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Serafino Iacono
Executive Chairman and CEOSerafino Iacono joined the Board of Denarius Metals in November 2020 and has served as Executive Chairman and CEO since April 2021. He is a successful mine builder with over thirty years of experience in capital markets and public companies, having raised more than $5 billion for numerous natural resource projects internationally. He was formerly a director of Aris Mining (previously GCM Mining) and a director and CEO of NG Energy Corp. Mr. Iacono was a founder and the former Executive Chairman of GCM Mining Corp. His extensive experience includes numerous resource and business ventures in Latin America, Europe, Canada and the United States.
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Paul Sparkes
Lead Independent Director and Audit Committee ChairPaul Sparkes joined the Board of Denarius Metals in October 2020. Mr. Sparkes is an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in media, finance, capital markets and Canada’s political arena. He is President of Otterbury Holdings Inc., a corporation advising growth entities in private and public markets, the CEO and a director of Vortex Energy Corp. and a director and co-founder of Difference Capital Financial, a specialty finance company that invests in media, technology, health care and U.S. real estate. He has been a director of SolarBank Corporation since March 2023 and Antler Gold Inc. since November 2016.
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Francisco Sole
DirectorFrancisco Sole joined the Board of Denarius Metals in November 2021. Mr. Sole is the Managing Director of Andina Media De Inversiones, S.A.S., the General Director of RASMA, S.A.S and a Director of Grupo Planeta Colombia, Mapfre Seguros Generales de Colombia, S.A. and Mapfre Colombia Vida Seguros, a Member of Camara de Comercio Hispano-Colombia and Corresponding Member of Academia Colombiana de la Lengua. He was previously a Director of Blueberries Medical Corp., Pentanova Energy Corp., Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. and Banco Santander de Negocios Colombia S.A.
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Federico Restrepo-Solano
Chief Operating Officer, Director and CCGNC ChairFederico Restrepo-Solano joined the Board of Denarius Metals in October 2022 and was appointed COO on August 1, 2024. Mr. Restrepo-Solano is a partner and Corporate Director of Qvartz Capital Partners. Mr. Restrepo-Solano was formerly a director of NG Energy International Corp., Senior Vice-President of Corporate Affairs with Frontera Energy from 2008 to 2016 and has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and mining sector. He has an undergraduate degree from Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano and a graduate degree from Universidad del Rosario.
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Mateo Restrepo Villegas
President, Zancudo Metals (Colombia) and DirectorMateo Restrepo Villegas joined the Board of Denarius Metals in January 2024 and was appointed President of Zancudo Metals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denarius Metals operating in Colombia, on August 1, 2024. Mr. Restrepo, is also the Managing Partner of Impact Capital, a Colombian-based strategic investment and advisory firm and has extensive experience in mining, infrastructure, banking and government relations. Mr. Restrepo, who previously served as President of Continental Gold Inc. from 2015 to 2018, holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Berkeley College.
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Patricia Herrera Paba
DirectorPatricia Herrera Paba joined the Board of Denarius Metals in June 2024. Mrs. Herrera Paba has an accomplished background in financial and research consulting in natural gas, liquid fuels, and energy across Colombia and Latin America, having founded Estudios y Consultorias in 2002 and currently serving as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, she serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Carbones Colombianos del Cerrejon S.A. Mrs. Herrera Paba received a B.S. Industrial Engineer from the Catholic University of Colombia in Bogota, Colombia and a M.S. Economical and Financial Management with a concentration in Accounting and the Stock Market from the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.
Committee Composition
Audit Committee | CCGNC (1) | ||
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Serafino Iacono | |||
Federico Restrepo-Solano | |||
Paul Sparkes | |||
Francisco Sole | |||
Mateo Restrepo Villegas | |||
Patricia Herrera Paba |
Chairperson of the Board
Lead Independent Director
Committee Chair
Committee Member
(1) Compensation, Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee