Management & Directors
Elevation Gold is supported by a team of professionals experienced in all aspects of mining finance, precious metals exploration and development, and strategic operations.
Drawing from this depth of expertise is paramount as the Company advances its mining operations at the flagship Moss Mine and its exploration on the wider Moss and Hercules properties.
Douglas J. Hurst
Chairman
Mr. Hurst has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry as geologist, consultant, mining analyst, and senior executive and holds a Bachelor of Science in geology from McMaster University (1986). He was a mining analyst with McDermid St. Lawrence and Sprott Securities and a contract analyst to Pacific International Securities and Octagon Capital up until 1995. From 1995 to 2003 Mr. Hurst operated D.S. Hurst Inc. a company offering corporate, evaluation and financing consulting services to the mining industry. He was a founding executive of International Royalty Corporation from 2003 to 2006 and a director of the company until 2010 when the company was purchased by Royal Gold for $700 million and a founder of Newmarket Gold, which was sold to Kirkland Lake Gold in 2016 for $1 billion. Mr. Hurst currently serves as a director at Calibre Mining and Newcore Gold.
Tim J. Swendseid
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Swendseid has over 35 years of worldwide experience in operating, technical and financial aspects of mining projects. Prior to joining the Company at the end of 2021, Tim held senior industry management positions including Chief Operating Officer of Boroo Mining Company, SVP Operations and Technical at CMOC International, President of Consulting Services, Americas at RPM Global, General Manager for the Mulatos Mine at Alamos Gold, VP Engineering at Frontera Copper and various management and technical roles at Phelps Dodge Corp. Tim holds a B. S. in Mining Engineering from Montana Tech, an MBA from the University of Arizona and is a CFA Charterholder.
William Dean
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Dean has over 30 years of international experience and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Ensign Minerals, Lydian International and for Nevada Iron. He has also held senior financial positions at Sierra Gorda SCM, Alacer Gold and Meridian Gold. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
James Fowler
General Manager, Moss Mine
Mr. Fowler has over 35 years of international mining experience across both open pit and underground operations in multiple commodities. Jim has previously served as Managing Director at three different CMOC operations, Vice President of North American Operations for Kinross Gold Corp, and held various leadership positions with Freeport McMoRan/Phelps Dodge. He holds a B.S. in Geology from California State University Sacramento.
Justine De Boom
Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. De Boom has over 30 years of worldwide experience in human resources and safety management in mining projects. Prior to joining the Company in 2020, Ms. De Boom held senior management positions at Curtain Bros Group and FMR Investments. She holds Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management and memberships in Women in Mining (Arizona Chapter) and the Society for Human Resource Management.
Shayla Forster
Corporate Secretary
Ms. Forster is an experienced corporate secretary and has worked with various companies ranging from start-up private companies to mid-tier market cap public companies in the mining, bio-tech, technology and agricultural industries. She is President of Forster Corporate Consulting Inc., a privately held consulting company offering corporate secretarial services to publicly listed companies. Ms. Forster previously served as Corporate Secretary of Eclipse Gold Mining Corp. (TSXV) until it merged with Northern Vertex Mining Corp. to form Elevation Gold Mining Corp. in February 2021 and as Corporate Secretary of Northern Empire Resources Corp. (TSXV), from February 2017 until October 2018, when it was acquired by Coeur Mining.
Michael Haworth
Director
Michael Haworth is a Senior Partner at Greenstone Resources L.P., a private equity fund he co-founded in 2013 that specializes in the mining and metals sector. Together with colleague Mark Sawyer, Mr. Haworth oversees all aspects of the management of Greenstone Resources. Specifically, Mr. Haworth serves as a director of Greenstone Management Ltd; the fund’s General Partner and is a member and co-chairman of the Investment Committee.
Geoff Burns
Director
Geoff Burns is Chairman of Maverix Metals Inc. (“Maverix”), an emerging precious metals royalty and streaming company he co-founded in 2016. Prior to Maverix, he served as President, CEO and Director of Pan American Silver Corp. from May 2003 until December 2015. Mr. Burns has more than 35 years experience in the precious metals mining industry, which includes extensive experience throughout North and South America in project development and mine operations. Throughout his career he has led or been a part of numerous capital market transactions raising in excess of $1.2 billion in equity, debt and convertible debt. During his tenure, Mr. Burns was instrumental in completing a number of key transformational acquisitions and oversaw the growth in Pan American’s annual silver production from 7.0 million ounces to in excess of 25 million ounces. Mr. Burns holds a BSc. Majors in Geology and an MBA.
David Peat
Director
Mr. Peat was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Frontera Copper Corporation, Vice President and Global Controller at Newmont Mining Corporation and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Homestake Mining Company. He currently serves as a director of Gatos Silver Inc. and Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. Mr. Peat has over 30 years of experience in financial leadership in support of mining corporations.
Raymond Threlkeld
Director
Mr. Threlkeld is a seasoned mining professional with more than thirty years of experience in mineral exploration, mine operations and construction and executive management. Currently, Ray, is a director of Calibre Mining. Ray was recently Chairman of Newmarket Gold and became a director of Kirkland Lake Gold upon the sale of Newmarket to Kirkland for $1 Billion. In addition, Ray was a Director of Northern Empire which was sold to Coeur Mining in 2018 for US$90 million. Ray was President and CEO of Rainy River Resources that was developing the 4-million-ounce Rainy River gold deposit in Ontario. New Gold purchased Rainy River for $310 million in 2013. From 2006 to 2009 Ray led the Western Goldfields team that acquired, developed, and put into operation the Mesquite Gold Mine in California prior to being purchased by New Gold for $314 million in 2009. From 1996 to 2004 Ray held a variety of senior executive positions with Barrick Gold Corporation rising to the position of Vice President, Project Development. Among his accomplishments were the Pierina Mine in Peru, Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania, Veladero Mine in Argentina, Lagunas Norte Mine in Peru and the Cowel Mine in Australia. Mr. Threlkeld holds a B.Sc. degree in Geology from the University of Nevada.
Marcel De Groot
Advisor
Marcel de Groot is a founding partner and President of Pathway Capital Ltd, a Vancouver-based private venture capital corporation. Pathway has worked with a number of successful mining companies including Peru Copper Inc. (acquired by Chinalco), and Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Mr. de Groot graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and articled with Grant Thornton LLP where he obtained the Chartered Accountant designation. He is currently a director of Galiano Gold Inc.
W. Perry Durning, M.Sc.
Exploration Advisor
Mr. Durning has been active in mineral exploration for over 43 years. He graduated with a B.Sc. in geology from San Diego State University and a M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the University of Arizona. Mr. Durning has worked extensively throughout the western U.S.A., Mexico and Central and South America. During his career he worked for Amax Exploration, SAGE Associates and Occidental Minerals, before becoming Exploration Manager and then President of Fischer-Watt Gold Co., Inc. Mr. Durning cofounded La Cuesta International, Inc. in 1993 and has worked primarily in Mexico since that time. Much of his career has focused on grassroots exploration in pioneering areas. Mr. Durning and Mr. Hillemeyer were selected by the PDAC as the 2010 co-award winners of the Thayer Lindsley Award in recognition for La Cuesta's multiple grassroots discoveries in Mexico.
F. L. "Bud" Hillemeyer, M.Sc.
Exploration Advisor
Mr. Hillemeyer has been actively involved in mineral exploration in the United States and Latin America for more than 27 years. Mr. Hillemeyer has conducted extensive exploration programs in the western U.S., Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Geology and from San Diego State University with a M.Sc. in Geology. Mr. Hillemeyer co-founded La Cuesta International, Inc. in 1993 and has worked with an extensive array of clients including Kennecott, Meridian Gold, BHP, MIM, Hecla Mining, Crown Resources, Monarch Resources, Silver Standard Resources, Canplats Resources and others. Mr. Hillemeyer was recognized for his success in mineral exploration as the co-recipient of the 2010 Thayer Lindsley Award for an international mineral discovery. The award recognized Mr. Hillemeyer and his partner, Perry Durning, for their grassroots discoveries in Mexico including the San Sebastián, San Agustin, Pitarrilla and Camino Rojo projects.