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This list showcases the top Canada based CFO’ operating in the Precious Metals space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Lindsay A Hall
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Hecla Mining Company
Lindsay A. Hall was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 18, 2016. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hall was Chief Financial Officer for Goldcorp Inc. from April 2006 to March 2016 and also Executive Vice President from March 2006 to March 2016. Mr. Hall served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Placer Dome from November 2005 to February 2016. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation from January 2004 to October 2005 and also served as Vice President and Treasurer from June 2015 to October 2006. He was also Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy Americas, of Duke Energy Corporation, from January 2005 to October 2005. Prior to that, from 1985 to December 2013, Mr. Hall held various positions with Duke Energy with companies that later became part of Canada’s Westcoast Energy.
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About Hecla Mining Company: Hecla Mining Company is the largest primary silver producer.
Praveen Varshney
Chief Financial Officer of Canada Zinc Metals
Praveen K. Varshney is principal and director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. He currently is or has been a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange or the TSX including Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX: MOGO) and Hempco Food and Fiber Inc. (TSXV: HEMP).
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About Canada Zinc Metals, Little Kitchen Academy: Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining.
Tom Arnould
CFO & Corporate Secretary of Medallion Resources
Mr Arnould is a graduate from Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, receiving his Chartered Accountant’s designation after articling with Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in 1982. Since then, he has worked with various private companies in the food processing and distribution and group-benefits areas where he assisted with the sale of these companies to public entities. More recently, he has worked as a CFO of a private strategic-marketing firm and as a principal with Adler Business Solutions Inc. In addition, he consults with other companies on finance and accounting matters.
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About Medallion Resources: Medallion Resources is a mining company that specializes in rare-earth elements, monazite, critical metals, NdPr, magnet metals, and REE.
Rory Taylor
Chief Financial Officer of Aura Minerals
Mr. Taylor joined Aura Minerals in March 2012 and has 15 years of mining experience. Prior to joining Aura Minerals, Mr. Taylor was Vice President, Finance, Mining Operations at Endeavour Mining Corporation for a year and prior thereto, he was Vice President, Finance at Crew Gold Corporation for 6 years. These companies owned and operated gold mines and various exploration properties in West Africa, Greenland and the Philippines and he was responsible for all aspects of financial management within the organizations. He has also held senior finance roles in companies in the telecommunications sector and in the assurance practices of Ernst and Young in Vancouver and South Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town and is a South African qualified Chartered Accountant.
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About Aura Minerals: Aura Minerals is a Canadian mid-tier gold and copper production company.
Kevin Canario
CFO of Ore Group
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About Baselode Energy, Mistango, Ore Group, Orefinders Resources Inc.: Ore Group is a gold exploration and development company that focuses on natural resource discovery and development organization.
Donna McLean
Chief Financial Officer of Excalibur Resources
Ms. McLean has over 25 years of experience in a number of financial and accounting capacities, including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Sr. Accountant. Donna McLean has worked for numerous publicly traded and private mining companies including Aurania Resources Ltd., Intrepid Mines Ltd. and Xmet Inc. Donna is founder and President of DMc Corporate Services Inc., a private company that provides financial and administrative services to established and emergent businesses, operating in a variety of sectors and industries.
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About Excalibur Resources: Excalibur Resources Limited is a mineral exploration and production company.
Patrick Hanna
Chief Financial Officer and VP Finance & Administration of TVI Pacific
Mr. Hanna is a Certified Management Accountant with more than 34 years of professional experience in both the mining and oil & gas sectors as well as management consulting through North America, the former Soviet Union and Asia. Prior to joining TVI in 2010, Mr. Hanna held positions in Kazakhstan as Director of Financial Excellence for Kazakhmys Copper Corporation, Vice-President of Project Finance at Glencore International AG’s lead and zinc facility, Kazzinc, and Finance Director at Hurricane Hydrocarbons’ Hurricane Kumkol Munai. Mr. Hanna has also gained several more years of international experience in Russia as General Director/Finance Director at Neste Oil’s OJSC SeverTek, Finance Director at High River Gold’s Berezitovy Mine, Finance Director at Gulf Canada Resources’ KomiArctic Oil and as a Management Consultant with Ernst & Young (CIS).
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About TVI Pacific: TVI is a Canadian resource company focused on the acquisition and development of resource projects in the Asia Pacific region.
Paul Murphy
CFO of Guyana Goldfields
Paul Murphy was a Partner and National Mining Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 2004 to April 2010 and Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP since 1981. Throughout his career, Murphy has worked primarily in the resource sector, with a client list that includes major international oil and gas and mining companies. His professional experience includes financial reporting controls, operational effectiveness, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), and SEC reporting issues, financing, valuation, and taxation as they pertain to the mining sector. Murphy is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Guyana Goldfields since April 2010 and Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Precious Metals since May 2012. He is a Director of Continental Gold and a Director of Century Iron Mines. Murphy obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University, and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1975.
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About GPM Metals, Guyana Goldfields: Guyana Goldfields is focused primarily on the exploration and development of gold deposits in the Guiana Shield of South America.
Jamie Porter
Chief Financial Officer of Alamos Gold
Porter has over 15 years of progressive experience in the mining industry, having started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP managing audits of public companies. In 2003, Porter joined a Central American-based gold producer and held the roles of Controller and Corporate Secretary. In 2005, Porter joined Alamos as Controller, was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 2008 and to Chief Financial Officer in 2011. In his role as Chief Financial Officer, Porter oversees the finance, regulatory, information technology and investor relations functions of the Company. Porter is also a Director of Canadian Feed the Children, a registered charity in Canada.
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About Alamos Gold: Alamos is a Canadian-based intermediate gold producer with diversified production from three operating mines in North America.
Sabino Paola
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Everton Resource
Sabino Di Paola, CA, is the President and owner of Accounting Made Easy Plus. Sabino Paola is a Chartered Accountant. He has close to a decade of experience in audit, finance and accounting while working as an auditor for international accounting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO Canada. This has allowed him to gain a wide variety of experience in accounting and auditing for private and public companies as well as non-profit organizations. Sabino is involved with numerous financing and spin out transactions and is responsible for all aspects of financial services, financial reporting, and corporate governance. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc., which is a publicly listed junior exploration company. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Red Ore Gold Inc. which is a junior exploration company which is in the process of a listing application with the TSX-V.
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About Everton Resource, Red Ore Gold Inc., Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc.: Everton Resources is a Canadian mining exploration company based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Greg Rieveley
Chief Financial Officer of Noront Resources
Mr. Rieveley is a finance executive and Chartered Accountant with 10 years experience in the mining and retail industries. Mr. Rieveley spent a large part of his career with Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (formerly Aber Diamond Corporation), first as Finance Manager, then left to take on the role of Controller for Dundee Precious Metals before returning to Harry Winston Diamond Corporation as Vice President, Internal Audit and Business Development. Mr. Rieveley has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Accountant.
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About EcoVac, Noront Resources: Noront Resources acquires, explores and develops mineral properties with a focus on the Ring of Fire in Northwestern Ontario.
Grant Smith
CFO of Premium Exploration Inc
Smith’s background includes experience in operating and exploration mining companies throughout North and South America. He brings audit experience from two of Vancouver’s highly respected audit and accounting firms and has audit experience in mining companies with reporting for TSX, TSX Venture and AMEX. His management background extends over 20 years and includes a diverse variety of operations and organizations. He was previously the CFO for Aurcana Mining Corporation a silver producer in Mexico. Smith is a partner at Clearline Chartered Accountants.
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About Clearline Chartered Professional Accountants, Premium Exploration Inc: Premium Exploration Inc. is a Canada-based company engaged in advancing its district-sized Idaho Gold Project.
Nancy Lacoursière
Chief Financial Officer of Cartier Resources
Ms. Lacoursière joined Cartier Resources Inc. in November 2010. She holds a BA in Accounting from the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She has over 16 years of experience in accounting, including 9 years in an accountant office and 7 years in the mining industry.
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About Cartier Resources: Cartier Resources is an exploration company that concentrates its work in the Abitibi gold belt in Quebec.
Stephanie Anderson
Chief Financial Officer of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.
Stephanie Anderson joins Baffinland Iron Mines from Dundee Precious Metals Inc., where she held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that Ms. Anderson spent 19 years at Inco Limited (now Vale) in positions of increasing responsibility, including the last four years as Vice President and Treasurer. Ms. Anderson has more than 25 years of experience in finance and metals and mining. During her tenure with Inco, Ms. Anderson played a key role in major acquisitions and developments including the Voisey’s Bay Project in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Goro Nickel Project in New Caledonia. She was responsible for global finance and treasury activities including bank lending and capital market transactions and managed the relationships with the major credit rating agencies. She also led a variety of high-profile taskforces for Inco. Ms. Anderson holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of New Brunswick and an M.B.A. from the University of Toronto.
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About Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.: Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation explores and develops iron ore projects in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut on Baffin Island.
Carlos Pinglo
Chief Financial Officer of Euro Sun Mining
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About Abraplata Resource, Euro Sun Mining: Euro Sun Mining is an exploration and development company that hosts the second largest gold deposit in Europe.
John Wenger
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Pilot Gold
Mr. Wenger worked for Ernst & Young LLP Chartered Accountants from 2001 to 2011, where he acquired considerable experience in financial reporting for both Canadian and U.S. publicly listed companies, primarily in the mining industry. As a manager within the assurance practice of Ernst & Young, Mr.Wenger is well versed in the requirements of complex regulatory environments, and the requirements of Canadian GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. His responsibilities included implementing and testing internal controls, conducting IFRS conversion advisory services, and leading the audits of numerous publicly-listed multinational mining companies. Mr. Wenger has been a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 2006.
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About Pilot Gold: Pilot Gold is led by the same management and technical teams that built Fronteer Gold, a strong growth company.
Amy Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer of Goldeye Explorations
Mrs. Amy Stephenson has over 20 years experience in finance and public company management. She has consulted on corporate reorganizations, and provided accounting, finance, compliance, independent valuation and strategic advice to companies on 5 continents. Mrs. Stephenson completed her MBA with a major in Finance at the California State University in 1984 and became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1991. She was lecturer of the CFA lecture series for the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts for 10 years. She is currently a non-member (Public) Council to the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO). Mrs. Stephenson joined Goldeye in 2012.
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About Goldeye Explorations: Goldeye Explorations Limited acquires and explores mineral properties for gold.
Amy Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer of Goldeye Explorations
Mrs. Amy Stephenson has over 20 years experience in finance and public company management. She has consulted on corporate reorganizations, and provided accounting, finance, compliance, independent valuation and strategic advice to companies on 5 continents. Mrs. Stephenson completed her MBA with a major in Finance at the California State University in 1984 and became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1991. She was lecturer of the CFA lecture series for the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts for 10 years. She is currently a non-member (Public) Council to the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO). Mrs. Stephenson joined Goldeye in 2012.
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About Goldeye Explorations: Goldeye Explorations Limited acquires and explores mineral properties for gold.
Helen Gao
CFO of Golden Share Mining Corporation
Helen Gao has over 9 years of experience working in the areas of administration and corporate finance both in the Mining and Manufacturing sectors. She has worked for China Mining of Canada Corporation and Sino Minerals Corporation (formerly known as China Nonferrous Metals Exploration Corp.) in the capacity of financial controller and Vice-President. Gao has been actively involved with several mining projects, joint ventures and mergers.
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About Golden Share Mining Corporation: Canadian-based junior mining company exploring a promising and well-balanced property portfolio in the mineral belts of Ontario and Quebec.
Helen Gao
CFO of Golden Share Mining Corporation
Helen Gao has over 9 years of experience working in the areas of administration and corporate finance both in the Mining and Manufacturing sectors. She has worked for China Mining of Canada Corporation and Sino Minerals Corporation (formerly known as China Nonferrous Metals Exploration Corp.) in the capacity of financial controller and Vice-President. Gao has been actively involved with several mining projects, joint ventures and mergers.
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About Golden Share Mining Corporation: Canadian-based junior mining company exploring a promising and well-balanced property portfolio in the mineral belts of Ontario and Quebec.
Michael D’Amico
CFO of Romios Gold Resources
Michael D’Amico holds a B.Com from McMaster University and is a Chartered Accountant. He is a former partner at KPMG and has served as Chief Financial Officer of several companies in various industries including distribution, technology and a publicly traded technology company. Most recently he has been providing Investor Relations and other consulting services to publicly traded mining companies.
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About Romios Gold Resources: Romios Gold Resources Inc is a Mining and Metals company.
Rob Scott
Chief Financial Officer of Riverside Resources
Mr. Scott has over 17 years of professional experience in the areas of corporate finance, accounting, and merchant and commercial banking. He is a C.A., a CFA Charterholder and earned a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Scott has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Riverside Resources Inc. since March 2007 and prior to that, Mr. Scott worked at a private Vancouver-based merchant bank and a major Canadian bank in its commercial banking division and merchant banking subsidiary. He earned his C.A. designation in 1998 while working in corporate tax, accounting and assurance at a Vancouver-based accounting firm, and in 2002, he qualified for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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About Nickel One Resources Inc., Riverside Resources: Riverside Resources is a well-funded mineral exploration company advancing multiple projects through JVs and strategic partnerships.
Tim Thiessen
Chief Financial Officer of SnipGold Corp.
Interim Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Thiessen has over 15 years of international experience in public accounting and the mining industry. Since 2011 he has been the CFO of Foran Mining Corporation. Previously he was CFO of Aurcana Corporation, a TSX.V-listed mining company with silver-copper-zinc operations in Mexico and a silver development project in Texas and was VP of Finance for TSX-listed Endeavour Financial Ltd., an advisory firm in the mining industry. He has also held positions as controller for Endeavour Mining Capital Corp., corporate accountant for several off-shore subsidiaries of Silver Wheaton Corp. and as an auditor for Deloitte LLP with a focus in the mining and financial services industries. Mr. Thiessen is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About SnipGold Corp.: SnipGold Corp. exploration and expansion of gold and copper resources.
Sabino Di Paola
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Melkior Resources
Sabino Di Paola, CA, is a Chartered Accountant with close to a decade of experience in audit, finance and accounting while working as an auditor for international accounting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO Canada. This has allowed him to gain a wide variety of experience in accounting and auditing for private and public companies as well as non-profit organizations. Sabino is involved with numerous financing and spin out transactions and is responsible for all aspects of financial services, financial reporting, and corporate governance. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc., and Everton Resources Inc, and Red Ore Gold Inc.
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About Melkior Resources: Melkior is a gold and base metal exploration company with a diverse portfolio of gold and base metal projects.
Frances Kwong
VP Finance, CFO & Corporate Secretary of Adventus Mining
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About Adventus Mining: Adventus Mining is a public company focused on metals exploration and development.
Lincoln Greenidge
Chief Financial Officer of Pasofino Gold
Award-winning executive with over 20 years of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and operations experience. Previously CFO at LSC Lithium Corp. and mining company LeadFX.
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About Pasofino Gold, Sandfire Resources America: Pasofino Gold is a gold mining company focused on advanced-stage roger gold-copper projects.
Jeff Finkelstein
Chief Financial Officer of Argentex Mining Corp
Mr. Finkelstein is a senior-level executive with extensive financial experience in US and Canadian public and private companies. His background includes senior management positions with junior and senior listed companies, including Silver Standard Resources and Sierra Geothermal Power. Mr. Finkelstein holds both a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Economics, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree, both awarded by the University of Manitoba, and has been a Chartered Accountant since 1990.
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About Argentex Mining Corp: Argentex Mining Corporation is a junior exploration resource company focused on advancing its Pinguino Silver/Gold Project in Santa Cruz,
Ingrid Martin
CFO of Kintavar Exploration
Currently CFO of Géomega Resources, Midland Exploration, Alopex Gold and Hinterland Resources. Director and CFO of Sphinx Resources. Holds a B.Sc. in accounting from HEC.
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About Alopex Gold, Kintavar Exploration, Midland Exploration: Kintavar Exploration is a natural resource corporation principally engaged in the exploration and development of precious metal.
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
John Green
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Unigold
Mr. Green has over 30 years of experience working with both producing and exploration / development stage companies in the mining sector. Mr. Green has worked with Falconbridge Limited, Lac Minerals Limited, AfriOre Limited, Platexco Inc., and Intrepid Minerals Ltd. in a variety of roles including CFO and Director. For seven years prior to joining Unigold, as Controller of High River Gold Mines Ltd., he was closely involved with the financing and construction of two new open-pit gold mines. Mr. Green has a MBA in finance and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.
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About Unigold: Unigold Inc. is a Canadian-based, growth oriented, junior natural resource company.
Louis Dufour
CFO and Vice President Finance of Clifton Star
Mr. Dufour has more than 20 years of corporate finance and operational experience, most recently as a Partner of CFO Optimum, where he had financial oversight from cost accounting and IT implementation, through risk management, M&A integration, and governmental negotiations. Before that, Mr. Dufour held the role of Vice President, Finance & CFO, for Clifton Star Resources Inc., a mining company in Abitibi.
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About Clifton Star, Xebec Adsorption: Clifton Star Resources, Inc. is a mineral exploration and development company.
James Shannon
CFO of ValGold Resources
James Shannon is the CFO of Valgold Resources.
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About ValGold Resources: ValGold Resources is a royalty and mineral exploration company which holds a net smelter royalty on the Garrison Gold Project.
Dennis Gibson
Chief Financial Officer of Treasury Metals
Mr. Gibson holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University. He is a Certified General Accountant and has held various senior financial positions for the past thirty years. In addition to his CFO role at Treasury Metals Inc., he is the Chief Financial Officer for Laramide Resources Ltd., listed on the TSX and focused on the exploration and development of uranium in the United States and Australia. Mr. Gibson served as CFO for Aquiline Resources Inc. from April 2006 to December 2009, until its sale to Pan American Silver Corp., and previously from 1996 to 2004 as Vice President, CFO and Corporate Secretary for Vector Intermediaries Inc.
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About Treasury Metals: Treasury Metals is a Canadian gold exploration and development company.
Dennis Gibson
Chief Financial Officer of Treasury Metals
Mr. Gibson holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University. He is a Certified General Accountant and has held various senior financial positions for the past thirty years. In addition to his CFO role at Treasury Metals Inc., he is the Chief Financial Officer for Laramide Resources Ltd., listed on the TSX and focused on the exploration and development of uranium in the United States and Australia. Mr. Gibson served as CFO for Aquiline Resources Inc. from April 2006 to December 2009, until its sale to Pan American Silver Corp., and previously from 1996 to 2004 as Vice President, CFO and Corporate Secretary for Vector Intermediaries Inc.
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About Treasury Metals: Treasury Metals is a Canadian gold exploration and development company.
