The Team
Brad Peters, B.Sc.
CEO, President & Director
Mr. Peters began working for Canadian junior exploration companies in 2007, and has been involved in mineral property exploration, management, acquisition, development and research in British Columbia, the Yukon, Ontario, Arizona and Mexico. Mr. Peters’ varied exploration experience and extensive market knowledge has provided insights to all facets of the exploration industry.
Mr. Peters graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Ocean Sciences. Mr. Peters earned an honours diploma in Broadcast Communications from BCIT in 2002.
Thomas Hawkins PhD, P.Geo
Vice President Exploration
Thomas Hawkins has 18 years of international experience identifying, assessing, and advancing mineral exploration projects. He graduated in 2004 from Imperial College, London, with a Masters in Geology and Geophysics, and gained a PhD in Geology in 2012 from the Natural History Museum, U.K. Thomas has extensive experience managing projects in Ghana, Mexico, Canada, U.S.A. the U.K., and Kazakhstan. Most recently, Thomas was part of the Kenorland Minerals team that discovered the Regnault deposit and was Vice President of Exploration of Northway Resources, a Vancouver-based Alaska exploration company. In 2018, as President of Vanmin Development Corp., Thomas discovered the Vanadium Pass deposit, British Columbia. His PhD research furthered the understanding of the Central Asian deposit camps and IOCG type deposits.
Peter Schloo
Director, CPA, CA, CFA
Mr. Schloo has over eight years of progressive experience in capital markets, operations, and assurance. He holds the CPA, CA and CFA designations. He has over C$80M in associated capital raising opportunities comprising of public and private companies, with the majority in the junior natural resource sector.
Doug Reed CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Reed holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria and is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CA. Mr. Reed brings more than 10 years of accounting experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry focusing on financial reporting, regulatory compliance, internal control and corporate finance activities. He has also worked in public practice as an audit manager overseeing the annual audits of public companies and auditor requirements related to various special transactions. Mr. Reed is also Chief Financial Officer of Revelo Resources, and the Corporate Controller of EMX Royalty Corporation. He was formerly the CFO of Sundance Minerals Ltd.
Kim Casswell
Corporate Secretary
Ms. Casswell has been the Corporate Secretary of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) since 1994. Ms. Casswell has played an important role in the growth of these companies and is familiar with regulation governing public companies in several jurisdictions. Ms. Casswell is currently the Corporate Secretary for Atico Mining Corporation, EMX Royalty Corporation, Revelo Resources Corp., Lara Exploration, Legend Gold Corp and was Corporate Secretary for Reservoir Minerals Inc. before it was acquired by Nevsun Resources Ltd. in June of 2016.
Samantha Shorter CPA, CA
Director & Chair of Audit Committee
Ms. Shorter is a senior finance and accounting professional with 15 years of experience in the mineral exploration sector and has served as CFO of various junior mining companies. She has extensive international experience with development projects as well as operating assets. Ms. Shorter was also previously employed as an audit manager at a major Canadian accounting firm specializing in the mining industry and has extensive experience providing financial reporting and corporate services to companies in the mining and mineral exploration industries. Ms. Shorter is a CPA, CA and CIA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours from the University of British Columbia.
Jennifer Roskowski
Technical Advisor
Ms. Jennifer Roskowski is a senior consulting geologist with OreQuest Consultants, providing technical guidance to PEMC. Ms. Roskowski is a highly skilled geologist with key expertise in district-scale exploration targeting. Ms. Roskowski’s experience in evaluating large exploration datasets has been invaluable in developing PEMCs regional exploration thesis.
Paul Johnston PhD
Technical Advisor
Paul Johnston was previously with Teck Resources Limited, and has valuable in-depth knowledge of copper, silver, and gold deposits. His extensive experience with porphyry copper systems is valuable in enhancing the value of PEMC’s portfolio of copper-gold porphyry projects and guiding future exploration and potential acquisitions.