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This list showcases the top British Columbia based CFO’ operating in the Precious Metals space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Lindsay A Hall
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Hecla Mining Company
Lindsay A. Hall was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 18, 2016. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hall was Chief Financial Officer for Goldcorp Inc. from April 2006 to March 2016 and also Executive Vice President from March 2006 to March 2016. Mr. Hall served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Placer Dome from November 2005 to February 2016. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation from January 2004 to October 2005 and also served as Vice President and Treasurer from June 2015 to October 2006. He was also Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy Americas, of Duke Energy Corporation, from January 2005 to October 2005. Prior to that, from 1985 to December 2013, Mr. Hall held various positions with Duke Energy with companies that later became part of Canada’s Westcoast Energy.
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About Hecla Mining Company: Hecla Mining Company is the largest primary silver producer.
Praveen Varshney
Chief Financial Officer of Canada Zinc Metals
Praveen K. Varshney is principal and director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. He currently is or has been a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange or the TSX including Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX: MOGO) and Hempco Food and Fiber Inc. (TSXV: HEMP).
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About Canada Zinc Metals, Little Kitchen Academy: Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining.
Tom Arnould
CFO & Corporate Secretary of Medallion Resources
Mr Arnould is a graduate from Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, receiving his Chartered Accountant’s designation after articling with Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in 1982. Since then, he has worked with various private companies in the food processing and distribution and group-benefits areas where he assisted with the sale of these companies to public entities. More recently, he has worked as a CFO of a private strategic-marketing firm and as a principal with Adler Business Solutions Inc. In addition, he consults with other companies on finance and accounting matters.
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About Medallion Resources: Medallion Resources is a mining company that specializes in rare-earth elements, monazite, critical metals, NdPr, magnet metals, and REE.
Grant Smith
CFO of Premium Exploration Inc
Smith’s background includes experience in operating and exploration mining companies throughout North and South America. He brings audit experience from two of Vancouver’s highly respected audit and accounting firms and has audit experience in mining companies with reporting for TSX, TSX Venture and AMEX. His management background extends over 20 years and includes a diverse variety of operations and organizations. He was previously the CFO for Aurcana Mining Corporation a silver producer in Mexico. Smith is a partner at Clearline Chartered Accountants.
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About Clearline Chartered Professional Accountants, Premium Exploration Inc: Premium Exploration Inc. is a Canada-based company engaged in advancing its district-sized Idaho Gold Project.
John Wenger
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Pilot Gold
Mr. Wenger worked for Ernst & Young LLP Chartered Accountants from 2001 to 2011, where he acquired considerable experience in financial reporting for both Canadian and U.S. publicly listed companies, primarily in the mining industry. As a manager within the assurance practice of Ernst & Young, Mr.Wenger is well versed in the requirements of complex regulatory environments, and the requirements of Canadian GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. His responsibilities included implementing and testing internal controls, conducting IFRS conversion advisory services, and leading the audits of numerous publicly-listed multinational mining companies. Mr. Wenger has been a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 2006.
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About Pilot Gold: Pilot Gold is led by the same management and technical teams that built Fronteer Gold, a strong growth company.
Rob Scott
Chief Financial Officer of Riverside Resources
Mr. Scott has over 17 years of professional experience in the areas of corporate finance, accounting, and merchant and commercial banking. He is a C.A., a CFA Charterholder and earned a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Scott has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Riverside Resources Inc. since March 2007 and prior to that, Mr. Scott worked at a private Vancouver-based merchant bank and a major Canadian bank in its commercial banking division and merchant banking subsidiary. He earned his C.A. designation in 1998 while working in corporate tax, accounting and assurance at a Vancouver-based accounting firm, and in 2002, he qualified for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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About Nickel One Resources Inc., Riverside Resources: Riverside Resources is a well-funded mineral exploration company advancing multiple projects through JVs and strategic partnerships.
Tim Thiessen
Chief Financial Officer of SnipGold Corp.
Interim Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Thiessen has over 15 years of international experience in public accounting and the mining industry. Since 2011 he has been the CFO of Foran Mining Corporation. Previously he was CFO of Aurcana Corporation, a TSX.V-listed mining company with silver-copper-zinc operations in Mexico and a silver development project in Texas and was VP of Finance for TSX-listed Endeavour Financial Ltd., an advisory firm in the mining industry. He has also held positions as controller for Endeavour Mining Capital Corp., corporate accountant for several off-shore subsidiaries of Silver Wheaton Corp. and as an auditor for Deloitte LLP with a focus in the mining and financial services industries. Mr. Thiessen is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About SnipGold Corp.: SnipGold Corp. exploration and expansion of gold and copper resources.
Jeff Finkelstein
Chief Financial Officer of Argentex Mining Corp
Mr. Finkelstein is a senior-level executive with extensive financial experience in US and Canadian public and private companies. His background includes senior management positions with junior and senior listed companies, including Silver Standard Resources and Sierra Geothermal Power. Mr. Finkelstein holds both a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Economics, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree, both awarded by the University of Manitoba, and has been a Chartered Accountant since 1990.
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About Argentex Mining Corp: Argentex Mining Corporation is a junior exploration resource company focused on advancing its Pinguino Silver/Gold Project in Santa Cruz,
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
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