Derk Hartman

Derk Hartman has over 17 years of experience in the banking and mining sectors and has been a founder, officer, and director of several public and private companies. He most recently served as the chief financial officer of TSX-listed Silver Bear Resources, building the Mangazeisky silver mine in far-east Russia, responsible for the transformation from exploration into a production company, building the project and operations team, and implementing the internal and project control systems. He is a former director of investment banking at BMO Capital Markets. Having worked for 12 years in Natural Resources investment banking, he has extensive debt and equity capital markets experience, as well as experience with the stock exchange listing process, takeover rules, and corporate governance of both the Toronto and London markets. Mr. Hartman holds an MSc, in mining engineering, from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) and the FT non-executive director diploma (United Kingdom).