Corporate

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.

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 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.

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.

Adam has extensive knowledge of capital markets, resource development and investor relations through more than 10 years’ experience in the resource sector. He will be responsible for assisting with corporate development, financing, marketing and investor communications. Adam graduated with a B.A. from Simon Fraser University and has completed courses through the Canadian Securities Institute.