Vernon Arseneau
Interim CEO & Director
Vernon ArseneauP.Geo
Interim CEO & Director
Mr. Arseneau has over forty years of experience in exploration, project management and development, of which the last twenty-five have been in South America principally in Peru, Chile and Argentina. Vern spent 20 years working as exploration manager and senior geologist for Noranda Inc. in Canada and South America. He was general manager of Noranda’s Peru office and project manager of the El Pachon porphyry Cu-Mo project in Argentina. He has consulted on numerous base and precious metals projects including as Vice President Exploration for Zincore Metals Inc. and was responsible for the exploration and feasibility studies of two zinc deposits and the discovery of the Dolores Cu-Mo porphyry, Peru. More recently, he was COO of Royal Road Minerals Ltd. exploring for gold in Colombia and Nicaragua. Vern holds a Bachelor of Science in geology.
Patrizia Ferrarese
Director
Patrizia Ferrarese
Director
Ms. Ferrarese has more than 20 years of experience in capital markets, entrepreneurship, and strategy consulting. Ms. Ferrarese held senior roles in business design and product management at IPC, Tangerine Bank and Praxair, with responsibility for strategic growth across Canada. Her management consulting experience includes engagements in South America and EMEA spanning graphite, oil and gas, and potash industries focused on identifying new market opportunities. Her career includes equity and options market making and trading in North America, culminating in portfolio and commodity trading manager roles as co-founder of an investment management company. Beyond her professional career, Ms. Ferrarese mentors case competition teams at the Rotman School of Management and is an Advisor with Catalyste+. Ms. Ferrarese holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi, an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from York University.
Denis Archambault
Director
Denis Archambault
Director
Mr. Archambault holds a Bachelor of Business (Finance) from the University of Ottawa and previously held for 25 years, a multitude of professional designations in the Real Estate and Finance Industry, (CRF, ACoM, Fri) granted by the Real Estate Institute of Canada REIC and Institute of Real Estate Management IREM. Mr. Archambault currently serves on the Finance and Investment Committee of two pension funds and also serves on the board of directors of a publicly traded tech company based in Ottawa. He also currently serves on the board of a privately held hotel and multi-use property in Miami, Florida.