AVINO - Key Persons
Mr. Kaplan is a graduate of the University of Hartford having a major in Finance and Insurance. He is a founder of A to B Capital Management, and manages the A to B Capital Special Situations Fund, LP which was launched on January 1, 2009. The fund invests in the small cap sector through private, pre-public and publicly traded companies. In addition, he has been a Vice President of Barry Kaplan Associates ("BKA") for the past 20 years, a leading financial public relations firm for both public and private companies in the US, Canada and abroad. Prior to working at BKA, he had six years experience working at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch involved in deal structure, mergers and acquisitions and trading.
Mr. Rodriguez Moreno is a professional geologist with over 34 years of experience in underground mines and regional exploration in Mexico.
Mr. Rodriguez Moreno graduated in 1984 from the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico in geology. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1998 with a degree in mineral exploration. His expertise has helped strengthen Avino's mexican operations and leadership at the Mines.
Mr. Rodriguez Moreno is very familiar with the underground workings at the Avino Mine as he was the last chief geologist at Avino before the operation ceased in 2001. Since his last post at Avino, Mr. Rodriguez Moreno has worked for Luzon Minerals Ltd. in the States of San Luis Potosi, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Durango, Mexico, as well as for Kings Minerals Ltd., an Australian mining company exploring the Cerro El Gallo project in the state of Guanajuato. He joined Avino again in 2006 as mine exploration and general manager and was instrumental in the discovery of the San Gonzalo deposit in 2007. He started rehabilitating the 250 tpd flotation circuit, brought it on line in 2010, and built the water treatment facility for treating mine water and is now moving forward to re-furbish the 1,000 tpd circuit for a total mill throughput of 2,500 tpd.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Carolina Ordoñez is the recipient of the Top 10 Most Influential Hispanics in Canada, has over 15 years of experience in the resource sector as a liaison between Governments, Corporations, Mining subsidiaries, Communities, and Investors, with extensive experience in different regions around the world, including Durango, Mexico. Former roles include Executive Member of the Vancouver branch of Women in Mining.
Native Spanish speaker, Carolina is actively dedicated to promoting Latin-American culture and an influential member of the community. She has led the Board of various not-for-profit organizations and sits on the board of The Karina LeBlanc Foundation.
Carolina holds a global designation in International Trade Business and International Commerce from the British Columbia Institute of Technology and a Diploma in Global Business and Politics from the Yale School of Management.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Team
- President
Mr. Wolfin has over 30 years of public company experience in mineral exploration, development, construction, and operations in precious metals in North America.
He currently serves as President, CEO and Director of Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd listed on NYSE American and Toronto stock exchanges. He successfully developed the company from a minority owner of the closed Avino mine in 2001 with a market capitalization of $0.8 M, to successfully negotiating a 100% ownership in the Avino mine in 2006, and then into commercial production in 2012. He successfully grew the company to one with 300-500 employees with a market capitalization reaching as high as $250 M.
Mr. Wolfin brings 30 years of experience in mining and finance. He learned the business from the ground up, starting as a geologist's assistant in Nevada, a metallurgist's assistant at the Avino mine in Mexico and later in a number of mining and exploration-related capacities. In the late 1980s, Mr. Wolfin worked on the floor of the Vancouver Stock Exchange and also for several brokerage houses, gaining a solid foundation in the finance side of the industry.
Since 1990, Mr. Wolfin has worked for the Oniva Group of Resource companies, including Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (CEO, President & Director); Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. (Former CEO, President & Director); Coral Gold Resources Ltd. (CEO, President & Director); and Levon Resources Ltd. (Former Director). In his various roles with these firms, he has helped raise over C$100 million.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Retired ) Director
Mr. Yee, BASc, P.Eng (BC, Retired) is a 1970 graduate of the University of British Columbia with a degree in chemical engineering, a 1974 graduate of Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnical Institute with a degree in economics, and holds a certificate for completing the Canadian Securities Course. He has over 35 years of operational, managerial, engineering and consulting experience in the processing of precious and complex polymetallic base metals ores within North America and abroad.
Mr. Yee is currently the managing director of his own consulting firm and has held senior positions with H A. Simons, Bateman Engineering and Bacon Donaldson & Associates. He has commissioned and started up mines for Falconbridge Copper in Ontario; Canada Wide in Gays River, Nova Scotia; Erickson Gold Mines in Cassiar, BC; and the autoclave restart for the Con Mine in Yellowknife, NWT. In addition, he has provided operational assistance and guidance at the Campbell Mine during the switchover from roasting to autoclaving for gold flotation concentrates.
Job Titles:
- Head of Investor Relations
Ms. North has over 20 years experience working with publicly traded mining companies in Canada, most recently with Aurizon Mines Ltd. which was acquired by Hecla Mining in 2013. Prior to joining Avino Silver & Gold Mines in 2016, Ms. North spent 3 years working in London, UK, specifically providing best practice and communication advise for Annual reports and Capital Market events for a variety of FTSE publicly listed companies. Jennifer completed the Canadian Securities Course through the Canadian Securities Institute in 2009 and has been a member of the Woman in Mining UK and BC chapters.
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- Corporate Secretary of Avino Silver
Ms. Trevitt was appointed Corporate Secretary of Avino Silver and Gold Mines Ltd. in December 2021. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Trevitt served as the Corporate Secretary and Vice President Corporate Affairs of Minco Silver Corporation and Minco Capital Corp. for 13 years. She is a Capilano College certified Paralegal working in the Securities/Corporate finance industry for 23 years. In 2019, she obtained her Certificate in Mining Law and in November 2021 she completed the Fundamentals of U.S. Securities Law with Osgoode Hall Law School. She was also appointed Corporate Secretary of Silver Wolf Exploration Ltd. in December 2021.
Job Titles:
- CFO
- Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant
Mr. Harte is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) who has been working in the finance and mining industry since 2013, having worked with numerous public mining companies listed in both Canada and the US, with operations in North America, South America and Africa.
He joined the Avino team in 2016, coming from Deloitte LLP where he specialized in working with public mining companies, and was promoted in 2018 to CFO.
In his role as CFO, Mr. Harte has been instrumental in growing the strength of Avino's balance sheet through implementing strategic initiatives to ensure long-term stability for all stakeholders. He has a wealth of experience in the mining industry, having successfully negotiated over $100M in financing and M&A transactions in his time as CFO within the Oniva International Services Group, in particular the sale of Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. to Talisker Resources in 2018 and the sale of Coral Gold to Nomad Royalty Company in 2020.
Since 2018, he has also served as CFO for other companies within Oniva, including Coral Gold Resources Ltd. and Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. prior to their sales in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
In addition, he currently serves as CFO of Silver Wolf Exploration Ltd. (formerly Gray Rock Resources Ltd.)
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Management Team
- Professional Engineer
Mr. Bojtos is a Professional Engineer with over 50 years of worldwide experience in the mining industry. He has an extensive background in corporate management and financing, as well as in all facets of the industry from exploration through the feasibility study stage to mine construction, operations and decommissioning.
Mr. Bojtos graduated from the University of Leicester, England in 1972, following which he worked at open-pit iron-ore and underground base-metal and uranium mines in West Africa, the United States and Canada. Following that, he worked in Toronto for Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., a Noranda Group company, in increasingly senior management and officer positions for 12 years. From 1990 to 1992 he was the President & CEO of RFC Resource Finance Corp. developing a zinc mine in Washington State. From 1992 to 1993 Mr. Bojtos was the President & CEO of Consolidated Nevada Goldfields Corp. which operated precious metal mines in the United States. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chairman & CEO of Greenstone Resources Ltd, constructing and operating several gold mines in Central America.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Owner
Mr. Andrews is the owner and operator of Andrews Orchards and sells and distributes agricultural chemicals and fertilizers. He is also the president of West Wind Property Inc., which is a property management and holding company. Mr. Andrews is on the boards of Bonner Mall and Coral Gold Resources Ltd., and he has served as labor foreman for Kennecott Mining Company, a division of Rio Tinto in the Arctic Circle. Mr. Andrews has a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University and a Masters in Political Science. He served as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and is retired from the United States Army Reserves.