Directors
Gilmour Clausen
Director, Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Clausen is one of the founders of Plata Latina and was previously Chair of the Company. He is a recognized mining executive with more than 30 years’ experience in the areas of senior management, finance, development and operations in the base and precious metals industry. He was most recently President and CEO and Director of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, which was acquired by Hudbay Minerals Inc. in June 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Clausen was President and CEO and Director of Brio Gold Inc., which was acquired by Leagold Mining Corp in May 2018, and President and CEO and Director of Augusta Resource Corporation, which was acquired by Hudbay Minerals Inc. in September 2014. Mr. Clausen has a Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University.
Letitia Wong
Director
Ms. Wong has 20 years of experience in strategy, corporate development, strategic transactions including mergers & acquisitions, financings, financial reporting, investor relations and corporate governance in the mining industry. She was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Copper Mountain Mining Corporation before it was acquired by Hudbay Minerals Inc. in 2023. Prior, she was Vice President, Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary at Brio Gold Inc., which was acquired in 2018. Ms. Wong has also been Vice President, Investor Relations at Augusta Resource Corporation, which was acquired in 2014, Arizona Mining, and Ventana Gold, which was acquired in 2011. Ms. Wong was also formerly Director of Investor Relations at Yamana Gold and held various finance positions at TELUS Communications.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and is a CFA Charterholder.
Joseph Longpre
Director, Audit Committee Chair
Mr. Longpre has over 35 years of finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management experience in the mining and metals industry and is a seasoned CFO. Prior to retirement, Mr. Longpre was previously CFO of Brio Gold Inc. and CFO of Augusta Resource Corporation. Mr. Longpre was also Vice President at URS Corporation and Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets. He has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan, as well as an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Longpre is a CMA, CPA.