Estrella Gold (EST:TSXV) is a prospect generator focusing in on Peru and on gold.

Peru is a stable well established mining friendly country which ranked 1st in Latin America for gold production in 2012.

Estrella has partnerships with Cliffs Natural Resources, Alamos Gold, and fellow prospect generator Lara Exploration.

The CEO.ca team caught up with Jason Weber for a quick video interview on the benefits of exploring in Peru and what he expects to happen in the mining industry in 2015.

Jason Weber, President and CEO, Estrella Gold, AME BC Roundup 2015 transcript:

One of the challenges for prospect generators now is that we are dealing with a really specific set of criteria that companies are looking for when they are looking for new projects.

It really is understanding what your potential partners want to see in an exploration project and being in jurisdictions that they want to be in. That is really important right now.

One of the real advantages Estrella Gold has is that we are operating in Southern Peru. Peru is an excellent place geologically to be looking for new mineral deposits. It has a government that is supportive of mining.

When you put that together with good projects that gives you a real advantage when you are trying to attract partners to fund exploration on your project.

I think that 2015 has set up to be a pretty good year in that  we have had a good move in the gold price early in the year. It has got people optimistic.

I think that we are overdue for a good stable gold market. That will really help the majors but that will filter down to the juniors so that will set the stage for 2015 for us.