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Patrick Downey
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Downey has over 40 years of international experience in the resource industry. Mr. Downey held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Elgin Mining Inc., Aura Minerals Inc. and previously Viceroy Exploration Ltd. before its acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc. in 2006. He has held numerous senior engineering positions at several large-scale global gold mining operations and has also held operating positions at several mining projects for Anglo American Corporation in South Africa. Mr. Downey was a member of the boards of Claude Resources and Dalradian Resources before their recent successful acquisitions and he is a member of the board of a number of active resource companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hon.) degree in Engineering from Queen’s University.
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Sean Harvey
Director (Chair)
Mr. Harvey has held multiple senior executive and Board positions over the last 20 years including being the Chair of the Board of Perseus Mining Limited. During his 14-year tenure on the Board and as Chair, he was actively involved in Perseus’s growth strategy, which saw the company grow from a single asset producer in Ghana into a highly profitable mid-tier West African mining company. During this period, Perseus’ market capitalization grew from approximately US$210 million to over US$1.5 billion. Mr. Harvey has extensive board and management experience including Moto Gold Mines Ltd., TVX Gold Inc., Orvana Minerals Corp. and Serabi Gold plc. He has also served as chair of several audit, governance, and special committees. Mr. Harvey holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Toronto and an LLB from the University of Western Ontario, specializing in tax and corporate law. Prior to his tenure as a mining executive, Mr. Harvey spent 10 years in investment and merchant banking, primarily focused on the mining sector.
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Julian Babarczy
Director
Mr. Babarczy is an Australian based finance professional with over 25 years of experience in investment management across various sectors. Mr. Babarczy was a key member of the investment and leadership team at Regal Funds Management, where he spent over 14 years contributing to the firm’s success and growth in Funds Under Management from AUD$20 million when joined in 2006 to more than AUD$2.5 billion when he retired in 2020. Mr. Babarczy is the Executive Chairman of Perpetual Resources Ltd. (ASX: PEC), Chair of DataWorks Group Limited (ASX:DWG) (previously called IXUP Limited) and a non-executive director of Lincoln Minerals (ASX:LML). Mr. Babarczy holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Monash University, a Graduate Diploma of Mineral Exploration Geosciences from Curtin University and has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst program.
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Joseph Conway
Director
Mr. Conway has over 30 years of mining and financial industry experience. During his executive leadership, he has been intimately involved in strategic development including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and accessing the capital markets for approximately $1.2 billion in debt and equity. Mr. Conway has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman of Primero Mining prior to its acquisition by First Majestic Silver Corp in 2018. Mr. Conway was the President and CEO of IAMGOLD Corporation growing the company and its affiliates from a $50 million joint venture company to a $6 billion leading intermediate gold producer. He was the President, CEO and Director of Repadre Capital Corporation which merged with IAMGOLD in 2003.
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Rob Doyle
Director
Mr. Doyle is a senior executive with more than 20 years of international experience in corporate finance, functional management and capital planning with roles in consulting, banking and public company. Mr. Doyle is a strategic leader with expertise in negotiating equity and debt financing, supervising finance, treasury and accounting functions, and guiding long-term financial and operating strategy across international operations. Mr. Doyle was a founding Board member and previous Chair of the Audit Committee of Maverix Metals Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. in 2023 and was the Chief Financial Officer of Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX: PAAS, NASDAQ: PAAS) from January 2004 to March 2022. Mr. Doyle is also a non-executive director of Faraday Copper Corp. (TSX: FDY), Lithium Argentina AG (TSX: LAR, NYSE: LAR) and Snowline Gold Corp. (TSX-V: SGD).
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Kate Harcourt
Director
Ms. Harcourt is a sustainability professional with over 30 years of experience, principally in the mining industry. Ms. Harcourt has worked as a member of the owner’s team of several mining companies and has extensive project and permitting experience in Africa, including in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Central African Republic, Cameroon, DRC and ROC. She worked as director of Health, Safety, Environment, Communities and Security for MagIndustries on their potash project in ROC and has also worked on behalf of Equator Principles signatory financial institutions and the International Finance Corporation. She has been involved in several due diligence processes for high profile projects and in the ESG aspects of project financing. Ms. Harcourt received a BSc Hons, Environmental Science, from Sheffield University and a MSc Environmental Technology, from Imperial College, London, and is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a Member of the Institution of Environmental Scientists. Ms. Harcourt is a non-executive Director of Fortuna Mining Corp. and Atalaya Mining Copper SA.
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Tara Hassan
Director
Ms. Hassan is a mining engineer with over 20 years of industry experience including mine operations, project development, capital markets and mining technology. She spent the bulk of her career as an equity research analyst covering the precious metals sector. During her time as an analyst, Ms. Hassan worked at a range of investment dealers from boutique to large banks, with her research focused on small to mid-capital explorers, developers and producers in the precious metals space. Before entering the financial services industry, Ms. Hassan worked as a mining engineer for Inco and Placer Dome. At these companies, she held operating, engineering and project-focused roles, working at eight different mines and gaining experience in a wide variety of underground and open-pit mining situations. Ms. Hassan is a Professional Engineer (Ontario) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Ms Hassan was the senior vice president, corporate development of SilverCrest Metals Limited from 2020 until its sale to Coeur Mining, Inc. in February 2025. Ms. Hassan was formerly a non-executive director of Maverix Metals Inc. until its sale to Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. in 2023. Ms. Hassan is a director of Americas Gold and Silver Corporation.
