Mr Southam is an FCPA with more than 30 years’ experience in operations, capital markets and finance across the resources and industrial sectors. Prior roles include Managing Director of Mincor Resources NL, Executive Director of Western Areas Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Kidman Resources, and he has held senior executive roles within Brambles Group, ANZ Investment Bank and WMC Resources. David is currently a non-executive director of Ramelius Resources and non-executive chair of Andean Silver.
Ernest Mast has 30 years of experience in various technical and executive roles in the mining industry, across a wide range of commodities, geographies and development stages. Mr Mast is the former President, CEO and director of Doré Copper Mining Corp. and currently sits on the board of directors of Scottie Resources Corp., Libero Copper Corp., and First Lithium Minerals Corp. Prior roles include President and Chief Executive Officer at Primero Mining Corp., Vice President of Corporate Development at Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, Vice President of Operations at New Gold Inc. and President and CEO of Minera Panama S.A., Inmet Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, developing the $6B Cobre Panama project.
Mr Mast is a member of l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in metallurgical engineering from McGill University. Mr Mast also received post-secondary business training at Henley College in the UK and at the Universidad Catolica in Chile.
Kevin Tomlinson has more than three decades’ experience in major discoveries, exploration and resource growth, mine development and financing of mining projects globally. He has also played leading roles in many successful mergers and acquisitions in multiple jurisdictions including Canada, Australia, Africa and the UK. Mr Tomlinson is currently Independent Non-Executive Chair of FireFly Metals Ltd and Bellevue Gold Ltd, and a Non-Executive Director of Kodiak Copper Corp.
Mr Tomlinson was previously Managing Director of Investment Banking at Westwind Partners and Stifel Nicolaus (2006-2012), raising significant equity and providing M&A corporate advice, and is the former Chair of ASX/TSX-listed Cardinal Resources Ltd, leading its C$587 million sale to Shandong Gold. He was also a Non-Executive Director at Centamin Plc, which discovered and built a significant gold mine in Egypt.
Mr Tomlinson is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Directors and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers (UK).
Mario Stifano is a seasoned mining executive and Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of experience working with exploration, development and producing mining companies. Mr Stifano is the former Executive Chairman of Doré Copper Mining Corp. and is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Galantas Gold Corp, Chief Financial Officer of Lake Shore Gold and a director of Bell Copper Corp and Lupaka Gold Corp. Mr Stifano has previously held a number of senior executive positions including Chief Executive Officer of Cordoba Minerals Corp. and Executive Chairman with Mega Precious Metals Inc.
Brent Omland is a Chartered Professional Accountant with 20 years of experience in the mining, metals and trading business. He is a former director of Doré Copper Mining Corp. and has served as the Chief Financial Officer and as a director of Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd, an international base and precious metals trader, since 2013. In 2023, Mr Omland was appointed to the role of coCEO of Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd. Before joining Ocean Partners, Mr Omland was the Chief Financial Officer for Ivernia Inc. and Enirgi Metals Group, companies focused on lead mining and secondary lead smelting in Australia. Mr Omland is currently a director of Galantas Gold Corp, Nicola Mining Inc, Canadian Copper Inc and DynaResource Inc.
Ray Shorrocks has over 30 years’ experience working in corporate finance in the mining sector and has advised a diverse range of resources companies during his career at one of Australia’s largest investment banking and stockbroking/financial services firms. He is highly conversant and experienced in all areas of mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets, including a significant track record of transactions in the metals and mining sectors. He was previously Chair of ASX-listed Bellevue Gold Ltd, Republic Gold Ltd and FireFly Metals Ltd, and is the former director and head of the Corporate Finance Department of a major Australian investment services company based in Sydney. Mr Shorrocks is currently Non-Executive Director of Andean Silver Ltd, Interim Executive Chair of Alicanto Minerals Ltd, Executive Chair of Galilee Energy Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Hydrocarbon Dynamics Ltd and a number of private companies.
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