Management

Dr. Antony Harwood

President | CEO | Director

Tony Harwood is an economic geologist with 36 years of international exploration and mining experience mainly focused on gold exploration. Tony was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Montero Mining & Exploration Ltd. in 2009 and took the company to IPO on the TSX.V in 2011. Prior to this he was the President and CEO of Africo Resources Ltd., a company he listed on the TSX to develop a major copper-cobalt project in the DRC. Tony served as Vice President of Placer Dome Inc. for 8 years, a major Canadian gold mining company, before its acquisition by Barrick Gold Corp. in 2006. Professional credits include being appointed non-executive director and Chairman of various companies listed on stock exchanges in Canada (TSX, TSX.V) and Australia (ASX). Currently he serves as a non-executive director on the boards of: Tesoro Resources (TSX.V), East African Metals (TSX.V), and Hudson Resources (TSX.V). Tony was the founder of consulting company Harwood International Ltd. that operated in Africa for over 10 years. Tony also held positions as lecturer in Economic Geology at the University of Wales, Cardiff (UK), and at the University of Natal, Durban (South Africa). Tony graduated from University of Wales, College Cardiff, with a B.Sc. (Hons) cum laude and Ph.D. in Economic Geology.

Sheri Rempel

Chief Financial Officer

Sheri has more than 25 years of accounting and financial management experience. Sheri started her career with public companies in 2001 and currently provides senior financial and advisory services to Canadian private and public corporations, acting in officer or controller capacities.

Michael Evans

Chief Geologist & Qualified Person

Mike is an exploration geologist with over 40 years of experience including 26 years working with Phelps Dodge Corporation exploring for gold and copper in South America and Africa. He has worked in Chile and over 15 African countries where he directed mineral target generation and on-site evaluation of properties. This included the establishment of exploration operations and the development of major exploration programs, as well as the management of feasibility studies on two major projects. Mike has a M.Sc. in Geology from Natal University, South Africa and is a Qualified Person as defined by NI43-101.

Marcial Vergara Montero

Consulting Geologist & Qualified Person

Marcial is based in Santiago, Chile, and has over 40 years of experience in gold and copper exploration, where he has been involved in generating, managing, and evaluating exploration and mining projects mainly in Chile, but also Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. Marcial has worked for major companies such as Anglo American, Chile, Codelco, Placer Dome Inc., Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Shell-Billiton (Chile) and Anaconda. Marcial has also worked as a consultant for junior and mid-tier companies. Marcial is a member of various professional organizations in Chile and holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Universidad de Chile, he is a Qualified Person as defined by NI43-101.

Geoff Skelton

Consulting Metallurgist & Project Manager

Geoff is a metallurgist and is an industry recognized solvent extraction (SX) hydro-metallurgist with over 35 years of experience in gold as well as base metals, PGM’s and rare and specialty metals, hydrometallurgical plant design, construction, and operations in South Africa and worldwide. Geoff spent 21 years with Impala Platinum Refineries in various roles including General Manager and Project Manager, where he was responsible for the metallurgical development of the hydrometallurgical separations processes at Impala Platinum’s Enhanced Precious Metals Refinery in Springs, South Africa. Geoff has a B.Sc. (Hons) Chemical Engineering from University of Exeter, UK.

Fabiola Galaz

Inter Partners – Country Administrator – Chile

Administrator with 25 years experience. Inter Partners E.I.R.L. is a Chilean consulting firm specialized in international business development with the main core of its expertise aimed at facilitating the internationalization of Canadian businesses in Chile. Inter Partners’ main focus is on incorporation process, start-up phase, back-office services, in addition to administrative support.

Inter Partners was founded in 2010 by Fabiola Galaz, a Chilean-Canadian professional, who during her 10 years in Canada worked as a Corfo* Representative promoting Chile as an investment platform. Fabiola gained full understanding of the business relationship between Canada and Chile during her five years strengthening the collaboration between the two countries. Inter Partners has supported 18 organizations and companies to this date.

*Chilean Economic Development Agency