Team

Frederick is an international mining executive with 15 years of experience working with companies in the UK, Canada and Australia. He co-founded Elemental Royalties as a private company and has advanced it through Listing in 2020 and then a merger with Altus Strategies PLC in 2022. Prior to Elemental Altus, he was Managing Director of a UK-listed gold exploration company, Goldcrest Resources PLC and General Manager of an ASX-listed uranium exploration company, Resource Star Ltd. Frederick received the ‘Young Rising Star’ Award at Mines & Money 2018, holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Edinburgh and was on the founding committee of Young Mining Professionals in London.

David has over 13 years experience in the mining and mine finance industries. He started his career in Equity Research at BMO Capital Markets before joining Kulczyk Investments, a Polish family investment company. Whilst at KI, David was part of the establishment of QKR Corporation, a private mining investment company, and was seconded to the business development team which acquired the Navachab gold mine from Anglogold Ashanti. Prior to joining Elemental Altus, David was Vice President at Tamesis Partners LLP, specialising in corporate advisory and equity capital markets.

Alister is an investment professional with over a decade of experience working in private equity and capital markets in the natural resources industry. He has gained international exposure to the sector through his roles as an investment manager at The Sentient Group, a private equity fund focused on metals and mining, and as director of business development at KoBold Metals, a data science-led resource investment vehicle. Alister holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) from Sydney University.

Bryan is a mining engineer with over 20 years’ experience. He has spent his career designing and evaluating mining projects and operations. Bryan started his career at mines in Canada then transitioned into consulting. He is now based in the United Kingdom. Bryan has been a consultant mining engineer with global engineering companies. Bryan was with SLR Consulting after AMC Consultants and Golder Associates (now WSP). He has consulted to mining and financial companies on their projects and operations. As Principal Mining Engineer, Bryan advised companies on engineering projects and due diligence. Bryan is a Professional Engineer in Canada and a Qualified/Competent Person. He graduated with a degree in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario.

Richard is a financial geologist, and co-founder of Elemental Altus, with over 35 years of technical and commercial global resource industry experience. He spent 18 years with WMC Ltd in exploration, feasibility, mining, business development, communications and governance. Richard has since held a number of senior technical roles for a range of listed and unlisted companies; including CEO of ASX-listed minerals explorer, Resource Star Ltd. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Business from Curtin University of Technology.

Prior to joining Elemental Altus in 2020, Meghan worked as an investment banker with RBC Capital Markets’ Metals & Mining and Energy teams based in London, where she was involved in a variety of transactions across commodity types and regions. Meghan holds a MSc in Metals and Energy Finance, jointly awarded by Imperial College Business School and the Department of Earth Science and Engineering. She also holds a BSc in Geological Sciences from the University of Leeds.

David has extensive experience in corporate finance, capital markets, M&A and financial restructurings. Prior to joining Elemental Altus, David was General Counsel for EMEA / APAC at PJT Partners, and senior counsel at Deutsche Bank. Prior to investment banking, David worked at White & Case and Dentons, advising primarily financial institutions and natural resource companies on securities law matters.

Frederick is an international mining executive with 15 years of experience working with companies in the UK, Canada and Australia. He co-founded Elemental Royalties as a private company and has advanced it through Listing in 2020 and then a merger with Altus Strategies PLC in 2022. Prior to Elemental Altus, he was Managing Director of a UK-listed gold exploration company, Goldcrest Resources PLC and General Manager of an ASX-listed uranium exploration company, Resource Star Ltd. Frederick received the ‘Young Rising Star’ Award at Mines & Money 2018, holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Edinburgh and was on the founding committee of Young Mining Professionals in London.

As an award-winning prospector with 35 years experience in professional geology, John is a steward of the junior mining industry and the co-founder and principal Discovery Group. His entrepreneurship has created over $2.6 billion in M&A activity and generated over C$1 billion in direct and indirect mineral expenditures. He was involved in several monumental discoveries including the Yukon’s 5Moz Coffee Gold deposit, Ontario’s Great Bear Project, the Three Bluffs gold deposit in the Committee Bay greenstone belt, and the Aviat/Churchill diamond districts of Nunavut. John holds many leadership positions in the industry, including Executive Chairman of K2 Gold, Director of Fireweed Metals, and acts as a Strategic Advisor to CopperEx, Defense Metals, Kodiak Copper, Prospector Metals, and ValOre Metals.

David is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience. He was involved in the construction and development of the New Liberty, Iduapriem, Siguiri, Samira Hill and Kiniero gold mines in West Africa. David served as the CEO of Shield Mining until its takeover by Gryphon Minerals, prior to that he was the CEO of Afcan Mining Corporation, a China focused gold mining company that was sold to Eldorado Gold in 2005. David has held senior management positions in numerous mining companies including Golden Shamrock Mines, Ashanti Goldfields and Semafo Inc. He is a former director of Altus Resource Capital, Altus Global Gold, African Aura Mining, Afferro Mining, Avesoro Resources and Kilo Goldmines. David is also currently a non-executive Director of Kore Potash (ASX, AIM & JSE: KP2).

Jack has over thirteen years of geology and mining experience and is responsible for assessing Geology and Mineral Resource Models at La Mancha. Prior to La Mancha, Jack was a Consultant Geologist for SLR Consulting (formerly RPA), where he performed countless due diligence reviews and audits on various projects across the world, and generated NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resources and Technical Reports for several clients.

Jack has previously worked for Micromine, a major Geological Software company, developing in-depth knowledge of advanced resource modelling. Jack’s resource skills are backed by solid geological exploration experience across Africa, the Middle East, and Australia, working for world-class mining companies such as Barrick Gold Corporation.

Jack is an expert in manipulating geological models and has recently obtained a Citation in Geostatistics from the University of Alberta. Jack holds a Master of Geology (MGeol) degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and is a Chartered Geologist (CGeol) with the Geological Society of London, as well as a registered professional geologist (EurGeol) with the European Federation of Geologists.

Martin is senior executive with over 15 years experience in the commodities industry, including 10 years in the mining industry, Martin is currently CEO of FPX Nickel Corp. He was formerly CFO of First Point Minerals Corp. from 2012 to 2015 and previously with KPMG LLP and Methanex Corporation. He is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and serves on the board of directors of the Association for Mineral Exploration of British Columbia.

Peter was the first Manager of WMC Geoscience technology before he became a founding member of Independence Group Limited, in 2000, which is now over A$12 billion. He was a founding director of Ampella Mining Ltd (3.2Moz Batie gold project and 5.3Moz Doropo deposit), a vendor of Gryphon Minerals’ Banfora gold project (includes the 3.2Moz Wahgnion deposit) and involved in the project generation for Papillon’s Mali projects (includes the 10Moz Fekola and satellite gold deposit) and Boss Resources (mkt cap ~$1bn). Peter was also involved in the generation of the Didievi gold project (1.7Moz) and a seed investor in Bellevue Gold (3.1Moz). Peter co-founded the International Resource Sector Intelligence company, Intierra, which has been developed into the S&P Capital IQ Pro platform, co-founded the first hard rock mineral seismic company in the world, HiSeis; the gold geochemistry disruptor company, Portable PPB, and the geophysical technology company, RoqSense. Peter is a non-executive Director of Alderan Resources (ASX:AL8), African Gold (ASX:A1G) and Benz Mining (ASX:BNZ).

Prashant Francis has over 20 years of experience in the investment banking, M&A and business development space. Prashant is the co-founder and co-Chief Executive Officer of AlphaStream, a private mining investment company based in Abu Dhabi. In his role at AlphaStream, he has helped build a platform that invests across the capital structure in the mining space globally.  Prashant began his career at J.P. Morgan Chase focused on Mining M&A and then evolved into a more generalist M&A role and then a TMT focused role. In 2017, he co-founded Portman Partners, a merchant banking platform that is the co-owner of AlphaStream.

Robert has over 40 years of experience as an owner or senior manager in the investment, mining and petroleum industries. He was a Managing Director of the Corazon Capital Group; a Guernsey regulated investment management and stockbroking company for 14 years until its takeover by Canaccord Genuity in 2010. In addition, he was the Managing Director of Eagle Drilling. Currently he is a Non-Executive Director of the Energy Venture Funds III, IV, V, V Plus and Chairman of the Zeropex Group, a water engineering firm. Previously he was a Non-Executive Director of Altus Resource Capital, Altus Global Gold and Chairman of Genuity Energy. Robert holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Vincent Benoit has over 30 years of corporate finance, business development and M&A experience in the mining, telecom, and energy sectors. Vincent identified the opportunity to buy La Mancha and joined the company as Head of Strategy & Business Development in 2012, before leading La Mancha’s portfolio restructuring and contributing to the enhancement of its mines performance in Australia and Africa then identifying and executing the combinations with Evolution and Endeavour, which positioned La Mancha as a leading private investor in the gold mining sector. From 2016 to 2019, Vincent was CFO and EVP Corporate Development at Endeavour where he reshaped the strategy, improved the mine portfolio quality, and enhanced the balance sheet to fund the organic growth. Endeavour’s market capitalization was quadrupled by the time he left at the end of 2019. In early 2020, he re-joined La Mancha to oversee investments and fund raising.

Previously, Vincent was at Orange (2006-2012) where he served as EVP M&A. He led the development of the group’s footprint in Africa and Europe and formed strategic partnerships with key European telecoms players. Prior to this, Vincent held various finance positions including with Orano (ex-Areva), Bull Information Systems and PwC. Vincent holds a MSc from Kedge Business School and is a Chartered Accountant.