M. Colin Joudrie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director. Mr. Joudrie is an accomplished business leader with over 30 years of diverse mineral resources industry experience with a track record of unlocking investment opportunities across the globe. Most recently, he was Vice President Business Development with Teck Resources Limited, a position he held from 2011 through 2024, where he was responsible for advancing several advanced base and precious metal development projects in the Americas through Preliminary Economic Assessment, Prefeasibility, and Feasibility study work. In addition, Mr. Joudrie was responsible for establishing and managing numerous joint venture interests and partnerships. His experience includes developing and executing pragmatic and prudent business strategies, building and supporting high-performing and value-focused teams, extensive experience working with communities and stakeholders to foster excellence and respect, pursuing margin enhancing business solutions, selecting fit-for-purpose mining and mineral processing technologies, and delivering on investment plans.
Robert McLeod, Director and Co-Founder. Born and raised in the mining town of Stewart, British Columbia, Mr. McLeod is a geologist, third-generation miner, and entrepreneur. With 30 years of diverse experience for major and junior mining Companies in a variety of metallogenic environments and mineral deposit types, primarily in BC, Alaska, Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, and Nevada. As CEO and VP, Exploration, he has led many successful explorers and development companies such as IDM Mining and Underworld Resources. Mr. McLeod is a Partner with the Fiore Group of Companies, CEO of Nations Royalty Inc, Director of Dolly Varden Silver and Nexgold as well as Advisor to West Red Lake Gold Mines. An active mining industry volunteer, he is a past Chair of AMEBC and serves on the Board of the Britannia Mine Museum.
Ryan Weymark, P. Eng., Director and Co-Founder. Mr. Weymark is a mining executive and Professional Engineer with over 15 years of experience spanning engineering, permitting, construction, operations, M&A and finance across the mining sector. Mr. Weymark is the President and Co-Founder of Fuse Advisors Inc., a growing consultancy of 35+ professionals that delivers high-impact project management and technical services across the Americas. Mr. Weymark is a Partner with the Fiore Group, contributing to the creation and advancement of new mining ventures. He is a co-founder of several public and private resource companies, and is an advisor to West Red Lake Gold Mines, Dolly Varden Silver, and Nations Royalty. Mr. Weymark was previously Vice President, Technical Evaluations and consultant to NexGen Energy, where he led strategic technical initiatives for the Rook I Project. Prior to NexGen, Mr. Weymark was an executive for several junior mining developers in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia and held technical and management roles with Teck Resources, Ledcor and SNC-Lavalin working in operations, engineering and construction projects. Mr. Weymark holds a B.A.Sc. in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
Alex Morrison, Director. Mr. Morrison is a professional director and experienced mining executive with over 35 years experience in the mining industry. He has vast multidisciplinary experience in senior strategic roles in finance, accounting, information technology, supply chain, risk management and operations support at major mining companies including Newmont Mining, Homestake Mining, Phelps Dodge and Stillwater Mining. His most relevant experience to his role as a Director at Nations Royalty is his former role as Chief Financial Officer at Franco Nevada, a leading international gold royalty company. He has held diverse corporate director, chairman and lead director roles for a broad list of mining companies including Detour Gold, Taseko Mines, Energy Fuels, Gold Standard Ventures and Gold Resource Corporation. He is a chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA).
Greg Fekete, Director. Mr. Fekete was born and raised in Yukon. Mr. Fekete is a lawyer specializing in mining, real property, corporate and First Nations business law. Mr. Fekete has a diverse background in mining, entrepreneurship and law, and is currently a partner at the Yukon law firm, Austring, Fairman & Fekete. He has worked with junior mining and private companies both as a lawyer and as a manager, including roles as President, CEO, Executive Director and Director, for more than 20 years, which also led to co-founding several junior mining companies early in his career. Mr. Fekete has been involved in the management, creation and development of numerous First Nation companies, and worked on mineral exploration projects across the North, including Yukon, Nunavut and Greenland, as well as Cambodia, and has advised on mineral exploration projects in British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Nunavut and Newfoundland. In his various roles, he has also been involved in finance, accounting and mineral processing development. Mr. Fekete remains focussed on providing legal services for Yukon First Nations as well as the hard rock mining and placer gold industries.
Stephen Mills, Director. Mr. Mills is a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and remains active in traditional activities including trapping and hunting. Mr. Mills is currently President of his First Nation’s Development Corporation and Director and Officer for Air North, Yukon’s Airline. Mr. Mills has extensive leadership and management experience and was recently appointed as Chair of Shäw Kwä’ą/Health and Wellness Yukon, Yukon’s new health authority, after serving as co-chair of the Health Transformation Advisory Committee. Mr. Mills served as Deputy Minister of Yukon Government’s Executive Council Office and as Cabinet Secretary from 2019 to 2023, as Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, and as Assistant Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Relations. Mr. Mills has served as Chair of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board and as a board member on other regulatory boards including the Yukon Water Board, Surface Rights Board (Chair) and the Yukon Utilities Board. Mr. Mills is an experienced negotiator currently serving as a senior negotiator and advisor for several First Nations in Yukon and NWT. Mr. Mills holds a Master’s of Environmental Practice.
Josh Kierce, CPA, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kierce is a Chartered Professional Accountant with eight years of experience in accounting and investment banking primarily focused on the metals and mining sector. Throughout his career, he has been involved in financings raising over $400M for mining companies. He is currently the CFO of Nations Royalty and a Director of Pacific Ridge Exploration. Previously, Mr. Kierce worked in Investment Banking at Stifel Nicolaus Canada and PI Financial Corp. (now Ventum Financial Corp.). Mr. Kierce began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and holds a Bachelor of Technology in Accounting from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Matthew Pickard, P.Geo., Senior Vice President, Permitting & Regulatory Affairs, is an award-winning environmental, permitting, and government & Indigenous engagement professional with over 20 years of experience in the Canadian resource sector, with a particular focus on Canada’s North. Most recently, Mr. Pickard served as Vice President, Sustainability with B2Gold Nunavut, and previously as Vice President, People & Sustainability at Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. In this role, he directed permitting of the Back River Project, enabling its successful advancement, and established the environmental protection and Indigenous engagement frameworks that continue to guide the project today. Mr. Pickard was inducted into the Nunavut Mining Hall of Fame in 2023 and guided the Sabina team to win the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Sustainability Award in 2022. Mr. Pickard holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a B.Sc. (Honours) in Environmental Science from Laurentian University. He is also a certified Environmental Practitioner (EP) under the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board and a Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.
Chuck Hennessey, Senior Vice President Operations, is a mine operations general manager with extensive operations, turnaround, restart, and startup experience in the Canadian precious and base metal mining sector. Mr. Hennessey was most recently Vice President Operations, Argonaut Gold where he oversaw the development, execution and delivery of US$740M capital program to deliver a 10 ktpd gold plant and supporting operations plan. Immediately prior to this engagement he was Vice President Operations for Centerra Gold’s BC operations and major assets responsible for an annual capital and operating budget of US$325M. Prior to that Mr. Hennessey was General Manager for the Mount Milligan copper-gold-molybdenum mine where he helped deliver a 23% increase in mine production, mill throughput, and resulting copper concentrate production. Mr. Hennessey has an enviable track record of adding value to small, medium, and large-scale mining initiatives and operations through a commitment to team-based work, forthright and jovial communications, and positive approach to problem solving. Mr. Hennessey has a Technical Diploma from Northwest Community College, an Electrical Red Seal Certification from the College of New Caledonia, and training in Accounting from the University of Toronto.
Stacie Jones, P.Geo., Vice President Exploration & Geoscience, is a Professional Geologist with over to 10 years experience leading exploration programs across Canada’s most remote and prospective mineral districts. With a geosciences and exploration background and a passion for building collaborative cross-functional teams, Ms. Jones has played key roles in advancing gold and base metal projects from early-stage targeting through to development. In her time at Sabina Gold & Silver, she was instrumental in expanding the 5+ million-ounce gold resource at the Back River Project. Ms. Jones currently is a director of Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd., and Viridian Metals. Ms. Jones is a registered Professional Geologist (P.Geo., EGBC) and holds an M.Sc. in Geology from Queen’s University and a BSc. Honours in Geology from the University of British Columbia.
Scott Fulton, P.Eng., Vice President Projects & Engineering, is a Professional Engineer with over 30 years post graduate experience. He is a multi-disciplined Engineering Manager/Project Manager/Director, and has worked around the globe in various industrial sectors throughout his career. Mr. Fulton has significant EPCM/EPC experience, having been involved as the Engineering Manager and then Project Manager in New Gold’s Afton Mine EPCM (2007-2012) as well as providing oversight during the EPCM execution of the Brucejack and Rainy River Mines. Mr. Fulton then spent four years working on the Prairie Creek lead-zinc-silver Mine in the Northwest Territories, and was most recently VP Engineering & Construction at Skeena Resources on the Eskay Creek Project in northwest BC. Mr. Fulton graduated with a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the West of Scotland, and is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng., EGBC) and Chartered Engineer (C.Eng., UK).
Justin Stevens, CFA, Vice President Corporate Development, is a capital markets professional with 10 years of experience in buy and sell-side equity research covering the mining sector, most recently with a natural resources-focused hedge fund. His coverage focused on precious and base metals producers, as well as royalty and streaming companies. Mr. Stevens also spent 7 years carrying out site-based engineering consulting work in the mining industry before transitioning to the financial sector. Mr. Stevens graduated with a BASc. in Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Charterholder).
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