Management & Directors
Paul is a geologist with extensive experience in the mineral exploration and project development sector. He has world-leading expertise with iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits, having led exploration and development programs in the world’s four major IOCG provinces. These include the Gawler Craton, the Carajás district, and the Mount Isa-Cloncurry Belt. He was formerly the General Manager of Xstrata Copper’s Frieda River project and Director Brazil Copper Exploration based in Belo Horizonte/Carajás (he led Pedra Branca Cu-Au discovery/resource delineation team – now in production by Oz Minerals).
Thomas is an M&A and Finance professional with wide ranging experience executing copper transactions across Latin America, including with Glencore’s copper business in Santiago. Thomas joined Xstrata in London in 2003 as a member of the Corporate Development team, from JP Morgan where he was an investment banking Associate. Prior to co-founding Tribeca Resources, he gained investing experience with Barclays Natural Resource Investments in Qatar. Formerly General Manager of Finance at Glencore responsible for the Collahuasi and Antamina joint ventures in Chile and Peru.
Nick, a chartered professional accountant, has been President of Chase Management Inc. since 1991, providing accounting, management, securities regulatory compliance and corporate secretarial services to private and public-listed companies. Mr. DeMare also serves as an officer and/or director of several publicly listed companies. Mr. DeMare holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member in good standing of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
Ms. Riley has nearly 30 years of experience in global capital markets, finance, mining advisory and government relations. Currently, she serves as an independent consultant to mining companies in addition to her work developing investment products for launch in Argentina. Prior to consulting, Ms. Riley held senior roles in equity research and institutional sales with Santander Investment, Lehman Brothers, RBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities. Lisa has served as a director to several mining companies and is currently on the board of Star Diamond Corp and GFG Resources Inc. Ms. Riley holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Tara Gilfillan is a CPA with over 25 years of experience as a financial executive and serial entrepreneur. She is currently the Founder and President of Optimize Group Inc. a mine-to-mill project development engineering company with offices in three continents. Ms Gilfillan is currently a Director of Nasdaq listed exploration and development company US Gold Corp. and a Director of privately held Minera Cobre Colombia SAS. Ms Gilfillan has held executive positions including CFO and Controller of several mining companies, CFO, and interim CEO of a global engineering consulting company, co-founder of an engineering company, as well as senior executive positions outside of the mining industry. Ms. Gilfillan is a certified Independent Corporate Director, Director (ICD.D) with over 10 year of board experience including Chairperson and Chair of the audit committee of two gold junior mining companies, director of a global engineering company as well as several non-profit industry boards. Ms. Gilfillan is experienced in financial turnarounds, acquisitions, valuations, risk reviews, corporate governance, business and tax strategy, project development, international operations, marketing, and financial reporting for privately held & public companies (US & Canada). She gained her CPA while working at PwC and received a Bachelor of Commerce from Queens University, Ontario Canada.
Mr. Tondo is a highly experienced mining engineer with a Bachelor’s degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil; an MEngSc from the University of Queensland, Australia; and an MBA from the Fundacao Dom Cabral business school in Brazil. He has 35 years of mining experience in Latin America, most recently spending almost 5 years with Marimaca, as COO and CEO & Director (from June 2017 to December 2021). Prior to joining Marimaca he spent seven years as Chief Operating Officer at mid-tier copper and gold producers in Chile, Uruguay and Brazil, where he was responsible for operations, projects and business development activities. Prior to this, he spent five years developing multi-million dollar capital projects for Kinross Gold Corporation in Brazil and Chile, and 16 years in operations roles with Rio Tinto in Brazil. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101.
Paul is a geologist with extensive experience in the mineral exploration and project development sector. He has world-leading expertise with iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits, having led exploration and development programs in the world’s four major IOCG provinces. These include the Gawler Craton, the Carajás district, and the Mount Isa-Cloncurry Belt. He was formerly the General Manager of Xstrata Copper’s Frieda River project and Director Brazil Copper Exploration based in Belo Horizonte/Carajás (he led Pedra Branca Cu-Au discovery/resource delineation team – now in production by Oz Minerals).
Thomas is an M&A and Finance professional with wide ranging experience executing copper transactions across Latin America, including with Glencore’s copper business in Santiago. Thomas joined Xstrata in London in 2003 as a member of the Corporate Development team, from JP Morgan where he was an investment banking Associate. Prior to co-founding Tribeca Resources, he gained investing experience during a spell with Barclays Natural Resource Investments in Qatar. Formerly General Manager of Finance at Glencore responsible for the Collahuasi and Antamina joint ventures in Chile and Peru.
Nick DeMare – CFO and Director
Nick, a chartered professional accountant, has been President of Chase Management Inc. since 1991, providing accounting, management, securities regulatory compliance and corporate secretarial services to private and public-listed companies. Mr. DeMare also serves as an officer and/or director of several publicly listed companies. Mr. DeMare holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member in good standing of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
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