Management

Mr. Romain was President & CEO of Gowest Gold Ltd. from May 2008 – June 2021, a publicly traded junior exploration company where he advanced its flagship Bradshaw gold project in Timmins Ontario from pure exploration to a fully permitted1,500 TPD Mine Site. Prior to this, Mr. Romain was President & CEO of Norcast Castings Company Limited a company that he joined in 1989 as a Technical Sales Representative. During his tenure with Norcast, Mr. Romain held several positions including International Sales Manager in 1993 and Vice President of Sales & Marketing in 1999. He was responsible for growing the consumable liner business globally. He assumed the position of President of Norcast in 2001 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2005. Mr. Romain was successful in taking Norcast public as an Income Trust (Norcast Income Fund) on June 22, 2005. He was also responsible for selling the company to a private equity group based in Switzerland on March 23, 2007, after the Canadian Government announced the taxation of Income Trusts. Prior to joining Norcast, Mr. Romain held operational roles at Indal and Toronto Refiners & Smelters. Mr. Romain is past director of Gowest Gold Ltd, the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment for Service and Export and Norcast Income Fund. He is the past Chairman of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Mineral Processors. Mr. Romain graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering Technology (1986) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and in 2001 completed the Executive Program at Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.