Douglas J. Hurst

Mr. Hurst has over 30 years of experience in the mining and natural resource industries, having acted as a geologist, consultant, mining analyst, senior executive, and board member. Mr. Hurst was previously a mining analyst with several Canadian Brokerage firms. Doug was a founding executive of International Royalty Corp., which was acquired by Royal Gold for $700-million in 2010. He was also one of the founders of Newmarket Gold Inc., which was acquired by Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. for $1.0-billion in 2016. Mr. Hurst was the Executive Chairman of Northern Empire which was acquired by Coeur Mining for $ 117 million in 2018. In addition, Mr. Hurst holds a bachelor of science in geology from McMaster University.