Management and Directors
Marc Pais, Founder, President, CEO & Director
- B.Sc. Geological Engineering (Mineral Exploration) from Queen’s University
- Founder and former President of Telegraph Gold (now Equinox Gold, a TSX listed exploration company)
- Seven years experience as a Mining Analyst, with a focus on precious metals development companies
Paul Reid MBA, Founder & Executive Chairman
- 15 years of experience in financing mineral exploration, development and production assets
- Founder and former Executive Chairman of Telegraph Gold (now Equinox Gold, a TSX listed exploration company)
- An Investment Banking professional with extensive experience in raising capital, going-public transactions and advisory services
David Smith CPG, Vice President of Exploration
- 30 years of global precious metals exploration experience, including co- discovery of ~1M oz Au eq Solidaridad/La Sabila deposit, Mexico.
- Core expertise is managing mineral projects from acquisition to exploration, resource modeling, and project development
- MSc from University of Oregon. MBA from Pinchot University/Presidio Graduate School
Rick Vernon, Director
- 30 years experience as mining finance professional
- Previously Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking at PI Financial Corp.
- Previously Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking at Stonecap Securities Inc.
- BSc in Geological Sciences from Queen’s University
- MBA from University of Southern California
Conor Dooley, Corporate Secretary, Director
- Partner at WeirFoulds LLC in Toronto
- Advises clients in securities regulatory matters and capital markets transactions, including private placements, public offerings, and M&A transactions
- LLB from Dalhousie University
Rosa Maria Rojas, Independent Director
- BSc. And MSc in Mining Engineering
- Bilingual senior mine engineer, consultant, project manager, and board director with +15 years of experience in base and precious metals in mining including technical services, mine planning & design, mine operations, project management, business improvement, digital transformation, research & development, mining education and product development in North and South America
- Worked for companies such as BHP, Freeport-McMoRan, Grupo Mexico, Barrick, The University of Arizona and Eclipse Mining Technologies
Sung Min (Eric) Myung, Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Financial Analyst at Marrelli Support Services Inc.
- Previously worked at public accounting firms for 7 years
- Canadian Professional Accountant designation
- Master of Accounting degree from University of Waterloo
Katherine Arnold, Independent Director
- Arizona-based professional engineer and expert on strategic environmental permitting and compliance
- Former Director of Environment and VP Environmental and Regulatory Affairs for Hudbay's Rosemont Copper unit where she managed the NEPA process for a Plan of Operations for the Forest Service as well as 404 permitting that included Section 106 consultation, Section 7 consultation and mitigation planning
- Over 17 years with Asarco in various positions spanning operations, management, and environmental engineering
- Serves on several non-profit boards as a director, including the Montana Technological University Foundation where she chairs the Fundraising Subcommittee
- Obtained an ICD.D designation through the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Rotman University Directors Education Program (December 2022)
Mike Pilmer MBA, Independent Director
- Over 20 years experience in banking, media and digital content solutions
- Has held several senior positions with TD Bank, Southam Inc., Hollinger Capital, The Stronach Group as well as President and CEO of LexisNexis Canada
- Former board member of HR.com from 2005-2018
- BA and MBA from Western University
Morgan Knowles, Vice President of Investor Relations
- Over 10 years of experience developing and implementing practical investor relations programs and strategies for publicly traded companies in the mining industry
- Successfully managed and executed large-scale investor relations campaigns during public and private equity offerings, company acquisitions, financial reporting, product launches and conferences