Our Team - Kenorland Minerals

Zach Flood
President and CEO, Director

Mr. Flood is an experienced geologist who has managed mineral exploration in countries around the world including Mongolia, China, Dem. Rep. Congo, Peru, Argentina, Canada, and the U.S., over the past 15 years. Mr. Flood co-founded Kenorland Minerals Ltd in 2016. Prior to co-founding Kenorland, Mr. Flood spent numerous years within the Ivanhoe Group, undertaking project generation and business development along with evaluating early to advanced stage M&A opportunities in the mining sector.

Francis MacDonald
Executive Vice President of Exploration

Francis is an exploration geologist who has spent the majority of his career with Newmont Mining Corporation managing grassroots exploration projects in North America, West Africa, and East Africa. He has extensive knowledge of exploration and targeting techniques related to orogenic gold and VMS deposits in Precambrian terranes.

Jessica van Den Akker
Director

Jessica van Den Akker holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at Kore Mining. Ms. Van Den Akker is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) with 15 years’ experience in the resource sector. She gained extensive experience through a Canadian audit firm providing reporting and accounting assurance services to publicly traded companies, primarily in natural resources. Ms. Van Den Akker is a graduate of Simon Fraser University where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Enoch Kong
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Kong is a graduate from the Simon Fraser University, completing his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2005. He received his Certified General Accountant designation in 2008 and his Chartered Accountant designation in 2010. Mr. Kong is currently a senior member with Michael Waldkirch & Company Inc., Chartered Professional Accountants, in Vancouver, BC. He has extensive experience in controllership and financial reporting for public companies in the oil and gas and mining sectors listed in Canada and United States

Jay Sujir
Director

Mr. Sujir is a securities and natural resources lawyer who has 23 years of experience in advising and assisting public companies. He is a senior partner with Farris LLP. Mr. Sujir is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Canadian Bar Association.

Rick Trotman
Director

Mr. Trotman is a professional geologist with a broad range of experience within the mining industry, having worked in both buy-side and sell-side positions as well as technically focused responsibilities with major mining companies. Mr. Trotman is currently the President and CEO of Barksdale Resources. Rick was previously with Resource Capital Funds, a leading mining-focused private equity firm, where he was involved in executing a broad range of investments spanning the precious, base and minor metal spaces and was also responsible for establishing and managing the firm’s portfolio of exploration investments. He holds a Master of Science in Economic Geology from the University of Nevada Reno and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Washington State University.

Scott Smits
Chief Geologist

Scott has been involved in a broad range of positions and responsibilities, including mineral exploration and project evaluations since 2007. He honed his technically driven skillset during his time as a leading geologist on the Madrid deposit, at the Hope Bay Project for Newmont Mining Corporation. Scott’s ability to develop comprehensive three dimensional geologic models integrating wide ranges of datasets has been an integral part of his success from grassroots exploration to resource development. His most recent role was Senior Geologist within Newmont Mining Corporation’s Exploration Development Group conducting project generation and evaluations.

Jamie Levy
Director

Mr. Levy has 25 years experience in financing and management of Canadian mining companies. Mr. Levy is currently the President, CEO and Director of Generation Mining. Mr. Levy was previously CEO of Pine Point Mining which was acquired by Osisko Metals.

Dave Stevenson
Chief Geophysicist

Dave is a mineral exploration geoscientist with over 10 years combined experience in mineral exploration and geoscientific research throughout Canada, Australia and South America. He has worked with a number of junior and mid-tier companies focusing on regional scale targeting to deposit scale resource definition. His current PhD research (being concluded at The Centre for Exploration Targeting; The University of Western Australia) involves developing and implementing an integrated structural geology and potential field geophysical approach to identifying crustal-scale architectural controls on mineralized systems. With combined experience in mineral exploration and exploration focused academic research Dave is positioned to be a leader among the next generation of mineral exploration geoscientists through applying sound scientific reasoning to develop exploration strategies capable of unlocking the mineral potential in previously overlooked terranes.

Peter Meredith
Advisor

Peter is a current Director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (formerly Ivanplats Limited), Peregrine Diamonds, Cordoba Minerals and Great Canadian Gaming and was formerly a Director and Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (now Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.), where he was involved in overseeing Ivanhoe’s business development and corporate relations. He was also Chairman of SouthGobi Resources Ltd. as well as the President and CEO of Global Mining Management Corp. Peter previously spent 31 years with Deloitte LLP, chartered accountants, and retired as a partner in 1996. Peter is a Chartered Professional Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. He was also certified as a Chartered Accountant (now Chartered Professional Accountant) by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1968.

Janek Wozniewski
Exploration Manager, P.Geo

Janek is an exploration geologist and geoscientist with experience in early to late stage mineral exploration projects as well as mid-stream oil and gas projects in Canada, US, Australia and Peru. Since 2009, Janek has consulted with several junior to major energy and resource companies and has gained a broad multidisciplinary skillset with a focus on program planning and project management.

Carl Gutsche
Director of Communications

Mr. Gutsche brings over 10 years of diverse mineral exploration and technical experience to the team complimented by a strong track record in innovation and discovery. He is an active participant in the development of modern communications, visual products, and marketing materials in support of translating resource opportunities and value creation throughout the exploration sector. Prior to this role Mr. Gutsche held previous roles with Newmont Corporation, Riverside Resources and Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.