Corporate

Management Team

Mike Devji
CEO and Director

An experienced financier of public companies, Mr. Devji led a group of investors who financed a 40% interest in the South Kemess Gold-Copper Deposit in British Columbia, Canada. That interest was subsequently sold for over $400 million. Mr. Devji was Vice President of Orko Silver and was responsible for raising more than $50 million to explore the La Preciosa silver deposit in Durango, Mexico. Orko Silver was sold to Coeur Mining in 2013 for $380 million.

Paulo Nuno de Sá Caessa, EurGeol.
Vice-President Exploration

Mr. Caessa holds a Bachelors degree in scientific geology from Faculty of Science and Technology of Coimbra University in Portugal. Mr. Caessa has over 20 years experience years of mineral exploration expertise as lead geologist in base metals, precious metals, and coal projects throughout Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. Mr. Caessa brings significant experience in executing complex exploration field programs across diverse multicultural and remote environments. He has worked as a geologist for over a decade with EuroZinc Mining Corp in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, first in Aljustrel ore bodies from pre-feasibility stage to mining operations reopening and later, as a project geologist, in NevesCorvo mine starting the near-mine exploration program with Lundin Mining. He was chief geologist of Brazilian Gold Corp. (GoldMining Inc.) conducting infill and exploration drilling over several gold deposits. Mr. Caessa has advanced training in resource estimation using applied geostatistics and has a globally recognized professional geologist title (EuroGeol) from EFG (European Federation of Geologists). Mr. Caessa is the Qualified Person (“QP”) for Norra Metals Corp. and responsible for the review and preparation of the technical and scientific public disclosure material of the Company compliant with NI 43-101 standards.

Jeet Basi
Director

Mr. Basi is an established mining industry professional with over 15 years of technical leadership experience in global public mining companies including Newmont, Goldcorp, and Teck Resources. Mr. Basi has a passion for growing a collaborative culture of technical excellence focused on maximizing Net-Asset-Value (NAV). Mr. Basi most recently held the position of Senior Advisor, Newmont North America, where he was responsible for implementing industry leading best practices in the areas of technical services, project development, and strategic planning across all of Newmont’s Canadian, U.S., and Mexican assets.

Cyrus Driver, CA.
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Mr. Driver is a Certified Professional Accountant and a retired partner in the firm of Davidson & Company LLP. While providing general public accounting services to a wide range of clients, Mr. Driver specializes in servicing TSX Venture Exchange listed companies and members of the brokerage community. Mr. Driver currently serves as director and/or Chief Financial Officer of several TSX Venture Exchange companies and was a director of Orko Silver until it was sold to Coeur Mining in 2013.

Tag Gill, B.A.Sc., CGA
Director

Mr. Gill has been providing financial reporting and management services to publicly-listed companies, primarily in the mineral exploration sector, for more than 10 years. Mr. Gill served in the Technology Division of Teck Resources Limited, Canada’s largest diversified resource company. He holds a Certified General Accountant designation and a Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He held the position of Controller at Orko Silver until it was sold to Coeur Mining in 2013.

Advisory Board

Doug Flegg

Mr. Flegg has over 32 years in mining finance, including experience in equity research, investment management, equity sales and corporate management and advisory. Since 2016, Doug has been a principal at Cairn Merchant partners where he has worked closely with several mining companies in a corporate advisory role. Prior to that, Mr. Flegg spent 10 years as Managing Director of Global Mining Sales with BMO Capital Markets. Mr. Flegg holds both MBA (87) and B.Sc. Honours Geology degrees from Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario.