Board of Directors
BARRY HILDRED
Chair
Ontario, Canada
Entrepreneur and mining executive with extensive capital markets experience
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Founder of The Equicom Group which was acquired by the TMX Group
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Chair of Aquila Resources, former Chair of Aldridge Minerals, Director of The Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada
STEVE DONOHUE
Director
Wisconsin, USA
Expert in environmental permitting, mine closure, compliance and environmental impact analyses
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Experience includes leading the consulting team that permitted Rio Tinto’s Eagle Mine and Humboldt Mill in Michigan. Other projects include the Flambeau Mine, the Back Forty Project, the NorthMet Project, Twin Metals Minnesota, the Tamarack Project, and the Crandon Project
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VP of Mining at Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC; Board of Trustees for the American Mining and Exploration Association, Board of Directors Mining Minnesota
Led effort to reform Wisconsin’s Mining Law
GORDON REID
Director
Florida, USA
Seasoned mining executive with decades of development and operations experience
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Former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Centerra Gold Inc.
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B.Sc (mining engineering) from Michigan Technological University and an MBA (accounting/finance) from the University of Manitoba
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BILL JOHNSON
Director
Wisconsin, USA
Entrepreneur focused on renewable energy and sustainable forestry
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President of Foresta Energy and Johnson Timber Corp. Foresta develops and manages new technology projects focused on reducing CO2 emissions; Johnson Timber manages three chip mills and a pellet mill in Wisconsin
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Member of the Board of the American Forest and Paper Association; Chair of the Gov’t Affairs Committee for the Wisconsin Paper Council
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ANGELA PAKES
Director
Wisconsin, USA
Ms. Pakes currently leads national Decarbonization efforts at Salas O’Brien. With a distinguished career spanning multiple domains including construction, engineering, sustainability, and applied materials research, Ms. Pakes brings extensive leadership experience to the Board of Directors.
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She has a proven track record in strategic planning, project management, and stakeholder engagement and is committed to driving innovation and operational excellence in the mining exploration sector.
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As President & CEO of Forward Janesville, Inc., she revitalized economic development efforts in south central Wisconsin, including transformative projects such as the $50 million sports and convention center through strategic public-private partnerships. Previously, as Assistant Director at the Grainger Institute for Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ms. Pakes significantly elevated the institution's research profile, securing multi-year and multi-million-dollar grants.
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Licensed Professional Engineer and LEED Accredited Professional, with Bachelor’s degrees in Geological Engineering, Geology/Geophysics, and a Master’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering.
JASON KOSEC
Director
Ontario, Canada
More than a decade of experience in all facets of mineral exploration, mine development, investor relations and capital markets.
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Currently the President, CEO & Director of Integra Resources Corp
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Upon completing an undergraduate degree in Geology at Western University and a Masters in Earth and Energy Resources at Queens University, Mr. Kosec worked as a Project Geologist at Trelawney Mining and Exploration, which was subsequently sold in 2012 to IAMGOLD for C$608 million. Mr. Kosec then moved on to work as an Exploration Geologist at several IAMGOLD properties. In early he 2015 was recruited to join the Barkerville Gold Mines team as Sr. Geologist where he was appointed Chief Mine Geologist in 2016. In late 2017 Mr. Kosec took on the role of VP Corporate Development, which ultimately led to the sale of Barkerville Gold Mines to Osisko Gold Royalties in 2019 for C$338 million.
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Mr. Kosec served as President, CEO & Director of Millennial Precious Metals Corp. prior to its merger with Integra Resources Corp. in 2023.
RYAN T. BENNETT
Director
Colorado, USA
Experience mining finance professional; fifth generation Wisconsinite
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Former Partner and Head of Denver Office at Resource Capital Funds (“RCF”). Ryan was involved in deal sourcing, negotiations, due diligence, investment approval process, risk management and portfolio strategy
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Prior to joining RCF, he was a natural resource banker at N.M. Rothschild & Sons in the US and Australia. While there he principally focused on the technical due diligence of mineral projects
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Currently an Advisory Partner for AI Capital, an artificial intelligence venture capital firm. In addition, he currently serves on the board of Minerals Refining Company
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Sits on the Board of Visitors for the University of Wisconsin (“UW”) – Madison’s Geological Engineering program and acts as Vice-Chairman of the Industrial Advisory Committee for the Colorado School of Mine’s Mining Engineering Department. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Geological Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Master of Science, Mining and Earth Systems Engineering from Colorado School of Mines
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