Virtual Fireside Chat Series: George Salamis, President & CEO and Andrée St-Germain, CFO & Corporate Secretary of Integra Resources Corp.
Location: Online
Date: June 4, 2020
Time: 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm Pacific Time
Fee: Free
Space is limited; pre-registration is required
Young Mining Professionals Vancouver is pleased to host a virtual fireside chat series, hosting senior executives for a discussion about their careers, their companies and their perspectives on the impact of the current pandemic on the mining industry and the overall market environment.
We are excited to host George Salamis, President & CEO, and Andrée St-Germain, CFO and Corporate Secretary, from the Integra Resources team on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Josh Serfass, Integra Resources' VP of Corporate Development, will moderate the discussion, which will include a brief Q&A session at the end.
George Salamis - President & CEO, Integra Resources Corp.
Mr. Salamis has over 30 years of experience in the mining and resource exploration industry. Mr. Salamis has been involved in over $2 billion of M&A transactions, either through assets sales or his involvement with junior mining companies. Mr. Salamis was most recently Executive Chairman of Integra Gold Corp. which was sold to Eldorado Gold Corporation for C$590 million.
Mr. Salamis co-led the efforts behind the 2016 Integra Gold Rush Challenge and the 2017 #DisruptMining initiatives that encouraged innovation and technology disruption in the mining industry. Mr. Salamis is a sought after speaker on mining innovation. Mr. Salamis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from University of Montreal — École Polytechnique and has had a successful career in mining and exploration.
Mr. Salamis has discovered, financed, built, managed or sold more than 5 major minerals deposits around the World. He began his career working for two major mining companies (Placer Dome and Cameco Corp) over a 12-year period before transitioning into mineral exploration and junior mining in 2001.
Mr. Salamis is currently a director at Contact Gold Corp.
Andrée St-Germain - CFO & Corporate Secretary, Integra Resources Corp.
Ms. St-Germain is an experienced mining finance executive with an extensive background in banking, mining finance and financial management. She began her career in investment banking for Dundee Capital Markets Inc. As an investment banker, Ms. St-Germain worked exclusively with mining companies on M&A advisory and financing.
In 2013, Ms. St-Germain joined Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. as CFO. During her tenure at Golden Queen, she played an instrumental role in securing project finance and overseeing Golden Queen as it transitioned from development and construction to commercial production. She joined Integra Gold as CFO in early 2017 and helped oversee the sale to Eldorado Gold Corporation in July 2017 for C$590 million.
Ms. St-Germain is currently a director of Ascot Resources Ltd., Osisko Mining Inc. and the Association of Mineral Exploration BC.
Josh Serfass - VP of Corporate Development, Integra Resources Corp.
Josh Serfass is the Vice President of Corporate Development at Integra Resources. He was previously the Manager of Corporate Communications and a key member of the team at Integra Gold which developed and sold the Lamaque Mine to Eldorado Gold for C$600 million in 2017. Prior to Integra Gold, Josh worked at Citibank as a marketing manager and a supply-chain/operations analyst at Liz Claiborne and L. Knife and Sons.
Passionate about attracting the next generation to the mining sector, Josh has been dedicating time to discussing millennials and mining at various conferences and events.
We would like to thank our generous sponsors as without their support events like this would not be possible. Our Vancouver chapter sponsors are KPMG LLP, Cassels, Barrian Mining, Integra Resources, Equinox Gold, VRIFY, and Solaris Copper.
Our YMP Global sponsor is Rio Tinto.
