Our Team

Rory has over 20 years of capital markets experience in the global mining space and was the former CEO of ETR Resources. Most recently he served as CEO of Green Earth Metals, a private company. Prior to his CEO roles, Mr. Quinn was Director, Investor Relations at Wheaton Precious Metals, previously Silver Wheaton from 2012 to 2015. He worked on acquisitions totalling over US$4 billion as the company built its precious metal business. Mr. Quinn has been involved in the review of hundreds of mining companies and mining assets from majors to earlier stage developers and explorers in assessing high quality investment opportunities around the world. Prior to joining Wheaton, Mr. Quinn worked in Toronto at Castle Gold, which was sold along with its flagship El Castillo Gold mine, to Argonaut Gold. Before switching his focus to the resource capital markets, Mr. Quinn started his career with the consumer products giant, Gillette Company, now Procter and Gamble.

Patrick Burke is currently a Special Advisor for Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Corp. (Canada). He joined Canaccord in October 2015, serving as Head of Canada Capital Markets, bringing more than 25 years of experience and extensive institutional relationships to his role. Prior to joining Canaccord, Pat served as Global Head of Equity and Co-Head of Global Investment Banking for Scotiabank. In that role, he was responsible for oversight of equity sales, trading, research, prime brokerage, equity capital markets, equity derivatives and investment banking. Before that he was Managing Director and Head of Canadian Equities for Merrill Lynch, having held various roles of increasing responsibility since 2000. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Burke worked in institutional equity and fixed income for Bank of Montreal.

Geologist Sue Craig has had more than 30 years of award-winning experience in managing and advising with respect to regulatory, environmental, social, Indigenous and community relations related to the mining industry. She has worked on Yukon and British Columbia projects from the exploration and development stage to construction, production and mine closure. Her work often includes working with publicly-listed mining companies, Territorial and Federal Governments, First Nations and industry associations. She has led and participated as an officer and director of several junior companies. She first collaborated with a First Nation to implement a Socio-Economic Accord related to a mining project in Yukon in 1995. Her experience includes successfully leading the Environmental Assessment process for NovaGold’s Galore Creek project in 2006 and played a key role in establishing the Participation Agreement with the Tahltan Nation. Ms. Craig has also worked closely with First Nations on the Kemess Underground and Kutcho Projects. She has served as the Chair of AME Mineral Exploration Roundup, as well as a Board Member of AME, Director of Yukon Energy Corporation, President and Director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines, Chair of Yukon Mineral Advisory Board, Director of Yukon Foundation, Director of Yukon Imagination Library and is currently Chair of the Advisory Board at Lakehead University’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining & Exploration. She has received numerous awards recognizing her contributions toward environmental stewardship and sustainable development and was received the 2017 Canadian Women in Mining Trailblazer Award. She has also been recognized as a Yukon Women in Mining Champion.

Darryl has decades of global exploration and operating experience in the mining industry. Through his career, Dr. Clark has held a wide range of executive roles across a number of metal and mineral sectors, with both junior and major mining companies. His experience consists of periods working in gold, copper, uranium, coal, and oil sands. Dr. Clark’s precious metal experience started at Great Central Mines during the period of rapid resource discovery in the 90’s that transformed the West Australian Goldfields. Additional greenfield and project experience was gained at Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia, Vale and SRK consulting where he was involved in several greenfield discoveries. Dr. Clark has over 10 years of experience as a Non-Executive Director on ASX & TSX listed companies. Dr. Clark holds a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Tasmania and is currently the Senior Vice President Exploration & Resource Development for the Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden and a Non-Executive Director for Waratah Minerals (WTM:ASX).

Jim has spent over two decades conducting mineral and scientific exploration across Canada and the world. MSc and PhD-level research in geography specialized in permafrost, years spent in the field operating a drilling and geophysics company, as well as Yukon Geological Survey and independent exploration work in the Klondike Goldfields provided comprehensive exposure to many aspects of the mineral industry. A fascination with innovative design allowed Jim to optimize low-impact exploration methods both for clients and use on his personal mineral properties. Jim’s experience growing up in a small northern community continues to inform how the social license of resource projects affects their success.

Mr. Vickerman is currently SVP of Corporate Development, & a Board member of Blackrock Silver, and a Board member of Discovery Silver. Mr. Vickerman is a seasoned institutional sales and corporate finance professional with 25 years of experience in the financial industry. He is Formerly Managing Director, Head of UK of Beacon Securities from 2016 to 2019 and former Managing Director, Head of UK for Edgecrest Capital. Prior to joining Edgecrest Capital UK, Mr. Vickerman was Managing Director, Co-Head of Canadian Equity Sales UK at Canaccord Genuity. Mr. Vickerman also formerly worked at Thomas Weisel Partners where he served as Senior Vice President. Daniel spent over 4 years at a London-based Alternative asset manager with over $400 million AUM, trading commodities and FX. Mr. Vickerman has extensive experience working with mineral exploration and development companies, raising over $1 billion for private and listed companies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Ms. Tsai, CPA, CA, is Managing Director at Malaspina Consultants Inc. She has been a senior advisor and CFO with companies in a broad range of industries. Natasha specializes in the areas of financial operations and business performance. Prior to 2012, Natasha was the CFO of a junior mining company and the corporate controller of an early stage company in the energy sector. Natasha is a graduate of Sauder School of Business at UBC and received her Chartered Accountant designation in 2007. She is also a former co-chair of the Young CA Forum at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC.

Ms. Kuikka is a Professional Geologist who brings over 15 years of comprehensive experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry in precious and base metals projects. During her career she has led grassroots to late-stage development programs and served on the Yukon Technical Liaison Committee for Minerals. Ms. Kuikka has experience with a variety of deposit styles including Ag-Pb-Zn vain, Pb-Zn Sedex, Intrusion Related Gold Systems, Tungsten Skarns, and high-grade Au. Most recently at Victoria Gold, Ms. Kuikka contributed to significant mineral discoveries, managed major near mine and regional exploration projects and was part of the Eagle Mine development team. Helena holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Simon Fraser University and is registered as a Professional Geoscientist with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Ms. Gattens has nearly fifteen years of experience in the global mining and metals sector, spanning corporate development, investor relations, ESG, and digital transformation roles within publicly listed companies. Prior to joining Yukon Metals, Ms. Gattens served as Vice President, Corporate Development at the JDS Group of Companies. She previously held roles of increasing responsibility with Sun Peak Metals Corp., VRIFY, and Finning Digital. Ms. Gattens spent the first six years of her career at Goldcorp Inc., where she achieved impactful results in capital markets and stakeholder engagement. Ms. Gattens serves on the Board of Directors for Women in Mining British Columbia. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, a Bachelor of Political Science and Economics from the University of Victoria and is certified in ProSci Change Management.