Directors

Robert Bruggeman

Chairman & Director

Robert Bruggeman has over 20 years of experience in corporate development, equity research, and institutional sales & trading. He has a deep understanding of Canadian equity markets and the mining sector, having worked as a sell-side research analyst, desk analyst on the proprietary trading desk at TD Securities, and head of the sales and trading desk at a boutique brokerage firm in Toronto. Mr. Bruggeman advises junior mining companies on strategy, marketing, investor relations and corporate development through Alpha Advisory Services Inc. Prior to starting his consulting firm, he was Vice President, Corporate Development for a TSX-listed junior mining company. Mr. Bruggeman is a Professional Engineer (Ontario) and holds the CFA designation.

Jens Mayer

Director

Jens Mayer is a Principal with INFOR Financial. Jens has 25 plus years of experience as a mining investment banker and was Head/Co-Head of Investment Banking and the Resource Group at Canaccord Genuity from 2000-2016. While at Canaccord Genuity, Jens helped build the firm from a small regional dealer to Canada's largest independent investment bank with a global reach.Through his career, Mr. Mayer has advised on numerous M&A transactions while at Gordon Capital, Yorkton Securities, Canaccord Genuity and now at INFOR Financial. Jens holds an H.B.Sc. from Brock University and an MBA from Queen's University.

Sam Leung

Director

Sam Leung is Vice President, Corporate Development, of Adventus Mining Corporation with extensive experience in the mining industry focused primarily on corporate strategy, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Adventus Mining, Mr. Leung was Director of Corporate Development at Lundin Mining Corporation, where he played a key role in the evaluation and completion of several successful acquisitions valued at over US$3.7 billion, and was also responsible for joint-venture related activities with Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Prior to Lundin Mining, Mr. Leung was a due diligence and strategy consultant for Hatch Ltd.'s advisory practice based in London and Toronto, and began his career as a metallurgist. Mr. Leung is a professional engineer (Ontario, Canada) and received a B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Chemistry, with first class honours, from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada.

Nicholas Teasdale

Mr. Teasdale is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in mining, exploration, management of technical services, project management, and business development, at world-class mines throughout South America and Canada.  Mr. Teasdale is currently Vice President Mining Evaluations at Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd.   He has also held senior roles with mining companies working in South America, including Lundin Gold Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp.  Mr. Teasdale has over 18 years’ experience based in South America and was part of the discovery team and development team for the world-class Lagunas Norte high sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit (>10MOz Au contained).  Throughout his career he has worked on world-class ore deposits including: Fruta del Norte, Lagunas Norte, Pierina, Pascua Lama, Veladero and Bousquet. Mr. Teasdale holds a Masters of Applied Sciences from the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, and a Bachelors of Science from the University of Montreal. 

Flora Wood

Director

Flora Wood is a finance executive with more than 20 years’ experience leading Investor Relations (equity and debt), mainly in the mining and steel sectors. She is currently with Altius Minerals, an AbraSilver strategic shareholder, and was previously with Sherritt International, Inmet Mining, Algoma Steel and Harris Steel Group. She has also been an independent director and Audit Committee member of Treasury Metals, a gold development company since 2014. She holds a BA and MA from University of Toronto.

Stephen Gatley

Director

Stephen Gatley is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in the minerals industry. He spent the early part of his career working for Rio Tinto, initially in the Cornish tin mines, before holding senior positions at underground base metal mines in both Europe and South America.   The later part of his career was spent with Lundin Mining Corp. where he served initially as General Manager of the Galmoy zinc/lead mine in Ireland. Moving from mine sites to a corporate role, he held the position of Vice President Technical Services from 2012 to 2021. In this position, he provided technical oversight to Lundin’s operating mines and growth initiatives. Mr. Gatley holds a Bachelor of Sciences Engineering degree from the Royal School of Mines, London. He is based in the UK and is currently a non-executive Director of Cornish Metals Inc.

Hernan Zaballa

Director

Hernán Zaballa is a senior partner at Zaballa Carchio Abogados in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was admitted to the Bar in 1989, and practices in the areas of Energy and Natural Resources (Mining and Oil & Gas) as well as in Administrative and Regulatory Law. Hernan was formerly a director of the Argentine subsidiaries of Barrick, Peñoles, Northern Orion, Newcrest, and Polimet/Yamana, as well as Vice President of Pan American Silver’s subsidiaries in the country. He is the author of several articles in specialized publications, and co-authored “Establishing and Conducting a Mining Business in Argentina”. In addition to memberships in the Buenos Aires Bar Association and the International Bar Association, he is a member of CAEM, and FUNDAMIN as well as the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Association and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Hernán also teaches law at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentina where he is Professor of Rural, Mining, and Environmental Law.

Mr. Zaballa is also non-executive Chairman of NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (NOAL: TSX-V).