Roy Bonnell
M.Sc., MBA – Chairman & Director
Roy Bonnell
M.Sc., MBA – Chairman & Director
Roy is an entrepreneurial businessman who has founded and held executive roles such as Chairman, CEO, and Directorships of numerous capital, exploration and technology companies over the last 26 years. Early in his career he held the position of legal counsel for a company that listed on the NYSE. In 1996, Roy became a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds a B.A. (Honours) from Queen's University, an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, an M.B.A. from McGill University, and a Law Degree from the University of Western Ontario.
Ewan Webster
PhD., P.Geo
President, CEO & Director
Ewan Webster
PhD., P.Geo
President, CEO & Director
Ewan is an exploration geologist who has worked for a number of public companies in North and South America, on a variety of different deposit types. He holds a First-Class Honours degree in geology from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, a Geoscience B.C funded PhD from the University of Calgary and is a registered professional geoscientist in British Columbia. His PhD research focused on unraveling aspects of the structure, stratigraphy, tectonics, and metamorphism of southeastern British Columbia.
Justin Bourassa
CFO
Justin Bourassa
CFO
Justin has over 15 years’ experience in the management, governance and reporting of private and publicly-listed exploration and mining companies.
Nicholas Stajduhar
Business Development & Director
Nicholas Stajduhar
Business Development & Director
Nick is an accomplished financial industry professional with 15 years of experience in all aspects of sales and operations. Nick has a proven track record of capital raising, is a highly knowledgeable market professional with strong communication and client relationship skills.
Douglas Sarkissian
Director
Douglas Sarkissian
Director
Mr. Sarkissian assumed the role of president of Guardsmen Resources Inc. in August 2018. Guardsmen is a 30 year old private mineral exploration company focused on British Columbia. Previously, he was an investment advisor with Wood Gundy in Toronto and Calgary. He has experience as part of a management team that put a mineral property near Helena Montana into production, opening old workings, establishing a mill and enabling delivery of concentrates to the Asarco smelter in Helena. Subsequently, he became a lawyer, initially practicing with Swinton & Company in their securities department in Vancouver. For the past 35 years he worked as a lawyer in his boutique law firm in West Vancouver, British Columbia. During that time his practise was engaged, among others, by several corporate and securities interested business ventures.
Thomas Mumford
PhD., P.Geo
Director
Thomas Mumford
PhD., P.Geo
Director
Dr. Mumford is an exploration geologist with over 15 years experience. He has extensive technical and project management experience in Au, REE, Cu-porphyry, and U deposits. He is a registered professional geologist and professional engineering licensee with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC), and currently acts as the Vice President, Exploration for Scottie Resources Corp. He is a director for the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) and has served as a lecturer at Carleton University and British Columbia Institute of Technology. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from University of New Brunswick, and a Ph.D. from Carleton University which focused on magmatic controls of the Nechalacho REE deposit in the NWT.