A senior team with more than 450 years of combined industry experience and eleven gold deposit discoveries.
Over 40 years in exploration for gold, base metals, diamonds and coal worldwide, including 18 years with BHP Minerals — Escondida copper (Chile), Ekati diamonds and the Slave gold project in the Canadian Arctic. His team discovered and advanced four gold deposits amounting to over 6 million ounces of gold. Qualified Person for Phenom Resources Corp.
B.Sc. in Geology from Queen’s University and a Chartered Accountant since 2002. Eleven years with PwC working exclusively with resource companies; since 2011 a Senior Consultant with Malaspina Consultants Inc.
Geologist and Carlin Gold Trend specialist; former Newmont Regional Exploration Manager who led the team that discovered the Tess, Northwest Rain, Saddle and South Emigrant deposits — over 4 million ounces. Founded Gold Standard Ventures in 2009, VP Exploration until 2015.
Professional mining engineer registered in Ontario and British Columbia (University of Saskatchewan, 1970). Ten years with Inco in Thompson, Manitoba, followed by VP and General Manager roles through the 1980s–2000s. Consulting through Mracek Consulting since 2011.
B.A., University of Western Ontario. Co-founder of Aquastone Capital Advisors LP, a U.S.-based gold investment fund. Over 15 years in capital markets identifying undervalued resource opportunities; has raised in excess of $500 million in equity for public and private companies.
