Directors

Wendy T. Chan

Executive Chair, CEO
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Formerly worked for Skeena, Roxgold, Novo Resources. Over 20 years of experience developing and executing strategic plans for Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial companies with global outreach. Profitably managed businesses with full P&L responsibilities. Operation experience managing cross-functional teams and/or led negotiations in multi-million-dollar projects. Worked on key development initiatives in JVs, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions in Asia, Australia, Africa, North and South America.

Bill Fisher

Director, Chair of Technical Committee
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Bill has a successful track record, highlighted by notable exits. In the late 1990s, Bill served as Vice President of Exploration for Boliden AB, a major European mining and smelting company, where he managed 35 projects across nine countries. His career highlights include serving as Chairman of Aurelian Resources, which discovered the Fruta del Norte gold deposit in Ecuador, leading to the company’s acquisition by Kinross Gold for $1.2 billion in 2008. Bill also helped transformed GlobeStar Mining Corp. from an exploration company to an emerging producer, having been instrumental in developing the Cerro de Maimon copper/gold mine in the Dominican Republic, which was completed on time and under budget. This project was sold to Perilya for $186 million.

With over 40 years in the mining industry, Bill is renowned for his expertise in exploration, development, and strategic leadership. His career began in Africa, where he spent a decade working on diamond exploration and mining projects, including significant discoveries of kimberlites in the Congo and contributions to exploration efforts in West Africa.

Until recently, Bill served as Chairman of GoldQuest Mining Corp., overseeing the development of a 3-million-ounce gold discovery in the Dominican Republic. He holds directorships in several mining companies, including Inventus Mining and Churchill Resources, and he previously served as Chairman of Treasury Metals now called (NexGold Mining Corp), which is developing the Goliath Gold Complex in Ontario.

Chad Tappendorf

Director
Chad Tappendorf

Partner, Tenstrata, a London-based investment firm. Formerly partner at Coast Capital, with focused interests in the Mining sector. Extensive global private and public equity investment experience, board memberships in resources, logistics, real estate, and consumer goods industries.

Ron Tomlinson

Director
Ron Tomlinson

CEO, Tomlinson Group with +35 years in executive management, strategic acquisitions, real estate operations and investments. Seasoned manager and successful entrepreneur, profitably led company’s expansion in Canada and the United States.

Spear-headed projects in various sectors including construction, environmental services, aggregates and infrastructure.

Rajesh Sharma

Director, CEO of Fancamp Exploration
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Rajesh holds global leadership experience across industries including mining, exploration, metals and international trade. He has led large-scale mining start-ups and exploration companies, concluded several investments and acquisition deals. Rajesh held several leadership roles with the Tata Group including as CEO and Board member of various exploration, mining and investment subsidiaries of Tata Steel in Canada and Africa. He also served as Executive in Residence at Investissement Quebec. He holds management and engineering (IIT, Roorkee) degrees and completed a scholarship program on Globalization and Leadership from the London School of Economics.

Jonathan Hill

Director
Jonathan Hill

Founder & Principal Advisor, Exploration Outcomes Ltd. +35 years experience, led exploration, project development and mining operations  globally. Actively involved and/or directed several world-class gold and copper discoveries – greenfield and brownfield projects.

Held senior management roles at Anglo-Gold Ashanti and spear- headed multi-million dollar greenfield exploration projects in Brazil and Colombia. Seasoned in governance, exploration strategy and management, Jonathan serves as a Director on the boards of Royal Road Minerals, Lavras Gold, Avanti Gold, and is actively involved in Jaguar Mining.

Hashim Ahmed

Director
Hashim Ahmed

Current CFO of New Found Gold. +20 years in finance, accounting, tax, and governance. ‎Former Executive VP and CFO of Mandalay Resources which merged with Alkane in Q2 2025, former Interim CEO of Nova Royalty, and CFO of Jaguar Mining. Held progressively senior finance positions over seven years with Barrick Gold. Member of the Audit Committee of the Government of ‎Ontario.‎

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