In 2016, McDonald co-founded Canland Minerals with three other geologists, acquiring mineral claims and convincing larger companies to fund exploration—a low-risk capital model that attracted $100+ million in funding from companies including Barrick Gold, Newmont, Freeport-McMoRan, Sumitomo, and Santander.
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“in 2016 I uh went entrepreneurial and I and I co-founded a company with three other geologists that I'd worked with in my career uh that company is called canland minerals and we were acquiring mineral claims and then convincing other companies to spend their money on it so very lowrisk way to play the mineral exploration space and we did that pretty well we brought in about $100 million in funding”
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100% Price Surge: Will Supply Crunch Of This Critical Asset Trigger Massive Inflation?— David LinCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:29:24 AM
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