BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David A. Fennell
Executive Chairman
David Fennell has over 40 years of executive experience in the mining industry. He received a law degree from the University of Alberta in 1979 and practiced law until he founded Golden Star Resources Ltd in 1983. As president and CEO, he led Golden Star to become one of the largest and most successful exploration companies, playing a key role in the discovery and development of the Omai Gold Mine in Guyana and the Gross Rosebel Mine in Suriname. In 1998, Mr. Fennell became chairman and CEO of Hope Bay Gold Corporation, a position he held through the merger of Hope Bay and Miramar Mining Corporation. He continued as Executive Vice-Chairman for the combined entity until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corporation in 2008. Mr. Fennell was the founder and Executive Chairman of Reunion Gold Corporation from 2003 until the completion of its business combination with G Mining Ventures Corp. He also served on the board of directors of several other publicly traded companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange.
Justin van der Toorn, CGeol FGS
Director, President & CEO
Justin van der Toorn is an exploration geologist with 20 years’ experience in the minerals industry, leading and managing exploration teams from grassroots activities through to discovery and resource definition drilling. With a focus on gold exploration, Mr. van der Toorn has worked across various regions including Eastern Europe, North America and the Guiana Shield. His previous experience has been in a range of commodity and deposit styles, including extensive work in Carlin-style gold, low- and high-sulphidation epithermal, porphyry, and orogenic gold systems. Recently, Mr. van der Toorn was Vice President Exploration of Reunion Gold Corporation from mid-2022 until the completion of its business combination with G Mining Ventures Corp. Mr. van der Toorn holds a MSci degree in Geological Sciences from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London. He is registered as a Chartered Geologist (CGeol) of the Geological Society, and a European Geologist (EurGeol) by the European Federation of Geologists.
Elaine Bennett
Independent Director
Elaine Bennett is a chartered professional accountant and has 30 years of experience as financial executive in the mining industry including experience in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, mine construction, accounting and information technology. From 2008 to 2021, Ms. Bennett was Vice President Finance and CFO at Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., an advanced exploration and development company listed on the TSX. Prior to joining Sabina, she was VP Finance and CFO at Miramar Mining Corporation which was acquired by Newmont in 2007. Ms. Bennett has also been director and chair of the audit committee of several junior exploration company listed on the TSXV including Reunion Gold Corporation.
Richard Cohen
Independent Director
Richard (Rick) Cohen has worked in the investment industry since 1983, the first 15 years as a mining analyst and subsequently as an investment banker. More recently, he worked as managing director of Dundee Goodman Merchant Partners, a division of Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Inc. from November 2018 until it ceased its investment banking activities in December 2022. He previously served as managing director of Dundee Securities Inc. from April to November 2018 and prior thereto he was managing director of Primary Capital Inc., an exempt market dealer, where the focus was on financing and M&A advisory work from 2011 to March 2018. During his career, he has reviewed numerous mineral projects from exploration through to producing mines. Mr. Cohen has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mineral Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Western University. Mr. Cohen has been a director of other publicly listed companies, including Reunion Gold Corporation.
Adrian Fleming
Independent Director
Adrian Fleming is a professional geologist with over 40 years of experience with exploration and development stage mining companies in North and South America (including in the Guiana Shield region) and in Australia. He was the co-founder and president of Underworld Resources from 2006-2010. Mr. Fleming led the team which made the discovery and defined the maiden resource of the million-ounce White Gold deposit in Yukon. The project was subsequently acquired by Kinross in 2010. Mr. Fleming was also involved with gold discoveries and/or developments at Porgera in PNG, Big Bell in Western Australia, Gross Rosebel in Suriname and Hope Bay in Nunavut. He was a founding Director of Northern Empire Resources which was acquired by Coeur Mining. Mr. Fleming holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geology from University of Newcastle. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Fleming has served as director and officer of several other publicly traded companies, including Reunion Gold Corporation.
Dušan Petković, CFA
Director
Dušan Petković is a financial market professional with over 10 years of experience in resource based capital markets including private equity, credit, and investment banking. Mr. Petković co-founded G Mining Ventures in October 2020 and served as a founding Director of the Board until March 2021. He currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy at G Mining Ventures Corp. Before joining G Mining Ventures, Mr. Petković spent 10 years at Sprott Resource Lending Corp., where he was Principal, Private Debt. At Sprott, he was responsible for the origination, structuring, and investment management of bespoke financing transactions for companies in the mining sector. Prior to Sprott, he spent time in mining investment banking, advising on IPOs, equity issuance and M&A. Mr. Petković earned a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Western University and is a CFA® charterholder.