Ivan Bebek
Co-Founder, Chair, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Mr. Bebek has over 20 years of experience in financing, foreign negotiations and acquisitions in the mineral exploration industry. His understanding of the capital markets and ability to position, structure and finance companies that he has been associated with has been instrumental in their successes. Mr. Bebek was formerly the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Cayden Resources, which was sold to Agnico Eagle Mines for $205M in November 2014, and a Co-Founder of Keegan Resources (now Galiano Gold). Mr. Bebek is also Chair and Director of Tier One Silver.
Stacy Rowa
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Rowa has over 18 years of experience in accounting, auditing and corporate finance at various Canadian and US publicly listed companies, predominantly in the mineral exploration and mining industry. Previously, she was CFO at Auryn Resources and Torq Resources, and prior to this, she held various progressive roles at Elgin Mining (now Mandalay Resources), Aura Minerals and in KPMG’s mining division. Ms. Rowa is a Canadian CPA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of British Columbia. Ms. Rowa is also currently serving as CFO at Tier One Silver.
Christian Rios
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
Mr. Rios is a professional geologist (P.Geo.) responsible for leading the operations of Coppernico Metals’ exploration activities in South America. Previously, he was the Vice President of Exploration at Bear Creek Mining where he was directly involved in the discovery of the world-class Santa Ana and Corani silver-lead-zinc deposits in Peru and was on the team that delivered the feasibility study on the Corani deposit. Mr. Rios has a Masters in Economic Geology and over twenty years of experience in exploration, mining development and operations, specializing in Peru.
Tim Kingsley
Vice President of Exploration
Mr. Kingsley is an exploration geologist with over 18 years of precious and base metal exploration experience at multiple operations in the Americas (Peru, Canada, Alaska). He has held senior exploration roles at Whitehorse Gold Corp. and Trevali Mining Corp. and has a proven track record of discovery and project development. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences from the University of Idaho and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Geology/Earth Science from the University of the Pacific.
Tracy George
Corporate Secretary
Ms. George has ten years of experience providing administrative, governance, regulatory compliance, AGM management and financing transaction support to numerous public companies, in the position of Group Corporate Secretary of Universal Mineral Services Ltd., a private company providing services to Coppernico Metals, Tier One Silver, Torq Resources and other publicly listed entities.