Aiden Lavelle is in his home in Westport when he takes my call. An economic geologist, Lavelle is a 16-year exploration veteran who is an expert in gold and base metals, helping to discover a rich gold deposit in Djibouti called the Pandora prospect. He is also experienced in raising capital and striking the kind of strategic deals required of exploration minnows as the former chief operating officer of Zinnwald Lithium Plc, formerly known as Erris Resources plc, a company he took to IPO and then reverse takeover. Since September, he has been chief executive of European Green Metals (EGM),…