Chairman
Fomerly with the TecSyn Group of Companies where he was Vice President general Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Peter brings over 25 years of business experience regarding complex business and legal affairs. In addition to his time at Tecsyn Peter also was a corporate commercial lawyer at Bassel Sullivan a Toronto based boutique law firm.
CEO
Mr. Lynch graduated in 1981 from St. Francis Xavier University with a joint honours degree in Economics and BBA. Prior to becoming a director with International PBX Ventures in 2012, Mr. Lynch had been CEO of privately held Nevada-focused Relief Gold. He also had been a director and later CEO of TSX-listed Firstgold Corp. He assumed the CEO position after the company had run into financial difficulty bringing its Relief Canyon mine into production. He arranged a sale of 51% of the company for a total capital injection of $26.5 million from Northwest Non-Ferrous Metals, one of China’s largest mining engineering and consulting groups.
From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Lynch was a partner with Kingsmill Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm specializing in advising public and private early stage growth companies. Prior to joining Kingsmill Capital he spent 15 years operating startup companies in industrial products, oil and gas and media. Mr. Lynch is also a co-founder of Cardiol Therapeutics, a NASDAQ and TSX listed clinical-stage life sciences company focused on the research and clinical development of cannabidiol as an anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory therapy for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
VP, Exploration
Kenneth Williamson (M.Sc., P.Geo), or simply Ken, is a professional geologist with nearly 20 years of experience in the gold mining industry and mineral exploration. Ken graduated from the University of Laval with a Masters Degree in Structural Geology, and is recognized by his peers as an expert in structural analysis and 3D litho-structural modeling. Ken began his career as a Special Projects Geologist at the Goldcorp Red Lake Gold Mines, where, amongst other tasks, he oversaw the 3D litho-structural modeling projects. From being Consulting Geologist with various firms, to being Manager of the Technical Services at Premier Gold, Ken’s continued expertise development led him to create his own consulting firm called 3DGeo Solution Inc. Ken’s expertise and background, both on the mining and exploration, and either internally or as a consultant, will bring substantial technical strength to Power Nickel’s management team.
VP, Investor Relations
Duncan Roy is a University of Western Ontario graduate with a BA in Political Science. He brings a sophisticated, highly experienced, and diverse knowledge base to his current role with Power Nickel. Since 2019 he has run a highly successful Capital Markets Advisory company. Prior to that, he spent over three decades plus in the brokerage industry, based in Toronto, as a retail broker with a PDO designation and various management roles.
MD Chile
Ms Perex has 13 years of experience in Chile as an exploration and production geologist. The first 5 years as a production geologist in underground mining in Cu. Then, she developed a career as an Exploration Geologist with extensive experience in drilling program supervision, data management and geological modeling. She participated in the exploration for the expansion of Skarn Las Cenizas (Cu-Ag), Talcuna (stratabound and veins Cu-Au) deposits; Punitaqui (stratabound and veins Cu-Ag-Au) and Dayton (epithermal of Au), in these last two as Chief Exploration Geologist.
Experience in exploration consultancies for medium-sized mining, as well as independent work in resource inventories. The last 2 years, as Exploration Geologist for Chilean Metals Inc., Canadian company Junior Exploration; and from 2018 to date as Managing Director Chile in the company.
LL.B, MBA, Director
Greg is a senior investment banker with 20 years of experience in financing, M&A, financial advisory, valuation, and strategic advice primarily to mid-cap companies. His transactions are valued in excess of $18 billion. Mr. McKenzie has worked in New York and Toronto and has held positions with Morgan Stanley, CIBC World Markets, Haywood Securities and Salman Partners. While at these firms, Greg advised managements and boards of companies in various sectors including: metals & mining, industrials, consumer products, technology and healthcare. Mr. McKenzie was also called to the bar in New York and Ontario and practiced law with a leading Canadian securities and M&A law firm.
Director
Mr. Mallard is a graduate from The University of Prince Edward Island with a BA in Economics. He has spent 30+ years in the Canadian Produce Industry employed in various capacities with Chiquita Canada and Chiquita Brands North America. Retiring from Chiquita in 2017, he has started Mallard Produce Solutions, a produce consulting company focused on providing North American and Latin American clients business solutions to expand their market potential. Les is on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is a not-for-profit organization that represents companies that are active in the marketing of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables in Canada from farm gate to dinner plate.
Les is also on the Board of Directors for Hydroponic Life. Hydroponic Life is a privately held company that has developed ground-breaking produce growing technologies that could revolutionize the vertical farming industry.
