LUNDINGOLD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Explorations
Andre Oliveira joined Lundin Gold as Vice President, Explorations in March 2022. Andre is a Professional Geologist and has over 20 years of experience in all stages of gold and base metals exploration in South America. Andre was employed by Yamana Gold for more than 17 years and held the roles of Senior Geologist, Manager, Country Director, and ultimately as South America Senior director, where has been directly involved with the exploration success in several producing mines and in the generation of new early-stage exploration projects. Earlier in his carrier, Mr. Oliveira was an exploration geologist at Anglo Gold Ashanti's Crixas gold mine and as Regional Exploration Geologist at De Beers. Andre is a registered Professional Geoscientist in the province of Ontario, holds a Bachelor of Geology from the University of Sao Paulo and an ongoing MBA in International Mineral Resources Management from University of Dundee. Andre is a Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101.
Angelina Mehta has over 20 years of experience in the fields of finance and engineering and is currently working as General Manager of Joint Ventures at Rio Tinto Aluminium. She was previously Director, Mining Investment Banking at Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. and Senior Mining Advisor in Investment Banking with Paradigm Capital Inc., as well as Vice President of Operations for North American Nickel. Over the years, she served as Investment Manager for Sentient Asset Management Canada and held various operational positions for multiple mining companies, including Rio Tinto's joint venture Iron Ore Company of Canada. Angelina holds a Bachelor's degree in mining engineering and an MBA from McGill University, as well as a Master of Law degree from the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Angelina has completed the ICD - Director Education Program.
Ashley Heppenstall is a corporate director with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas and resource sectors. He currently serves on the board of directors of four other public mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy companies. From 2002-2015, Mr. Heppenstall served as the President, Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Petroleum AB, an oil and gas exploration and production company with core assets in Norway. Early in his career, Mr. Heppenstall worked in the banking sector where he was involved in project financing of oil and resource sector businesses. Mr. Heppenstall holds a degree in Mathematics from Durham University.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CD Capital Management Group Ltd
Ms. Daniele is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of CD Capital Management Group Ltd., the fund manager of a number of private equity and mining funds, since 2006. She has over 25 years of natural resources investment experience, 10 years of which were spent with Newmont Mining/Normandy Mining where she was involved in the acquisition of various companies including LaSource SAS (a joint venture between BRGM and Normandy Mining). As Senior Executive (Corporate Advisory) at Newmont, Ms. Daniele structured cross-border mergers and acquisitions including the US$24 billion three-way merger between Franco-Nevada, Newmont and Normandy Mining to create the largest gold company in the world. Post-merger, she was structured the divestment of various non-core mining assets around the world for the merchant banking arm of Newmont. Ms. Daniele started her career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu where she spent eight years in various corporate finance roles including international taxation, audit, accounting and reconstructions. Prior to the founding of CD Capital UK Ltd., she spent a year and a half as an investment advisor to a London based Special Situations Fund on sourcing and negotiating natural resource private equity investments. Ms. Daniele holds a Master of Laws (Corporate & Commercial) and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Finance
During his career, Chester has held positions of increasing responsibility in a number of publicly traded companies, including three years at Western Coal Corp., where he served as Manager, Financial Reporting & Treasury at the time of its $3.3 billion acquisition by Walter Energy Ltd. in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. See served as Financial Controller for Lucara Diamond Corp. and CFO of NGEx Resources Inc. from 2014 to 2016. Prior to his involvement in the mining industry, Mr. See spent three years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers working with a diverse client base both in Canada and internationally. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
Christopher Kololian brings to Lundin Gold over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry working in the Metals & Mining sector in London and Toronto. Prior to joining Lundin Gold, Mr. Kololian was at RBC Capital Markets where he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of EMEA Metals & Mining Investment Banking. Over the course of his career, Mr. Kololian has executed approximately US$20 billion of capital raisings through a variety of equity and debt. His M&A experience extends across geographies, commodities, and stages of development within the natural resources sector. Mr. Kololian has a Masters in Management from the University of St. Andrews.
Dr. Davidson has over 25 years of experience as an internal and external advisor to companies and other organizations regarding sustainability, ESG and responsible supply chains. Most recently, Dr. Davidson was the Head of Mining and Metals for the World Economic Forum from 2014 to 2017, where she led global and regional engagement and multi- stakeholder initiatives to advance responsible and sustainable mining. From 2008 to 2014, she was Director of Social Responsibility at Teck Resources Limited and prior held senior roles related to community development, environment and natural resources as a consultant and in government. Dr. Davidson has an Honours Master of Arts in Geography from the University of Glasgow, a PhD in Development Economics and Geography from the University of Liverpool and is an alumna of the Governor General of Canada's Leadership Conference. Dr. Davidson is the chair of Global Battery Alliance. Dr. Davidson's principal occupation is as an independent sustainability advisor.
Job Titles:
- Director, Investor Relations
Mr. Gibbs currently serves as CFO of Filo Corp. (TSX and Nasdaq First North), a Canadian public company which is advancing its 100% owned Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit located in Chile's Region III and adjacent San Juan Province, Argentina. Over the last 20 years, Mr. Gibbs has served as CFO for numerous public companies in the resource sector, including Josemaria Resources Inc., which was acquired by Lundin Mining Corporation in 2022, Africa Oil Corp., Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. and Valkyries Petroleum. Mr. Gibbs is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant and a graduate of the University of Calgary where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Mining Corporation
Jack Lundin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Mining Corporation, a diversified Canadian base metals mining company with operations and projects in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Sweden and the United States of America, primarily producing copper, zinc, gold and nickel. He previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bluestone Resources Inc. Prior to joining Bluestone Resources, Jack was involved in the successful construction of Lundin Gold Inc.'s Fruta del Norte Gold Mine in southern Ecuador where he served as the Project Superintendent from 2016 to 2019. Jack began his career in the sector working prospecting jobs on various early-stage projects in Europe and North America. After graduating, he worked as a commercial analyst for Lundin Norway AS., a subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB. Jack holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Chapman University and a Master of Engineering degree in Mineral Resource Engineering from the University of Arizona. He currently sits on the Board of several publicly traded companies and is Chairman of Lundin Gold.
Melissa Harmon has more than two decades of experience in gold mining, including executive level operational and technical roles with Newmont Corporation including Vice President - Productivity, General Manager Cripple Creek & Victor, General Manager Operations Services and General Manager Twin Creeks. She is currently the Group Head, Joint Ventures for Newmont Corporation. Ms. Harmon is a leader in safety and diversity, equity and inclusion and has received numerous awards for contributions to the mining industry in these areas, including being awarded Miner of the Year by the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. Ms. Harmon holds a Bachelor of Science in Mine Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno where she also serves on several executive boards and a Masters of Business Administration from Auburn University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the United States.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
Ron Hochstein, P.Eng., is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Gold Inc. Mr. Hochstein served as Executive Chairman of Denison Mines Corp. in 2015 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Hochstein served as President and Chief Operating Officer when International Uranium Corporation ("IUC") and Denison Mines Inc. ("DMI") combined to form Denison Mines Corp. in 2006, before which he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IUC. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hochstein was a Project Manager with Simons Mining Group and was with Noranda Minerals as a metallurgical engineer. Mr. Hochstein is a Professional Engineer and holds an M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta. He is also the Chair of Board of Denison Mines Corp.
Job Titles:
- Group Head, Corporate Development at Newmont Corporation
Scott Langley currently serves as Group Head, Corporate Development at Newmont Corporation. Prior to joining Newmont in 2022 he spent over 15 years working in investment banking in the metals and mining sector, at both National Bank Financial and Bank of America, and was most recently Managing Director, Head of North American Metals & Mining for Bank of America. Mr. Langley has worked on many capital markets and M&A transactions, including acting as financial advisor to Agnico Eagle on its 2021 merger transaction with Kirkland Lake Gold. Mr. Langley holds a Masters of Business Administration from The Richard Ivey School of Business, and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queens University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Legal and Sustainability & Corporate Secretary
Sheila is Vice President, Legal and Sustainability of Lundin Gold. She also serves as Corporate Secretary to Lundin Gold's Board of Directors.
Sheila oversees Lundin Gold's legal and corporate sustainability matters. She has more than two decades of experience working in public companies in the mining sector and, since the acquisition of the Fruta del Norte gold mine in Ecuador, she has been responsible for Lundin Gold's legal affairs ranging from corporate and commercial transactions, equity and debt financings and strategic relationships to board matters, compliance, and corporate governance. Sheila oversees the Company's advancement of its long-term sustainability strategy and leads on ESG/climate initiatives. From 2015 to 2023, Sheila held the position of Vice-President Legal and Corporate Secretary at Lundin Gold. Prior to joining Lundin Gold, Sheila was Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Denison Mines Corp., a Canadian uranium mining company, a position which she held since 2004. Before moving into mining, Sheila worked as in house counsel at Labatt Breweries, one of Canada's leading brewers.
Sheila graduated from Queen's University with a B.A.(H) in 1990 and then received her LL.B. from Queen's University in 1993. She is a member of both the British Columbia and Ontario Bars and has a Global Competent Boards designation (GCB.D) from Competent Boards.
Terry Smith joined Lundin Gold as Chief Operating Officer in March of 2023. He is a mining engineer with over 20 years of varied experience in operations, capital projects, engineering studies and business development. Previously, Terry has worked for mining companies that include Coeur Mining, Barrick, and Teck with projects in Canada, USA, Africa, and Latin America. During his tenure with Coeur Mining, he helped drive safety performance to industry lows as well as improving production, reducing costs, and extending mine life. Terry is a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia and a graduate from Laurentian University with a degree in Mining Engineering.