Founder and former CEO & Chairman of Norsemont Mining (TSX: NOM), which he grew from a $1M market cap to a $520M exit via Hudbay in 2011. Raised over $300M across mining, agriculture, and tech. Co-founder of Aurora Cannabis, which peaked at $16B. Exited almost $1bn of mining companies, Sold Payfirma to Mercco Payments.
30+ years in exploration. Led teams at BHP (discovery of Oyu Tolgoi), AngloGold (Nuevo Chaquiro). Expert in copper-gold, nickel, uranium. Current CEO of BCM Resources. Known for technical depth and leadership in ESG.
Dr. Sergei Diakov boasts over 30 years of extensive experience in the mining industry, specializing in the discovery and development of large mineral deposits. His expertise encompasses building successful teams to tackle complex tasks, from economic evaluation and assessment to securing financing, all aimed at bringing exploration discoveries into production.
With a deep understanding of various mineral commodities—including copper, gold, nickel, uranium, base metals, potash, and metallurgical coal—Dr. Diakov has a proven track record of value creation in the sector. Notably, he led BHP in the original discovery of the giant Oyu Tolgoi porphyry copper-gold deposit in Mongolia and later guided AngloGold Ashanti to the porphyry copper-gold discovery of Nuevo Chaquiro in Colombia.
Dr. Diakov is renowned for his high professional reputation, profound technical knowledge, and exceptional safety performance. He excels in multicultural environments, where his effective leadership and team-building capabilities have consistently driven successful exploration and development initiatives. His strong discipline and commitment to designing, planning, and executing strategic projects underscore his status as a leader in the mining industry.
Mining engineer with 30 years’ experience, fluent in Spanish, based in Chile. Advanced Esperanza (US$2.7B Cu-Au mine) to production in 6 years. Former GM of Anglo’s Los Bronces mine. Oversaw complex operations with major safety and cost performance.
Mijael is a mining engineer with 30 years of experience in all aspects of mineral exploration and project management.
He resides in Chile, is fluent in Spanish, written and oral, and has spent the last 27 years of his career advancing base and precious metals deposits into production in South America.
Mr. Thiele led in record time the $2.7Bn greenfield 100.000 tpd copper-gold megaproject Esperanza, from exploration to commercial operation in just 6 years, reaching the benchmark in safety,
Capex and development time.
Mr. Thiele also managed one of Anglo American’s most complex mines, Los Bronces copper operation for 3 years, as VP of Operations and General Manager, with continuous improvement in safety performance, exceeding production budget, and costs consistently within budget.
Mr. Ross has more than 25 years’ experience in the international resource sector, much of which is focused on senior project and financial management. He has served as a director, president, and chief financial officer of numerous public resource companies and has extensive experience in corporate finance and public company administration.
Corporate finance veteran with 32 years’ experience. Former exec at National Bank, Merrill Lynch, CIBC. CEO of Twilight Capital, focused on resource capital markets and raising funds.
Mr. Perrault is a Corporate Finance executive who, graduated from Concordia University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1997. Over the last 32 years, he has built an international network of strategic relationships and has raised directly and indirectly hundreds of millions of dollars for public as well as private companies. He has considerable experience in securities trading, going-public transactions, capital markets, spin-offs, mergers, and acquisitions (“M&A”) and other matters related to those fields.
Mr. Perrault is currently CEO of Twilight Capital, a capital market advisory consulting firm based in Montreal, which he founded in 2008. Twilight focuses its efforts primarily in the natural resources sector. He previously served as an investment executive with some of Canada’s largest institutions. This includes National Bank, Merrill-Lynch, CIBC, and Scotia Capital.
Founder and former CEO & Chairman of Norsemont Mining (TSX: NOM), which he grew from a $1M market cap to a $520M exit via Hudbay in 2011. Raised over $300M across mining, agriculture, and tech. Co-founder of Aurora Cannabis, which peaked at $16B. Sold ventures to Inmet, Mercco Payments.
Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience. CFO roles with Nasdaq- and TSX-listed companies. Past roles with Pinestar, ElectraMeccanica, Turner Valley, and Astorius.
Has 25+ years of experience in operational, finance/accounting management, as well as management consulting with a number of public companies, with a focus on Nasdaq. He is currently serving as CFO of Vision Marine Tech. (NASDAQ: VMAR). Having been in Private Practice as a Chartered Accountant since 1988, He has served as President and CFO of Turner Valley Oil & Gas Inc. since 2004, CFO of Astorius Resources Ltd, Intigold Mines and also served as CFO and Corp. Secretary of Nasdaq listed Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. (Nasdaq: SOLO). Mr. Sandher has recently been involved in raising over $100m USD in capital.
Mining engineer with 40 years of global project experience. Ex-COO of Equinox, True Gold, Endeavour. Technical advisor to $25B+ in M&A. Served with Fortuna Silver, Quintana, Bema Gold, and Standard Bank.
David Laing is a mining engineer with 40 years of experience in the industry. He is an independent mining executive. David was formerly the COO of Equinox Gold, with gold projects in Brazil and California, COO of True Gold Mining which developed a gold heap leaching operation in Burkina Faso, and COO and EVP of Quintana Resources Capital, a base metals streaming company. David was also one of the original executives of Endeavour Mining, a gold producer in West Africa. He’s currently a director of Fortuna Silver Mines. He has advised over $25 billion worth of M&A projects in the resource sector over his career.
48 years of mineral exploration expertise. Former Chief Geologist at Goldcorp. Held roles with Cominco, Echo Bay, and Pan American Silver. Board roles with Barsele, Orex, Silver Viper, and Canasil.
Art Freeze has an impressive 48 years of experience in Mineral Exploration & Project Management. Until 2007, he served as the Primary Consulting Geologist for Goldcorp Inc., Chief Geologist of Wheaton River and has held Consulting, Management & Supervisory positions with international mining companies such as Cominco Ltd., Pasminco Exploration, Echo Bay Mines and Pan American Silver Corp. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC). Mr. Freeze was a Consulting Geologist & Advisory Board Member for Orko Silver Corp. Presently, Mr. Freeze serves as director of Barsele Minerals Corp., Orex Minerals Inc., Silver Viper Minerals Corp., and Canasil Resources Inc. Previously, Mr. Freeze was a director of Norsemont Mining Inc. (TSX: NOM) which was sold to HudBay Minerals for $520mm.
Mr. Flint is a geologist with 35+ years of experience in precious and base metals exploration. As VP of Exploration at Allied Nevada Gold, he expanded Hycroft Mine reserves by 10M oz gold and 450M oz silver. During his 20 years at Freeport McMoRan, he served as project geologist for the Grasberg Deposit discovery, defining 500 Mt grading 1.50% copper and 1.50 g/t gold. He holds geology degrees, BSc & MSc geology, and is a Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG).
Mr. Henricksen served as VP of Exploration for Aegean Metals Group in 2012, leading the senior field team in identifying, evaluating and acquiring 2 high-grade gold-copper prospects (VMS Hot Maden and Ergama) in Turkey. In 2005, Mr. Henricksen served as senior geologist for AQM Copper, which won a bid from Teck to explore and develop a copper-gold deposit (Zafranal) in Peru, resulting in a 500MM ton copper resource.
Mr. Henricksen served as VP of Exploration for Aegean Metals Group in 2012, leading the senior field team in identifying, evaluating and acquiring 2 high-grade gold-copper prospects (VMS Hot Maden and Ergama) in Turkey. In 2005, Mr. Henricksen served as senior geologist for AQM Copper, which won a bid from Teck to explore and develop a copper-gold deposit (Zafranal) in Peru, resulting in a 500MM ton copper resource. Prior to this, Mr. Henricksen served as a member of the Arctic exploration team that successfully identified the Red Dog mine in Alaska, now the world’s largest zinc reserves. Before this, Mr. Henricksen led efforts to secure Eskay Creek for US Borax (Rio Tinto), which at the time became the world’s highest-grade gold mine and the 5th largest silver mine by volume. Mr. Henricksen was also Chief Geologist of Norsemont Mining (TSX: NOM) which sold to HudBay for $520mm. He holds a BSc in Geology from University of Wisconsin, and a PhD in Economic Geology from Oregon State University.
Mr. Posescu is CEO and Director of SolidusGold Inc., a publicly traded mineral exploration and development company. He is a professional geologist with 25 years of experience in natural resources exploration and development. He has worked on world class deposits including Donlin Gold and Galore Creek during his time with NovaGold.
Mr. Posescu is CEO and Director of SolidusGold Inc., a publicly traded mineral exploration and development company. He is a professional geologist with 25 years of experience in natural resources exploration and development. He has worked on world class deposits including Donlin Gold and Galore Creek during his time with NovaGold. Subsequently, he participated in several discoveries in Nevada for Sierra Geothermal Power, which was then sold to Ram Power. He served as VP of Exploration for Brixton Metals where during his tenure, the company made several discoveries. Mr. Posescu was instrumental in creating shareholder value when he acquired and subsequently sold the Kahuna Diamonds property (4 Million carats of diamonds resource) to Dunnedin Ventures. As well, Mr. Posescu founded and subsequently sold a precious metals royalty company.
A Canadian geologist with over 40 years’ experience throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, Patrick was directly involved in the discovery of the Escondida porphyry copper deposit in Chile, as well as the Escondida Norte and Zaldivar deposits and was the first Project Manager of all three. He has been involved in publicly traded mining companies predominantly in Chile for 35 years.
Bill spent 10 years as the EVP, CFO and a Director of Endeavour Financial, a mining focused merchant bank. He oversaw financial advisory mandates, investment related services and the financial management and operation of the Endeavour group of companies and was involved in over $25 billion of M&A transactions and in over $4 billion of financing for junior/mid-tier resource companies.
Bill spent 10 years as the EVP, CFO and a Director of Endeavour Financial, a mining focused merchant bank. He oversaw financial advisory mandates, investment related services and the financial management and operation of the Endeavour group of companies and was involved in over $25 billion of M&A transactions and in over $4 billion of financing for junior/mid-tier resource companies. He’s one of the original executives involved in the creation of Endeavour Mining, a senior gold producer in West Africa. He is currently Chairman of Wheaton Precious Metals International, a subsidiary of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp., Chairman of Aton Resources, Lead Director at Galaxy Digital Holdings and a Director of Endeavour Financial Corporation. He is a CPA and CFA.
