Our Team

Serial entrepreneur, geochemist and geologist with 40+ years experience in mining. Since 2004, as CEO or Chairman, Mr. Matysek has sold six publicly listed companies, in aggregate worth over $3-billion.

Mr. Kettell is a co-founder of New Found Gold Corp. (2016) and of Palisades Goldcorp Ltd. (2013), a Canadian resource investment company. Mr. Kettell is an active participant in the resource sector and is founder of Nevada King Gold Corp. and Radio Fuels Resources Corp.

Chartered Professional Accountant with expertise in corporate finance, corporate reporting, financial processes, and risk management. As senior executive, has sold five assets in aggregate worth over $1-billion.

John Sclodnick has worked in equity research for over a decade, most recently leading the mining equity research team at Desjardins Capital Markets since 2021. He has covered primarily precious metals companies, with a range of development stages from exploration to large cap producers. Over that time, he has developed strong relationships with institutional investors and mining industry professionals. Mr. Sclodnick holds a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Dalhousie University, and an M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business where he graduated from the Global Mining Management program.

Mining engineer with over 30+ years of operations, consulting and investment banking experience. Previously CEO of New Found Gold Corp. Includes work on feasibility studies for numerous mining projects worldwide, investment banking/ due diligence roles in over 200 institutional equity financings. Significant experience advising management and boards on merger and acquisition transactions.

Geologist with over 38 years experience in the mineral exploration industry, much of it gained in Africa, Sth. America and the Asia-Pacific region. Has worked in a management capacity with several exploration and mining companies in Australia and internationally since 1986. Involved with the Ivanhoe Group of companies since 1994, including Ivanhoe Australia, Ivanhoe Philippines and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. Presently has directorships with the following publicly listed companies: Trilogy Metals Inc., and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. Holds a Bachelor of Science, Geology, degree from Sierra Nevada University, Nevada, USA.

President of Quest Geological Consultants, a geoconsultancy group focused on minerals exploration in North America. Over 40 years experience in the evaluation, design, and management of base and precious metals exploration projects in the United States and Asia. M.A. in Geology from California State University (1981); Professional Geoscientist (P. Geo.) registered in Ontario, Canada with APGO.

University of Utah graduate with over 7 years of exploration geology experience across Nevada and Northern Arizona for precious metals, primarily Gold. Experienced in low-sulfidation, Carlin-type, and near-surface oxide Au deposits at all stages from greenfield early-stage reconnaissance and prospecting to advanced brownfield drill programs and project management.

United States Marine Corps Veteran. Graduated summa cum laude from The Citadel with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting. 7+ years of experience leading a team in the commercial real estate space with more than $3.5 billion in multifamily loan approvals.

Economic geologist with 12+ years of exploration experience, mainly related to gold in the western US. Worked on a number of exploration projects across north-central Nevada, including management of a deep drilling program at the Arch discovery.

United States Army veteran. Graduated with a BSc and MSc in Geological Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso. Focuses include economic geology, data management and brine geochemistry. Exploration geologist with experience working in volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and low sulfidation epithermal deposits.

Founder and Director of AI Resource Exploration. Specialist in deciphering structural controls of mineralization. 30+ years in exploration senior management and led major discoveries of Gold, Copper, Uranium, Iron Ore, Tin-COLTAN, and Nickel worldwide. Inventor of the AI-backed CAGE-IN technology for data integration, query, interpretation for rapid drill targeting. PhD Structural Geology.

Led exploration teams as a senior geologist for Newmont contributing to the discovery of several multi-million ounce gold deposits in Nevada, including the Leeville (Newmont), Fiberline (Newmont) and North Dark Star (Gold Standard Ventures) deposits.

Internationally-recognized metallurgist who previously served as Director of Metallurgy and Technology of Newmont, where he managed corporate metallurgical laboratory and R&D staff responsible for global Newmont process development and engineering design projects.

Internationally experienced geophysicist who previously served as Chief Geophysicist for Newmont and for Normandy Mining where he managed both greenfields, brownfields and in-mine geophysical exploration efforts. Both positions followed numerous years of field geophysical exploration. Is currently a consultant at Thomas V Weis and Associates Inc. working on projects around the world.