Bernie Loyer

Bernie joined SolGold in July 2022 as the Vice President of Projects based in Ecuador. He has over 35 years of international mining experience including over 20 years in Latin America, having worked in Peru, Mexico, Chile and Argentina. He has a proven track record delivering large-scale mining projects including Goldcorp´s Penasquito Project in Zacatecas, Mexico, Goldcorp´s Cerro Negro Project in Santa Cruz, Argentina and Torex Gold´s Morelos Project in Guerrero, Mexico. Bernie spent five years at FLSmidth Minerals based in Copenhagen serving as Vice President, Minerals Technology and Chief Product Officer where he was responsible for all global process technology, manufacturing and material handling. Prior to that he served 15 years with BHP, spending the last 10 years in Peru and Chile where he held operational leadership positions. Bernie has served on the boards of various international companies including KOCH-MVT Material Handling, RAHCO International, Conveyor Engineering, Excel Foundry and CEIM Centro de Entrenamiento Industrial y Minero in Antofagasta, Chile. Bernie is a mechanical engineer, fluent in English and Spanish, and holds multiple patents for the design of process and material handling equipment.