David Lotan, Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Lotan is the President of LHI, an investment company focused on natural resource opportunities. In his previous career David was the founder and CEO of the structured finance operations of Polar Capital – a Canadian merchant bank and alternative asset manager, acted as a portfolio manager for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and was a risk management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on commodities and rates. Mr. Lotan is a Chartered Accountant and CPA.
Stephen Case, President, CEO, Director
Mr. Case has over 25 years’ experience in the financing and development of mineral assets. Prior to becoming President and CEO of Fox River, Mr. Case served as President, CEO of PhosCan Chemical Corp. from 2006 to 2016. Previously, he served as a director and officer and was one of three co-founders of RFC Resource Finance Corporation. RFC’s principal asset was the Pend Oreille zinc lead deposit in the state of Washington. RFC is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Teck-Cominco Ltd.
Fraser Laschinger, CFO
Mr. Laschinger graduated with an Honours in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 2006. Mr. Laschinger was a co-founder of Mineral Streams Inc., a private mineral royalty company that was sold to AuRico Metals Inc. in 2015. Since 2013, Mr. Laschinger has been the Chief Financial Officer of Hemlo Explorers Inc., a mineral exploration company working in the Hemlo camp. Previously, Mr. Laschinger worked in equity research for a Canadian investment dealer.
John D. Yokley, Director
Mr. Yokley has spent his entire career in the fertilizer products business retiring in June 2006 as Senior Vice President, Specialties Business of Agrium Inc. During his ten-year employment with Agrium, Mr. Yokley held various positions, including responsibility for the Strategic Development and Planning group, Vice President of Marketing and Senior Vice President, of Marketing and Distribution. Prior to joining Agrium in 1995, Mr. Yokley was employed by Nu-West Industries, a Western US phosphate producer, as Vice President responsible for national account sales, distribution and raw material purchasing. Mr. Yokley holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration/Marketing from Southern Illinois University.
Elizabeth Leonard, Director
Elizabeth Leonard is an investment professional with a career spanning over thirty years. She has extensive experience as a portfolio manager in bonds, equities, options and structured finance with Royal Trust, the Northern Telecom Pension Fund and served as Vice President, Investments and Treasurer of a Canadian Trust Company. Ms. Leonard has also acted as Director of Institutional Sales at Sprott Securities and Loewen Ondaatje McCuttcheon. She has been awarded the CFA designation and has been a Registered Options Principal. Most recently Ms. Leonard was a Portfolio Manager, Options with Canaccord Genuity Corp. from 2002 until her retirement in 2018.
