SABRE GOLD MINES - Key Persons


Andrew Elinesky - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT Team
  • President
As a finance professional, Andrew brings over 20 years of experience as a CFO and senior financial leader for publicly traded companies in Canada, the US and the United Kingdom.  With a focus on corporate financings, M&A and integration experience, he was previously the CFO for Skylight Health Group Inc. and Reklaim Inc. Prior to that, Andrew was with McEwen Mining Inc. for 11 years with increasing roles of responsibility having spent his last 5 years there as Senior Vice-President and CFO at McEwen Mining Inc.. During this time Andrew managed equity and debt financings of over $150M and multiple acquisitions, operational development, and government and ESG relations.   He also has held various senior leadership and treasury roles at Heinz UK, Diageo, and Worldcom UK.  Andrew graduated from Oxford Brookes University, is a CPA in Ontario, and recently served the maximum term limits as Treasurer and Board Member for the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.

Claudio Ciavarella

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Professional Accountant
Mr. Ciavarella is a Professional Accountant receiving his designation in 1994. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business and Economics, where he graduated Honours with Distinction. Mr. Ciavarella is a private business owner with over 25 years experience in the Construction, Real Estate and Manufacturing Industry.

Dale Found - CFO, Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Corporate Secretary
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT Team
Mr. Found has more than 30 years of international accounting & finance experience, of which, the last 13 have been spent in progressively more senior roles within the mining industry. He has significant experience both in mine site operational finance and Corporately having been part of the senior leadership team at Nevada Copper Corp. that positioned the mine for the final construction phase. Additionally, he was a key member of the management team that took New Gold Inc.'s New Afton Mine through the construction phase and into commercial production delivering the mine on time and on budget, immediately prior to that he was responsible for all financial matters for New Gold Inc. in Mexico. He has also held the role of Corporate Controller for a junior gold producer. Mr. Found is a Chartered Professional Account, CA and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has a wealth of experience in financial reporting, operational planning, treasury management and ERP/systems implementations.

Fahad Al Tamimi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Mr. Al Tamimi is a Saudi-based businessman with global investment activities. Previously, he was President and CEO of SaudConsult, the largest engineering firm in Saudi Arabia responsible for many large infrastructure and construction projects in the country. He was also a 50% partner of Worley Parsons Arabia, which undertook major infrastructure projects in the oil & gas, energy and a mining project worth over $5 billion in Saudi Arabia.

Michael Maslowski

Job Titles:
  • Engineer
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT Team
  • Chief Operating Office
Mr. Maslowski is a geological engineer with a career in the mineral resource industry spanning more than 35 years in exploration, engineering, underground and open pit mining design and operation in the Americas and East Africa. Mr. Maslowski previously worked with Golden Predator from 2011 to 2014 as Vice President of Exploration and then Chief Operating Officer, expanding the Brewery Creek resource more than 5 fold in 3 years and directing the Brewery Creek Preliminary Economic Assessment Study. Since 2017 he has been the Technical Services Superintendent for Teck Washington Inc. at their Pend Oreille mine in NE Washington State, an underground lead-zinc mine. Prior to 2011, he was with Coeur d'Alene Mines for ten years in numerous positions including Director of Exploration and Assistant General Manager of the Palmarejo Mine in Mexico. He was the team leader for the discovery of the Diamond Hill Mine for Pegasus Gold then was responsible for advancing the mine into production. Mike is a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and the American Institute of Professional Geologists. He holds a B. S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) and a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

Sid Tolbert - VP

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the MANAGEMENT Team
  • Mining Engineer
  • Vice President
Mr. Tolbert is a mining engineer with more than 30 years of experience focused on underground operations and engineering. Mr. Tolbert has held various Mine Manager and General Manager positions with Hecla Mining and Klondex Mines Ltd. He was instrumental in moving Klondex's Fire Creek Mine from an exploration stage project to an operating mine. While at Fire Creek Mr. Tolbert optimized mining operations by changing the mining method to better fit the narrow character of the ore. He led the transition from long-hole stoping to cut and fill and shrink stoping where he reduced costs by an average of 40% per ounce, increased production and reduced dilution, all maintaining a keen focus on safety with an exceptional safety record. Previous to working with Klondex, Mr. Tolbert worked at Newmont Mining for fourteen years starting as an underground miner before achieving his engineering degree and advancing to Superintendent for the Midas Mine and Vista Project. He holds Mining Engineering degree from the Haileybury School of Mines and is a certified Project Management Professional.

Stefan Spears

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Stefan Spears has over a decade of experience as a senior executive in the resource exploration and mining industry. He began his mining career at Goldcorp, and in 2005 joined McEwen Capital Corporation to focus on resource sector investments. In 2008 he joined McEwen Mining (TSX/NYSE:MUX) as a Vice President in charge of U.S. Projects. After successfully founding Coreprint Patterns Inc., an innovative sand casting pattern manufacturer whose repeat clients have included several multi-national corporations in the mining and industrial sectors, Mr. Spears rejoined McEwen Mining to address Special Projects with a focus on corporate development and to tackle technical challenges in operations. He has experience in gold exploration in Canada, USA and Mexico, and was involved in raising over C$500 million in equity capital for exploration and development projects. Mr. Spears holds a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from Queen's University. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inventus Mining Corp. (TSX-V:IVS).

Tony Lesiak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Senior Advisor, Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Corp
Tony Lesiak is currently the Senior Advisor, Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Corp. (Canada). He previously held the position of Managing Director and Global Head of Mining Research and was responsible for coverage of the Canadian large capitalization precious metal equities. He has been researching the metals and mining sector for over 20 years. Prior to rejoining Canaccord Genuity in September 2013, he was Managing Director and Senior Mining Analyst at Macquarie Capital Markets. Mr. Lesiak was a Principal and Senior Mining Analyst at Genuity Capital Markets from 2007 to 2010 and previously held senior positions in mining equity research at UBS (Toronto) and HSBC (New York and Toronto). Mr. Lesiak earned a B.Sc in Geology and an MBA (Rotman) from the University of Toronto and holds an International MBA specializing in Economics from Johannes Kepler University in Austria.