Our Team

Elmer B. Stewart, P.Geol, MSc.
Chairman & Director

Mr. Stewart has a Masters Degree in Geology and over 32 years of domestic and international experience in mining and mineral exploration. Mr. Stewart has been involved in putting five gold mines into production. Mr. Stewart has approximately 22 years of experience at the senior management level for various companies listed on the Toronto and Toronto Venture Exchange.

Jevin Werbes
President, CEO and Director

Mr. Werbes has over 19 years of practical experience in the mineral exploration and corporate finance/securities industry. He has recently been successful in acquiring strategic resource assets as a property vendor, and is currently actively involved in corporate finance development and investor relations activities related to junior mining companies. From March 2009 to May 2014, Mr. Werbes was a Director, and thereafter President & CEO of Ansell Capital Corp. (now “BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.”). From January 2006 until October 2008, Mr. Werbes provided capital market and corporate development services to Longview Capital Partners Inc. Currently, he also sits on the Board of Directors of Plicit Capital Corp. while providing management, finance and corporate development services to other Issuers through his personal holding company, Calico Management Corp.

Braden Jensen, C.A.
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Braden Jensen is a Chartered Accountant, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria. Mr. Jensen began his career and traditional training with KPMG LLP.  He was in the public practice sector for 6 years, concentrating in commodities-based accounting and tax.  He then transitioned to industry, working for the past 3 years at Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. in mineral exploration, construction, and operations reporting.

Chris Healey, P.Geo
Director

Chris Healey is a licensed professional geologist in British Columbia with over 43 years of experience in the natural resources industry, specializing in uranium exploration and extraction. He has held senior positions with Cameco Corporation, the world's largest uranium producer, where he managed its US operations as well as the acquisition process for several major uranium properties that hosted in excess of 50 million pounds of resources. Mr. Healey was involved in the discovery of the two world's largest high grade deposits: Cigar Lake and McArthur River. He has also worked on uranium projects around the world including Canada, United States, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Australia and Malawi.

Mr. Healey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Wales, Swansea, and served as the national president for the Geological Society of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. In addition to belonging to several key industry associations, he has also published several scientific papers on resource and reserve evaluations.

Hrayr Agnerian, M.Sc. (Applied), P.Geo.
Director

Hrayr Agnerian has extensive geological consulting experience and is currently president of Agnerian Consulting Ltd., an independent geological consulting firm. He is also an associate of Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (Scott Wilson RPA) with previous experience working with Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (SMDC) now CAMECO Corp., and as a board member for a variety junior mining companies.

Mr. Agnerian has more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry, with expertise in exploring for precious metals (including platinum group elements), base metals, industrial minerals, rare earth elements, and uranium. He has worked in a variety of geological environments around the world and is fluent in English, Armenian, French and Spanish, and has a working knowledge in Arabic, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish.

Mr. Agnerian has a B.Sc. degree in Geology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, a Diploma in Mining Exploration, ITC, Delft, The Netherlands, and a M.Sc. (Applied) degree in Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montréal. He has published on mineral resource estimations, on lithologic guides to unconformity- related uranium mineralization, and on valuation of exploration properties. Mr. Agnerian is a member of professional associations in Ontario, Québec, and Saskatchewan.

J. Michael Smith
Director

Mr. Smith has been a director of Copper Fox Metals since September 2004 and was Executive Vice President until his retirement in September 2013. Mr. Smith had a 38 year banking career with RBC Royal Bank, holding senior management positions in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and New York. Mr. Smith is a Director and Treasurer of a registered public charity.

Judy A. McCall
Corporate Secretary

Elmer B. Stewart, P.Geol, MSc.
Chairman & Director

Mr. Stewart has a Masters Degree in Geology and over 32 years of domestic and international experience in mining and mineral exploration. Mr. Stewart has been involved in putting five gold mines into production. Mr. Stewart has approximately 22 years of experience at the senior management level for various companies listed on the Toronto and Toronto Venture Exchange.

Jevin Werbes
President, CEO and Director

Mr. Werbes has over 19 years of practical experience in the mineral exploration and corporate finance/securities industry. He has recently been successful in acquiring strategic resource assets as a property vendor, and is currently actively involved in corporate finance development and investor relations activities related to junior mining companies. From March 2009 to May 2014, Mr. Werbes was a Director, and thereafter President & CEO of Ansell Capital Corp. (now “BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.”). From January 2006 until October 2008, Mr. Werbes provided capital market and corporate development services to Longview Capital Partners Inc. Currently, he also sits on the Board of Directors of Plicit Capital Corp. while providing management, finance and corporate development services to other Issuers through his personal holding company, Calico Management Corp.

Braden Jensen, C.A.
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Braden Jensen is a Chartered Accountant, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria. Mr. Jensen began his career and traditional training with KPMG LLP.  He was in the public practice sector for 6 years, concentrating in commodities-based accounting and tax.  He then transitioned to industry, working for the past 3 years at Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. in mineral exploration, construction, and operations reporting.

Chris Healey, P.Geo
Director

Chris Healey is a licensed professional geologist in British Columbia with over 43 years of experience in the natural resources industry, specializing in uranium exploration and extraction. He has held senior positions with Cameco Corporation, the world's largest uranium producer, where he managed its US operations as well as the acquisition process for several major uranium properties that hosted in excess of 50 million pounds of resources. Mr. Healey was involved in the discovery of the two world's largest high grade deposits: Cigar Lake and McArthur River. He has also worked on uranium projects around the world including Canada, United States, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Australia and Malawi.

Mr. Healey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Wales, Swansea, and served as the national president for the Geological Society of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. In addition to belonging to several key industry associations, he has also published several scientific papers on resource and reserve evaluations.

Hrayr Agnerian, M.Sc. (Applied), P.Geo.
Director

Hrayr Agnerian has extensive geological consulting experience and is currently president of Agnerian Consulting Ltd., an independent geological consulting firm. He is also an associate of Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (Scott Wilson RPA) with previous experience working with Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (SMDC) now CAMECO Corp., and as a board member for a variety junior mining companies.

Mr. Agnerian has more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry, with expertise in exploring for precious metals (including platinum group elements), base metals, industrial minerals, rare earth elements, and uranium. He has worked in a variety of geological environments around the world and is fluent in English, Armenian, French and Spanish, and has a working knowledge in Arabic, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish.

Mr. Agnerian has a B.Sc. degree in Geology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, a Diploma in Mining Exploration, ITC, Delft, The Netherlands, and a M.Sc. (Applied) degree in Geological Sciences, McGill University, Montréal. He has published on mineral resource estimations, on lithologic guides to unconformity- related uranium mineralization, and on valuation of exploration properties. Mr. Agnerian is a member of professional associations in Ontario, Québec, and Saskatchewan.

J. Michael Smith
Director

Mr. Smith has been a director of Copper Fox Metals since September 2004 and was Executive Vice President until his retirement in September 2013. Mr. Smith had a 38 year banking career with RBC Royal Bank, holding senior management positions in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and New York. Mr. Smith is a Director and Treasurer of a registered public charity.

Judy A. McCall
Corporate Secretary