Board and Management
Felipe Holzhacker Alves
Non-Executive Chairman
- International capital markets experience with extensive Brazilian network of gov agencies, financiers and technical, legal and tax firms
- Held various roles at Rand Merchant Bank, where he was mainly responsible for Latin American Investments
- Directors of public / private mining companies
- BSc (Mining Engineering) and MSc (Political Economy of Resources) Colorado School of Mines
- Founder/CEO of Frontera Minerals a Brazilian focused exploration and project development company (several discoveries and mine developments over past decade)
- *FORMER President of CBRR (Brazilian JORC)
Rodrigo Pasqua
Executive Director
- Corporate, operations and consulting roles in five continents with companies such as Sandfire Resources and Yamana
- Previously Group Head of Mining for Evolution Mining covering strategic planning, M&A and turnarounds on $100m-$2b assets
- Non-Executive Director of ASX companies
- Founder / MD of Harpia Group
- BEng (Mining) Uni of Sao Paulo, WA First Class Mine Manager Cert and specializations in Leadership, Strategy and Finance (Oxford, Illinois, Harvard)
Nestor Alvarez
VP Geology
- Seasoned geologist, with focus on project generation and project commissioning
- Participated and in charge of important discoveries including El Morro La Fortuna (Au Cu porphyry 6.7Moz Au, 9Blbs Cu), El Quevar (Medium sulfidation 60Moz Ag), Morro Verde (12% P2O5 50 Mt, potential for 150 Mt)
- Experience with Barrick, Codelco, Rio Tinto and Noranda. Previously Regional Manager with Apex Silver (Colombia, Brazil, Argentina), oversaw geology for Geomaque and Geology Director for Frontera Minerals Inc
- BSc (Geology) University of San Luis
Christian Milau
Non-Executive Director
- Experience building companies in capital markets and stakeholder relations
- Senior executive in the mining industry for 15 years. Previously CEO of Equinox Gold where he led the company’s growth from a single-asset developer to a multi-asset producer
- Prior to Equinox, he was CEO of True Gold Mining which was sold to Endeavour Mining
- Before entering the mining industry, Christian worked in investment banking with BNP Paribas in London.
- Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), BCom University of British Columbia