About Thesis

Dr. Webster brings over a decade of expertise in mineral exploration and capital markets, with a proven track record of driving project success across the Americas. Since joining the Lawyers-Ranch project as Chief Geologist in 2018, Dr. Webster has played a pivotal role in advancing the project to a 4.7 Moz AuEq resource, delivering a robust Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), and facilitating over $100M in capital raises.

Dr. Webster holds a First-Class Honours degree in Geology from the University of Glasgow and a Ph.D. in Geoscience from the University of Calgary. He is also a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC).

With a combination of technical expertise and strategic vision, Dr. Webster continues to drive innovation and growth within the mineral exploration sector.

Committees: Corporate Governance Committee

Mr. Stajduhar is an accomplished financial industry professional with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of sales and operations. Prior to joining Thesis Gold, he was an Independent Consultant and prior to that he was VP of Sales and Trading at Desjardins Capital Markets and Head of Institutional Sales at Byron Capital Markets. Mr. Stajduhar currently serves on the Board of Directors of Founders Metals Inc.

Committees: Audit Committee

Mr. David Garratt, CPA, CA, brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience, including senior roles with several public mining companies. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Cordoba Minerals Corp. and Kaizen Discovery Inc., and as Vice President, Corporate Controller at Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. With more than 20 years of mining industry experience, Mr. Garratt has broad experience with seeing companies through the various stages of a mine’s lifecycle, from early exploration right up to production.

Mr. Garratt began his career with Deloitte, where he obtained his CPA, CA designation while managing audit and advisory services across a range of industries. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Evan Orovan is a highly experienced economic geologist with over 15 years of global experience, specializing in porphyry-epithermal systems and exploration strategies in lithocap and green rock environments. His extensive work spans leading porphyry provinces in the SW Pacific, South America, and North America. His expertise includes leading teams in economic geology research, managing critical mineral systems projects, and overseeing exploration initiatives on world-class deposits.

Dr. Orovan, a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo), is recognized as an expert in his field. He has served as Guest Editor for three special issues in Economic Geology and is an inaugural Editorial Board member for SEG Discovery, the quarterly publication for members of the Society of Economic Geologists.

Dr. Orovan holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University of Tasmania’s Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits (CODES). 

Miss Kettina Cordero brings over 15 years of expertise in investor relations and corporate communications within the mining industry. Her career spans companies of all sizes, from small-cap to large-cap organizations in the precious and base metals sectors.

She has held key roles with industry leaders, including Pan American Silver Corp., Alexco Resource Corp., Capstone Copper Corp., and Aris Mining Corporation. Miss Cordero is a Director of Mines D’Or Orbec and Co-Chair of Women in Mining BC.

Ms. Cordero holds a Diploma in Commerce and Production from Instituto Superior BBZ in Lima, Peru, and earned the Certified Professional Investor Relations designation from the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) in 2012.

Eric Pierce has spent 28 years serving the BC resource sector working with regulators, industry, Indigenous groups and stakeholders. At Thesis Gold, his focus is on building and maintaining good relationships with our neighbours and ensuring exemplary operational environmental protection at the project site. With a background in environmental management and training in biology, he is the Company’s lead on the Environmental Assessment for the project as well as on environmental permitting and management plans. Eric is proud to be from and continues to work in the central interior and has led several small mineral exploration projects in the area.

Nicole Rioseco joined Thesis Gold in 2023, bringing over five years of experience in the mining industry. She has worked on porphyry, epithermal, IOCG, and Carlin-style deposits across North and South America. Nicole's expertise extends to bridging industry and academia, having co-supervised undergraduate research projects, hosted student field schools, and contributed to community engagement and geoscience education in both British Columbia and Chile. She holds a BA in Geology (Cum Laude) from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an MSc in Geoscience from the University of Calgary.