Mr Gallagher is a Professional Mining Engineer with over 35 years of experience in mine operations, projects and executive management. He was most recently CEO of North American Palladium where he lead an operational turn-around which culminated in the sale of the company to Impala Platinum of South Africa late in 2019. Previously Mr Gallagher was Global Director of Mining for Hatch leading a large mine design and EPCM team on numerous projects around the world. He also spent over 20 years with Falconbridge in a number of engineering, project and operational management roles. Mr Gallagher has been a board member of Harte Gold, Continental Gold and the Ontario Mining association.
Mr. Drost is Professional Geoscientist (Ontario) with a 35 year career and is a former President and Director of Sabina Gold and Silver (SBB:TSX), former President and Director of Sandspring Resources Inc. (SSP:TSXV) and former CEO, Director of Source Exploration Corp. (SOP:TSXV) now Mexican Gold Corp. Mr. Drost is a former Chairman of Premier Gold Mines USA Inc. and the former CEO and founding Director of Premier Royalty Inc. (NSR:TSX), prior to the sale to Sandstorm Gold. He was a former CEO and then Director of Mega Precious Metals Inc. (MGP:TSXV) at the sale to Yamana. Mr. Drost was most recently CEO and Director of Carlisle Goldfields Ltd. (CGJ:TSX) at the sale to Alamos Gold (AGI:TSX). Previously, Mr. Drost was Regional Land Use Geologist with the Ontario Government.
Mr. Downie has been President & CEO of Premier since its inception in 2006. He has been working in the mineral exploration and mining industry for more than 25 years and was the founder of Premier's predecessor, Wolfden Resources Inc. Awards include the 2003 recipient of the Prospectors and Developers Association Of Canada's Bill Dennis Prospector Of The Year and several Exploration and Development acknowledgements from the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association. He has participated in several gold and base metal discoveries and currently serves on the board of directors (Chairman) of Wolfden Resources Corp.
Mr. Chambers is a professional engineer and financial executive with over 35 years of business, technical and financial experience. In 2017, Mr. Chambers retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Sherritt International Corporation, a major international resource company. Mr. Chambers' career as a senior executive in the mining and chemical industries also includes progressive positions with The Dow Chemical Company, Falconbridge Limited and Dynatec Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Chambers served four years on the Board of Directors and chaired the Audit Committee of North American Palladium Ltd. leading up to its successful sale to Impala Platinum in 2019. Mr. Chambers holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Chambers also serves on the Industrial Advisory Committee for the Engineering and Management program at McMaster University.
Ms. Crichton is a Professional Engineer and senior executive with over 30 years of international business experience in financing; project development; environmental, social and governance/Corporate Social Responsibility and strategy. She has worked with a broad range of mining, metals and exploration companies, as well as financial institutions, private equity, pension funds, investors, industry associations and governments. Ms. Crichton is currently Senior Advisor, and formerly Global Director, Investment and Business Planning, Management Consulting and Senior Partner at Hatch Ltd. She spent most of her career as Global Director of Management Consulting for Hatch Ltd. Prior to joining Hatch, she worked in private equity and the resource and chemical industries. MaryAnn has been a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada for 25 years and was elected to the board of directors of PDAC in 2017 and in 2020, currently chairs the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and is a member of both their Governance and Nominations Committee and Sustainability Committee. In 2018, she was chosen to serve as PDAC's representative on the Board of Mining Matters. Elsewhere in the industry, Ms. Crichton held a position on the Ontario Mining Association Board of Directors, was the Founding Chair of OMA's Education and Outreach Committee and served on the Mining Association of Canada's Environment Committee. As a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, she was a founding member of the Women in Engineering Advisory Committee and of the Environmental Committee, and she received the PEO Order of Honour at officer level in 1995. MaryAnn is also a director of a number of not-for-profit boards.
Mr. Metatawabin is currently the CEO of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) which is an umbrella organization for a network of 59 Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) across Canada. Over the last 30 years the AFI network has provided nearly $3 billion to support economic development and the unique and specific needs of 50,000 small and medium size loans to First Nation, Metis and Inuit across Canada. Mr. Metatawabin is Cree / Inninow from Fort Albany (Pethtabeck) First Nation of the Mushkegowuk Cree Nation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Carleton University and an Aboriginal Economic Development Certificate from the University of Waterloo. He previously served as the Manager of Aboriginal Affairs and Sustainability with De Beers Canada and as the Executive Director of the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation.
