Top Shelf Partners

Washington DC 2026 | May 17th-19th

Institutions

Participating Companies

Keynotes

John Feneck

Feneck Consulting

John began his career in 1992 as an equity analyst on the Merrill Lynch global allocation fund (MALOX). From 1993-2019, John was a senior executive for Mutual Fund and ETF providers, spending most of his career at Merrill Lynch Funds (now Blackrock) and JP Morgan Chase Funds. He was ranked #1 in both gross and net sales once at Merrill Lynch and three times at JP Morgan Chase (out of 40 senior executives.)  He has contributed articles to Kitco since 2017 and was asked to be a regular contributor to Kitco in June of 2021. Kitco is the world's leading source of information about metals and mining over the past 40+ years, and has over 620,000 followers. John has made multiple appearances on Kitco as a featured guest, has been the keynote speaker at over 250 client seminars and webinars and has been a speaker at 12 global commodities events.
 
He was a member of the precious metals PM team at Sprott in 2017 and has developed a compelling track record (see performance tab) based on a proprietary methodology, which combines technical analysis with public information gathered from direct interaction with senior management of commodities companies. He believes that building a diversified portfolio of 25 to 50 exceptional resource stocks is critical to success. The commodities sector is the most volatile of all sectors, so John's "go anywhere" approach allows him greater flexibility than the average PM, who is many times constrained by prospectus language such as holding 5% or less in any one stock, focusing on tax-efficiency at the potential expense of total return, being 80% invested at all times, etc.
 
In September 2019, John started Feneck Consulting Group, LLC, based on demand from commodity companies, especially those in the metals and mining sector. The enterprise also works with HNW Financial Advisors and clients, educating them about the opportunities and risks in the financial markets and, specifically, in the commodities markets. To learn more about John's background, please visit his LinkedIn profile.  He has passed the series 7, series 63, CMFC and CIMA level one, but is not a licensed advisor, RIA or CPA at present, as he is focusing more of his efforts on consulting.
 
John lives in Scottsdale, AZ and is a single Dad to an amazing 11 year old daughter that is his best friend. On the weekends, he is a professional musician and enjoys performing and writing music, along with playing sports and traveling.

Kevin Bullock

CEO, NexGold

Mr. Bullock is a registered Professional Mining Engineer in the provinces of Ontario and Nova
Scotia. Previously, he was President and CEO of Volta Resources. and the founding President
and CEO of Goldcrest (a Volta predecessor company) since its inception in 2002. Mr. Bullock
was instrumental in the growth of Volta from a shell company through to the ultimate sale of the
company to B2Gold at the end of 2013. Mr. Bullock has over 35 years of senior-level experience
in mining exploration, mine development, mine operations, capital markets and sustainability.
Throughout his career, Mr. Bullock has been involved in projects from inception through
exploration to development and production. Mr. Bullock was most recently the President and
CEO of Signal Gold and is currently a director of B2Gold. Mr. Bullock has also held senior
positions with Kirkland Lake Gold and Iamgold Corporation.

Shad Marquitz

Excelsior Prosperity

Shad Marquitz has been investing in commodities and resource stocks for the last 15 years. He is the Co-host of the Korelin Economics Report; interviewing economists, fund managers, commodities experts, technical analysts, and resource company management teams. The KE Report podcast show has an audience of over 20,000 unique listeners each month, and additionally a radio show that goes out every weekend to over 20 traditional talk radio stations in the US. (www.kereport.com)

Shad has also published 110 articles/reports on his growing “Excelsior Prosperity” Substack channel, that goes out to over 1,500 resource investors each week. (https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/)

He has been interviewed on the Sachs Realty show with Todd Sachs, on Weiss Rating Daily with Wealth Megatrends author Sean Brodrick, on the Benzinga Pre-Market Prep Show with Joel Elconin, and is also a regularly published contributor to Banyan Hill's Grey Swan Investment Fraternity.

John Anderson

Interim CEO, Chairman of the Board & Director, Triumph Gold

John Anderson has over 20 years of Capital market experience specializing in the resource sector. He was a founder and Financier of many start up companies with experience on the TSX, NYSE, NASDAQ and London AIM and Swiss Stock Exchange. He was a founder of Deep 6 PLC, American Eagle Oil and Gas as well a founding general partner in Aquastone Capital LLC, a New York based gold fund. Anderson has raised more than $35 million for Triumph Gold (formerly Northern Freegold). Prior to this, he worked in Investor Relations at Bema Gold and corporate Development at Manulife Financial in commercial real estate development.

Agenda

3:00-5:45pm Registration
6:00-7:00pm Cocktail Reception
7:00-9:00pm Formal Dinner
3:00-5:45pm Registration
6:00-7:00pm Cocktail Reception
7:00-9:00pm Formal Dinner
7:00-8:00am Buffet Breakfast
8:00-4:30pm 1 on 1 Meetings
5:00-6:30pm Cocktail Reception
6:30-9:00pm Small group dinners held throughout the metro area