Sofia Bianchi
BA, Chair, Board of Directors
- Seasoned international finance professional with expertise in corporate governance, strategy and value creation with 13 years of board experience on multiple publicly listed and private firms
- Former Chair of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a Member of the Audit, Technical and Remuneration Committees of Endeavour Mining
- Former Head of Special Situations and Member of the Investment Committee for Debt and Infrastructure at the UK development finance institution, CDC Group plc
- Former Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and member of the Audit Committee of Kenmare Resources, an LSE- and Dublin-listed company
- Previously was Head of Special Situations at BlueCrest Capital
- BA in Economics from the George Washington University and an MBA from The Wharton School
Dr. Carmen Letton
PhD, Director
- Mining engineer and mineral economist (PhD) with over 35 years of global mining exposure in the Americas, Australia, Asia, Europe and Africa
- Former Head of Resource Development Plan and Life Asset Plan (Asset Strategy Development) at Anglo American, and has held senior positions at BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Newmont
- Former non-executive director of Endeavour Mining and former non-executive director of Gold Fields
- Diverse background in senior leadership roles in operations, business improvement, optimization and sustainable mining
- Extensive technical expertise in open pit and underground mines across multiple commodities and the many stages of asset development
- PhD Mineral Economics at University of Queensland and BEng (Mining)(Hons) at WA School of Mines, Kalgoorlie
Andrew Trow
BCom, Director
- Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience in financial and operational restructurings, fund management in special situations, private equity and debt
- Partner at Atlante Capital Partners
- Director at Insight Strategic Growth & Investment Former Investment
- Manager at BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP, working extensively in managing financial and operational turn-arounds and sale processes across various sectors, with a focus on mining and energy Started his career at the Deloitte USA and South Africa offices
- BCom (Honors) in Chartered Accountancy from University of Port Elizabeth
Kadri Dagdelen
M.Sc., B.Sc., Director
- Colorado School of Mines, Associate Professor and Professor in Mining Engineering Department since 1992
- President of OptiTech, a mining engineering technical innovation and consulting company since 2005
- Former Director of Randgold Resources and held various management roles at Homestake Mining.
Mike Doyle
M.Sc. M. Eng. Director, Chief Technical Officer
- Mr. Doyle is a geologist and is a chartered engineer with over 35 years global experience of mining and exploration with Rio Tinto, Inmet, Wardell- Armstrong and Sun Valley Investments.
- He is chartered engineer and geologist and also holds an MSc in Environmental Management.
- Mr. Doyle has experience across exploration, feasibility studies, environmental permitting, construction, and exploitation of small to major mining projects.
- While at Rio Tinto Mr. Doyle directly led the exploration team that discovered the Las Cruces deposit in southern Spain that has produced 15Mt @ 5% Cu and currently has resources of 36Mt @ 2.5% Cu equivalent.