Directors & Management

Dr. Arseneau has over 30 years' experience with mining and consulting companies. He has managed both staff and client projects. Gilles is technically very strong and has strong business development skills. He has been an independent mineral resource consultant in Vancouver for the past 11 years and was Manager of Geology at the TSX Venture Exchange for 3 years, where he was responsible for the review of technical reports and listing applications for mining companies. He has worked on deposits in North and South America, China and Europe. He is fluent in French and English.

Originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland, John Carter graduated from Acadia University in 1971 with his Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He joined Clarkson Gordon (name changed to Ernst & Young in 1989) in Halifax and spent his entire working career with EY retiring in 2010. He obtained his Chartered Accountants degree in 1973 and became a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants in 1996. With EY he was Managing Partner for Atlantic Canada from 1995 to 2002, a member of the Canadian Partnership Board from 1999 to 2004 and a director in the firm's Quality and Risk Management group in New York from 2007 to 2010. Since retirement he has served on a number of Boards including Nova Scotia Teachers' Pension Fund Trustee Inc, Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation, Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, Sinova Global inc. and Aurelius Minerals Inc. He obtained his ICD.d designation in 2012.

Mr. Macdonald is a professional mining engineer with extensive experience in project development and mine operations with over 22 years of industry experience. He has managed large technical programs through the concept, feasibility and into construction stages and has senior management and board level experience with several public companies. Mr. Macdonald is currently the President & CEO of Maritime Resources Corp. and a director of First Cobalt and Gungnir Resources. Previously, as Vice President of Project Development for JDS Energy and Mining, he was responsible for leading the Curraghinalt Feasibility Study for Dalradian Resources, a high grade, narrow vein Curraghinalt gold project in Northern Ireland, recently acquired by Orion Mine Finance for $537M. Mr. Macdonald also held roles in mine operations and engineering earlier in his career with senior Canadian mining firms Suncor Energy, and Placer Dome Inc. From 2009 to 2013 he served as Vice President of Operations for Rainy River Resources prior to the $310M sale of Rainy River to New Gold Inc. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Western University's Ivey Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from Laurentian University in Sudbury.

Mr. Leskovec is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over twenty years of financial experience with publicly listed companies and capital markets. He serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Northfield Capital Corporation (TSXV:NFD.A), an investment holding company where he works with publicly listed companies, assisting with corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, investment analysis, financings and go public transactions in Canada. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Nighthawk Gold Corp. (TSX:NHK) an advanced gold exploration company focused on advancing the Colomac Gold project in the NWT, Canada. Prior to this, Mr. Leskovec served as an officer of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., which was involved in the development of the Bruce Channel deposit in Red Lake, Ontario, and was sold to Goldcorp Inc. for $1.5 billion in 2008. Mr. Leskovec earned his Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) designation while working in the audit and assurance practice for Smith Nixon LLP and has his Honours Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc) Degree from Brock University.

Ms. Coombs brings over 25 years of extensive financial and commercial experience predominantly in the mining and resource industry, successfully leading finance teams through different stages of project financing, construction and operations. Ms. Coombs also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Maritime Resources Corp. and previously was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stonegate Agricom Ltd. Prior to joining Stonegate, she was Corporate Controller for FNX Mining Company Inc. from August 2004 to May 2010. From 1998 to 2004, Ms. Coombs held progressively senior accounting roles at the Iron Ore Company of Canada, a Rio Tinto company. Ms. Coombs is a chartered professional accountant and certified management accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ms. MacGillivray is a lawyer with over 30 years of in-house legal and corporate secretarial experience for mining companies. She currently also serves as Corporate Secretary of Maritime Resources Corp. and previously was the Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel for Stonegate Agricom Ltd. from August 2008 until July 2017. Prior to that, she was Assistant Secretary of Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. from May 2007 to May 2011. Previously, she was Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of Glencairn Gold Corporation from November 2003 to January 2008. Ms. MacGillivray’s experience includes public and private financings, debt financing, regulatory compliance and corporate governance including in-house positions with Campbell Resources Inc., Zemex Corporation and Northgate Exploration Limited. Ms. MacGillivray received undergraduate degrees from Mount Allison University and Queens University and earned her LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick before being called to the bar by The Law Society of Ontario in 1983.