Board of Directors
Steven Dean | Chairman and Director
Steven Dean is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia. He has extensive experience internationally in mining, including as President of Teck Cominco Limited (now Teck Resources Ltd.). Prior to joining Teck, Mr. Dean was a founding member of management of the Normandy Poseidon Group, (which became Normandy Mining) a co-founder of PacMin Mining Corporation which became a subsidiary of Teck Corporation in 1999. He was also a co-founder and former Chairman of Amerigo Resources Ltd. More recently, Mr. Dean was Chairman, CEO and founder of Atlantic Gold Corporation (“Atlantic”), focused on gold exploration, development and production in Nova Scotia, which was sold to St. Barbara Limited in 2019 for $802 million after building its Moose River Consolidated Mine on time and on budget and operating at the lowest decile cost profile in the gold sector.
Mr. Dean is a recipient of the Viola R. MacMillan Award from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for individuals demonstrating leadership in management and financing for the exploration and development of mineral resources. He is also currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Artemis Gold Inc. (TSX-V: ARTG) (“Artemis”).
Chris Batalha │Chief Executive Officer and Director
Chris Batalha is a seasoned mining executive with close to 20 years’ professional experience in accounting, corporate governance, M&A, equity and debt financing. For the past decade he has held progressively senior positions, including as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Artemis and Oceanic. Prior to that he served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Atlantic where he played a key role in Atlantic’s development, construction and operations, which culminated in the $802 million sale of Atlantic. Chris also previously served on the board of directors of Velocity Minerals Ltd.
Chris is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.
Gordon Keep | Director
Mr. Keep has extensive business experience in investment banking and creating public natural resource companies. Mr. Keep currently is CEO of Fiore Management & Advisory Corp., a private financial advisory firm. Mr. Keep is also currently a director of Klondike Gold Corp., Rusoro Mining Ltd., Vanadium Energy Corp. and Total Helium Corp. and he also serves as a financial advisor to MCF Energy Ltd.
From January 2001 to July 2007, Mr. Keep was Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Endeavour Financial Corporation, September 1997 until March 2004, he was Senior Vice President and a director of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., and from April 1987 until October 1997, he was Vice President, Corporate Finance in the Natural Resource group of Yorkton Securities Inc.
The Hon. John Reynolds, P.C. | Director
Mr. Reynolds' career includes substantial experience in venture capital development, resource sector development and elected political office, both federal and provincial. Mr. Reynolds served as a Member of Parliament of Canada, 1972 - 1977 and 1997 - 2006 and also as leader of Her Majesty's official opposition.
His career in the private sector has included directorships on the boards of numerous public companies, including Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX-V:CXB), Oriel Resources Plc (formerly TSX listed), Rusoro Mining Ltd. (TSX-V:RML), and Terrane Metals Corp. (TSX-V:TRX).
Cathy Chan | Director
Ms. Cathy Chan has a wealth of experience in the investment of the global resources industry. Ms. Chan has participated in a number of the private equity investments in public mining companies listed at Toronto Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the past few years.
Her career has included the International Business Unit of Bank of China, Hong Kong New World Development Group and the Sino-Canada Natural Resources Fund. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in international finance from Chinese Central University of Finance and Economics and her Master's of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Thomas Lau | Director
Thomas Lau, currently serves as the Executive Director of CapitalAsia, Asia Pacific Region and the Chairman of a Canadian listed company. He is also the Partner of a joint venture fund with a Chinese financial SOE. Mr. Lau has extensive experience in asset management and special asset investment, and has successfully participated in and implemented a number of domestic and overseas investments and exited the invested projects.
His professional career has included serving as a senior officer for the Asian Pacific Division of Apple, and Vice President of Dell China. Mr. Lau has an Executive MBA from the University of Minnesota and a BS from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
