Advisory Team
Joanna Longo
Head, Investor Relations
+25 years as a strategic corporate advisor, guiding public companies through capital markets.
Leads advisory firm focused on investor relations, corporate development, and institutional positioning.
Capital Markets and Investor Relations: TerrePartners, BayFront Securities, Goodwill, and Equicom TMX Group.
Michael Zehr
Strategic Advisor
+25 years of distinguished background in government and regulatory affairs, critical minerals policy, and capital markets.
Corporate and Mining: Chilean Cobalt Corp, Whitemoon Magnesium, and Capital City Ventures LLC.
Finley Bakker
Advisor
+45 years of mining geology & exploration experience.
Specialized in identifying and mobilising tungsten and molybdenum assets in North America (formerly at CanTung)
Jeff Wilson
Advisor
+25 years of executive & directorship experience in the mineral exploration and mining investment industry.
Numerous equity financings, go-public, and M&A transactions
Bill Breen
Advisor
+41 years of experience for both junior exploration and mining companies including the largest mining companies in the world across precious metals, base metals, uranium, lithium and cobalt
Taylor Sulik
Advisor
+8 years U.S. intelligence & security experience.
President of Mithril Mining, a U.S. critical meals mining company
Daniel Nicholas
Director
Mr. Nicholas is currently a Senior Advisor to Ernst & Young (“EY”). He joined EY in early 2021 to assist EY and its clients in obtaining funding from US federal government sources. Mr. Nicholas advises EY clients in navigating the numerous sources of capital that are available through federal government programs and grant funding opportunities. Prior to joining EY, he was responsible for the USD$40 billion investment portfolio of the United States Department of Energy’s (the “DOE”) Loan Program Office (“LPO”) – including both the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan program (“ATVM”) and the Title XVll program. At LPO, Mr. Nicholas oversaw and structured investments in energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors.
Before accepting his appointment to the DOE, Mr. Nicholas had an over 30-year career in finance, at several firms including Morgan Stanley, Pali Capital, and Salomon Brothers, Inc. At Morgan Stanley, he launched several flagship funds for Morgan Stanley’s Investment Management’s Private Equity and Credit group. He has also worked as a public company Chief Financial Officer for several portfolio companies. Mr. Nicholas is a graduate of Cornell University, and he and his family split their time between New York City and Washington, DC.
Austin Zinsser, PG
Director
Mr. Zinsser is an accomplished mining professional and brings +15 years of experience in resource geology and mining project management.
Prior to joining American Tungsten, Austin held project manager and resource geologist positions at Sawtooth Earth Sciences, Perpetua Resources, and Midas Gold.
Duncan T. Blount
Director
Mr. Blount brings nearly two decades of global experience across natural resources, investment management, and corporate leadership. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Chilean Cobalt Corp., a company advancing the historic La Cobaltera cobalt-copper project in northern Chile.
He also spent a decade in the investment management industry, specializing in natural resources and emerging markets, holding key roles at Redwheel (formerly RWC Partners Ltd.) and Everest Capital Ltd.
In addition to his executive leadership roles, Mr. Blount serves on the Advisory Board of Ocean Minerals LLC, a private deep sea minerals exploration and development company. He holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, and a BA in Language and World Trade from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Carolyn Clark Loder
Director
Carolyn Clark Loder is a nationally recognized leader in U.S. mineral rights, royalties, permitting, and tribal engagement, with more than three decades of senior executive experience across the mining, energy, and materials sectors. She previously led U.S. Mineral Rights & Public Lands for Freeport-McMoRan—overseeing strategic minerals, exploration, and federal land positions critical to the domestic supply chain—and directed mineral rights, land management, and tribal relations for LafargeHolcim, managing billions of dollars in surface and mineral assets with global reach. Carolyn has served as President of Sonora Mining Corporation/Jamestown Mine, President of the California Mining Association, and Chair of the Minerals and Energy Committee for a U.S. Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Council, advising on national policy affecting minerals access and public lands.
She currently serves on the Boards of Integra Resources (NYSE: ITRG) and K2 Gold (TSX.V: KTO) and is a Board Advisor to Kodiak Copper. In 2023, she became the first living woman—and first woman in more than a century—to be inducted into the U.S. National Mining Hall of Fame. Widely honored for her leadership in land strategy, sovereign tribal partnerships, and ESG governance, Carolyn is also recognized as one of the “Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining.”
Her extensive experience in U.S. mineral policy, global resource strategy, and critical-minerals governance supports the strengthening of domestic supply chains essential to national and economic security.
