Dr. Toby Strauss (CGeol; EurGeol) – Founder & Director
Toby has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry, with roles ranging from Exploration Geologist to Chief Operating Officer of a producing company, as well as executive and non-executive board positions. He has worked with a broad range of deposit styles covering Base Metals, Gold and Diamonds.
His specialties include exploration targeting and geological modelling; resource modelling and the preparation of NI 43-101 Technical Reports and project management. He has been closely involved with the corporate side of the mining business including financings, and negotiating joint ventures and acquisitions.
He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London with the Chartered Geologist (CGeol) and European Geologist (EurGeol) accreditations. He is a committee member of the Association of Mining Analysts as well as a member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
He is currently Consultant Mining Advisor to Grant Thornton UK LLP, and is also serving as a non-executive Director of several companies including Talmora Diamond Inc. and Strauss Partners Ltd.
David Pym (CGeol B.Sc.) – Consultant
David is a Chartered Geologist and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists with over 25 years of international experience in the mining industry, with roles ranging from Exploration Geologist to President and CEO of a listed company that successfully made the transition from an exploration company to a producing company.
He has worked in many jurisdictions including Australia, Venezuela, Canada, Indonesia and Scandinavia across a broad range of deposit styles, from epithermal gold, orogenic gold, porphyry copper, IOCG, sedex, VMS and magmatic nickel sulphide.
His specialties are 3D geological modelling, exploration targeting, project review and project troubleshooting. He has built up mining teams, overseen the shutdown and restart of mining operations and negotiated offtake and co-operation agreements.
As a corporate executive, he has led; acquisitions, joint ventures, successful financings and served on the board. He has been involved in industry advisory roles on mining law reform and sustainability forums.
Martin Kostuik – Consultant
Mr. Martin Kostuik is a mining engineer with 20 years of experience in both Canada and the United States. His background includes engineering, operations, exploration and development in both open pit and underground mines producing coal, base metals and precious metals. Mr. Kostuik holds an MBA from University of Tennessee and a B.Sc. Mining Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston.
Jamie Strauss – Advisor
Jamie Strauss is the founding partner of Strauss Partners Ltd, he has worked as a stockbroker in the City of London for over 25 years, specialising for nearly 15 years within the resources industry.
He was previously Managing Director of UK Equity product at BMO Capital Markets, prior to which he was a director of Hargreave Hale Ltd where he founded, developed and then sold a Mining institutional sales and research department. Jamie started his career in 1986 at Strauss Turnbull (subsequently bought by Société Générale). Jamie has experience in sales, research, transaction structuring, IPO’s and syndication.
He is a non-executive director of Altius Minerals, Gold Standard Ventures, Wildhorse Energy and Appleton Resources. He was on the board of Extorre Gold Mines until its successful sale to Yamana in 2012. He is also a trustee of The Julian Baring Scholarship Fund.