Elmer B. Stewart, P. Geol, MSc.
Chairperson of the Board, President, and CEO
Mr. Stewart has 49 years of domestic and international experience in mining and exploration for gold, uranium, base metals and copper. During his career, Elmer has been involved in the financing and acquisition of base metal and gold projects as well the development and construction of two underground mines and the construction and operation of three open pit gold mines. Elmer led the 2013 Feasibility Study on the Schaft Creek project and was directly involved with negotiating the Schaft Creek Joint Venture Agreement with Teck Resources Limited. Elmer negotiated the acquisition of Van Dyke and Sombrero Butte projects and supervised the work to advance the Van Dyke project to a development stage project. Elmer also recognized the mineral potential of the area comprising the Mineral Mountain project and negotiated the acquisition of the Eaglehead porphyry copper project. With approximately 35 years of experience at the senior management level for various companies listed on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange, he is currently the Chairman, CEO and President of Copper Fox Metals Inc., and a director of Liard Copper Mines Ltd. Elmer is Copper Fox’s representative on the Management Committee for the Schaft Creek Joint Venture.
R. Hector Mackay-Dunn, K.C.
Director
Mr. MacKay-Dunn is a Senior Partner at Farris LLP with 30+ years of experience providing advice to high-growth public and private companies and public institutions, over a broad range of industry sectors including life sciences, technology, health, mining and clean tech. Hector has extensive experience in advising on corporate domestic & cross-border public & private securities offerings, M&A, international partnering & licensing transactions, and to boards of directors and independent board committees on corporate governance matters. Hector is recognized by Lexpert® as being among the Top 100 Canada/US Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; by Best Lawyers as 2020 Lawyer of the Year in Biotech, 2021 M&A tech, and corporate & securities; Chambers Canada 2021. Hector is a recipient of the LifeSciences BC Milton Wong Leadership Award, King’s Counsel (BC) designation for exceptional merit and contribution to the legal profession, and AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Hector has served as board member with several private and public companies including Aurinia Pharmaceuticals and Copper Fox Metals, and the board of the BC Tech Association, chair of the BC Innovation Council, Genome BC, and the board of Tennis Canada. Admitted to the BC, Alberta, and Ontario Bars.
J. Michael Smith
Director
Mr. Smith has been a director of Copper Fox since September 2004 and served as Executive Vice President until his retirement in September 2013. Directly associated with daily activities of Copper Fox, including financings and preparation of a Preliminary Feasibility Study and Feasibility Study on the Schaft Creek project he also was involved in negotiating the Schaft Creek Joint Venture Agreement between Copper Fox and Teck in 2013. Prior to joining Copper Fox Mike had a 38 year banking career with RBC Royal Bank, holding senior management positions in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and New York.
Ernesto Echavarria, CPA
Director
Mr. Echavarria is a Certified Public Accountant and has extensive experience both at the executive and board levels of large corporations. Ernesto is a significant investor with several major corporations in Mexico and is a controlling shareholder, executive and director of Franks Distributing which is a major international distributor of fruit and vegetable produce, as well as being an investor and director of numerous other entities including mining companies.
Mark Brown, B.Comm, CPA, C.A.
Director and CFO
Mr. Brown is the President of Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Pacific Opportunity is a financial consulting and merchant banking firm active in venture capital markets in North America. Mark brings over 25 years of executive management experience in the mining sector to his role with the Company. His corporate activities include merger and acquisition transactions, financing, strategic corporate planning, and corporate development. Mark received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Mark is an officer and director of a number of public and private companies. Mark is also a very active hockey coach and is himself an avid hockey player, golfer and skier.
Manuel Gomez, CFA
Director
Mr. Gomez holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico and an MBA from City University in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Gomez received his CFA in 1993 and during his career has held the positions of Fund Manager with United Bank of Switzerland (‘UBS’) and Senior Vice President with Credit Suisse Group. Mr. Gomez is an independent consultant, a member of the Institute of Directors (London) and serves as a director in another public company.