Team
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Albert Matter
Chief Executive Officer, DirectorVision, Strategy & Finance Strategic Planning
Albert Matter continues to develop the Company's strategic agenda and ongoing business plans as well as the Company's financing efforts and value recognition programs.
Mr. Matter has 40 years of diverse experience financing both public and private companies, and structuring and negotiating transactions with particular expertise in the mining industry. He provided corporate finance, strategic planning, mergers and acquisition, and business development assistance to numerous corporations and high net worth individuals, frequently working with leading names in the Western Canadian business and investment communities. He is one of the founding partners of National Gold Corporation, Gryphon Gold Corporation and NuLegacy Gold Corporation. Mr. Matter has a BA degree in Economics. When he isn’t working, Mr. Matter enjoys reading, wine tasting and people watching.
Areas of Expertise:
- Strategic Planning
- Investment Trend Analysis
- Negotiation
- Problem Analysis and Solution
- Motivation
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Susan Tessman
VP AdministrationSusan Tessman brings a wealth of corporate administration, office management and bookkeeping experience to NuLegacy Gold Corporation.
For over 25 years, Ms. Tessman has provided regulatory compliance and administration services to various public companies, the majority of which were involved in resource exploration and development. She previously acted as Corporate Secretary of several TSX Venture listed companies and as a Public Relations Officer with the former Vancouver Stock Exchange.
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Xavier Wenzel
Chief Financial OfficerFinance and Accounting
Mr. Wenzel is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with more than 25 years of finance and public accounting experience. As a principal at Fehr & Associates, a public accounting firm, and a member of The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, Mr. Wenzel has considerable audit and tax expertise, as well as extensive experience with financial and regulatory reporting for public companies. Mr. Wenzel is from Mexico City, is bi-lingual and has served as the Chief Financial Officer and other senior management roles with a number of public companies in North and South America, particularly in the mining and resource sector, and has extensive experience with US GAAP.
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JoAnn Newbury
Community Liaison Officer, Nevada
JoAnn Newbury, the Community Liaison Officer, helped establish the physical office in Reno, and assists with Nevada property and Reno office administration.
Ms. Newbury has worked in mining industry for 27 years, beginning at Phelps Dodge, followed by Office Administrator positions with Laminco Inc., New West Gold, Frontier Gold and Pilot Gold. She also worked as a technical writer in the data processing division of Wells Fargo Bank, as Membership Director of Reno's NPR radio station; and spent 18 years in the entertainment business as a booking agent and event producer of camel races, car auctions and Harley-Davidson motorcycle events. Ms. Newbury has a technical degree in computer programming from ECPI and a Retail Banking and Marketing Certification from the American Banking Association. She makes porcelain dolls and enjoys traveling, particularly to Scotland and Cornwall.
Areas of Expertise:
- Office Administration
- Technical Writing
- Automated Filing Systems
- Event Planning and Management
Non-executive Directors
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Alex Davidson
Chairman, Director
Mr. Davidson is a recognized leader in designing, implementing and managing highly successful and strategic gold and base metal exploration, development and acquisition programs throughout the world.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Yamana Gold Inc. since August 2009 and NuLegacy Gold since July, 2013.
Until 2009 he was the Executive Vice-President of Exploration and Corporate Development of Barrick Gold Corporation, with responsibility for all international exploration programs and corporate development activities. During his tenure he was instrumental in the acquisition of the Cortez gold complex in Nevada (from Placer Dome Inc.), and the discovery of the Lagunas Norte deposit in Peru, two of Barrick's five core mines.
Mr. Davidson joined Barrick Gold in October 1993 as Vice President, Exploration and initiated Barrick's expansion into Latin America. In his corporate development role Mr. Davidson directed the acquisitions of Sutton Resources (ore body), Arequipa Resources, Pangea Goldfields, Homestake Mining and most significantly Placer Dome Ltd., the original developer of the Cortez trend whose mines now rank amongst the five principle assets of Barrick's 'high quality portfolio'. Prior to joining Barrick, Mr. Davidson was Vice President, Exploration for Metall Mining Corporation.
In 2003, Mr. Davidson was named the Prospector of the Year by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in recognition for his team's discovery of the Lagunas Norte mine in the Alto Chicama District, Peru, currently producing .75 million ounces per year to become another of Barrick's five principle assets.
In 2005, Mr. Davidson was presented that year's A.O. Dufresne Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum in recognition of his exceptional achievements and distinguished contributions to mining exploration in Canada and around the world. He received his B.Sc. and his M.Sc. in Economic Geology from McGill University.Mr. Davidson will be inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2023.
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John P.A. Budreski
Executive Chairman of Morien Resources & EnWave Corporation
Mr. Budreski’s brings 30+ years of extensive capital markets and executive management experience. Mr. Budreski has a professional history of advancing and accelerating businesses, as well as tangible engineering experience. He is currently Executive Chairman of Morien Resources Corp. as well as the Executive Chairman for EnWave Corporation. He was formerly Vice Chairman of Cormark Securities Inc. and prior to that, President and CEO of Orion Securities Inc. He has filled the roles of a Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets and Head of Investment Banking for Scotia Capital Inc. after starting out as a Managing Director of US Institutional Equity Group for Scotia Capital. He also held senior roles in investment banking and equity sales and trading for RBC Dominion Securities. Mr. Budreski is currently a Director of Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
Mr. Budreski holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Dalhousie / TUNS University and an MBA from the University of Calgary.
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Roger Steininger
Director, Exploration
Dr. Steininger has more than 40 years of experience in exploration, evaluation and development of metal deposits. He is credited with the discovery of the South Pipeline and Long Valley gold deposits, as well as participating in the discovery or expansion of gold reserves at numerous mining operations. Dr. Steininger is the Qualified Person with respect to NI 43-101 criteria.
Dr. Steininger started his career with the Climax Molybdenum Co., and then served as Exploration Manager for Amselco Minerals (part of BP Minerals) for seven years, after which he maintained a consulting practice for 20 years. Clients included numerous major mining companies such as Royal Gold, Phelps Dodge, Amax Gold, Gold Fields Mining and Glamis Gold, in addition to a selection of junior development and exploration companies. Dr. Steininger earned his Ph.D. in Geology at Colorado State University.
Geotechnical Team
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Charles Weakly
Exploration Manager
Charles Weakly serves as NuLegacy Gold’s Exploration Manager. Mr. Weakly is responsible for developing our team of geoscientists and leading a discovering of the next world class gold deposit at our Red Hill property in Nevada. Before joining NuLegacy in 2018, Mr. Weakly directed early-stage projects for Barrick Gold Exploration at Cortez, North Carlin Trend, Turquoise Ridge-Getchell, and Bald Mountain properties in Nevada. He also directed all aspects of near-mine exploration activities for Barrick Gold Exploration at the Goldstrike mine area.
Mr. Weakly earned a BSc. degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
Areas of Expertise:
- Finding more gold, more high-grade gold
- Developing outstanding gold finders
- Project Management
- Reconnaissance and detailed geological mapping and sampling
- Detailed stratigraphic correlation
- 3D Geological Modeling
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William G. Mounts
DICAT, Drilling Supervisor
Bill Mounts oversees all drilling and drilling contractors' relationships in Nevada. Mr. Mounts has over 50 years of experience working with Newmont Exploration, Barrick Gold and numerous other major gold miners; he is credited with saving these companies millions in drilling expenses.
While employed by Barrick Gold, Mr. Mounts supervised numerous early stage drilling programs which were ultimately developed into mines such as Cerro Corona and Pierina in Peru, Pascua-Lama and Lagunas Norte in Chile, Alturas, and Veladero and Del Carmen in Argentina. More recently, Bill worked at most of Barrick's producing mines such as Goldstrike, Cortez, Turquoise Ridge, Ruby Hill, Bald Mountain and most of its exploration projects in Canada and Alaska. Mr. Mounts likes to fish and to visit new places.
Areas of Expertise:
- Supervision
- Drilling Methodology
- Cost Analysis
- Contract Negotiations
Advisory Council
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Glen Darou
Former CFO, Shell Canada
Currently President, CEO and Director of Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated. Formerly Chief Financial Officer of Shell Canada Limited and Cominco Limited (absorbed by Teck Resources Ltd.) where he spent 15 years on the senior management teams of these two large publicly traded Canadian resource sector companies. He is well experienced in leading, training and developing multifunctional teams.
In 2003 Glen assumed leadership responsibility for the successful development of Clean Current's proprietary tidal energy technology. Clean Current licensed its technology to Alstom Hydro, the world's Number one hydro company with 25% of the world hydropower installed generation capacity.
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James Anderson
Chairman & CEO, Guanajuato Silver Company
Mr. Anderson's career began in the financial services industry with a successful 19 years as a retail broker, investment banker, and manager with several Canadian investment firms. These included First Canada Capital Ltd., Research Capital Corp., and Majendie Securities Ltd., where he was instrumental in the financing of numerous small-cap public companies in the mining exploration and development industry. James then went onto a career in mining exploration, serving as CEO of NuLegacy Gold Corp. from 2012 until April, 2019. He is also currently a director of Orestone Mining Corp. James was born in the gold mining community of Timmins Ontario and is a graduate of the University of Alberta.
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Quinton Hennigh
Non-Executive Co-Chairman, Novo Resources Corp.
Dr. Hennigh, one of NuLegacy’s founding shareholders, will provide significant technical and strategic corporate expertise and advice to NuLegacy.
Quinton joined the junior mining sector in 2007 and has been involved with several Canadian listed gold companies including Gold Canyon Resources where he led exploration at the Springpole alkaline gold project near Red Lake Ontario, a 5-million-ounce gold deposit bought and currently being developed by First Mining Gold. In 2010, Quinton started building Australian explorer Novo Resources where he is Chairman and President. Quinton obtained a Ph.D. in Geology/Geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines.
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Stuart (Tookie) Angus
Director & Chairman, K92 Mining Inc.
Tookie brings more than 30 years experience as an advisor to the exploration and mining industry to NuLegacy Gold. He has extensive knowledge and experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as complex international exploration and mining agreements. He was a partner at the Canadian law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and head of their Global Mining Group. From November 2003 to December 2005, Mr. Angus served as Managing Director - Mergers and Acquisitions for Endeavor Financial. He is a director of a number of exploration and mining companies, including Ventana Gold Corp., and SouthGobi Resources Ltd.
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Debra W. Struhsacker
Struhsacker Consulting
Debra Struhsacker is a hardrock mining policy expert with over 30 years of hands-on expertise with the environmental and public land laws and regulations pertaining to mineral exploration and mine development.
Ms. Struhsacker provides environmental permitting and government relations consulting services to mineral exploration and mining clients. She has a proven track record of successfully representing clients in legislative and administrative issues on the state and federal levels and in securing project permits for exploration and mining projects. Since 1993, she has been an active participant in the legislative dialogue to change the U.S. Mining Law. She has provided testimonies at Congressional hearings on the National Environmental Policy Act, on abandoned mine policies, and the state and federal environmental regulatory framework applicable to modern mines.
Ms. Struhsacker is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College where she majored in both geology and French. She also has a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Montana. She is one of the founders of the Women’s Mining Coalition and currently serves on the Coalition’s Board of Directors. Debra is a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists. Her professional memberships include the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America; the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.; and the Geological Society of Nevada. She has served twice as a trustee of the Northwest Mining Association (now the American Exploration & Mining Association) and is an Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors of the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
Professional Service Providers
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Gregory Chu Law Corp
Corporate Secretary and Legal Counsel
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Transfer Agent
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Auditors
