Creating Value through Copper Production and Exploration
Trigon Metals is a publicly traded Canadian company focused on becoming a mid-tier copper producer and explorer in Africa. Trigon’s flagship operation produces copper at Kombat Mine in Namibia. With extensive upside exploration and 35km of strike-length around Kombat, along with the promising Namibian Kalahari Copperbelt project, Trigon offers substantial growth potential in the copper industry.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DAYE KABA
DIRECTOR
Daye Kaba is a corporate lawyer who brings corporate governance experience and a variety of necessary skills to the Trigon board. He is a partner at ASAFO & Co., Abidjan and formerly and partner in the Global Metals & Mining group at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto. His 20-year practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities and commercial law matters, with a focus on the mining sector in Africa. Mr. Kaba previously worked at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto and Coudert Brothers LLP in Paris.
LARISA SPROTT
DIRECTOR
Ms. Sprott is the President of Sprott Money, an online retailer of gold, silver and platinum bullion to investors and collectors, founded by her father celebrated resource investor Eric Sprott. Prior, she worked as an investment advisor with Sprott Asset Management. Her work history includes experience in Public Relations with Toronto-based firm DKPR. Amongst a list of charitable work, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Sprott Foundation.
DAVID SHAW
DIRECTOR
Dr. David Shaw has worked both in the technical and financial communities within the resource industry for nearly 40 years. He brings a wealth of expertise in public companies and exploration geology. He has served as an in-house structural consultant on both metal and hydrocarbon exploration programs, then as a member of a hydrocarbon project financial evaluation team with Chevron Resources in Calgary and Vancouver.
MOHAMMED BENHARREF
DIRECTOR
Mr. Benharref is a founding partner of Technomine Africa, the Moroccan mineral prospecting company Trigon acquired in 2020 responsible for the discovery of the Silver Hill copper-silver-cobalt exploration project. Mr. Benharref has more than 30 years of geological experience, including mineral exploration, geological mapping, applied geology and geosciences.
GABRIEL OLLIVIER
DIRECTOR
Mr. Ollivier brings over 25 years of resource sector and capital markets experience, working both domestically in Canada and internationally in numerous countries. He currently leads Equus Energy Advisors Inc., a consulting practice based in Calgary, Alberta, and he is also currently the President and CEO of the oil company United Hydrocarbon International Corp.
GRANT SBOROS
DIRECTOR
Mr. Sboros serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Euro Sun Mining Inc. His rich background in finance and mining, including roles as a Deloitte partner in Mozambique and as the Head of Auditing, brings a wealth of experience in both operations and finance in the African mining industry.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
JED RICHARDSON
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Richardson is a qualified mine engineer with a background that includes mine finance and resource development over a 20-year career. As CEO of Great Quest, a fertilizer resource developer active in Mali, West Africa, he gained valuable experience operating and creating shareholder value in Africa. He has also held an executive position at Amazon Mining developing resource assets in Brazil.
PAUL BOZOKI
CFO
Mr. Bozoki is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business with over 25 years of accounting, tax and corporate finance experience working with development stage companies and has been involved with projects in Zimbabwe, Mali, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
RENNIE MORKEL
PRESIDENT & COO
Mr. Morkel brings 19 years of invaluable experience in the mining sector, including uranium, base metals, and precious metals across various project life cycles. Rennie holds an Honors degree in Accounting Science from the University of Pretoria.
FANIE MÜLLER
VP Operations
Mr. Müller is a Professional Mining Engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa. Mr. Müller has a wide range of commodity experience with a strong focus on development to production stage assets.
SARAH ROBERTS
VP, FINANCE, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Ms. Roberts is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) with experience and expertise in the finance and mining industry. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Roberts was the Chief Financial Officer at Buffalo Coal Corp. after having spent nine years in the corporate finance industry where she played a key role in initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and debt and equity offerings.
DR. ANDREAS ROMPEL
VP EXPLORATION
Andreas “Andy” Rompel is a German national with expertise in geology. With over three decades of exploration and production experience, Andy has worked with various commodities, including precious metals, base metals, coking coal, and cobalt.
TOM PANOULIAS
VP CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Panoulias is a capital markets professional with over 15 years of experience. He has previously worked at Echelon Wealth Partners, Fraser Mackenzie, and Dundee Capital Markets, raising over one billion dollars for issuers in the mining sector and advising senior management teams on numerous merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to entering capital markets, Mr. Panoulias held senior roles at Kinross Gold Corporation and TVX Gold Inc. in corporate development, responsible for managing various acquisition and divestiture activities. Mr. Panoulias holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a member of the Canadian Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Management of the Company and the Board recognize the importance of corporate governance in effectively managing the Company, protecting employees and Shareholders, and enhancing Shareholder value.
The Board fulfills its mandate directly and through its committees at regularly scheduled meetings or as required. The directors are kept informed regarding the Company’s operations at regular meetings and through reports and discussions with management on matters within their particular areas of expertise. Frequency of meetings may be increased, and the nature of the agenda items may be changed depending upon the state of the Company’s affairs and in light of opportunities or risks that the Company faces.
The Company believes that its corporate governance practices are in compliance with applicable Canadian requirements. The Company is committed to monitoring governance developments to ensure its practices remain current and appropriate. Trigon is creating shareholder value in Africa.
