Goodman School of Mines Advisory Board

Shastri Ramnath 
Co-Founder, Executive Chair, Orix Geosciences Inc.

Ms. Shastri Ramnath is a Professional Geoscientist with over 19 years of global experience within the exploration and mining industry. She started her career at Falconbridge in Winnipeg in 1999 and then moved to Sudbury to join FNX Mining in 2002. She was a key member of the exploration and resource group at FNX and part of the team that discovered the Victoria Deposit.
In 2010, Shastri joined Bridgeport Ventures Inc. as President and CEO where she raised over 17 million in the capital markets before merging the company with Premier Royalty. In 2012 she co-founded and co-owns Orix Geoscience Inc., a consulting firm that partners with exploration and mining companies to provide front-end geological support. The success of Orix in its inaugural 3 years resulted in Shastri being nominated for the RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year for Canada and was one of 3 finalists for the Momentum Award.
More recently, Shastri co-founded Exiro Minerals, a junior exploration company focused on project generation that combines technology with traditional exploration methodologies. Shastri received a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Manitoba, a M.Sc. in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University (South Africa), and an Executive MBA from Athabasca University.

Fred Stanford 
President & CEO, Director, Torex Mining

Mr. Stanford is a highly qualified mining executive with 28+ years experience in the mining industry. Mr. Stanford started his career at Inco Limited in 1981 as a software designer and then moved into operations management as an underground mine foreman. He progressed through increasingly senior roles in mines operations, processing plant operations, engineering, EHS, human resources, and production services operations. In 2006 he was appointed to the role of President of Vale Inco’s Ontario Operations, a position he held until June of 2009. There are many milestones in a 28 year career, two that stand out for Mr. Stanford are an 80% reduction in injuries while he was Manager of EHS in the Manitoba Operations, and, while he was President, a production record in Ontario that was 15% above the previous record.
Mr. Stanford graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia. He served on the Board of Laurentian University, where he currently acts as Executive in Residence, and is a member of the Board of Cambrian College and of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT), a non profit commercial incubator.

Roland Horst
Corporate Mining Director

For several years, Mr. Horst has been involved in the financing and managing of mining and geophysical companies. He has 35 years of mining industry experience as the Chief Executive Officer, Investment Banker, Corporate Banker and Geologist, including 13 years as the Chief Executive Officer of both public and private companies involved in mining production, … development and exploration in Europe, South America, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia and Chile. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Orvana Minerals Corp. from March 2010 to December 5, 2011. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Nickel Corporation from February 2007 to October 2009. Mr. Horst served as the Head of Mining Group at Nesbitt Thomson. He served as a Co-Head of Mining Group at Richardson Greenshields. He was a Mining Corporate Banker with Bank of Montreal. He served as a Consultant with Geographe International from January 1999 to May 2000. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Scintrex Limited from May 2000 to June 2004 and also served as its President. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at PICorp Capital Ltd. since April 8, 2004 and IDS Intelligent Detection Systems Inc. from June 2000 to March 2001. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Aeroquest Ltd. He served as Secretary of Aeroquest International Ltd. from February 22, 2005 to October 3, 2005 and also served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from April 8, 2004 to October 3, 2005. He began his career as a Geologist with Inco Limited Inc. Mr. Horst served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of International Nickel Ventures Corp., (now INV Metals Inc.) until February 5, 2007. He served as President of Aurora Platinum Corporation. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of LaCoste & Romberg-Scintrex, Inc. from April 2001 to June 2004. He served as Vice President of Business Development at FNX Mining Company, Inc. from October 3, 2005 to February 2, 2007. He was Investment/corporate Banker at Nesbitt Thomson and Richardson Greenshields. He served as the Chairman of Virgin Metals Inc. He has been a Director at Wallbridge Mining Co. Ltd. since November 23, 2009 and Victory Nickel, Inc. since December 08, 2009. He served as a Director of Northern Superior Resources Inc. from August 2008 to March 1, 2010. He served as an Additional Director of Orvana Minerals Corp. from March 2010 to December 05, 2011. Mr. Horst served as a Director of Royal Nickel Corporation and Juno Special Situations Corporation until October 2009; Virgin Metals Inc., since May 2007; PICorp Capital Ltd. since April 8, 2004; LaCoste & Romberg-Scintrex, Inc. from April 2001 to June 2004; Aeroquest International Ltd., from May 31, 2004 to September 2006; INV Metals Inc. from November 2005 to June 5, 2007; Scintrex Limited from May 2000 to June 2004 and IDS Intelligent Detection Systems Inc., from June 2000 to March 2001. He obtained his BSc in Geology from McGill University in 1974, and MSc in Geology from Laurentian University in 1981. Mr. Horst holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business Administration, University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of Western Ontario in 1983.

Paul Rollinson
President and CEO, Kinross Gold

Paul Rollinson was appointed Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2012. He joined Kinross as Executive Vice-President, New Investments, in September 2008. In September 2009, he was appointed Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development. Paul joined Kinross after a long career in investment banking, most recently as the Deputy Head of Investment Banking at Scotia Capital. During his time with Scotia, he was responsible for the mining, power/utilities, forestry and industrial sectors. He also served as Managing Director/Head of Americas for the mining group within Deutsche Bank AG, and before that, was a senior member of the mining team at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Paul has an Honours BSc in Geology from Laurentian University and an M. Eng. in Mining from McGill University.

Dominic Fragomeni
Vice President, XPS – Expert Process Solutions.

Catharine Farrow
CEO, Director and Co-Founder of TMAC Resources Inc.

Catharine is a professional geoscientist with more than 25 years of mining industry experience. Since November 2012 she has been CEO, Director and Co-Founder of TMAC Resources Inc., a public exploration, development and mining company based in Toronto and Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. TMAC was taken public in July 2015 and is currently focused on achieving production at the Hope Bay – Doris Mine in early 2017. Before TMAC, Catharine was most recently COO of KGHM International (formerly Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.). Previously at Quadra FNX and FNX Mining Company Inc. she held multiple senior executive roles ranging from Exploration, Corporate Development, Technical Services and Project Evaluation. Before FNX, Catharine was with both Inco Ltd. and the Ontario Geological Survey. She currently serves as a Director of Franco-Nevada Corporation and is an Adjunct Professor at Laurentian University. She also currently serves on the Ontario Government’s ‘Women in Business’ Initiative Steering Committee and the Footprints Technology Transfer Committee for the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. Catharine obtained her BSc (Hons) from Mount Allison University, her MSc from Acadia University and her PhD from Carleton University.

Robert Friedland
Executive Chairman and Founder, Ivanhoe Mines

Robert Martin Friedland (August 18, 1950) is an American-Canadian billionaire financier in the mining industry. Since the early 1980s, he has specialized in securing funding for the exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and technology ventures. He is the founder and chairman of his private, family-owned firm, Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, which is active in capital markets, focused on emerging markets. He is the founder and co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines – a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto and OTCQX exchanges.