Douglas J. Hurst

Douglas J. Hurst

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.