Dr. Antony Harwood
President | CEO | Director
Dr. Antony “Tony” Harwood is an economic geologist with over 40 years of international exploration and mining experience, with a primary focus on gold and copper exploration and development. He has served as President and CEO of Montero Mining & Exploration Ltd. since 2009 and led the company to its IPO on the TSX.V in 2011. Before joining Montero, Tony was President and CEO of Africo Resources Ltd., where he successfully listed the company on the TSX to advance a major copper-cobalt project in the DRC. He also held the position of Vice President, Generative Exploration, at Placer Dome Inc. for eight years, where he contributed to regional targeting and project generation prior to the Company’s acquisition by Barrick Gold Corp. in 2006. Tony’s extensive experience includes serving as Executive Chairman of Universal Coal PLC, which he listed on the ASX in 2010, and as a non-executive director for several companies, including Adamus Resources (ASX/TSX), Endeavour Mining (TSX/ASX), Auryx Gold Corp. (TSX.V), African Gold Group (TSX), and Lappland Goldminers (STO). He currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Tesoro Resources, East African Metals, and AnorTech Inc. (all TSX.V-listed). He also founded Harwood International Ltd., a geological consulting firm operating for over a decade, and held academic positions as a lecturer in Economic Geology at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and the University of Natal, Durban. Tony holds a B.Sc. (Hons) cum laude and a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Gregory Hall
Director
Greg Hall is a highly respected and experienced geologist with over 40 years of international experience. He previously served as Chief Geologist for Placer Dome Inc., Throughout his distinguished career, Greg played a key role in the discovery of several significant mining projects, including Barrick Gold’s Granny Smith mine and Rio Tinto’s Yandi iron ore mine. Additionally, he contributed to the gold discoveries at Keringal and Wallaby in Australia’s Eastern Goldfields and was involved in defining AngloGold Ashanti’s Sunrise gold mine. Greg holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Jamie Levy
Director
Jamie Levy has 25 years of experience in the financing and management of Canadian mining companies, with a strong track record in raising capital and overseeing listed companies. Most recently, Jamie served as President and CEO of Pine Point Mining, which was acquired by Osisko Metals in 2017. Prior to that, he was Vice President at PineTree Capital in Toronto. Jamie is currently President and CEO of Generation Mining Ltd., where he is leading the development of a platinum group metals (PGM) project in Canada.
Timothy Livesey
Director
Timothy “Tim” Livesey is a seasoned geologist and mining professional with over 30 years of experience in gold and base metal exploration, working on exploration and advanced-stage projects through feasibility to development. He also brings expertise in international investment disputes and arbitration. Tim spent 14 years at Barrick Gold in various global roles and was instrumental in the development of the Tethyan Copper Company Joint Venture at the Reko Diq copper–gold project in Pakistan, a project later involved in an ICSID arbitration process. He was also involved with the development of the Nkomati Nickel Mine (South Africa) and the Kabanga Nickel Project (Tanzania). Over his career, Tim has held multiple executive and board-level roles across junior, mid-tier and senior companies listed in London and Canada.Jean Des RivDirectorJean des Rivières is a geologist by profession who worked for the past 23 years for the BHP group of companies. He first worked in Chile in 2002 and between 2005 to 2019 lived a total of 10 years in Santiago, Chile. For the past 7 years, Jean was Vice President of Exploration of BHP heading their Global Greenfield Copper exploration program. Jean’s strategic planning, management and guidance contributed to the recent discovery of the Oak Dam West Copper-Gold deposit in South Australia and his strategic guidance contributed to the discovery of Escondida Este and Sur in Chile. Prior to joining BHP, Jean spent 13 years in the field managing exploration programs for Noranda in Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. While at Noranda, Jean led the exploration teams responsible for the gold discoveries at the Monument Bay and Oxford Lake projects in Manitoba. During his career, Jean has reviewed projects in over 50 countries with a significant focus in Chile.