Team
Walter Coles, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Andrew MacRitchie, CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
Paul Geddes, P. Geo.
Vice President, Exploration & Resource Development
Mr. Geddes has more than 20 years of exploration and resource development experience in precious and base metals with a focus on economic geology. His career ranges from greenfield to brownfield exploration, holding progressively senior roles with major and junior mining companies including Noranda Mining and Exploration, Teck Exploration, INCO Technical Services, North American Palladium, Rainy River Resources and Barkerville Gold Mines. During his tenure at Rainy River Resources, he was an instrumental member of the team responsible for a ten-fold increase in global gold resources prior to the Company’s takeover by New Gold in 2013. Mr. Geddes is a registered professional geoscientist and member in good standing of APEGBC.
Kelly Earle, B. Sc. Geol., CPIR
Vice President, Communications
Justin Himmelright, B. Sc., M. Eng.
Vice President, Sustainability
Mr. Himmelright has over 25 years of experience in environmental management and developing social licence for natural resource projects. He’s a graduate of Simon Fraser University (B.Sc.) and the University of British Columbia (M. Eng.) and is a Registered Professional Biologist in BC. Mr. Himmelright previously served as Vice President responsible for sustainability matters for several publicly listed companies and has also worked as a consultant to Indigenous communities on mining proposals within their Territories and with non-profit organizations. He’s a former Board member of the Yukon Mine Training Association and the Autism Society of BC and is currently an associate instructor at the Norman Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering (UBC) on the topic of Indigenous peoples and mining in Canada.
Ron Nichols, B. Sc., P. Eng.
Chief Geologist
Mylene Arviola
Office Manager & Accounting Assistant
Clea Sutherland
Manager, Communications & Administration
Ms. Sutherland recently entered the mining industry as the first point of contact for Skeena Resources. Pulling from her background in customer service she is focused on driving the company’s communication initiatives. Ms. Sutherland holds a BBA, specializing in Sustainable Business Leadership, from BCIT.