Directors
Tom Meyer
President, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorMr. Meyer is a professional engineer with over 23 years in the mining industry, including 16 years in Canadian and international capital markets as a highly ranked and respected mining equity research and commodity analyst. The early part of Mr. Meyer's technical training and experience was spent with Falconbridge Limited, Inco Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines and Minnovex Technologies. Most recently he held the position of Vice President Corporate Development at Trevali Mining Corporation. Mr. Meyer holds B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc degrees from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from McMaster University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
Simon Marcotte
Executive Chairman, DirectorMr. Marcotte is President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Superior Resources Inc., which is advancing several projects in the rapidly emerging Chibougamau Gold Camp in Quebec. He was the founder, President, and CEO of Royal Fox Gold Inc., until its acquisition by Northern Superior Resources in 2022. Mr. Marcotte's played a pivotal role in the launch of Arena Minerals Inc. within the lithium sector and remained instrumental to the company until its acquisition by Lithium Americas Corp. Mr. Marcotte was a co-founder of Mason Graphite Inc., which was renamed Mason Resources following a strategic transaction with Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc., which he spearheaded as an advisor. He is also a director of Freeman Gold Corp., a company he co-founded. Mr. Marcotte has nearly 25 years of experience in the capital markets, including with CIBC World Markets, Sprott & Cormark Securities. Mr. Marcotte is also actively involved in merchant banking activities in the junior mining industry. Mr. Marcotte is a CFA Charterholder and has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Sherbrooke.
Adree DeLazzer
DirectorMs. DeLazzer is Vice President Exploration for Northern Superior Resources Inc. since the acquisition of Royal Fox Gold Inc. where she acted as Vice-President Exploration since September 2021. Ms. DeLazzer has been an independent director of Mason Resources since December 2022. Prior to joining Royal Fox Gold, and ultimately Northern Superior Resources, Ms. DeLazzer was with Kirkland Lake Gold Limited, where she held the position of Superintendent of Geology for the Detour Lake Gold Mine in northeastern Ontario, as well as Exploration Manager responsible for overseeing several multimillion-dollar exploration campaigns covering 1,000 km2 of greenstone belt in the Abitibi. She is a skilled exploration professional geologist who was notably an integral part of the 58N zone discovery, and of the large West Detour exploration campaigns of 2020 and 2021. Ms. DeLazzer has a B.Sc. in Earth Science from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is registered in Ontario as a professional geologist.
Christian Kargl-Simard
DirectorMr. Kargl-Simard is a professional engineer with over 19 years of experience in the mining industry, having worked both in technical and finance roles. Prior to founding Adventus, he worked for 10 years in investment banking roles at Raymond James Ltd. and Haywood Securities Inc. During his tenure in investment banking, Mr. Kargl-Simard was involved in financings raising more than $7 billion, and he assisted in completing over 35 M&A transactions. Mr. Kargl-Simard also worked for Dynatec Corporation in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta up to its sale to Sherritt International Corp. in 2007, both in metallurgical engineering and corporate development roles. Mr. Kargl-Simard is a professional engineer (Alberta) and holds a B.A.Sc. degree in Metals and Materials Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Surge Copper Corporation.
Brian Penny
DirectorMr. Penny is a CPA, CMA and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Wallbridge Mining Company Limited. Mr. Penny is an experienced mining Industry executive, with over 30 years' experience in leadership roles in finance. Prior to joining Wallbridge as CFO in 2018, Mr. Penny held a number of senior positions, including Executive Vice President and CFO of New Gold Inc. and Vice President of Finance and CFO of Kinross Gold Corporation. He played a leading role in the performance of the companies he represented, maintaining capital allocation discipline, and delivering shareholder returns, while strengthening the balance sheet. Mr. Penny also brings broad board experience, having served as non-executive director of Equinox Minerals Limited (2004 to 2011), Alamos Gold Inc. (2005 to 2008); and Baffinland Iron Mines Limited (2004 to 2008). Most recently, Mr. Penny served as a Director of Maverix Metals Inc. (2019 to 2023). Mr. Penny is a CPA, CMA with a strong background in M&A spanning geographies, commodities, and stages of company and project development within the natural resource sector.
