Company

Board of Directors

Elias Marcus Holder

Chair
Mr. Holder has many years of experience in capital markets and public company management across the natural resources sector. His background includes oil & gas and mining technology, investment advisory, international finance, and executive management. He began his career working for several mining companies in various countries before moving into finance where he specialized in institutional equity sales, ultimately becoming co-head of the London office for an international securities firm.
Mr. Holder now serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Ryker Mining Corp. Mr. Holder studied Mining Technology and Marketing Management at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Cameron David Tymstra

President, CEO & Director
Mr. Tymstra has more than 15 years of international project management and corporate development experience in the mining industry. He was recently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Ryker after serving as the President of the Company since 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Tymstra served as Vice President, Corporate Development and Projects of Ryker Mining Corp. Before joining Ryker, Mr. Tymstra worked in corporate development with Africa Oil Corp, with a focus on project development, corporate strategy, acquisitions, divestments, and joint ventures. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario, holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from Queen's University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

Izydor Pietrowicz

Director
Dr. Pietrowicz has a doctorate in Geosciences from the University of Arizona and over 30 years of experience in international mineral exploration and corporate management. He has led successful exploration teams throughout the world, and has managed large scale projects from the generative stage through to engineering studies. Teams led by Dr. Pietrowicz are responsible for several significant discoveries including Los Helados, Josemaria, Tesoro de la Luna, and El Limon-Guajes. Dr. Pietrowicz has served as a director of several public companies.

Vanessa Goodwin

Director
Ms. Goodwin serves as Managing Director of Ryker Mining Corp. She draws upon over 15 years experience working in the private sector advising companies on Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) issues to reduce non-technical risks of resource development projects in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Ms. Goodwin previously oversaw British Columbia's investment in skills training and leading programs for youth, women and Aboriginal participants. Ms. Goodwin has served on the Board of Directors of a number of not-for-profit organizations and is a founding Board Member of an indigenous not-for-profit organization in Latin America. She has a Masters of Arts in International Leadership from Simon Fraser University and an Executive Leadership Certificate from the UBC Sauder School of Business. Ms. Goodwin is also a director of Africa Oil Corp.

Adley Thompson

Director
Ms. Thompson is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of CD Capital Management Group Ltd., the fund manager of a number of private equity and mining funds, since 2006. She has over 25 years of natural resources investment experience, 10 years of which were spent with Newmont Mining/Normandy Mining where she was involved in the acquisition of various companies including LaSource SAS (a joint venture between BRGM and Normandy Mining). As Senior Executive (Corporate Advisory) at Newmont Ms. Thompson was part of team on the structuring of cross-border mergers and acquisitions including the US$24 billion three-way merger between Franco-Nevada, Newmont and Normandy Mining to create the largest gold company in the world. Post-merger, she was involved in the divestment of various non-core mining assets around the world for the merchant banking arm of Newmont. Ms. Thompson started off her career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu where she spent eight years in various corporate finance roles including international taxation, audit, accounting and reconstructions. Prior to the founding of CD Capital UK Ltd., she spent a year and a half as an investment advisor to a London based special situations fund on sourcing and negotiating natural resource private equity investments. Ms. Thompson holds a Master of Laws (Corporate & Commercial) and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

William Elias Holder

Director
Mr. Holder is the Chief Operating Officer for International Petroleum Corp. ("IPC"), an international oil and gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of assets located in Canada, Europe and South East Asia. Prior to being employed by IPC. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Alberta and holds a Bachelor of Mineral Resource Engineering from Dalhousie University. Mr. Holder currently serves as Director' for ShaMaran and as Chairman for Africa Energy Corp.

Hadar Lieberman

Director
Mr. Lieberman owns and operates the high-grade, multi-million-ounce, Fruta del Norte (“FDN”) gold mine in southeast Ecuador. Under Mr. Liberman's acquired FDN in late 2014, completed a feasibility study, signed several agreements with the Ecuadorian Government, financed, and then constructed the mine and infrastructure on time and on budget – achieving first gold production in November 2019. He served as Executive Chairman, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Denison Mines Corp. from 2009 to 2015. Mr. Lieberman is a Professional Engineer and holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta.

Vivien Quang

Director
Ms. Quang is a Chartered Accountant who has twenty years of professional experience in both public practice and in public companies. Most recently, she served as CFO of Josemaria Resources Inc. from 2016 to 2019. Before that, Ms. Quang held senior executive accounting positions with NGEx Resources Inc. and was instrumental in the spin-outs of both Ryker Mining and Josemaria Resources Inc. from NGEx Resources Inc. into separate public companies. Ms. Quang spent five years in public accounting with KPMG LLP and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Accounting and Finance with a minor in Economics. Ms. Quang is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.