and know when to fold them

1:36.1

And if you can get the timing right in this sector you can actually do quite well

1:40.3

So that's what actually attracted me to gold exploration many many years ago

1:44.6

Yeah, I'm not a geologist. I'm not a mine engineer. I know lots of them. We have lots of them in our company

1:50.5

But I've done quite well in this sector. I've had a lot of losers, but a few winners along the way too

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