Mr. Stewart has over 44 years of domestic and international experience in mining and exploration for gold, uranium, base metals and copper. During his career, Elmer has been involved in the financing, acquisition and exploration of base metal and gold projects as well as the development and construction of two underground mines and the construction and operation of three open pit gold mines. Elmer was instrumental in diversifying the Company’s project portfolio throughout North America, led the 2013 Feasibility Study on the Schaft Creek project and was directly involved with negotiating the Schaft Creek Joint Venture Agreement with Teck Resources Limited.