Management
Simon Ridgway
CEO and Director
Mr. Ridgway is a successful prospector and mining financier, gaining his initial experience with grass roots mineral exploration. Starting out as a prospector in the Yukon Territory in the 70’s, Simon and the teams under his guidance have discovered gold deposits in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua and silver deposits in Mexico. Simon is a founder of Fortuna Silver Mines and Radius Gold, and the CEO of Volcanic Gold Mines.
Kevin Bales
CFO
Mr. Bales has 15 years of financial reporting experience in mining and information technology industries. He recently served as CFO for several public junior exploration companies with operations in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Mr. Bales holds a Bachelor of Management degree with a major in accounting.
Sally Whittall
Corporate Secretary
Sally has over 20 years experience in corporate compliance and securities regulations, and handles Rackla’s corporate regulatory work. Before joining the Gold Group, she spent six years working as a corporate securities legal assistant in a major Vancouver law firm. She has completed the Canadian Securities Course and acts as Corporate Secretary for several of the companies in the Gold Group. Sally has worked with Simon since 1994.
Scott Casselman
VP Exploration
Mr. Casselman was the Head, Minerals Geology of the Yukon Geological Survey, having joined the Survey in 2015. Previous to his work with the Survey, from 1985 – 2015, Mr. Casselman worked in mineral exploration on projects in Indonesia, Argentina, Turkey, Alaska and Canada, including working in the three northern territories; Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon.