Leadership

Mr. Black is currently a Partner of Almonty Partners LLC and has over 15 years of experience in the tungsten mining industry. From June 2005 to December 2007, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Primary Metals Inc. (“PMI”), a former TSX-V listed tungsten mining company. Mr. Black also formerly served as head of sales and marketing for SC Mining Tungsten, Thailand.

Mr. Trachuk is a lawyer and is a Partner in the Business Law Group at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto. He practices in the area of corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. Mr. Trachuk is the chair of Osler’s International Practice Group and is the former chair of Osler’s Corporate Practice Group and Corporate Finance Practice Group. Mr. Trachuk holds a B.A. from Carleton University, an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics. He also holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Trachuk is called in Ontario, British Columbia and England and Wales.

Dr. Gutschlag is a qualified economist with a degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg and a doctorate from the University of Mannheim.

Mr. Kim is currently Chairman and CEO of AMCHAM Korea, the largest foreign chamber in South Korea.  He has been in this position since 2017.

Prior to AMCHAM, Mr. Kim served as Chairman, CEO and President of GM Korea where he was responsible for 17,000 employees (sales, manufacturing, distribution and design) in Korea.  Mr. Kim joined GM Korea from Microsoft Korea, where he had served as Country Manager and CEO.  His previous roles included CEO of Yahoo! Korea and Asia Regional Vice President of Overture (a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo).  Mr. Kim holds a B. A. in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Mr Costa is the CEO and a director of Base Carbon Inc. (NEO: “BCBN”).  Base Carbon is in the business of providing capital, development expertise and management operating resources to projects involved primarily in voluntary carbon markets and the broader global ESG economy.  Prior to Base Carbon, Mr. Costa served  as an Executive and Head Portfolio Manager at CMP Funds (Dundee Corporation), UBS Canada Principal Investing, and Goldman Sachs Canada Special Situation Group.  Mr Costa graduated cum laude with honours in Economics from Colgate University. 

Mr Frazer has over 30 years of capital markets experience and is the founder and managing director of Lazarus Corporate Finance Pty Ltd. He formerly held senior roles at Morgan Stanley, Patersons Securities, Hartleys, Azure Capital, focused on equity capital market transactions with clients both locally and internationally. Mr Frazer graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce – Honours, Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws, and has also obtained his CFA Charter, along with a Diploma from the Securities Institute of the Australian Stock Exchange.

Mr. Gelmon obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of British Columbia and subsequently attained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1995 and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. Mr. Gelmon has provided his expertise to several TSX Venture Exchange listed companies in the capacity of director, chief financial officer and consultant. His background as a CPA, CA, provides the Company with the necessary skills required for financial management, reporting operating results to the Board of Directors, liaison with financial institutions, and compliance with today’s complex regulatory reporting requirements.