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CFO Moves Canada – week ending July 3, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Imperial Metals Corporation Auryn Resources Inc. Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Cold Bore Technology Inc. Menē Inc. Lendified Holdings Inc.
Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. Vendetta Mining Corp. Prospero Silver Corp
Crystal Lake Mining Corporation Harvest One Cannabis Inc.

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Imperial Metals Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX: III) announced the retirement of Andre Deepwell as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Imperial and its subsidiaries. Imperial announced the appointment of Darb Dhillon, current Vice President Finance, to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Auryn Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: AUG, NYSE American: AUG) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Senez as interim chief financial officer of the Company for a 14-month period. Senez is assuming the role while Auryn’s chief financial officer, Stacy Rowa, takes maternity leave starting on or about August 1st, 2020. Senez comes to Auryn with over 15 years of experience in accounting, finance and corporate treasury in Canada, Panama and the UK. Most recently, Senez was in the role of acting group treasurer for First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Prior to that, she was employed by Deloitte LLP, in both their London and Vancouver offices.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. [OAKVILLE, ON] (TSX: CPH) announce that it appointed Scott Langille as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), he will succeed Interim CFO Nadine Jutlah. Langille has held senior roles at Tribute Pharmaceuticals, ViRexx Medical Corp, Zimmer Holdings, Verum Pharmaceuticals and Biovail Corporation.

Cold Bore Technology Inc. [CALGARY] announced that former CEO, Blair Layton has moved to the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Menē Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: MENE, US: MENEF) announced the appointment of Adil Sheikh as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Steve Fray has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company in order to concentrate on his duties as Chief Financial Officer of Goldmoney Inc. Adil has been with Menē since March 2019.

Lendified Holdings Inc. [Toronto] (TSXV: LHI) announced the appointment of Pratik Bhandari as Chief Financial Officer. Bhandari is the former comptroller of the Company. He has related experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a Senior Associate, and industry experience with PepsiCo and Barrick Gold. He has also worked with the Ontario Ministry of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency.

Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. [Toronto] (CSE: BTC) announced that Evelin Wong has resigned as the Corporation’s CFO. The Corporation has appointed Frank Kordy as CFO on an Interim basis. Kordy previously served as the Corporation’s CFO from December 2013 to December 2015. Kordy has served in the capacity of CFO for several CSE and TSXV listed entities.

Vendetta Mining Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: VTT) announced that Jasmine Lau has resigned her position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). The Company has appointed Alastair Brownlow, a senior consultant with Red Fern, to the position of CFO. Brownlow has accumulated extensive experience working as CFO for TSX:V listed companies. Brownlow previously occupied the position of Audit Associate at Davidson & Co. LLP and Assistant Manager at Baker Tilly (BVI) Ltd.

Prospero Silver Corp [Vancouver] (TSX-V: PSL) announced that Grant Bosworth, a long-standing member of its board of directors, has agreed to accept appointment to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer, filling the vacancy created by the previously announced resignation of David Huffer. Bosworth has over thirty five years of experience in the minerals and mining, refinery/petrochemical and power generation industries.

Crystal Lake Mining Corporation [Kelowna, British Columbia] (TSX-V: CLM, OTC PINK: SIOCF) welcomed Malcolm Davidson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Crystal Lake, Davidson spent 8 years as CFO with Avino Silver & Gold Mines. Also, during his tenure with Avino, Davidson was CFO of Coral Gold Resources. David Cross acted as the Company’s CFO during a transitional period.

Harvest One Cannabis Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: HVT, OTCQX: HRVOF) announced that Aaron Wong resigned as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests. Marc Tran has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 26, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. Monument Mining Limited Torq Resources Inc.
Sable Resources Ltd. Last Mile Holdings Ltd.

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Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: SMC) announce that Ryan Ptolemy has been appointed as the chief financial officer of the Company. The appointment of Ptolemy follow Deborah Battiston’s resignation as a director and the chief financial officer of the Company.

Monument Mining Limited [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MMY) announced the appointment of Luther Nip as Interim CFO. Previously, he has worked for Grant Thornton LLP as Senior Manager, and Ernst and Young LLP as Manager of Assurance Services.  He also provided accounting and tax services for Campbell, Saunders & Co. and other industries.

Torq Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V:TORQ, OTCQX:TRBMF) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Senez as interim chief financial officer of the Company for a 14-month period effective July 1st, 2020. Senez will be assuming the role while Torq’s chief financial officer, Stacy Rowa, takes maternity leave starting on or about August 1st, 2020. Most recently, Senez was in the role of acting group treasurer for First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Prior to that, she was employed by Deloitte LLP, in both their London and Vancouver offices, where she worked with a range of Canadian and US listed mining companies.

Sable Resources Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: SAE) announced that the Company appointed Kelso Cartwright as CFO.  Cartwright has been the Company’s Controller since 2017 and was the former Corporate Controller for JDS Silver Inc. Prior to this, he spent a number of years with Deloitte LLP.

Last Mile Holdings Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: MILE, OTC: AZNVF) announced the appointment of Kate Marley as its CFO, effective July 6, 2020. Most recently, she served as Controller of the Engines division at Meggitt. Prior to that Marley held additional Controller-level roles at Ixia, American Homes 4 Rent, Jakks Pacific, DTS, and THQ. Marley also previously held positions at Disney Publishing and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 19, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Horizon North Logistics Inc. EnviroLeach Technologies Inc. Goldsource Mines Inc.
Vox Royalty Corp.

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Horizon North Logistics Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: HNL) announced that Drew Knight will be appointed as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Corporation effective July 2, 2020. Knight comes from a position as Chief Financial Officer for a global auto-parts manufacturer. Prior to his current position, he held the CFO position for a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange for 5 years where he led M&A focused on global growth. Knight replaces Scott Matson.

EnviroLeach Technologies Inc. [VANCOUVER] (CSE: ETI, OTCQB: EVLLF) announced the appointment of Nathalie Pilon as Company’s new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining EnviroLeach, Pilon was Director of Finance for Orezone Gold Corporation, held senior positions at Roxgold Inc. and Endeavour Mining Corporation. Pilon replaces Don Weatherbee as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Goldsource Mines Inc. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: GXS, OTCQB: GXSFF) announced that Nicholas Campbell has stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company to pursue other interests. N. Eric Fier, the Company’s Chair and COO, has assumed the position of interim Vice-President, Finance.

Vox Royalty Corp. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: VOX) announced the appointment of Pascal Attard as Chief Financial Officer. Attard most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Delivra Corp. until November 2019. Attard joined Delivra Corp. in June 2015 and also held the positions of Vice-President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to Delivra Corp., Attard was the Corporate Controller for Red Tiger Mining Inc. from March 2012 to March 2015.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 12, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Hudbay Minerals Inc. SPoT Coffee

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Hudbay Minerals Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX, NYSE: HBM) announced the appointment of Steve Douglas as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 30, 2020. From 2014 to 2017, Douglas was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Agrium Inc. and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer at its successor corporation, Nutrien Inc., until January 2019. Before joining Agrium in 2014, Douglas held senior positions at Brookfield Asset Management and its related businesses during his 19-year tenure, most recently as Senior Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield Property Partners in Toronto. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Douglas was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noranda Inc. and held the same position at Falconbridge Limited following Noranda’s combination with Falconbridge. Eugene Lei, currently acting as Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy.

SPoT Coffee [TORONTO] (TSX-V: SPP) announced the appointment of Randy Koroll as Chief Financial Officer. Koroll experience ranges from current position as CFO for an Aerospace company to positions in Orthotics manufacturing with distribution through clinics in Ontario and Quebec, mining industry, finance and airlines/aviation industries.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending June 5, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Velan Inc. Savaria Corporation ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
TouchBistro AirBoss of America Corp. Earth Alive Clean Technologies Inc.
Hinterland Metals Inc. 3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd. Aftermath Silver Ltd.
Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. Metamaterial Inc. Nevada Sunrise Gold Corporation

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Velan Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX: VLN) announced the appointment of Rejean Ostiguy as its new Chief Financial Officer. He is succeeding John Ball, who has been Chief Financial Officer since June 2005.  Ostiguy pursued a career in the finance departments of various industries, namely at Bombardier Recreational Products Inc (“BRP”) and more recently at Knowlton Development Corporation (“KDC”). Ostiguy joined the Company in August 2019, Ball will continue to support the Company as Executive Vice President, Global Finance.

Savaria Corporation [LAVAL, Québec] (TSX: SIS) announced that it will move the CFO function to Brampton, Ontario, home of its core North American manufacturing facility and the home base for the Corporation’s CEO and VP of Operations. As a result of this decision, Mauro Ferrara will be leaving Savaria effective August 21, 2020.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, ON] (TSX: ATA) announced that Maria Perrella has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 26, 2020, to pursue another business opportunity with a privately held organization. Ryan McLeod, the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Controller, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer. McLeod joined ATS in 2007 as Manager of Reporting and Compliance, became Director of Finance in 2010, and assumed the role of Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2014. Prior to ATS, he served in a finance management role at CIBC Mellon and began his career at Ernst & Young LLP.

TouchBistro [TORONTO] announced that John Doolittle has joined its executive leadership team in the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Doolittle was CFO at OpenText. Previously, Doolittle held many senior finance roles at NORTEL. He was appointed CFO in 2009 and helped lead the company’s restructuring effort following its bankruptcy declaration earlier in that year. Prior to NORTEL, Doolittle served as the Vice President of Finance for the Bank of Montreal’s Global Treasury Group.

AirBoss of America Corp. [NEWMARKET, Ontario] (TSX: BOS) announced that it has appointed Frank Ientile to the role of Chief Financial Officer. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer for Michigan-based Certus Automotive Inc. Prior to that he held senior financial positions with GFL Environmental, Royal Building Products, Magna Exteriors and Interiors and Mack Canada Inc.

Earth Alive Clean Technologies Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX-V: EAC) announced the appointment of Frédéric Beausoleil as Chief Financial Officer. Liette Nadon, who has served as Earth Alive’s interim Chief Financial Officer since 2017 will continue to play a key role at the Company as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Earth Alive, Mr. Beausoleil was Managing Director, Investment Banking at Desjardins Capital Markets.

Hinterland Metals Inc. [Val d’Or, Quebec] (OTC: HNLMF) announced that Claude Ayache has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ayache will remain as director of the Company. Binyomin Posen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer to fill the vacancy created by the foregoing resignation.

3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd. [ALMONTE, Ontario] (CSE: SAFE, OTCQB: SAYFF) announced Ernest Petrasovic as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Petrasovic began his career at Thorne Riddell, then known as one of the ‘Big Eight’ audit firms in Toronto, and has held a number of CFO positions with companies in retail, construction, franchising, and automotive services.

Aftermath Silver Ltd. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: AAG, OTCQB: AAGFF) announced that Alastair Brownlow has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Jasmine Lau, Aftermath Silver’s current CFO, has resigned. Brownlow accumulated extensive experience working as CFO of TSXV listed mineral exploration and development companies throughout the world, including exploration and production companies in South America.

Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: DHR, OTC Pink: DCHRF) announced that Rodney Stevens, the Vice President and a director of the Company, has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Interim Corporate Secretary of the Company. Stevens will be replacing Sandra Wong as CFO and Corporate Secretary.

Metamaterial Inc. [HALIFAX, NS] (CSE: MMAT) announced the appointment of Keith Abriel as Interim CFO. Abriel served as the CFO of WildBrain, and a number of other public companies.

Nevada Sunrise Gold Corporation [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: NEV) announced the departure of Brent Petterson as Chief Financial Officer. Michael Sweatman, a director of Nevada Sunrise since 2012 and currently serving as Chairman of the Company, will act as Interim CFO.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 29, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

BTB Real Estate Investment Trust IGNITE International Brands, Ltd. Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd.
Pedro Resources Ltd. Graph Blockchain Inc. Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Tenth Avenue Petroleum Corp. Virginia Energy Resources Inc.

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Mathieu Bolté

BTB Real Estate Investment Trust [MONTRÉAL] (TSX: BTB.UN) announced that Benoit Cyr, Vice-President and CFO will retire at the end of September 2020 after more than 13 years of loyal service as the head of the finance department of the REIT. BTB also announces the arrival of Mathieu Bolté, who assumed the role of the Vice-President and CFO. Until recently, Bolté was the Executive Vice-President and CFO at Ivanhoé Cambridge. In 2014, he was the Executive Finance Director for Group Exito and from 2003 to 2014, he was the Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital Americas.

IGNITE International Brands, Ltd. [VAUGHAN, Ontario] (CSE: BILZ, OTCQX: BILZF) announced that its new CFO is Paul Dowdall. Dowdall’s previous experience includes stints at Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits, Apple Canada and Blackberry. Dowdall will be joining the Company on June 8, 2020.

Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. [NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario] (TSX-V: DWS) announced that Geoff Kritzinger will be joining the Company as Interim CFO in the wake of the disappointing news that Sean Byrne, who was appointed in this capacity last week, has regrettably had to relinquish this role due to unforeseen personal reasons. Kritzinger has a long history with Diamond dating back seven years when the Company first went public. He served as Diamond’s first CFO until July 2014 and has been involved with the Company on a consultative basis for the past five years. Geoff has also served as the CFO for numerous TSX companies including Currie Rose Resources Inc.

Pedro Resources Ltd. [Toronto] (NEX: PEDH) announced the appointment of Randy Koroll as the interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Graph Blockchain Inc. [Toronto] (CSE: GBLC) announced the appointment of Fiona Fitzmaurice as new Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO, Steve Kang, has resigned and will stay on for the next two months for the transition. Prior to joining Graph, Fitzmaurice was CFO of Pasofino Gold, financial controller at Noront Resources, CFO of MacDonald Mines Ltd and Honey Badger Exploration Inc.

Aurora Solar Technologies Inc. [North Vancouver] (TSX-V: ACU) announced the appointment of Joseph Lee as Interim Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Susan Pan in this role. Lee started his career with KPMG and has held CFO positions at Terramera, Zag Global and Coastal Contacts, among others.

Tenth Avenue Petroleum Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: TPC) announced the appointment of a new interim chief financial officer: Tracy Zimmerman. Zimmerman was previously director of the company and on the audit committee. He has 33 years of experience in the oil and gas industry primarily in western Canada.

Virginia Energy Resources Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: VUI) announced the appointment of Andrew MacRitchie as Virginia Energy’s Chief Financial Officer. MacRitchie began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has since gathered experience working on gold, silver, uranium, diamond and base-metals projects in North America, South America, and Africa. Karen Allan, Virginia Energy’s current Chief Financial Officer has resigned in order to pursue other interests.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 22, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Moose Knuckles AddEnergie Keyera Corp.
MCAN Mortgage Corporation Fission Uranium Corp. Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd.
Northfield Capital Corporation CubicFarm Systems Corp. International Zeolite Corp.
Invictus MD Strategies Corp.

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Rob Zeidel

Moose Knuckles [MONTREAL] named Robert Zeidel chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Most recently, Zeidel was CFO and chief operating officer at Holt Renfrew. He’s also held similar positions at Joe Fresh and Pro Hockey Life.

Francis Baillargeon

AddEnergie [QUÉBEC] welcomed Francis Baillargeon as VP & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Baillargeon most recently spent five years as executive and Associate Vice President in the Corporate Development and Strategy group of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, where he led acquisitions, strategic partnerships and corporate investments.  He was previously an investment banker specialized in mergers and acquisitions and financings for over 10 years in Toronto and New York, including 8 with Goldman Sachs.

Keyera Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX: KEY) announced the appointment of Eileen Marikar as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Steven Kroeker, who has served as Keyera’s CFO since 2012 stepped down from the CFO role. Marikar joined Keyera in 2005. Most recently, she served as Vice President, Finance.

MCAN Mortgage Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: MKP) announced that Floriana Cipollone has been appointed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCAN.  Cipollone most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Plaza Retail REIT.  Karen Weaver is assuming the CFO responsibilities until Cipollone joins the Company on June 1, 2020.

Fission Uranium Corp. [KELOWNA, BC] (TSX: FCU, OTCQX: FCUUF) announced that Paul Charlish has left the Company and Ryan Cheung has accepted the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd. [NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario] (TSX-V:DWS) announced that Sean Byrne joined as interim CFO. Byrne previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Waterloo Brewing (2013-2018) and then Newstrike Brands (2018-2019) until the latter company was acquired by Hexo Corp. Byrne will be taking on the role currently held by Paul Dowdall, who has submitted his resignation and will be leaving the Company effective June 5, 2020 for an opportunity in another industry.

Northfield Capital Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX-V: NFD.A) announced the appointment of Michael G. Leskovec as Chief Financial Officer. Leskovec served most recently as a Vice President and Financial Control Officer of the Company since 2010. Prior to this, Leskovec served as an Officer of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. He also currently serves as an Officer/Director of several other public companies, primarily in the mineral and investment industries. Brent Peters has stepped down as Vice President of Finance but will remain a member of the board of directors.

CubicFarm Systems Corp. [VANCOUVER, BC] (TSX-V: CUB) announced the appointment of Tim Fernback as its permanent Chief Financial Officer. In March, CubicFarms announced the appointment of Fernback as interim Chief Financial Officer. In the past, he has held senior executive positions within the investment banking and venture capital industries, as well as progressively senior executive officer positions within growing businesses, including ModoHR Technologies, Upstream Biosciences and Ronin8 Technologies. Fernback currently holds directorships in TSXV-listed Deep-South Resources and Tri Capital Opportunities.

International Zeolite Corp. [Vancouver] (TSX-V: IZ, OTC Pink: IZCFF) announced the appointment of Hatem Kawar as CFO of International Zeolite Corp. and Earth Innovations Inc. Mark Groenewald will be stepping aside from the role of CFO and joining the Company’s Strategic Advisory Committee. Kawar has for the past 20 years served as controller and/or CFO of several public mineral exploration companies in Canada.

Invictus MD Strategies Corp. [VANCOUVER] (NEX: GENE.H) announced that Harbir Toor has ceased to be the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s Controller, Elena Gershtein has been appointed Acting CFO. Prior to joining the Company, she held Controllership roles at Golden Predator Corp. and Black and McDonald.  Elena began her articling career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 15, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust Selection Group IPL Plastics Inc.
Photon Control Inc. Ag Growth International Inc. Falcon Gold Corp.
Portage Biotech Inc. Core Gold Inc. Ignite International Brands, Ltd.
SBD Capital Corp. Pedro Resources Ltd.

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Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust [QUÉBEC CITY] (TSX: CUF.UN) announced that Heather C. Kirk has resigned as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue another opportunity. Antoine Tronquoy, who holds the position of Vice President, Capital Markets has been appointed Interim CFO. During his career, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Inovalis REIT, and prior thereto was a director of special projects at Otéra Capital and also worked at Morgan Stanley in the real estate structured finance group.

Heather C. Kirk

Selection Group [LAVAL, QC] announced the appointment of Heather C. Kirk as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kirk was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cominar, since December 2018. Prior to Cominar, she worked at BMO Capital Markets, National Bank and for an independent stockbroker. She will begin her functions at Selection Group at the beginning of June.

IPL Plastics Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX: IPLP) announced that Chief Financial Officer, Pat Dalton, has left the Company and resigned from the Board of Directors. Alan Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the Company’s financial responsibilities as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Photon Control Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: PHO) announced the appointment of Damian Towns as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Corporate Secretary, replacing Daniel Lee. Most recently Towns was the CFO, Corporate Secretary and Executive Director at Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he served as CFO and Corporate Secretary at Coro Mining Corp.

Ag Growth International Inc. [WINNIPEG] (TSX: AFN) announced that Chief Financial Officer Steve Sommerfeld will transition from his role of CFO.

Falcon Gold Corp. [Vancouver]  (TSXV: FG) announced the appointment of Sandey Wang to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Wang has over 25 years of public company accounting experience. Wang replaces James Farley, current Interim CFO. Mr. Farley remains as a director.

Portage Biotech Inc. [TORONTO] (CSE: PBT.U; OTC: PTGEF) announced the appointment of Allan L. Shaw to Chief Financial Officer at the Portage level and will assist in its portfolio companies as well. Most recently, Shaw was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and was Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal LLC. Shaw’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc. Shaw is replacing Kam Shah as CFO.

Core Gold Inc. [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V: CGLD, OTCQX: CGLDF) announced that it has accepted the resignation of Sam Wong as Chief Financial Officer. Mark Bailey will act as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Ignite International Brands, Ltd. [VAUGHAN, Ontario] (CSE: BILZ; OTCQX: BILZF) announced that it has hired a new Chief Financial Officer, with a proposed start date of June 8, 2020. The Company is presently unable to disclose the name of the new CFO who will be joining IGNITE. Most recently, the new CFO was the chief financial officer at public and private consumer packaged goods companies focused on the North American beverage market, although he also brings extensive knowledge of international operations, including in Europe and Asia. Edoardo (Eddie) Mattei has resigned from the Company as CFO to pursue other opportunities. In the interim, Carrie Magee, VP of Finance and Corporate Controller, will assume the day-to-day responsibilities of the CFO.

SBD Capital Corp. [Toronto] (CSE: SBD) announced that John Dyer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director has resigned effectively immediately.

Pedro Resources Ltd. [Toronto] (TSX-V: PED.H) announced that John Dyer, Director and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 8, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Element AI AirBoss of America Corp. Roughrider Exploration Limited
Fission 3.0 Corp. Orford Mining Corporation

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Element AI [MONTREAL] announced that it has appointed Roger Blanchette as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Element AI, Blanchette was the CFO of Skyword.

AirBoss of America Corp. [NEWMARKET, Ontario] (TSX: BOS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Daniel Gagnon has advised the Company that he will be leaving the organization effective June 12, 2020. Gagnon joined AirBoss in 2016.

Roughrider Exploration Limited [VANCOUVER] (TSX-V:REL) announced that it has appointed Tim Thiessen as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, assuming the role from Jasmin Lau. His experience has included holding the position of CFO for a number of publicly-listed mineral companies including Aurcana Corporation, SnipGold Corp. (acquired by Seabridge Gold in 2016), Metallic Minerals Corp., Group Ten Metals Inc., Granite Creek Copper Ltd., Foran Mining Corporation and Colorado Resources Ltd. Prior to this, Mr. Thiessen spent 7 years as VP of Finance for Endeavour Financial Ltd.

Fission 3.0 Corp. [KELOWNA, BC] (TSX-V: FUU; OTCQB: FISOF) announced that Paul Charlish has left the Company and Ryan Cheung has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company.

Orford Mining Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX-V: ORM) announced the departure of Tim Hollaar as Chief Financial Officer of Orford. Cindy Davis of Marrelli Support Services Inc. has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves Canada – week ending May 1, 2020

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CFO Moves in Canada this week include:

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. Copper Reef Mining Corporation Decibel Cannabis Company Inc.
Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. Bucephalus Capital Corp. Core One Labs Inc.
Silver Spruce Resources Inc.

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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. [VICTORIA, British Columbia & ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NASDAQ: AUPH, TSX: AUP) announced the appointment of Joe Miller as Chief Financial Officer. Dennis Bourgeault will be retiring from that role after serving the Company for more than two decades. Most recently, Miller served as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Executive Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Cerecor, Inc. Miller currently serves as a director on Cerecor’s Board. Prior to Cerecor, Miller was the Vice President of Finance at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Sucampo, he served in various progressive finance and management roles at QIAGEN, Eppendorf and KPMG LLP.

Copper Reef Mining Corporation [FLIN FLON, Manitoba] announced the appointment of Michael Leskovec as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He currently serves as a Vice President of Northfield Capital Corporation. Prior to this, Leskovec served as an Officer of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. Leskovec also currently serves as an Officer/Director of several other public companies, primarily in the mineral and investment industries. Dave Kendall has resigned as CFO.

Decibel Cannabis Company Inc. [CALGARY] (TSX-V: DB, OTCQB: DBCCF) announced that Taylor Ethans, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder, has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Decibel. The Company has appointed Stuart Boucher as interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Decibel, Boucher worked in investment banking for BMO Capital Markets in their Global Energy group. He most recently served as the Company’s Director of Corporate Development and Strategy.

Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. [MONTREAL] announced the departure of Michel Perron as CFO of the company. This function will now be occupied by Martin Nicoletti. Nicoletti is also president of Corporation Financière SKTM Ltée and chief financial officer of several other mining companies.

Bucephalus Capital Corp. [Toronto] (CSE: BCA) announced that Chris Carmichael will be joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Carmichael, through his company CRIS Inc., provides part time CFO and Corporate Secretarial services to CSE, TSXV and pre-public companies. Carmichael has been the CFO, Director and Audit Committee member of numerous CSE, TSXV and pre-public companies for the past 20 years.

Core One Labs Inc. [Vancouver] (CSE: COOL, OTCQX: CLABF) announced that Yanika Silina, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Silver Spruce Resources Inc. [BEDFORD, NS] (TSX-V: SSE) announced the hiring of Camilla Cormier as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.