Management
| Jason Barnard | CEO |
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Mr. Barnard has been the CEO, President, and Director of Foremost Clean Energy Ltd since 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Carleton University and completed the Canadian Securities Course in 1990. Mr. Barnard began his career as a stockbroker at McDermid St. Laurence Securities in 1991, focusing on mining and exploration companies. He later worked at Canaccord Genuity from 1997 to 2004. Transitioning to venture capital, he has raised nearly $500 million in equity for mining and exploration companies. |
| Raymond Strafehl | President |
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Mr. Strafehl is the current President of Redline Minerals. He has over two decades of experience in the finance and resource sectors, backed by a solid academic foundation in business, accounting, and economics. He has been a Director of Tearlach Resources Limitedsince 2019, serving as President and CEO until 2022, and has also been a Director and audit committee member of Goldex Resources Corp. since 2015 and Nickel One Resources Inc. from 2016 to 2019. His experience includes serving as Director and adviser to the $300 million merger of Valley High Ventures Ltd. and Levon Resources Ltd. in 2011. Earlier in his career, Mr. Strafehl founded VentureBC, assisting over 200 tech-driven startups. He was also a stock exchange trader, investment advisor, and registered commodity trading advisor for 22 years |
| Curtis Bouwman | Chief Financial Officer |
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Mr. Bouwman has been working with public markets on the NASDAQ and the CSE Exchange since 2022. He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Management, Economics, and Finance from the University of Guelph. He is currently finishing his practicum towards his Chartered Professional Accountant designation which he expects to receive in 2026. Mr. Bouwman has been an accounting associate at Baker Tilly International since May, 2019. |
| Kelly Pladson | Corporate Secretary |
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Ms. Pladson has provided corporate governance and regulatory compliance services to many TSX Venture and CSE listed companies since 2009. She works closely with the company’s CEO and legal counsel in maintaining corporate records, managing the day to day operations of the company and ensuring the company’s filings with the securities commissions and exchanges are accurately filed and in accordance with their deadlines. |
Directors
| Jason Barnard | CEO, Director & Chairman of Compensation Committee |
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Mr. Barnard has been the CEO, President, and Director of Foremost Clean Energy Ltd since 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Carleton University and completed the Canadian Securities Course in 1990. Mr. Barnard began his career as a stockbroker at McDermid St. Laurence Securities in 1991, focusing on mining and exploration companies. He later worked at Canaccord Genuity from 1997 to 2004. Transitioning to venture capital, he has raised nearly $500 million in equity for mining and exploration companies. |
| Raymond Strafehl | President, Director & Chairman of Governance & Nomination Committee |
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Mr. Strafehl is the current President of Redline Minerals. He has over two decades of experience in the finance and resource sectors, backed by a solid academic foundation in business, accounting, and economics. He has been a Director of Tearlach Resources Limitedsince 2019, serving as President and CEO until 2022, and has also been a Director and audit committee member of Goldex Resources Corp. since 2015 and Nickel One Resources Inc. from 2016 to 2019. His experience includes serving as Director and adviser to the $300 million merger of Valley High Ventures Ltd. and Levon Resources Ltd. in 2011. Earlier in his career, Mr. Strafehl founded VentureBC, assisting over 200 tech-driven startups. He was also a stock exchange trader, investment advisor, and registered commodity trading advisor for 22 years |
| Richard Silas | Independent Director & Chairman of Audit Committee | |
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Mr. Silas has been a Director of Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. since October 2019 and currently holds the roles of Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary. Additionally, he serves as a Director and CFO of Northern Lion Gold Corp. Mr. Silas has extensive experience in public companies in Canada, having served as CFO, officer, corporate secretary, or director for several organizations. Notably, he was President of Gold Standard Ventures Corp. from April to August 2009, Corporate Secretary from August 2009 to May 2017, and a director from April 2009 to September 2017. He also served as President of Barksdale Resources Corp. (“<strong>Barksdale</strong>”) from August 2016 to December 2017, and held various roles at Barksdale, including Director from June 2015 to April 2019 and Corporate Secretary from August 2016 to January 2021. Mr. Silas was Director and President of Lithoquest Diamonds Inc. (formerly Consolidated Westview Corp.) from March 2013 to November 2017. Since December 1995, he has been President of Universal Solutions Inc., a private management company. | |
Advisors
| Lindsay Bottomer | P.Geo -Geoscientific Advisor |
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Mr. Bottomer is a Vancouver-based geological consultant with over 45 years of experience in international mining exploration and development, most recently focused on epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold exploration in the American Cordillera and Central Asia.
He recently retired from Entree Gold after 10 years as VP Acquisitions/Corporate Development, with major involvement in exploration of the Oyu Tolgoi North and South concessions in Mongolia, leading to discovery of the Hugo North Extension Cu-Au and Heruga Cu-Au-Mo porphyry deposits. He also led the acquisition of the Ann Mason Cu-Mo porphyry deposit in Nevada. He and company founder Keith Anderson conducted the initial site visit to the Winston project and recognized the potential for high grade silver-gold mineralization in the historic mining camp which had been dormant since the early 1980s. |
| Michael Feinstein | CPG, PhD – QP and Geoscientific Advisor |
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Dr. Feinstein is an Arizona-based Economic Geologist and Consultant with more than 15 years of experience leading mineral exploration projects for clients in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. As founder of MineOro Explorations, he has managed the exploration/evaluation of more than 40 properties. Dr. Feinstein has significant experience with tertiary volcanics and low-sulphidation epithermal vein systems and is well versed in applied field Geology, ore deposit genetics, 3D GIS.
During an exploration project in Alaska, Dr. Fei conceptualized the development of the currently producing Dawson Gold Mine on Prince of Wales Island. A mineral exploration initiative he led in Arizona generated the Chloride Gold Project, currently being explored. “<em>Discoveries are made in the field” and “Whoever sees the most rock wins</em>” are favorite quotes. |
