PRODUCTION CONTINUES IN THE MINTO COPPER BELT
Minto operates the producing Minto mine located in the Minto Copper Belt, Yukon. The Minto mine has been in operation since 2007 with underground mining commencing in 2014. Since 2007, approximately 500Mlbs of copper have been produced from the Minto mine. The current mine operations are based on underground mining, a process plant to produce high-grade copper, gold and silver concentrate and all supporting infrastructure associated with a remote location in Yukon. The Minto property is located west of the Yukon River, about 20 km WNW of Minto Landing, the latter on the east side of the river, and approximately 250 road-km north of the City of Whitehorse, the capital city of Yukon.
Vision
Be a safe, sustainable and socially responsible mining company with multiple operations delivering exceptional value through operational excellence.
OUR VALUES GUIDE EVERYTHING WE DO
Be Safe
Be Honest
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Great
LEADERSHIP
Chris Stewart
President & CEO, Director
Christopher Stewart is a Professional Engineer with over 29 years of management, operational and technical experience in the mining industry. Chris has worked for the first 14 years of his career with DMC Mining building, expanding and operating various mine operations across Canada and the USA and for the past 15 years, he has worked for several mining companies. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University.Prior to joining Minto Exploration, Chris was President & COO for McEwen Mining, a precious metals producer with operations in Canada, USA, Mexico and Argentina. Prior to that he held various senior roles including President & CEO for Treasury Metals, Vice President of Operations for Kirkland Lake Gold, President & CEO of Liberty Mines, BHP Billiton, Lake Shore Gold Corporation and DMC Mining Services.
David J. Birch
Chief Financial Officer
David Birch has over 20 years of senior financial management experience at publicly traded, enterprise-level companies. Prior to joining Minto, David worked at Waterloo Brewing Ltd. as Chief Financial Officer & Secretary from January 2018 to July 2021. Subsequently, David served as CFO for Liberty Mines along with serving at Anheuser Busch InBev in senior financial roles including Vice President, Commercial Finance, and Director of Finance. David is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA-CMA) and has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from York University.
Loralee Johnstone
Vice President, Environment Social Governance
Loralee Johnstone has over 25 years of experience in Community and Government Relations, Environmental Management, Permitting, and Policies and Procedures. Loralee has held several senior leadership roles and most recently VP, Corporate Social Responsibility at Whitehorse Corp. and Director, Permitting & Community Relations at Coeur Mining. Loralee has considerable knowledge in the mining industry in British Columbia and the Yukon and has also held key local roles including Manager for Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) and Chair of the Yukon Water Board.
David Benson
Vice President, Exploration
David Benson is a Professional Geologist and has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry, in various leadership roles where he was accountable for leading the Exploration Department. He has spent a great deal of his career on successful exploration and drilling programs at the organizations he worked for including most recently at Impala Lac Des Isle Mine where he and his team discovered new, high-grade ore lenses. David has held various Geologist and Exploration Manager positions in the past including Vice President, Exploration and Director at Bison Gold Resources.
Tracy Dormer
Vice President, HR & Camp Operations
Tracy Dormer has over 25 years of experience in Human Resources, Information Technology, Communications, and Camp Administration. Tracy spent her early career in Information Technology before transitioning to Human Resources where she has worked for 20 years building teams and creating strong company cultures both domestically and internationally. She built her career working with large oil and gas companies in Alberta with Cenovus Energy, Nexen, Vermilion Energy, and SNC Lavalin before moving into the mining industry with Coeur Mining. She holds a diploma in Information Technology from the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, a diploma in Geological Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Administration from Athabasca University.
Esteban Figueroa
General Manager
Esteban is a Professional Electrical Engineer and Project Manager and has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, in various leadership roles where he was accountable for leading Electrical, Maintenance and Operations teams. He has spent a good part of his career in Ghana, United Kingdom and Africa and most recently as the General Manager at the Brucejack mine with Pretivm Resources in Northern British Columbia. Esteban holds a Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria.
Tania Barreto
Director, Investor Relations
Tania Barreto has 17 years of experience in Investor Relations and has spent her entire career in the mining industry developing relationships. Her strong understanding of the capital markets and financial industry has elevated many publicly traded companies to success and marketed them to new heights. Tania recently was the Head of Investor Relations at Maritime Resources and past roles has held roles as VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs at Golden Star Resources, VP, Investor Relations at Oceanus Resources along with senior roles at Roxgold Inc. Primero Mining and Detour Gold Corporation. Tania holds a CPIR designation from the Ivey School of Business and has a General Arts and Sciences Diploma from Humber College.”
Dennis Bigras
Director, Mill & Surface Operations
Dennis Bigras has over 25 years of experience in milling and mineral processing (copper, gold, platinum, palladium, lead, zinc, coal) in Canada including roles with Teck Resources in the Applied Research and Technology group, as well as with North American Palladium, Kinross, and Royal Oak Mines. Most recently he had the role of Metallurgist and Mill Superintendent with Kirkland Lake Gold, Macassa Operation and most recently, was the Mill Manager with the McEwen Mining team in Timmins, Ontario. Dennis holds a diploma in Mining Engineering Technology from the Haileybury School of Mines.
Channa Kumarage
Director, Corporate Development
Channa Kumarage has 8 years of experience all in the mining industry as a Professional Engineer in Ontario. His strength in strategic mine planning, reserve estimation and financial modelling has supported companies similar to his recent role at McEwen Mining and previously Alamos Gold. He brings a great deal of knowledge and value to Minto in being able to provide strength to our engineering team and support on corporate development opportunities going forward. Channa has a Bachelor of Science in Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joe Phillips
Chairman
Joe Phillips is a senior mining executive with 48 years of experience in the construction, commissioning and operation of mining projects in 13 countries (7 in Latin America) in 5 continents. Over his career he has directed the construction, commissioning and operation of 11 plants and mining operations, all of which met or exceeded their designed capacities. Joe has held senior positions in US and Canadian mining companies including COO and Chairman of the Board of Lydian Resources, Armenia, Chief Development Officer of Coeur Mining, COO of Silver Standard Resources, and Senior VP Development for Pan American Silver Corp. Mr. Phillips is a non-practicing Registered Professional Mining Engineer, graduating from the Colorado School of Mines ("CSM"), and with graduate studies in Engineering Management at the University of South Florida. Mr. Phillips’ experience includes the mining of several different minerals including coal, phosphate rock, gold, silver, zinc, copper, limestone, clay and aggregates. He has held Directorships in the Chambers of Mines in three countries including Chile, Mexico and Ghana, Africa.
Lazaros Nikeas
Director
Lazaros Nikeas has more than 20 years of strategy and capital markets advisory for resource, chemicals and industrial companies, with over US$25B of M&A; transactions completed. He is currently a Principal Investment Manager of Weston Energy LLC, a Yorktown Partners LLC portfolio company with investments in energy minerals assets. Prior to that, he was a partner of Traxys Capital Partners, a private equity firm backed by The Carlyle Group. Previously he was the Head of North American Advisory for materials and mining for BNP Paribas, Partner with Hill Street Capital and M&A; analyst for Morgan Stanley.
Chris Stewart
President, CEO & Director
Christopher Stewart is a Professional Engineer with over 29 years of management, operational and technical experience in the mining industry. Chris has worked for the first 14 years of his career with DMC Mining building, expanding and operating various mine operations across Canada and the USA and for the past 15 years, he has worked for several mining companies. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University.Prior to joining Minto Exploration, Chris was President & COO for McEwen Mining, a precious metals producer with operations in Canada, USA, Mexico and Argentina. Prior to that he held various senior roles including President & CEO for Treasury Metals, Vice President of Operations for Kirkland Lake Gold, President & CEO of Liberty Mines, BHP Billiton, Lake Shore Gold Corporation and DMC Mining Services.
Gati Al-Jebouri
Director
Gati Al-Jebouri has 30 years of international operations and trading experience in the natural resources sector. He is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pembridge from September 2019, having served as a non-executive director since September 2017. Prior to that Mr. Al-Jebouri worked at LUKOIL where he was VP Middle East Upstream and Managing Director of their 400,000 barrel per day Iraq operations. Before LUKOIL upstream management roles, Mr. Al-Jebouri was CFO and latterly CEO of LITASCO (LUKOIL International Trading and Supply Company). Mr. Al-Jebouri has also held positions of Deputy Minister of Energy and First Deputy Minister of Finance in Bulgaria. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Bristol and is a UK Chartered Accountant.
Derek White
Director
Derek White has over 33 years of experience in the mining and metals industry. He holds an undergraduate degree in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is also a Chartered Accountant. He is currently President & CEO of Ascot Resources Ltd. ("Ascot"). Prior to joining Ascot, Mr. White was the Principal of Traxys Capital Partners LLP, a private equity firm specializing in the mining and minerals sectors. Mr. White was President and CEO of KGHM International Ltd. from 2012 to 2015, and also held the positions of Executive Vice President, Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. from 2004 to 2012. Mr. White has held executive positions with International Vision Direct Ltd., BHP-Billiton Plc, Billiton International Metals BV and Impala Platinum Ltd., in Vancouver, Toronto, London, The Hague, and Johannesburg. Mr. White is also an ICSA Accredited Director.
Jay Johnson
Director
Jay Johnson has over 20 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and capital structure investiments across the natural resources space. Jay is currently a Partner at Lion Point Capital where he has led many of Lion Point's energy and natural resources investments. Prior to joining Lion Point, Jay spent seven years in the Rothschild Restructuring Group as an Associate, Vice President and Director. During his time at Rothschild, Jay advised debtors and creditors on a variety of in-court and out-of-court transactions in several industries including telecommunications, oil field services, general industrials, financials, consumer/retail, automotive, aviation and chemicals. Jay graduated with honors from Columbia Business School in 2007 and from University of Vermont in 2001. At Lion Point some of the representative investments include: Ocean Rig UDW, Veresen Incorporated, HighPoint Resources, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Callon Petroleum, Battalion Oil, Resolute Energy, PDCE Energy, ARC Resources, CenterPoint Energy, Cheniere, Energy, Encana Corp, Energy Transfer, EQT, Equitrans Midstream, Linn Energy, Penn Virginia, QEP Resources, Extraction Oil & Gas, Breitburn Energy, Genon Energy, Oasis Petroleum and SM Energy.
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