Steven Botts

Steven was appointed to the position of President of SolGold’s Ecuador subsidiaries in August 2022 based in Quito. He has over 40 years of international mining experience in the development of mining projects, socio-environmental management, and sustainable development. Steven is a deeply experienced leader in cross-cultural and international business relations with a proven ability at developing partnerships and deliver projects. Notable achievements include his leadership in the successful permitting of the Antamina project, the formation of the Mina Justa project team and taking the project through to a viable Feasibility Study, and the turnaround of Tahoe Peru to a more efficient and value-oriented organization that achieved safety and production goals under very challenging circumstances. Steven has extensive Latin America experience having worked in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He is fluent in English and Spanish and holds a Master of Environmental Policy and Management.