Management

Management team with extensive mining experience.

Ron F. Hochstein, P.Eng

Ron F. Hochstein, P.Eng

President, CEO & Director

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Ron F. Hochstein, P.Eng President, CEO & Director
Chester See

Chester See

CFO

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Chester See CFO
Terry Smith

Terry Smith

COO

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Terry Smith COO
Sheila Colman

Sheila Colman

Vice President, Legal and Sustainability & Corporate Secretary

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Sheila Colman Vice President, Legal and Sustainability & Corporate Secretary
Andre Oliveira

Andre Oliveira

Vice President, Exploration

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Andre Oliveira Vice President, Exploration
Brendan Creaney

Brendan Creaney

Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

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Brendan Creaney Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Ron F. Hochstein, P.Eng
Ron F. Hochstein, P.Eng President, CEO & Director

Ron Hochstein, P.Eng., is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Gold Inc. Mr. Hochstein served as Executive Chairman of Denison Mines Corp. in 2015 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Hochstein served as President and Chief Operating Officer when International Uranium Corporation ("IUC") and Denison Mines Inc. combined to form Denison Mines Corp. in 2006, before which he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IUC. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hochstein was a Project Manager with Simons Mining Group and was with Noranda Minerals as a metallurgical engineer. Mr. Hochstein is a Professional Engineer and holds an M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta.

Chester See
Chester See CFO

During his career, Chester has held positions of increasing responsibility in a number of publicly traded companies, including three years at Western Coal Corp., where he served as Manager, Financial Reporting & Treasury at the time of its $3.3 billion acquisition by Walter Energy Ltd. in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. See served as Financial Controller for Lucara Diamond Corp. and CFO of NGEx Resources Inc. from 2014 to 2016. Prior to his involvement in the mining industry, Mr. See spent three years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers working with a diverse client base both in Canada and internationally. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.

Terry Smith
Terry Smith COO

Terry Smith joined Lundin Gold as Chief Operating Officer in March of 2023. He is a mining engineer with over 20 years of varied experience in operations, capital projects, engineering studies and business development. Previously, Terry has worked for mining companies that include Coeur Mining, Barrick, and Teck with projects in Canada, USA, Africa, and Latin America. During his tenure with Coeur Mining, he helped drive safety performance to industry lows as well as improving production, reducing costs, and extending mine life. Terry is a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia and a graduate from Laurentian University with a degree in Mining Engineering.

Sheila Colman
Sheila Colman Vice President, Legal and Sustainability & Corporate Secretary

Sheila is Vice President, Legal and Sustainability of Lundin Gold. She also serves as Corporate Secretary to Lundin Gold’s Board of Directors.

Sheila oversees Lundin Gold’s legal and corporate sustainability matters. She has more than two decades of experience working in public companies in the mining sector and, since the acquisition of the Fruta del Norte gold mine in Ecuador, she has been responsible for Lundin Gold’s legal affairs ranging from corporate and commercial transactions, equity and debt financings and strategic relationships to board matters, compliance, and corporate governance. Sheila oversees the Company’s advancement of its long-term sustainability strategy and leads on ESG/climate initiatives. From 2015 to 2023, Sheila held the position of Vice-President Legal and Corporate Secretary at Lundin Gold. Prior to joining Lundin Gold, Sheila was Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Denison Mines Corp., a Canadian uranium mining company, a position which she held since 2004. Before moving into mining, Sheila worked as in house counsel at Labatt Breweries, one of Canada’s leading brewers.

Sheila graduated from Queen's University with a B.A.(H) in 1990 and then received her LL.B. from Queen's University in 1993. She is a member of both the British Columbia and Ontario Bars and has a Global Competent Boards designation (GCB.D) from Competent Boards.

Andre Oliveira
Andre Oliveira Vice President, Exploration

Andre Oliveira joined Lundin Gold as Vice President, Explorations in March 2022. Andre is a Professional Geologist and has over 20 years of experience in all stages of gold and base metals exploration in South America. Andre was employed by Yamana Gold for more than 17 years and held the roles of Senior Geologist, Manager, Country Director, and ultimately as South America Senior director, where has been directly involved with the exploration success in several producing mines and in the generation of new early-stage exploration projects. Earlier in his carrier, Mr. Oliveira was an exploration geologist at Anglo Gold Ashanti’s Crixas gold mine and as Regional Exploration Geologist at De Beers. Andre is a registered Professional Geoscientist in the province of Ontario, holds a Bachelor of Geology from the University of Sao Paulo and an ongoing MBA in International Mineral Resources Management from University of Dundee. Andre is a Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101.

Brendan Creaney
Brendan Creaney Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

Brendan Creaney joined Lundin Gold as Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations in October 2024. Brendan is an accomplished finance professional with more than 15 years of experience in the mining industry. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Trevali Mining. Prior to that he held several finance roles with Goldcorp from 2012 to 2019 in such functions as corporate development, business planning, studies and projects, capital allocation, and strategy. Brendan also held project finance roles at Barrick Gold Corporation and Novagold Resources. He holds a Master of Business Administration specializing in Finance from the University of Manchester and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria.


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