Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX.V:GPY,
OTCQX:NTGSF) (the “
Company”) proudly
announces, as part of the Company’s efforts to engage all aspects
of its community stakeholders in its operations in the Yukon, the
2020 gold and silver coin designs from its wholly-owned subsidiary,
the Yukon Mint™.
Yukon artist, Brian Walker, with his original
artwork, proudly serving as the cauldron for the 2020 Arctic Winter
Games, will be displayed on the coins to celebrate the Arctic
Winter Games. The Yukon Mint™ is also releasing its first silver
coin which will also display the logo of the Arctic Winter
Games.
A photo of the original artwork can be seen at:
http://www.yukonmint.com/_resources/cauldron-medium.jpg (photo
credit: Archbould Photography)
“It was with great sadness that we all learned
the 2020 Arctic Winter Games was cancelled due to the global
pandemic of COVID-19. While we all came to terms with the gravity
of managing the pandemic, it was still heart-breaking to the
participants, volunteers and communities across the North,” said
Yukon Mint President, Janet Lee-Sheriff. “It is important to honour
the legacy of the Arctic Winter Games and the 2020 gold and silver
coins are our way of keeping the spirit of the Games alive in our
hearts and memories forever. We have greatly enjoyed working with
Brian Walker and the Arctic Winter Games International Committee to
collectively honour the 2020 Games with the release of the silver
and gold coins which leave a positive legacy of both the importance
of sports and art to the youth across the North.”
“I submitted my cauldron concept, to host the flame of the
Arctic Winter Games, and it was a blessing to have my artwork
selected. While the Games had to be cancelled, the Yukon Mint coin
will allow people to keep the flame and the legacy alive,” added
artist Brian Walker. “I was very fortunate to have my son and
artist, Justin, collaborate with me on the piece highlighting the
meaning of the cauldron, to celebrate that our children are our
wealth.”
‘The Wealth That is Our
Children’ is an original metalwork art piece commissioned
by the 2020 Artic Winter Games Host Society to serve as the flame
and the centerpiece of the opening ceremony and Arctic Winter
Games. The design features four tináa, the Tlingit word for copper
shield, and a representation of wealth, to protect the flame. The
inspiration for the tináa came from children, the wealth is not
about money or power, it is the wealth of our children and their
development. The cauldron is multi-dimension allowing you to see
the inside and is a whole representation of the human child because
it has an outer and an inner light. The four directions of the
shield represent all the directions of the territories represented
at the Arctic Winter Games.
About the Arctic Winter
Games: The Winter Arctic Games is an
international biennial celebration of sports and culture for the
circumpolar north. Founded in 1969 under the leadership
of Governor Walter J.
Hickel of Alaska, Stuart M.
Hodgson, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories,
and Yukon Commissioner James Smith. The Games
provide a forum where athletes from
the circumpolar
North meet and compete and where cultural
delegations share their talent in the North. Participants come
together from Alaska, Greenland, Yukon Nunavut, Nunavik, Northern
Alberta, Northwest Territories, Sami people (Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Russia) and Yamal, Russia. The Arctic Winter Games promote
an atmosphere of social interaction that strengthens cultural
awareness and understanding, increases community pride, enhances
self-esteem and promotes volunteerism.
The 2020 limited edition gold and silver coins
will be available in one-ounce coins and a 1/10 ounce gold coin.
The Yukon Mint™ is now accepting pre-orders which can be placed at
www.yukonmint.com. Images of the coin design will be available on
the Yukon Mint website. A portion of the coin sales will be paid to
the Arctic Winter Games International Committee for use in
continuing their work with the Arctic Winter Games and their
efforts to support the youth of the circumpolar north in their
endeavors, both sport and cultural. For information on the Arctic
Winter Games International Committee, please go to
www.arcticwintergames.org.
The Yukon Mint and Golden Predator thanks Moira
Lassen, General Manager of the Whitehorse Host Society. Her
assistance and guidance made the 2020 Yukon Mint coin project a
reality and we greatly appreciate and admire her commitment to
sports and cultural development in the Yukon.
About the Yukon Mint™ – The story
of Yukon gold coins starts with the Yukon
Mint™.The Yukon Mint™ is focused on
creating coins that represent the Yukon in almost every aspect,
from raw material to design works to ensure local communities
benefit from Northern mining and exploration projects. The Yukon
Mint is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Golden Predator Mining
Corp.
About Golden Predator Mining Corp.Golden
Predator is advancing the past-producing Brewery Creek Mine towards
a timely resumption of mining activities, under its Quartz Mining
and Water Licenses, in Canada’s Yukon. With established resources
grading over 1.0 g/t Gold the Company is completing a Bankable
Feasibility Study for the restart of heap leach operations. The
Brewery Creek Mine project operates with a Socio Economic Accord
with the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation.
For additional information:Janet
Lee-SheriffChief Executive Officer(604)
260-8435info@goldenpredator.comwww.goldenpredator.com
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Brian Walker – Artist
BiographyBrian’s artistic interest sparked in 1958 when he
visited Bill Reid, the acclaimed Haida artist, when he began his
first large commission for the University of British Columbia, Over
the course of two years and one full summer he was given basic
instruction in carving and learning the traditions and meaning
behind historic and contemporary work. Since that time, but more so
beginning in 1989 he continued taking instruction from well-known
artists including Dempsey Bob, Keith Wolfe Smarch and Philip
Janze.
In 1992 he participated in the opening exhibit
at the Yukon Arts Centre with “Copper Stories” which was a bronze
and cedar piece. The piece is now in the front lobby of the YAC. He
also created a large carved canoe bowl, now on display in Bella
Bella, British Columbia. At that time, he became interested in
copper as an artistic material because of its ancient connection
with Yukon history.
In 1998 he was commissioned to create “Where
Legends Meet” which was a large 8'x13' bronze, copper and
steel sculpture which is now displayed at the Beringia Centre. This
piece was in collaboration with Mark Porter and it brought together
two First Nation mythical themes.
Brian continues to create regalia pieces for
First Nations ceremonial and performance uses. In 2010 the Yukon
Permanent Art Collection acquired my copper bowl, “Directions”. In
2013 and 2014 he conducted a series of intensive workshops in
copper work for the Northern Cultural Expressions Society’s carving
students.
In 2014 he participated in the “Journey’s”
project at the Adaka Cultural Festival and the ongoing exhibitions
at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
In May 2016 his work was shown at the Inuit Art
Gallery in Vancouver in an exhibition titled “Brian Walker: Copper
Stories”. From this exhibition, a number of pieces were acquired by
collections through Canada and USA. Most noteworthy, was the
purchase by the Government of Canada of “Children of the Sun” for
the Canadian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
Throughout the summer of 2019 Brian and his wife
Ann Smith presented a well-received exhibition of weavings and
copper work entitled “Echo of the Spirit Voice” at the Yukon Arts
Centre Gallery. Between July and August 2019 he was invited to
participate in “Continuum”, a 40-year retrospective and current
work of many respected Indigenous artists who have shown work at
the Inuit Gallery.
In the fall of 2019 and into 2020 he worked with
his son Justin Smith on the cauldron for the Arctic Winter Games.
Brian continues to exhibit at the Inuit Gallery and his work can be
seen at http://www.inuit.com
For more information on Brian Walker please view:
https://journeystoadaka.com/index.php/stories/detail/copper-artist-brian-walker?fbclid=IwAR3w7ADXyT6GCFLH5RbUp-VxtqfHwYmjpfs7GNeUFvdYRnZPVQl15LLx2Eg
Justin Smith – Artist BiographyJustin was
inspired by his parents Brian Walker and Ann Smith; both of whom
are greatly recognized within the Yukon community. Justin embraced
First Nation Art, which eventually led him to study at the
Institute of American Indian Art in New Mexico.
In 2004 Justin joined Northern Culture
Expressions Society’s carving program giving him the opportunity to
work in a team-based environment where he continued to learn and
advance his skills. It allowed him to update his portfolio that
consists of staffs, panels, masks, walking staffs, bentwood boxes,
original designs, drawing and much more.
Justin’s notable accomplishments include: the
completion of Healing Totem Pole guided by Carver Wayne Price,
Chief Shakes Clan House in Wrangell Alaska and the Dugout Canoe
Project that was gifted to the Kwanlin Dun First Nation. As a
citizen of Kwanlin Dun First Nation, Justin Smith is proud to
continue his family tradition as an accomplished First Nation
artist.
“I want to reconnect with nature and find a way
to live in harmony, to help others and myself.” – Justin
Smith
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
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