Management

Brian Lock brings over 40 years of experience in the mining industry including engineering, construction, and operations in his roles as Chief Electrical Engineer of a German mining company, two Canadian consulting firms, as President and owner of Proton Engineering and Construction, and development of numerous precious and base metal mines in many parts of the world. Brian has also held several positions as a Director, Executive VP, President, and CEO of several public mining companies including Frontier Pacific Mining, Castle Peak Mining and Scorpio Gold Corporation.

Niel Marotta is a seasoned executive with an exceptional track record of leadership, investment expertise, and entrepreneurial success. Prior to joining Sun Summit Minerals, he was a top-performing fund manager at Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR Co.) in Boston, where he managed over $1 billion across multiple industries, including the Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio, a precious metals equity focussed fund. Mr. Marotta also served as Vice President of Orezone Resources, playing a key role in its $350 million acquisition by Iamgold in 2009.  He has worked as an investment banker and entrepreneur and was involved with financings and M&A transactions exceeding $1 billion and was also the co-founder and CEO of Indiva. Mr. Marotta holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from McGill University.

Director since January, 2025

Ken MacDonald is a registered professional geologist with over 30 years of experience in the mining sector, including work as a consulting exploration geologist, as a senior project manager for a Canadian engineering company, and as a senior permitting official with the Mines Branch of the B.C. government. He is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. MacDonald has managed and participated in a wide range of exploration projects in varied terrain and has been responsible for design and implementation of exploration programs from grassroots to advanced drill definition. He has also managed mine scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility projects, bulk sample projects, environmental assessments and was responsible for all mine permitting for the Mt. Milligan open pit copper-gold mine.

Director since January, 2025

Waseem Javed is a Chartered Professional Accountant specializing in assurance and advisory services for both private and publicly listed entities in Canada and the United States. He has transactional expertise in initial public offerings, secondary offerings, corporate restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Javed has over 15 years of accounting, auditing, and tax experience, and currently is partner of Manning Elliott LLP, a large regional accounting firm located in Vancouver, B.C. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008, and obtained his CPA, CA designation in 2012 from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

Director since January, 2025

Catherine Cox has over 20 years of experience as Corporate Secretary to a variety of public and private companies in the resource sector. She was the former VP Corporate Secretary for Nevada Copper Corp. and has an extensive securities and corporate paralegal background working with both Canadian and US law firms.

Director since January, 2025