Terry Salman
Mr. Salman has been an industry leader in financing junior exploration and mid-to-large cap mining companies for the past 35 years. He started his career at Nesbitt Thomson in 1973, beginning as a Research Analyst and rising to the role of Executive Vice President and Director. At Nesbitt Thomson, Terry helped create the first dedicated mining team and established that firm’s first gold conference, which ultimately became Bank of Montreal’s Global Metals & Mining Conference now held annually in Hollywood, Florida.
Terry left Nesbitt Thomson in 1994 to form Salman Partners, where he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Director of Research. For 22 years, Salman Partners was a leading resource-based investment dealer known for its high-quality research and integrity. Over that time, Salman Partners helped raise an aggregate of $20 billion for over 400 companies. Currently, Terry is President & CEO of Salman Capital Inc., an investment advisory and merchant banking firm. Mr. Salman is also Chairman of New Pacific Metals Corp., one of the top silver development companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.
Alongside his highly successful career, Terry has tirelessly devoted his services to many volunteer organizations, including fundraising for the Britannia Mine Museum, sitting on the Government of Canada’s Expert Panel on Securities Regulation, and serving as Chair of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. Mr. Salman also served as Chairman of the Vancouver Public Library Foundation for sixteen years, and is currently Chairman Emeritus of St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. He was a Director of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada and a past Director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network. In 2009, he was awarded a Doctor of Technology “Honoris Causa” by the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
In recognition of his outstanding volunteer contributions, Terry Salman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was also a recipient of the Murray Pezim award in 2017 from the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C., the Public Service Star from the President of Singapore in 2021, and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2022 for his remarkable contributions to the Canadian mining financial industry and his extensive philanthropic efforts.
You can read about Mr. Salman’s life’s work in his recently-published book “What We Give: From Marine to Philanthropist: A Memoir” available at https://www.whatwegivebook.com/.
Matthew Lennox-King
Over the course of his 25-year career, Mr. Lennox-King has developed an expertise in mineral exploration, finance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, Mr. Lennox-King was a co-founder of Contact Gold Corp. and served as President, CEO and Director from its inception in 2017 until its acquisition in April of 2024. Over the course of his tenure at Contact – a gold exploration company developing properties along the southern Carlin Trend in Nevada – Mr. Lennox-King was instrumental in negotiating and securing a favourable joint-venture partnership with Centerra Gold and ultimately executing a corporate sale to Orla Mining.
Prior to Contact, Mr. Lennox-King served as President and CEO of Pilot Gold Inc., a TSX-listed exploration and development company with assets in the Western U.S. and Turkey. He also held the role of Senior Geologist at Pilot’s predecessor company Fronteer Gold Inc., where he led multi-million-dollar exploration programs resulting in a significant expansion of their properties’ gold endowments. Mr. Lennox-King holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia and was honoured as one of Business in Vancouver’s “Top 40 under 40” in 2014.
Dr. John-Mark Staude
Dr. Staude is a Ph.D. Economic Geologist with over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration, project finance, and capital markets. His career began in Nevada along the Carlin and Cortez trends, focusing on gold exploration and resource development. Leveraging his technical and financial expertise, he founded Riverside Resources Inc. (TSX-V: RRI), a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company that generates and finances high-value projects in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, where he continues to serve as CEO and Director.
Dr. Staude is also Chairman of Capitan Silver Corp. (TSX-V: CAPT) and a Technical Advisor to Arras Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: ARK), specializing in financing and strategic development for precious metals discoveries. With a proven track record in raising capital, structuring deals, and executing successful mineral project transactions, he has helped drive shareholder returns and advance key mining assets through innovative funding strategies and partnerships.