Who we are

Mr. Gill is a Professional Engineer with more than 45 years of mining experience, much of it working in senior mine management roles for Inco Limited in its Ontario and Manitoba divisions and for PT Inco in Indonesia. Since retiring in 2003, Mr. Gill has worked on a number of project assignments for Inco, both in Canada and at the Goro project in New Caledonia; as well as for other companies involving reviews of such projects as FNX Mining Company´s Sudbury operations, the Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar and the Onca Puma project in Brazil. Mr. Gill was a director of Lake Shore Gold Inc. from 2008 to 2016. Mr. Gill is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and is a former Employer Chair of Ontario´s Mining Legislative Review Committee. Mr. Gill has obtained the Institute of Corporate Directors ICD.D designation.

* Compensation and Technical Committee Chair

Peter Grosskopf has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. At Sprott, he is responsible for strategy and managing the firm’s private resource investment businesses. His career includes a long tenure in investment banking, where he managed many strategic and underwriting transactions for companies in a variety of sectors. Prior to joining Sprott, Mr. Grosskopf was President of Cormark Securities Inc. He has a track record of building and growing successful businesses including Newcrest Capital Inc. (as one of its co-founders) which was acquired by the TD Bank Financial Group in 2000. Mr. Grosskopf is a CFA® charterholder and earned an Honours Degree in Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Ms. Hibbard has over 30 years of experience spanning all facets of the mineral resources industry from early-stage exploration to mine development and production. Ms. Hibbard is currently the President, Chief Executive Office and director of Pelangio Exploration Inc. a Canadian exploration company with properties in Canada and Ghana. Ms. Hibbard played a founding role advancing the Detour Lake mine property. She was President of Pelangio-Larder Mines, Limited, which in 1998, acquired Detour Lake from Placer Dome (CLA) Ltd. under a joint venture with Franco-Nevada Mining Company Limited. Pelangio subsequently sold the Detour Lake assets to Detour Gold Corporation in 2007. Ms. Hibbard remained a director of Detour Gold until 2018. Ms. Hibbard also served on the board of Lake Shore Gold Inc. from 2016 to 2018.

Ms. Hibbard holds a BA and a LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario and is called to the Bar in both Ontario and Manitoba. Prior to her stewardship of public companies, Ms. Hibbard began her career in mining by practicing corporate and securities law with clients ranging from multi-national mining operators to mineral resource explorers and individual prospectors.

Mr. Klassen is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant and has more than 35 years experience in accounting, audit and tax with 30 years of experience in the Mining Industry. Mr. Klassen is currently President of AKMJK Consulting Ltd., a private consulting company, and prior to that was the Vice President of Finance for Dynatec Corporation from 1988 to 2007. Dynatec Corporation was a publicly traded TSX listed company from 1997 to 2007. He held a similar position with the Tonto Group of Companies from 1984 to 1998. Mr. Klassen holds a degree in Commerce from the University of British Columbia and spent seven years with KPMG prior to becoming Vice President of Finance with the Tonto Group of Companies. Mr. Klassen has obtained the Institute of Corporate Directors designation.

* Audit Committee Chair

Elizabeth Lewis-Gray is co-founder, Chair and Managing Director of Gekko Systems, a technology leader in mineral processing with a focus on digital instrumentation, automation, mineral recovery and low-energy solutions. Founder and now Patron of CEEC (Coalition for Eco-Efficient Comminution), Elizabeth was visionary in the formation of this not-for-profit organisation, which aims to accelerate knowledge transfer and change in the field of eco-efficient comminution for the mining industry. Ms Lewis-Gray has served as a member of the Australian Gold Council, the Australian Federal Government’s Innovation Australia Board and National Precincts Board and the Victorian Government’s Resources Advisory Council. Elizabeth was the founding Chair of the Federal Government’s Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) Growth Centre, METS Ignited and currently serves as Deputy Chair. In 2016, Federation University Australia honoured Elizabeth with an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of service and contributions to the mining sector, mineral processing, business leadership, and environmental management. She holds a Degree in Economics, a Master of Business Management and a Diploma in Financial Securities. Ms Lewis-Gray is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), the Australian Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering and the Securities Institute of Australia.

Anthony (Tony) Makuch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours Applied Earth Sciences) from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and both a Masters of Science Degree in Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from Queen´s University in Ontario. He is a professional engineer (Ontario) with over 35 years of management, operations and technical experience in the mining industry, having managed numerous projects in Canada and the United States from advanced exploration through production.

Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold, Mr. Makuch was President and CEO at Lake Shore Gold Inc., from 2008 until its acquisition by Tahoe Resources on April 1, 2016, where he became the Executive Vice-President and President of Canadian Operations. Between January 2006 and March 1, 2008, Mr. Makuch was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for FNX Mining Company Inc. From 1998 to December 2005 he held progressively senior positions with Dynatec Corporation, including VP, Operations. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Makuch worked with Kinross Gold Corporation at a number of their North American operations; which included his role as General Manager of the Kirkland Lake Operations at the Macassa Mine and Timmins Operations – Hoyle Pond Mine.

Mr. Olson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Project Development at Goldcorp Inc., and as Vice President of Project Development from October 2008 to July 2010. Mr. Olson has over 17 years of progressive mining experience in both South America and the United States and has extensive experience in design, construction and mine management in Nevada, California, Chile and Argentina.

* HSE/CSR Committee Chair

Mr. Parr is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA 1984) and holds a Masters of Business Administration from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Parr has over 30 years of executive management experience in the mining and service provider industries. He joined Centerra Gold in 2006 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2008 where he served until his retirement in 2016. From 1997 to 2006 he worked for Acres International as Chief Financial Officer and from 1988 to 1997, held progressively senior financial positions at WMC International (a subsidiary of Western Mining Corporation responsible for operations and exploration in the Americas), ultimately serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President. He is also a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Discovery Metals Corp.

Mr. Parr is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants and has obtained the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

* Board Chair

Anthony (Tony) Makuch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours Applied Earth Sciences) from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and both a Masters of Science Degree in Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from Queen´s University in Ontario. He is a professional engineer (Ontario) with over 35 years of management, operations and technical experience in the mining industry, having managed numerous projects in Canada and the United States from advanced exploration through production.

Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold, Mr. Makuch was President and CEO at Lake Shore Gold Inc., from 2008 until its acquisition by Tahoe Resources on April 1, 2016, where he became the Executive Vice-President and President of Canadian Operations. Between January 2006 and March 1, 2008, Mr. Makuch was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for FNX Mining Company Inc. From 1998 to December 2005 he held progressively senior positions with Dynatec Corporation, including VP, Operations. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Makuch worked with Kinross Gold Corporation at a number of their North American operations; which included his role as General Manager of the Kirkland Lake Operations at the Macassa Mine and Timmins Operations – Hoyle Pond Mine.

David Soares was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Kirkland Lake Gold in November 2018. He is a seasoned finance and mining executive with over 15 years of experience reflecting progressive senior leadership roles with multinational mining companies including Xstrata, Glencore, and Barrick.

Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold, he served as CFO of Baffinland Iron Ore Mines Corporation, a joint venture between Arcelor Mittal and Nunavut Iron Ore. David has demonstrated values-based leadership in business transformation, strategic planning and execution, large scale commercial negotiations, and capital financing. He has international governance experience having served as a Director of national level organizations representing industry and the private sector. Mr. Soares holds a Chartered Professional Accountant designation (CPA, CA) from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, a Master of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Natasha Vaz is a Professional Engineer with over 15 years of operational and technical experience in the mining industry. Most recently she served as Senior Vice President Technical Services, Technology and Innovation. Natasha is a proven mining industry executive with extensive operational experience and significant knowledge of the Company’s assets. In her earlier role she served as Vice President, Technical Services for Tahoe Resources Inc., focusing on the Company's Canadian assets. Prior to that assignment, she spent over 10 years at Lake Shore Gold Corp., serving in a number of operational and technical services roles, including Director, Technical Services and Project Evaluations; and Vice President, Technical Services. Ms. Vaz holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences, Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg-Schulich School of Management.

Ms. Wagner is a corporate securities lawyer with over a decade of experience in the mining sector. Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold in July 2015, she acted as legal counsel and corporate secretary to various TSX and TSXV listed mining companies. Ms. Wagner has extensive experience advising companies on a variety of corporate commercial transactions, governance and compliance matters. She started her career at a prominent Canadian law firm in Toronto. Ms. Wagner received a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and an LL.B. from the University of Windsor.

Jason Neal joined Kirkland Lake Gold as Executive Vice President in March 2021. Jason’s responsibilities include Corporate Development, Business Improvement, Capital Projects and Investor Relations. Jason previously served as President and CEO of TMAC Resources for three years, concluding with the Company being sold to Agnico Eagle in January 2021. He is a veteran mining investment banker, having joined BMO Capital Markets at the start of 1997 after graduating from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, and working his entire career focused exclusively on the metals and mining industry. Mr. Neal was promoted to Co-Head and Managing Director of the Global Metals and Mining Group in 2010, providing leadership to a team operating in offices located in Toronto, Vancouver, London, New York, Beijing and Melbourne.

Mohammed Ali is an environmental, social and sustainability executive that has over 20 years of experience in the mining sector. He brings broad technical, regulatory, and management expertise stemming from a background in research, consulting, engineering and business development. He has led sustainability initiatives, environmental strategies and management of numerous mining projects in Canada and internationally. He works with regulators, consultants and technical teams to bring solutions and has led large multinational high profile environmental mining projects throughout his career. He brings a wealth of experience from his previous roles in industry, consulting and auditing metal mines and gold mines all over the world.

He is active in environmental and sustainability trends and permitting. He sits on numerous committees including the Green Mining Initiative, Canadian Institute of Mining, Canada Mining Innovation Council, Ontario Mining Association and chairs various mining, environmental and sustainability committee and conferences in Canada and globally. He was recently awarded the prestigious Central District Distinguished Service Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering.

Mr. Gibson will support management as the Company works to complete the integration of Detour Lake Mine and invests to maximize the value of its high-quality assets. He brings to the Company more than 35 years of mining experience both as an executive and operator, with hands-on experience as a miner, mine manager, CEO and Director. He has been involved with several gold and copper mines in Canada, the United States and Australia, including successfully leading Sprott Mining Inc. as President and CEO, Trelawney Mining and Exploration as President, CEO and Director, and most recently serving as President and CEO of Bonterra Resources Inc.

Mr. Hagan joined Kirkland Lake Gold in July 2017 as Vice President Health Safety and Environment and was appointed Vice President of Northern Territory Operations in August 2019. He has over 40 years of mining experience in various leadership roles in operations management and support services. Over the years, Brian has successfully lead teams in several mine development projects and operating mines. Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold he held senior management positions with Lake Shore Gold, FNX Mining, and Dynatec Corporation as well as various roles with Royal Oak, Echo Bay, Placer Dome and Falconbridge.

Ion Hann has spent 15 years working in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, at multiple operations. Ion joined the Fosterville Gold Mine in 2005 as the Mining Manager. In the last 2 years Ion has been the General Manager at the Fosterville Gold Mine, leading the six-fold increase in production and multi-million dollar capital projects for the site, while maintaining a high level of operational excellence and leadership in sustainable mining practices and health and safety in the workplace.

Ion has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the Western Australian School of Mines and is a Fellow in the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM).

Mr. Kallio is a geologist registered with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (“APGO”). He has over 30 years of experience working on exploration and underground and open-pit mine planning, scoping and feasibility studies in Canada and abroad. He has also been instrumental in the discovery or advancement of several successful projects including the Dome Mine Open Pit in Timmins ON, the Detour Gold Open Pit near Cochrane ON, the Island Gold project near Wawa, ON and, recent discoveries by Lake Shore Gold in the Timmins gold camp. He has played a key role in early stage drilling and evaluation work for the Back River Project, in Nunavut, the Shakespeare Project, west of Sudbury and the Mary River project, in northern Baffin Island.

Most recently, Mr. Kallio was Vice President, Exploration (Canada) for Tahoe Resources Inc. since April 2016 and, prior to that, was Vice President, Exploration for Lake Shore Gold Corp. Among other corporate assignments, Mr. Kallio served in a variety of senior exploration and mine geology roles with Placer Dome, Kinross Gold, Patricia Mining Corporation, Centerra Gold and Detour Gold. He has also worked as a consultant on several Canadian and international exploration projects and is a former director of Holmer Gold Mines Limited.

Mr. Duncan King was appointed Vice President Mining, Kirkland Lake in November 2018. He is a seasoned Mining Professional with over 30 years of experience reflecting progressive senior leadership roles in the Canadian mining industry. Mr. King has a proven track record in the development of mining operations and streamlining operating efficiencies while focusing on gold, copper and nickel mines.

Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold, Mr. King held a variety of senior level management positions at Lake Shore Gold Inc. (Tahoe Resources), FNX Mining Company and Dynatec Corporation.

John Landmark’s international career spans a diverse range of executive leadership, technical and advisory roles in human resources, safety risk management, exploration and mining operations, with over 33 years of industry experience. John took on the role of Vice President, Human Resources after leading the company’s exploration activities in Australia for the last 2 years. Prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold, John had a variety of roles in Anglo American plc in many different geographies. These included leading human resources activities in the exploration division, leading a company-wide safety risk management program, and managing exploration teams in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia and Brazil. His career started out in South Africa and Namibia, and he then moved on to Australia. John holds a MSc from James Cook University in Australia and a BSc (Hons) in Geology from Wits University in South Africa.

Gord started with Kirkland Lake Gold in early 2016 and has over 35 years experience in mineral processing. His experience spans base metals and gold across North America. In addition, he has extensive experience in mine tailings dam construction, maintenance and processing plant operations. Prior to joining Kirkland Lake, Gord has held a variety of roles with Texas Gulf, Falconbridge, Kinross, Placer Dome, Goldcorp and Lakeshore Gold.

Evan Pelletier is a senior mining professional with over 28 years of underground mining experience. He spent a large portion of his career, prior to joining Kirkland Lake Gold working for Lakeshore Gold and other Gold Mining companies. In addition, he spent time working for Contractors with overseas experience in Mongolia, Africa on international level. Evan holds the role of Mine Manager at Macassa Mine in Kirkland Lake Ontario Canada. He is highly respected within his peers; he is viewed as a industry leader as it relates to new technology, innovation and mining operations. His current responsibility includes; Mill Processing, Environmental, Paste Plant, Tailings and Underground Operations. Evan primary focus is on safety, quality mining and people management within operations. .

Darin Smith is a mining finance professional with over fifteen years of experience in financial analysis and corporate strategy within the mining sector. Prior to joining Kirkland Lake in May 2017, he served in a business development role at Antofagasta Minerals. Darin began his career as an investment banker at BMO Capital Markets where he spent 10 years in the Global Metals and Mining Group in both their Toronto and London offices. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering and a Master of Management Analytics, both from Queen's University.

Mark Utting is a Chartered Financial Analyst with over 25 years of experience in investor relations and corporate communications, mainly in mining and financial services industries. Most recently, Mr. Utting served as the Vice President, Investor Relations for Tahoe Resources Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Utting served as the Vice President, Investor Relations of Lake Shore Gold Corp.; Director, Investor Relations of Extendicare REIT; Director, Communications and Investor Relations of Dynatec Corporation and Director, Investor Relations of Rio Algom Limited.

Marika has more than 25 years of industry experience gained at both the Operational and Corporate levels, having worked in multiple commodities (base metals, gold and coal) globally. As a contributing member of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) their subsidiaries, she is also a respected leader in industry diversity committees including the federal Tradeswomen Australia.

 Marika joined Kirkland Lake Gold as the Director for Health and Safety for KL’s Australia operations in 2019 and was promoted to Vice President, Health & Safety in 2020. Since that time, she has been instrumental in bringing a level of awareness and contemporary practice regarding health and safety to all operations.

Marika holds formal qualifications in Chemical Engineering, Open Pit Operational Management (Quarry Manager and Surface Blasting), Risk Management, Human Behavior in addition to an MBA.

Meri is an experienced senior finance executive with an extensive background in financial management and reporting, financial and operational recovery, M&A, risk management and strategy development. Meri has held several senior management roles in the gold mining sector, including most recently as the CFO of McEwen Mining, SVP of Finance and Treasury at Kirkland Lake Gold until July 2017 and VP Finance at Lake Shore Gold from 2007 to 2016 when the business combination with Tahoe Resources was completed. At her previous tenure with Kirkland Lake Gold, Meri was part of the team that executed the transformational merger between Kirkland and Newmarket Gold and was instrumental in integrating the finance and treasury teams, policies and practices for the various acquired entities. Meri is a Chartered Professional Accountant, holds a PhD in Economic Sciences, a Bachelor of Geology and Engineering and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tirana, Albania.

Raymond Yip is a computer engineer with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, with 10 years in the mining sector. Most recently, he served as Director, Information Systems for Lake Shore Gold Corp. since 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Yip provided IT consulting services to various mining companies including QuadraFNX, DMC Mining and Torex Gold. Having held progressively senior positions at a major Canadian telecommunications company, Mr. Yip has diverse IT experience across various industries including financial, healthcare and automotive. Mr. Yip holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from Queen’s University.