Leadership

Chair

Janet Wilkinson holds a master's degree in industrial relations from the University of Toronto, a B.A. (Honours) from the University of Guelph and has graduated from the Institute of Corporate Directors Director's education program. Ms. Wilkinson is a senior Human Resources leader with more than 30 years of consulting, corporate and operations experience in both large, multi-national companies and junior start-up businesses. She has experience with more than 80 mines and metal businesses in 30 political jurisdictions in Africa, Europe, Australia, South America and North America. She has private and public sector experience in mining, manufacturing, engineering, construction, power, utilities and investment management, and is currently a member of the board of directors of Oakville Hydro.

CEO and Director

Mr. Penny is an experienced mining Industry executive, with over 30 years' experience in leadership roles in finance. Prior to joining Wallbridge as CFO in 2018, Mr. Penny held a number of senior positions, including Executive Vice President and CFO of New Gold Inc. and Vice President of Finance and CFO of Kinross Gold Corporation. He played a leading role in the performance of the companies he represented, maintaining capital allocation discipline, and delivering shareholder returns, while strengthening the balance sheet. Mr. Penny also brings broad board experience, having served as non-executive director of Equinox Minerals Limited (2004 to 2011), Alamos Gold Inc. (2005 to 2008); and Baffinland Iron Mines Limited (2004 to 2008). Most recently, Mr. Penny served as a Director of Maverix Metals Inc. (2019 to 2023). Mr. Penny is a CPA, CMA with a strong background in M&A spanning geographies, commodities, and stages of company and project development within the natural resource sector.

Director

Mr. Christie served as the Vice President of Investor Relations at Agnico Eagle Mines from December 2012 until July 2022.  During his tenure at Agnico Eagle, the company was consistently recognized as having one of the top Investor Relations programs across all industries in Canada. Mr. Christie is currently retained by Agnico Eagle as a Senior Advisor, Investor Relations.

From 2016 until 2021 he served as an Independent Director (including 2 years as Board Chair and Compensation Committee Chair) of the Denver Gold Group, a Colorado based not-for-profit association owned by its member gold companies who control most of the world’s precious metal output and mineral assets.

Before joining Agnico Eagle, he worked for over 17 years in the investment industry, primarily as a precious and base metals mining analyst with Desjardins Securities, National Bank Financial, Canaccord Capital and HSBC Securities. Prior to this, Mr. Christie spent 13 years in the mining industry as a geologist for a variety of mining companies, including Homestake, Billiton, Falconbridge Copper and Newmont Mining. Mr. Christie holds a BSc. in Geology (University of Toronto) and an MSc. in Geology (Queen’s University) and is a member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

Director

Ms. Giovenazzo holds a PhD in Geology from Université du Quebec a Chicoutimi and has over 35 years' experience in exploration, principally Ni-Cu-PGEs, gold, base metals and rare-earth elements.

Her expertise in mineral exploration in Canada and internationally with a range of companies includes Falconbridge and Xstrata Nickel, Newgenco, Newmont-Goldcorp, and Benz Mining Corp.  Ms. Giovenazzo brings significant management, project management, project generation and board experience to Wallbridge. She has been doing consulting work since 2007.  Ms. Giovenazzo was an independent director of SOQUEM, a subsidiary of Resources Québec and leader in Quebec's mineral exploration industry, and president of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec from 2017 until May 2021.  She has also been an independent director for Cupani metals since 2025.

 Director

Mr. Pesner is President of Hermitage Canada Finance Inc., a company he founded in 2002 that provides financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions as well as financial advisory services to public and private corporations in diverse industries. Prior to that, he spent 26 years at KPMG and predecessor firms where he accumulated a considerable amount of experience in financial management, corporate governance, and investment banking, including M&A transactions as well as debt and equity financing. His past and present directorship experience includes KPMG,  Richmont Mines, David's Tea, Fonds Régional de Montréal, FTQ, Well.ca, Le Château, SAQ (Société des alcools du Québec) and Tenet Fintech Group Inc. to name just a few. His roles in various capacities including Lead Director, Audit Committee Chair, and Governance Committee Chair at such high- profile organizations earned him the distinction of being named as one of Quebec's Top 10 Corporate Directors in Montreal's Les Affaires newspaper.

Director

Mr. Snow is a senior mining executive and lawyer with 41 years in the mining industry and extensive experience in corporate governance, business development, joint ventures, human resources, public relations and operations.

Most recently, he was Senior Vice-President, Business Development and General Counsel of Iamgold Corporation. Immediately prior to joining Iamgold, he was Managing Director of the Mining Group at McMillan LLP with overall responsibility for that firm's mining practice. He previously held senior positions at Falconbridge Limited, Noranda Inc., and Kerr Addison Mines Ltd.

Mr. Snow holds a Bachelor of Law as well as Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University Business School. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors and has his ICD.D designation.

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Penny is an experienced mining Industry executive, with over 30 years' experience in leadership roles in finance. Prior to joining Wallbridge as CFO in 2018, Mr. Penny held a number of senior positions, including Executive Vice President and CFO of New Gold Inc. and Vice President of Finance and CFO of Kinross Gold Corporation. He played a leading role in the performance of the companies he represented, maintaining capital allocation discipline, and delivering shareholder returns, while strengthening the balance sheet. Mr. Penny also brings broad board experience, having served as non-executive director of Equinox Minerals Limited (2004 to 2011), Alamos Gold Inc. (2005 to 2008); and Baffinland Iron Mines Limited (2004 to 2008). Most recently, Mr. Penny served as a Director of Maverix Metals Inc. (2019 to 2023). Mr. Penny is a CPA, CMA with a strong background in M&A spanning geographies, commodities, and stages of company and project development within the natural resource sector.

Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Montgomery has previously held senior positions with a number of companies associated with the mining industry in Sudbury.  Prior to joining Wallbridge in 2007, she was the Director of Finance for the Sudbury YMCA.  Ms. Montgomery is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree and is a member of CPA Canada and CPA Ontario.  She previously also held the position of CFO of Miocene from April 2010 to June 2015 and CFO of Wallbridge from September 2007 to December 2018.

Senior Geological Consultant

Mr. Petersen is an economic geologist with over 29 years of experience in precious and base metals exploration throughout the Americas. His background includes a variety of assignments ranging from early stage exploration programs leading to deposit discovery, through post-discovery exploration and mineral resource development, to mine site exploration to expand and replace reserves. Mr. Petersen was Vice President of Exploration for Metallica Resources Inc. where he had worked since 1995. For the 11 years prior, Mr. Petersen worked with Lac Minerals Inc. and its predecessor companies Bond Gold Inc. and St. Joe Gold Inc. as an exploration geologist. Mark is a Certified Professional Geologist and holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science Degrees in Geology and a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

Corporate Secretary

Mr. Stokes has close to 30 years of experience in business development, finance, communications and as a Corporate Secretary with a broad range of publicly-traded and private companies primarily in the metals and mining sector, including Scandinavian Minerals Limited, Tiberon Minerals Limited, Orvana Minerals Corp., Geomaque Explorations Limited, Victory Nickel Inc. and Nuinsco Resources Limited.

Director, Investor Relations

Ms. Barreto is an experienced investor relations, marketing and communications professional with two decades of experience in the mining industry. She has held progressively responsible roles at Detour Gold, Primero Mining, Roxgold, Golden Star Resources, Maritime Gold and Minto Metals gaining a comprehensive understanding of diverse operations worldwide. In addition, Tania serves as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Oberon Capital, further enhancing her expertise in the realm of flow-through financing in Canada. Tania earned the CPIR designation from the Ivey School of Business in 2012 and is a member in good standing of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute.