Management

Stephen G. Roman is the founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Global Atomic Corporation, and was previously the President & CEO of TSX listed Harte Gold Corp. Mr. Roman has successfully identified, financed, developed, and brought into commercial production many mining and oil and gas projects in the past 40 years and notably he was the founder, Co-Chairman and Director of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., that was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. for $1.5 Billion in 2008.

Previously he was a Policy Advisor to the Minister of National Defence, Canada, spearheaded the privatization of two major petrochemical companies in Central Europe, was Director and VP Exploration of Denison Mines Limited and was instrumental in the initial creation and leadership of Gabriel Resources, Belo Sun Mining, Exall Energy, Silvermet and Polar Star Mining among others. Mr. Roman received the “Bill Dennis Award” for Canadian Mineral Discovery from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in March, 2016.

Ronald S. Halas, P.Eng., is the Chief Operating Officer at Global Atomic Corporation. Mr. Halas has over 30 years of diverse experience including open pit and underground mining in both base and precious metals. He has worked with major mining companies including Kinross, IAMGOLD, Vale, PT Freeport Indonesia, Placer Dome, and Cominco. His extensive experience in mine feasibility, development, and operations has been gained in Canada, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Suriname, Brazil, and Mauritania.

Mr. Halas gained experience in the management of Technical Studies while working as the Chief Operating Officer at Spanish Mountain Gold and as Vice President Commercial, South America at IAMGOLD. In Ron’s latest role as Operations Director at Kinross Gold’s Tasiast Mine in Mauritania, several records were achieved in 2019 in terms of safety, metal production, and cost reduction.

Rein A. Lehari is the Chief Financial Officer of Global Atomic Corporation and was CFO, President and Director of Silvermet prior to its merger with Global Atomic in 2017. Mr. Lehari was previously the CFO for Harte Gold Corp. and trained as an accountant (CPA qualified) and was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rein became President of Reindalyne Enterprises Inc, in 2002, which provides financial consulting services. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Pierre Hardouin is a senior financial executive and professional accountant (CPA), most recently CFO with Orano Canada where he participated in the commissioning of the Cigar Lake project, the world’s second largest high-grade uranium deposit. Pierre brings 25 years of financial and technical experience in uranium mining and other industries including manufacturing, chemicals and paper. He is a former Naval Surface Warfare Officer and holds an MBA from the Sorbonne Business School in Paris.

Santiago graduated in 1996 with a degree in chemical engineering and began designing and starting-up metallurgical plants for clients of Hatch Ltd. Upon graduation, he worked as a researcher for Xerox and as a professor at McMaster University. At Xerox, Santiago lead teams to develop new materials and processes and was Manager of the Composite Materials Process Engineering Area. In 2012, Santiago left Xerox to lead Technology Development for Hatch Ltd. where he developed technologies and established the company’s innovation ecosystem. In 2017, Santiago founded Insight R&D Inc. to develop processes and products derived from what would otherwise become industrial waste. His Insight clients include Ecomaister (Korea as CTO), Anglo American (South Africa), Freeport McMoran, Vale, Nexa Resources, Global Atomic (as CTO) and many more prominent companies. In 2018, Santiago founded Ecomaterials Inc. to commercialize waste-to-wealth products. Ecomaterials now counts clients in the middle east, the Americas, and Europe who purchase its abrasive products derived from underutilized resources. Santiago volunteers in the Canadian and American Chemical Engineering Societies, and has been President of the Canadian Society. Santiago is an author of 17 articles and book chapters, and is inventor of over 60 U.S. patents and patent applications, which are owned by Ecomaister, Hatch, Xerox, Ecomaterials, and Samsung.

Timothy Campbell has over twenty-five years of experience in the mining sector involved with numerous companies from early stage to production, and the transition from private company to exchange-listed issuer status. Tim’s expertise is in corporate finance, regulatory compliance, government relations and permitting, local community and aboriginal consulting. He has held the positions of Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Global Atomic Corporation since June 2010. Tim holds a BA (Hons) in History and Economics from the University of Toronto.

Educated as a Geological Engineer and in related studies in Niger, Senegal and France, Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO joined Global Uranium Corporation in 2007 as Exploration Manager and since 2013 has been Global Atomic Corporation’s Country Manager in the Republic of Niger.   Prior to Global Atomic, Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO had extensive work experience in Niger’s private sector, including Chief Geologist at Golden Star Resources, St. Jude Resources and  Proma-Minerals and Senior Geologist for Barrick Gold Exploration’s ‘Tialkam’ Gold Research Project.  In Niger’s public sector he held several key positions at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, including Project Director, Director of Geological and Mining Research and Inspector of Services.

During his career, Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO has visited many mines, laboratories and consulting firms around West Africa, in France, Belgium, Germany, Morocco and Zimbabwe. Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO is member of several associations and non-governmental organizations.

A. Christophe DIN, Msc. MAusIMM, is a Senior Exploration and Resources geologist with 15+ years West African gold and Uranium exploration experience. DIN joined Global Atomic Corporation in February 2012 as Resources Manager, then was appointed Exploration Manager in May 2013. Previously, DIN was involved in gold exploration with St. Jude Resources Ltd on the Goulagou Project as part of Endeavour Mining Corporation’s Karma Deposit in Burkina Faso. Senior Geologist and Country Manager for Golden Star Resources Ltd (GSR) Burkina’s projects, as well as Technical Director for GSR’s Niger projects from 2006 to the end of 2011 where DIN was managing local projects, supervising exploration activities, implementing and auditing QAQC programs. He was also involved in project generation through due diligence and project evaluations. DIN graduated from the University of Ouagadougou (Master in Geology) and Mines ParisTech [former school of mines of Paris, France] (Master in Open Pit Mining).

Bob Tait has over 30 years of Investor Relations experience in mining, retail, petroleum, financial services and forest products. His relationship with the investment community extends throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South Africa. His experience encompasses multiple public companies including three mining companies. He worked at Eldorado Gold while they were developing mines in Turkey, at First Uranium with gold and uranium mining operations in South Africa and at IAMGOLD whose largest producing mine is in Burkina Faso, near the Niger border.

Mr. Tait has working knowledge of the security regulations and disclosure practices on the TSX, NYSE and JSE. He formerly led the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and has also been a Director of the US-based National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). He was a member of the Continuous Disclosure Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission 2002-2018.

Fergus Kerr is Mining Consultant for Global Atomic Corporation and a former Director for Harte Gold Corp. Fergus has over 40 years experience in the mining industry mostly senior management in Canadian underground mines. He was General Manager at Denison Mines, Elliot Lake and subsequently Area Manager of Mines for INCO Ltd. In Sudbury, Ontario. He was then appointed Director, Mining Sector with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Toronto, Ontario. Fergus has also served as Employer Co-Chair of the Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review, and has consulted in Indonesia, Mongolia, Australia, South Africa and North America. A graduate in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, he holds a B.Sc. (Mining) and ARSM and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Peter Wollenberg is Director of Exploration and Resource Development at Global Atomic Corporation. Peter has over 38 years of experience in the uranium exploration and mining business. He has worked in Europe, Canada, Africa and Australia, including work as an exploration geologist and VP Exploration for Urangesellschaft, and joined Cogema/Areva where he worked as senior mine geologist at the Cluff Lake uranium mine and as exploration manager both in Australia and Niger. He was responsible for the quality management system at Areva Resources Canada Inc. and was the Director Exploration North America. He is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich and holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degree in Geology and Geoscience.