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Board of Directors

Joseph Ovsenek

Joseph Ovsenek

PRESIDENT & CEO, CHAIRMAN

Mr. Ovsenek has over 20 years of international management and legal experience in the precious metals industry. He has been responsible for building teams and leading the growth of public resource companies from early exploration stage to production.  Before founding P2 Gold, Mr. Ovsenek was President and CEO of Pretium Resources Inc. where he led the advance of the high-grade gold Brucejack Mine which has been operating profitably since commercial start-up in 2017. Mr. Ovsenek began his nine-year tenure at Pretium in 2011 as Chief Development Officer and led the financing of the company from exploration stage to operations and was subsequently appointed President in 2015 and President and CEO in 2017. Prior to Pretium he served for 15 years in senior management roles for Silver Standard Resources Inc., lastly as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development responsible for the sale of the Brucejack and Snowfield assets to the newly created Pretium Resources Inc.  Mr. Ovsenek holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. Mr. Ovsenek is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and holds the Chartered Director (C.Dir) designation.

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Neville Dastoor

Neville Dastoor

DIRECTOR

Mr. Neville Dastoor, P.Eng., MBA, CFA has over 20 years of technical and finance experience including over 15 years in mining finance. 

Mr. Dastoor is currently a Principal with INFOR Financial, an independent investment bank that offers advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and corporate restructurings. Mr. Dastoor’s focus is on the mining sector. From 2004-2016, he was part of the mining team at Canaccord Genuity in Toronto and Vancouver where he was most recently a senior partner in the mining investment banking group. While there, Mr. Dastoor successfully advised clients on transactions ranging from M&A and restructurings to IPOs, RTOs and financings. Prior to joining the investment banking team at Canaccord Genuity, Mr. Dastoor was in mining equity research where he covered many of the Canadian listed precious metals producers. From 2008-2013, Mr. Dastoor served on the TSX Venture Exchange Local Advisory Committee. Prior to joining Canaccord Genuity, Mr. Dastoor worked as a structural engineer in Toronto.

Mr. Dastoor holds a B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He also holds a Professional Engineering designation and is a CFA charterholder.

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Ron MacDonald

Ron MacDonald

DIRECTOR

Mr. MacDonald is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant who specialized in corporate taxation with a career of 36 years at Deloitte LLP until his retirement in 2018 as Partner in Charge of the Vancouver Global Employer Services Group. Mr. MacDonald taught tax at universities as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-depth Tax Program. He is a Retired Member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and holds Bachelor of Science and Licentiate of Accounting degrees from the University of British Columbia.

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Marcus Chalk

Marcus Chalk

DIRECTOR

Mr. Chalk has over 30 years’ experience as a leading strategic and capital markets advisor in the global metals and mining industry. He is the founder of GenCap Mining Advisory. Prior to founding GenCap, he spent the past 14 years leading the Vancouver mining investment banking team at Scotiabank and worked at Macquarie North America (Toronto and Vancouver) and CIBC Wood Gundy (Toronto, Sydney and Vancouver) prior to that. He holds both an Honours  Business Administration degree and a BA in Economics degree from the University of Western Ontario and is a CFA Charterholder.

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 Olav Langelaar

Olav Langelaar

DIRECTOR

Olav Langelaar is currently a Managing Director at MinCap Merchant Partners, a mining advisory and merchant banking firm, and also a director of SPC Nickel Corp. He was a Managing Director at Dundee Goodman Merchant Partners ("DGMP"), a mining investment firm, from February 2018 to December 2022. Prior to joining DGMP, he worked in the capital markets as an investment banker for approximately 11 years. His previous industry experience includes roles with Ospraie Gold and Amerigo Resources (VP Corporate Development), Placer Dome (Manager of Corporate Finance and Insurance), Cameco, Cominco (now Teck), and Agrium (now Nutrien, as Engineer, Maintenance and Construction).

Mr. Langelaar has over 20 years in the Canadian capital markets with specific expertise in mining operations and investment banking. He earned his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

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Ken McNaughton

Ken McNaughton

CHIEF EXPLORATION OFFICER AND DIRECTOR

Mr. McNaughton is a professional geological engineer with over 30 years of global experience developing and leading mineral exploration programs.  Prior to P2 Gold he was Chief Exploration Officer at Pretium Resources Inc., where he had been responsible for greenfield exploration programs since joining the company in 2011, shortly after it was formed to advance the early exploration-stage Brucejack Project. Prior to Pretium, Mr. McNaughton was Vice President, Exploration at Silver Standard Resources Inc. for 20 years, and he oversaw all exploration activities of the company including the exploration program for the Snowfield Project and the 2009 program when bonanza-grade drilling results established Brucejack as a high-grade gold discovery. Prior to Silver Standard, he was employed by Corona Corporation and its affiliate Mascot Gold Mines Ltd. as a project geologist and engineer for projects in British Columbia. Mr. McNaughton holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and a Master of Applied Science degree in geological engineering from the University of Windsor.

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Michelle Romero

Michelle Romero

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

Ms. Romero has over 17 years of management experience in the mining industry.  Prior to joining P2 Gold she was Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Pretium Resources Inc. with responsibility for community affairs, ESG, enterprise risk management, and human resources. Ms. Romero joined Pretium in 2011 as Director, Investor Relations shortly after it was formed to advance the high-grade gold Brucejack Project.  With the advance of the Project through permitting and development, construction, and operations she was responsible for the negotiation of Pretium’s community agreements and establishing the platforms for community relations, human resources and enterprise risk management.  Prior to Pretium, Ms. Romero was Director, Investor Relations for Silver Standard Resources Inc.  Ms. Romero holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Master of Library Science degree from Rutgers University, and holds the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation.

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Tom Yip

Tom Yip

DIRECTOR

Mr. Yip has over 30 years of financial management experience in the mining industry for exploration and development companies and producers. Prior to joining P2 Gold, he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Pretium Resources. He began his tenure at Pretium in 2011 as a Director and joined the management team in 2015 as financing and construction of the Brucejack Mine commenced.  He was responsible for establishing the systems and financial reporting as Pretium evolved from an explorer to a profitable intermediate gold producer. Additionally, he led the refinancing of the company’s construction financing package for Brucejack.  Prior to Pretium, Mr. Yip served as CFO of several miners and explorers, including Silver Standard Resources, International Tower Hill Mines and Echo Bay Mines. Mr. Yip is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business Administration from the University of Alberta. He also holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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