Our Team

John Byrne – Executive Chairman

• John has 40 years experience in the natural resource industry as a financial analyst, investor and mine developer.
• Formed and mentored Cambrian Mining Plc in 2002. Cambrian started with net assets of GBP£1.4 million and before being acquired in 2008 had net assets of GBP£149 million.
• John has been Chairman and CEO of numerous successful resource companies, including Western Coal Corp which was capitalised at less than C$1 million when he joined, and was sold for C$3.3billion in 2010.

Ross MacLachlan – Non-Executive Director

Mr. MacLachlan has been involved in technology development and commercialization as an active venture capital investor and executive for over 30 years. He has worked and invested with technology companies in a range of industries especially those in the conventional and alternative energy sectors. A strong competency in corporate finance, business development and the strategic management of developing companies; including intellectual property management and technology commercialization.

Anthony Balic – CFO/Director

Anthony has worked with Canadian and US publicly listed resource companies in a range of senior roles during the past 10 years. He is the current CFO of Goldgroup Mining where he was part of the finance team which brought their Mexican mine into commercial production and is currently the CFO and a director of Fidelity Minerals Corp., which is a Lions Bay investment, and was part of the team that assisted with Fidelity’s restructure

Ryan Batros – MANAGING DIRECTOR

Ryan has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry with senior roles in securities trading, stockbroking, corporate advisory, equity capital markets and investor relations.