Charlie Greig
President, CEO & Director | Metal Energy Corp. | Veteran Exploration Geologist
"Discovery geologist behind GT Gold's Saddle North and multiple advanced-stage projects, now leading Metal Energy's NIV copper-gold campaign"
Biography
Charlie Greig is a seasoned exploration geologist with nearly four decades of experience in the mining industry, currently serving as President, CEO, and Director of Metal Energy Corp. (TSXV: MERG). His appointment in early 2025 signaled a clear strategic pivot for the company as it prepares to drill the NIV copper-gold porphyry project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle — one of the province's most compelling undrilled targets, backed by strategic investments from Centerra Gold (9.9%) and Teck Resources (9.9%).
Greig's career is defined by direct involvement in some of Western Canada's most significant mineral discoveries and advanced-stage projects. He played a key role in GT Gold's Saddle North copper-gold porphyry discovery in British Columbia, a project that ultimately attracted a major acquisition. His track record also encompasses technical contributions to producing and advanced-stage operations including La India (Agnico Eagle), Wolverine (Yukon Zinc), Alamo Dorado (Pan American Silver), and the high-grade Brucejack mine (Pretium Resources). Most recently before joining Metal Energy, Greig served as the lead technical advisor for American Eagle Gold's NAK copper-gold porphyry project near Smithers, BC, advanced in partnership with Teck Resources and South32.
As CEO of Metal Energy, Greig brings a geologist's lens to corporate strategy — a profile that resonates deeply with resource investors who value technical leadership over promotional management. The NIV project he now helms is fully permitted and drill-ready, with defined targets on a large, underexplored land package in a prolific copper-gold belt. His presence at the Metals Investor Forum in Toronto (February 2026) underscores his commitment to transparent, direct communication with the retail and institutional mining investment community.
For mining stock investors, Greig represents the rare combination of boots-on-the-ground discovery experience and public company leadership. His involvement in multiple successful project cycles — from early-stage exploration through to production decisions at major operations — provides investors with a degree of geological credibility that is uncommon among junior mining CEOs.
Videos (5)
Charlie Greig of Metal Energy Corp. talks to Robert Sinn | Metals Investor Forum Sept. 2026
- Top takeaway Greig singles out hole 11 at NIV as a personal high point, citing intrusive rock with more visible copper than elsewhere on the property and reading the program as 'getting warmer'
- Greig is willing to wait on assays rather than rush the labs, citing cost, and may batch results into a single release once they return
- Greig plans to apply the same soil-geochem-plus-geophysics targeting workflow (with Alex Walcott) used at NIV to the Highland Valley project after the season closes
- Greig emphasises that Highland Valley drilling will use a skid rig on logging roads with no helicopter support, making it materially cheaper than the remote NIV program
- Greig shrugs off why Teck and Centerra took stakes in Metal Energy, attributing it to the team behind him rather than his own reputation
Metal Energy expanded to two rigs and drilled over 6,000 meters at its NIV copper-gold-molybdenum project in BC, finishing a shortened season. Hole 11 cut visible copper in intrusive rock; the team is vectoring north toward higher-temperature alteration and stronger molybdenum-in-soil signatures. Gold assays are the next catalyst; the CEO says they're batching results rather than paying rush fees on what he calls a bulk-tonnage target. After NIV shuts down this month, drilling shifts to Highland Valley's copper-molybdenum project, where a low-cost skid rig will replace helicopter support. Major shareholders Teck and Sentara (adjacent operators at Toodoggone and Highland Valley) toured the property this summer and plan to re-engage with Metal Energy.
Charlie Greig of Metal Energy Corp. presents at Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver | Sep 2026
- Top takeaway Greig argues that trusting surface geology and field instincts — even when early core looked like 'garbage' with no obvious copper — led the team to keep drilling and ultimately to hole 11, which he presents as the project's emerging copper-gold porphyry discovery.
- Greig frames the 2026 Niv program as a 'go big or go home' approach, with no shallow holes planned, designed to test the best parts of a combined IP chargeability and gold-silver-copper soil anomaly.
- He emphasizes that high-temperature potassium feldspar alteration and veining at surface were the key evidence to keep drilling, despite criticism that the visible rocks lacked copper.
- Greig says the team and the Ore Group set themselves up for 'success or failure' on what he calls 'British Columbia's best untested porphyry target,' and as of the September 2026 forum he is 'very, very optimistic' about hole 11.
Metal Energy Corp's Niv drill program (~6,000 m, 11 holes) hit a copper-bearing porphyry in northern BC; hole 11 showed elevated copper and potassic alteration. The discovery sits on a 5 km copper-gold soil geochem anomaly with coincident IP chargeability, a textbook setup for an untested porphyry target. Greig pushed through skepticism about surface rocks lacking visible copper, arguing potassic alteration and magnetite pointed the way to drilling hole 11. CEO Charlie Greig presented the new discovery at the September 2026 Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver, alongside peers in BC's active porphyry scene.
The Billion-Tonne Copper Project Nobody Knows About - Yet.
Tight physical copper market: smelter treatment charges have flipped from $90/ton to negative $150/ton, signaling acute supply stress. Cyclical, short-term, and structural drivers are converging — declining capex, aging mines, AI-data-center build-out, and electrification all pulling on copper supply. Oroco's Santo Tomas in Sinaloa is a billion-tonne near-surface copper porphyry in the Laramide Belt, with existing infrastructure (highway, rail, power, deepwater port). The 2024 PEA outlines a 100,000-tpa copper operation over a 23-year mine life at $4 copper — roughly 40% below today's price — with NPV of $1.48B and capex of $1B. A 20,000-metre drill program (completion pre-Christmas) is upgrading inferred resources ahead of a new MRE (~end of February 2027) and a PFS in Q2/Q3 2027.
Charlie Greig of Metal Energy Corp. talks to Robert Sinn | Metals Investor Forum | February 2026
Metal Energy Corp. CEO Charlie Greig presents the company's critical metals portfolio, highlighting copper and gold assets across Canada. The company recently acquired the fully permitted, drill-ready NIV copper-gold-molybdenum project in British Columbia's Toodoggone District. Metal Energy maintains multiple high-potential exploration opportunities including Highland Valley and Manibridge projects targeting copper, nickel and precious metals.
Charlie Greig of Metal Energy Corp. presents at Metals Investor Forum in Toronto | February 2026
Charlie Greig, CEO of Metal Energy Corp., presents at the Metals Investor Forum in Toronto on February 27-28, 2026. The forum features vetted junior mining companies selected for excellent management, strong financials, and promising properties. Investors gain direct access to management teams for in-person evaluation and critical questions regarding company performance.
Key Quotes
"NIV is among British Columbia's most compelling undrilled porphyry copper-gold targets."
— Metal Energy CEO appointment press release
"The project is fully permitted, with targets defined and ready for drilling."
— Corporate presentation on NIV project status
Key Works
Leading Metal Energy's fully funded and permitted drilling campaign at the NIV porphyry copper-gold target in British Columbia.
Specializations
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