Ascot Resources Ltd. announced that Jim Currie will be stepping down as President and Director, replaced by Robert McLeod. Alex Morrison will join the Board of Directors as Lead Director, Ryan Wemark, P.Eng will join as Executive Vice-President and Tally Barmash will join as Corporate Secretary. Rob is an accomplished geologist, executive and third-generation miner from Stewart, BC.
He started his career as a mill operator at the Premier Mine for Westmin Resources in 1991 and as a junior geologist for Lac Minerals at the Red Mountain Project from 1992-1994. He has extensive experience in gold projects throughout North America including multiple discoveries and Company sales. He was previously CEO of IDM Mining, who advanced the Red Mountain Project through resource expansion, feasibility and receipt of EA and EIS approvals and was acquired by Ascot in 2019.
Rob is a partner in the Fiore Group and co-founder with the Nisga?a Nation of Nations Royalty Corp, with Selkirk First Nation of Selkirk Copper Mines and West Red Lake Gold Mines. He is a Director of Nations Royalty, Dolly Varden Silver and Nexgold Mining, Rob is an advisor to several additional junior Companies and Director of the Britannia Mine Museum. He has a B.Sc.
in Geology from the University of British Columbia and Masters in Mineral Exploration from Queens University. Ryan Weymark is a mining executive and Professional Engineer with over 15 years of experience spanning project development, technical advisory, permitting, M&A, and operations across the mining sector. He is the President and Co-Founder of Fuse Advisors Inc., a growing consultancy of 40+ professionals that was recently acquired by SLR Consulting.
Ryan is part of the Fiore Group, contributing to the creation and advancement of new mining ventures. He is a co-founder of several public and private resource companies, and is an advisor to West Red Lake Gold Mines, Dolly Varden Silver and Nations Royalty. Ryan is the former Vice President, Technical Evaluations and consultant to NexGen Energy, where he led strategic technical initiatives for the Rook I Project.
Prior to NexGen, Ryan was an executive for several junior mining developers in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. Prior to that, Ryan held technical and management roles with Teck Resources, Ledcor and SNC-Lavalin working in operations, engineering and construction projects. Ryan holds a B.A.Sc.
in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.). Alex Morrison is a professional director and experienced mining executive with 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He has vast multidisciplinary experience in senior strategic roles in finance, accounting, information technology, supply chain and operations support at major mining and royalty companies including Newmont Mining, Homestake Mining, Phelps Dodge, Franco-Nevada and Stillwater Mining.
He has held diverse corporate director, chairman and lead director roles for a broad list of mining companies including Detour Gold, Taseko Mines, Gold Standard Ventures, Gold Resource Corporation, Selkirk Copper Mines and Dakota Gold. He is currently a director of Energy Fuels, Nations Royalty, Deterra Royalties and Selkirk Copper Mines. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he obtained his CPA CA and holds a BA (Business Administration) from Trinity Western University.
Tally Barmash is Senior Vice-President, Corporate Finance of Fiore Management & Advisory Corp. since November 2015 and has held officer roles of multiple public companies primarily focused on the resource sector. She has played a key role in managing numerous equity financings, private placements, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Tally Barmash holds a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University.
