Mr. Salamis has over 30 years of experience in the mining and resource exploration industry. Mr. Salamis has been involved in over $2 billion of M&A transactions, either through assets sales or his involvement with junior mining companies. Mr. Salamis was most recently Executive Chairman of Integra Gold Corp. which was sold to Eldorado Gold Corporation for C$590 million. Mr. Salamis co-led the efforts behind the 2016 Integra Gold Rush Challenge and the 2017 #DisruptMining initiatives that encouraged innovation and technology disruption in the mining industry. Mr. Salamis is a sought after speaker on mining innovation. Mr. Salamis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from University of Montreal — École Polytechnique and has had a successful career in mining and exploration. Mr. Salamis has discovered, financed, built, managed or sold more than 5 major minerals deposits around the World. He began his career working for two major mining companies (Placer Dome and Cameco Corp) over a 12-year period before transitioning into mineral exploration and junior mining in 2001. Mr. Salamis is currently a director at Contact Gold Corp.
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Ms. St-Germain is an experienced mining finance executive with an extensive background in banking, mining finance and financial management. She began her career in investment banking for Dundee Capital Markets Inc. As an investment banker, Ms. St-Germain worked exclusively with mining companies on M&A advisory and financing. In 2013, Ms. St-Germain joined Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. as CFO. During her tenure at Golden Queen, she played an instrumental role in securing project finance and overseeing Golden Queen as it transitioned from development and construction to commercial production. She joined Integra Gold as CFO in early 2017 and helped oversee the sale to Eldorado Gold Corporation in July 2017 for C$590 million. Ms. St-Germain is currently a director of Ascot Resources Ltd., Osisko Mining Inc. and the Association of Mineral Exploration. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd.
Ms. St-Germain received her Institute of Corporate Directors, Director (ICD.D) designation from the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program in 2021.
Mr. Baker is a Ph.D. Geologist and member of Aus-IMM based in Reno Nevada. He has over 40 years of exploration experience in Australia, Asia, North and South Americas and Europe on projects ranging from grass-roots, resource definition and development. He has been involved in the exploration and discovery of several significant deposits globally and has previously acted as Chief Geologist for Rennison Goldfields, Inc., Newcrest Mining Limited and Mount Isa Mines, as well as VP Exploration for several junior mining companies over the years.
Tim Arnold has over 40 years of experience in hard rock mining; open pit and underground, engineering and production, consulting and operations. He has held positions in mining companies ranging from laborer to contract miner and shift boss to Chief Operations Officer (“COO”). Mr. Arnold has spent most of his career either developing or operating mines.
Prior to joining Integra Resources, Mr. Arnold has held VP or GM positions for Pershing Gold Corporation, Nevada Copper, General Moly, Coeur d’Alene Mines, Hecla Mining Company and was COO of Geovic Mining Corp. Mr. Arnold graduated in 1982 from the University of Idaho with a degree in Mining Engineering and completed an Executive MBA program at Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He is a Professional Engineer in Nevada and Arizona.
Mr. Arnold is passionate about giving back to the industry.; In 2016, Mr. Arnold served as the President of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). In 2019 he received the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal from American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, and was awarded Honorary Membership to that organization in 2021. Mr. Arnold was inducted into the University of Idaho College of Engineering’s Academy of Engineers in 2018 and received the Silver and Gold Award from the University of Idaho in 2021
Josh Serfass is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Integra Resources Corp. Previously, Josh was the Manager of Corporate Communications at Integra Gold Corp. He was a key member of the team at Integra Gold that grew, developed, and sold the past producing Lamaque Mine in Val-dOr, Québec to Eldorado Gold for C$600 million in 2017.
Committed to thinking differently about mining, Josh worked with the team at Integra Gold to host the 2016 Integra Gold Rush Challenge and the 2017 #DisruptMining Challenge, initiatives that encouraged innovation and technology disruption in the mining industry.
Josh is passionate about attracting millennials to the mining sector, as potential employees, investors or informed voters and is a frequent speaker at industry gatherings.
Prior to Integra Gold, Josh worked at Citibank as a marketing manager and a supply-chain/operations analyst at Liz Claiborne and L. Knife and Sons.
Mark Stockton is the VP of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Integra Resources. Mark leads the development and implementation of Integra’s corporate affairs and ESG (Environment Social Governance) programs, including government and external relations, sustainability and environmental stewardship, community relations, and social responsibility. Joining Integra Gold in 2013, his previous roles included Manager of Quebec Operations and Manager of Business Development, before the eventual sale of the Lamaque Mine to Eldorado Gold for C$590 million in 2017.
Leading the efforts behind the 2016 Integra Gold Rush Challenge, and creating the 2017 #DisruptMining initiative, Mark is a passionate believer in doing things differently to create tangible value within the mining sector.
