Board of Directors
Ali Haji
Chief Executive Officer, Director
+20 years of strategic leadership: metals and mining, investment management, capital markets experience.
CEO and Director of ION Energy Ltd, advisor to Steppe Gold and other resource companies.
Led transformative M&A initiatives at Invesco.
Carolyn Loder
Director
+30 years of senior executive experience across the mining, energy, and materials sectors.
Senior mining roles with Freeport-McMoRan, LafargeHolcim and Sonora Mining Corporation/Jamestown Mine.
Director: Integra Resources and K2 Gold.
First living woman inducted into the U.S. National Mining Hall of Fame.
Dan Nicholas
Director
Senior Advisor to Ernst & Young (“EY”).
Managed $40B investment portfolio of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (the “DOE”) Loan Program Office (“LPO”).
Investment Banking: Morgan Stanley, Pali Capital, and Salomon Brothers, Inc.
Jim Whittaker
Director
+35 years of operations in the mining industry.
Metallurgical engineer having held operational and project development roles throughout the Americas. Currently COO Capstone Copper.
Former President of Escondida for BHP, COO of OceanaGold, senior leader at Barrick
Duncan Blount
Director
+20 years in global natural resources and capital markets.
Deep investment management background focused on commodities and emerging markets. Currently CEO of Chilean Cobalt Corp
Former CEO of Decklar Resources.
Strategic advisor to multiple resource companies, including Ocean Minerals LLC
