Strategic Advisor
Stephen has over 38 years of experience in the resources sector of which 33 years was with the Rio Tinto Group culminating in the role of Group Executive for Growth and Innovation. In this role Stephen was accountable for most of Rio Tinto’s technical functions globally. Prior this he was Rio Tinto’s global head of exploration from 2011 to 2016.
Stephen’s extensive experience covers a wide range of commodities in over 40 countries, including multiple large-scale copper and gold exploration and development projects, and mining operations. He has been actively involved in the management, exploration, discovery and/or evaluation of many of Rio Tinto Group’s exploration discoveries.
Stephen is the chairman of Datarock, a computer vision AI/ML start-up focused on the resources sector and an advisor to Chalice Mining (CHN:ASX) and EMR Capital, a specialist resources private equity investment firm. He is also a director at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and advises several other resources and technology companies.
Stephen is a geophysicist by training and holds a Master of Science (Hons) from the University of Auckland.
Strategic Advisor
Daniel has a proven track record of value creation in the global mining sector and will provide important strategic insight to the company drawn from more than 20 years of experience in project evaluation and capital markets. He currently serves as the President and CEO of Highlander Silver, which is advancing the bonanza grade San Luis gold-silver project in Central Peru. Previously, he served as the President and CEO of Solaris Resources, which revitalized a dormant copper discovery in Ecuador and rapidly advanced it to the development stage while growing its resource base nearly twenty-fold.
Earlier in his career, Daniel spent over a decade advising institutions on investments in the mining sector as an executive at leading global investment bank.
VP Technical Communications
Jordan is an Australian geologist and Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), based in South America, with several years of experience across mineral exploration, project development, and investor relations throughout Australia and South America. He previously worked with Regis Resources and AngloGold Ashanti, overseeing exploration programs in remote regions of Australia. He currently serves as Country Manager (Argentina) for Ronin Resources and writes about exploration and markets through his publication Geólogo Trader.
CFO
Bill brings more than 20 years of accounting experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry focusing on financial reporting, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and corporate finance activities. Bill has held numerous CFO positions with publicly traded entities. He has worked in public practice providing professional services and advice to publicly traded companies on the NYSE, TSX-V and OTC markets, on various public reporting services, such as audit requirements, qualifying transactions for reverse takeover, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions. Bill holds a bachelor of commerce from the University of British Columbia and is a chartered professional accountant and chartered accountant.