Board of Directors

Mr. Mills has over 40 years of experience in the resource industry. He is the founder and managing director of Plinian Capital, a private equity firm whose principal business is investment in natural resources projects and companies. Mr. Mills served as the Chief Executive Officer of Mandalay from 2009 and oversaw its transition to a producing gold company from 2010 onwards. He stepped down as CEO in 2016. From 2004 – 2009, Mr. Mills held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Lonmin Plc (GBX: LMI), the world’s number three platinum and platinum group metals producer. Prior to that, Mr. Mills served as president of the BHP Billiton’s copper group. Mr. Mills is currently a director of Rambler Metals & Mining PLC (AIMM: RMM), a mining company engaged in the development, mining and exploration of base and precious metals in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Circum Minerals, a private potash development company in Ethiopia and CNM, a private nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM producing company in Zambia.

Ms. Freedman is currently a Partner at Ewing Morris and Co., a boutique asset management firm based in Toronto. Previously, Ms. Freedman was a director of Park Lawn Corp and CEO of Kingsdale Advisors, a leading shareholder services and advisory firm specializing in strategic and defensive advisory, governance advisory, proxy and voting analytics and investor communication. Prior to Kingsdale Ms. Freedman spent 15 years in capital markets as an investment banker with global firms including Stifel and Morgan Stanley in both Toronto and New York. Ms. Freedman holds an MBA and JD from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Jentz brings over 20 years of experience in mining operations, board governance and M&A investment banking. Among his significant contributions to the industry is his role in the growth of SEMAFO, a gold mining company that successfully acquired, developed, and operated four mines, leading to its eventual C$1 billion sale. Mr. Jentz holds an HBSc degree from the University of Western Ontario, and MBA from McMaster University, and is Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). 

Mr. Duffy holds a B.Eng in Mining Engineering from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). He has extensive technical and operational management experience, having worked at numerous operations throughout Australia and Latin America. Mr. Duffy is formerly the President and CEO of Mandalay Resources, prior to joining Mandalay Resources, Mr. Duffy most worked for Coeur d’Alene Mines and Hecla Mining Company in South America.

Mr. Bourchier is a registered professional engineer with over 33 years of domestic and international experience in the mining industry. His breadth of experience includes both operational field management and executive corporate oversight leadership. His public company and inter-company Board governance experience is further complemented by his McMaster University accredited Chartered Director Certification. Mr. Bourchier was previously President, CEO and a director of Harte Gold Corp. from late 2020 to early 2022 and Chief Operating Officer of Detour Gold for two years from 2018 to 2019. For six years from 2012 to 2017, Mr. Bourchier held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Nevsun Resources. Preceding this successful tenure, Mr. Bourchier was an operational Executive for two years at Wheaton Precious Metals (formerly Silver Wheaton). For the first 16 years of his career, he worked at Placer Dome (subsequently Barrick Gold) where he held positions of increasing responsibility concluding as Mining Manager and then General Manager at the Porgera open pit gold mine in PNG. He has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Science and Engineering from the University of Toronto. Mr. Bourchier also serves on the board of Treasury Metals since August 2020.

Mr. Doyle has over 40 years of experience in all facets of international resource exploration, development and production. Mr. Doyle served as a director of Golden Star Resources Ltd. Until March 2021. He was Chief Executive Officer of Medoro Resources Limited until October 2009 and was Executive Vice President prior to that. Previously, Mr. Doyle was Chief Financial Officer of a number of companies including Pacific Stratus Energy Corp., Coalcorp Mining Inc., Bolivar Gold Corp. and HMZ Metals Inc., Lac Minerals and Falconbridge Limited. In addition, he was previously a gold market analyst at RBC Capital Markets and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Doyle holds CPA, CA and C.Dir designations and graduated with an HBA in Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.

Ms. Galloway is a lawyer with over 25 years of corporate legal experience in the mining industry. From 2010 to 2019, she was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Detour Gold Corporation. Prior to that, she served as Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at FNX Mining Company Inc. (2008 to 2010), Vice President, General Counsel for Dynatec Corporation (2005 to 2007) and in a number of legal positions, including Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, with Noranda Inc. Falconbridge Ltd. (1995 to 2005). Since leaving Detour Gold, Ms. Galloway has provided legal assistance to both Golden Star Resources Ltd. and Harte Gold Corp. Ms. Galloway started her career at the law firm Blake, Cassels and Graydon. She received a B.A. (Hons.) in economics and political science from the University of Waterloo and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto.