Mr. Fier is a Certified Professional Geologist (USA) and Engineer (Canada) that has achieved great success in the mining sector over his international career that spans over 35 years. He has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge in exploration, project evaluation, reserve estimation and economic analysis, project development, mine finance, and "on time on budget" construction and production management.
Mr. Fier is currently a Director of Coeur Mining Inc. and was the Executive Chairman of Goldsource Mines Inc. from 2018 to its acquisition by Mako Mining in 2024.
Mr. Fier founded SilverCrest Metals Inc. in 2015 and served as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director until Coeur Mining Inc.'s acquisition of SilverCrest, including the high-grade silver and gold Las Chispas Mine (Mexico), in February 2025 for approximately US$1.7 billion. From 2002 to 2015, Mr. Fier was co-founder, CEO and Director of SilverCrest Mines Inc. which delineated the Santa Elena silver and gold mine (Mexico) and subsequently sold the company in 2015 to First Majestic Silver Corp. for an estimated C$154 million or approximately 25% shareholder ownership in First Majestic. He previously worked as Chief Geologist with Pegasus Gold Corp., Senior Engineer & Manager with Newmont Mining Corp. and Project Manager with Eldorado Gold Corp.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degrees in Geological Engineering and Mine Engineering from Montana Technological University.
Mr. Hick has more than 44 years experience working in the mining sector, and has served as an executive, an independent director, and in some cases the Non-executive Chairman or Lead Director, of a numerous listed mining companies,. He has also held senior management and/or director positions in numerous other publicly listed companies. Mr. Hick holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto, an LL.B from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978.
Akiba Leisman serves as the CEO and a Director of Mako Mining Corp. Previously, Akiba was Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Marlin Gold Mining Ltd., leading the company through the spinout of Sailfish Royalty Corp. and the acquisition of Marlin by Golden Reign Resources Ltd. to form Mako. He also serves as the Executive Chairman and a Director of Sailfish, a Director at Bonterra Resources Inc. and as a consultant at Wexford Capital LP. Prior to Wexford, he was a Senior Analyst at Red Kite Capital Management for the Mine Finance funds where he was responsible for senior secured investments on metal mining assets. Previously, he was an Associate at Standard Bank working in the Structured Commodity Products and Mine Finance groups. Akiba has an MBA from New York University, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr. Mario Caron is a mining executive with over 40 years of wide-ranging experience in the mining industry in senior executive and board positions. He has international experience in both underground and open pit operations.
Mr. Caron is currently Chairman of Falco Resources Ltd. He also worked as an advisor for Alloycorp Mining Inc and CEO and Director of New Millenium Iron Corp.
From November 2011 to July 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Aldridge Minerals Inc., developing a polymetallic Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Turkey. Previously, Mr. Caron served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Axmin Inc., a company with a gold project in Central African Republic, and Tiberon Minerals Ltd., a developer of a tungsten/fluorspar mine in Vietnam.
Mr. Caron is a member of the Québec Order of Engineers and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
Asheef Lalani as an independent director to the board of Sailfish Royalty Corp. Mr. Lalani graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics and Masters of Accounting, earned the CA/CPA designation in 2002 and is a CFA charterholder since 2003. Asheef first started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998 and went on to become a portfolio manager at UBS Securities. Currently, Mr. Lalani is the Chief Investment Officer at Berczy Park Capital, a private family office in Toronto, Canada.
Paul joined Wexford in 1996 and focuses on Wexford’s private equity energy investments. From 1995-96, Paul worked for Moody’s Investors Services as an analyst covering the investment banking and asset management industries. From 1993-95, he was employed by Kidder Peabody & Co. as a senior financial analyst in the investment banking group. From 1988-93, Paul worked for KPMG Peat Marwick as an audit manager in the financial services practice. He holds a BS in accounting from Villanova University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Laurie Gaborit has over 30 years of combined work experience in mineral exploration, investor relations and corporate communications. She is currently IR Advisor for Cygnus Metals. Prior she held the position of VP Investor Relations at Dore Copper and Detour Gold Corporation. As a key member of Detour Gold's management team, she participated in the company's initial public offering in 2007 and its transformation from exploration company to intermediate gold producer within a seven-year period, during which time Detour Gold's market capitalization increased from $120 million to over $3 billion.
Ms. Gaborit holds a Bachelor of Science in geology (Hons.). In 2019, she was the recipient of the CIRI Belle Mulligan Award for Leadership in Investor Relations.
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