Team of Sirios

Dominique Doucet, P. Eng.

President, CEO and director

Dominique Doucet has been active in the mineral exploration industry for close to 45 years. He holds a degree in geological engineering with a specialization in mineral exploration from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. He started as a consultant engineer. Then, he founded William Resources Inc., (MSE, 1990 – 1994) before creating Sirios in 1994. Also, he was a co-founder, Vice-President and Director of Dios Exploration Inc. from 2001 to 2011, in addition to the creation of Khalkos Exploration Inc. in 2011.

Actively involved in the industry, Mr. Doucet is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, Quebec Mineral Exploration Association, Prospector and Developers Association of Canada and Society of Economic Geologists. Mr. Doucet, and his team were awarded the Discovery of the Year Award in 2001 and 2016 by the Québec Mineral Exploration Association.


Frédéric Sahyouni, B.Comm.

Chief Financial Officer and secretary

Frédéric Sahyouni holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the John Molson School of Business of Concordia University in Montreal. He’s been an integral part of the Sirios team for over ten years, managing the company’s finances, investor communications and marketing. Mr. Sahyouni has been Chief Financial Officer of the company since 2011 and held the same position at Sirios’ gold-copper spin-off Khalkos Exploration Inc. for four years. He was a director of Sirios from 2011 to 2014. He has worked as a business consultant for different companies both in the mining and music industry.

Robert Ménard

Chairman of the Board, Director

Mr. Ménard graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa and then began his career in 1972 with the IOC (Iron Ore Corporation of Canada) and then continued, in 1974, as Vice President for an industrial contractor until 1993. From 1994 to 2006, he acted as Vice President, Projects & Construction at Cambior where he was responsible for project development, from engineering studies to site construction and start-up. Subsequently, he was vice-president of engineering and construction of a nickel project in the Canadian Arctic and co-director of engineering and construction of IAMGOLD’s Essakane project in Burkina Faso. He was vice president of engineering & construction for Andean Resources’ Cerro Negro project in Argentina and later held the position of engineering and construction manager for Newmont’s Merian project in Suriname.


Colinda Parent, ICD.D, CFA, MBA

Chairwoman of the Audit Committee, Director

Ms. Parent is a capital markets specialist focused on the mining sector with extensive experience valuing and selling mining royalties and raising capital for junior mining companies through flow-through shares, common shares, and strategic partnerships with other mining companies. She is Chief Executive Officer for CP Consulting Inc. since 2011 and Mine Equities Ltd. since 2019. She was selected by the Canadian Board Diversity Council as one of 50 Eligible Board Candidates for 2014-2015. Mrs. Parent graduated in 1986 from McGill University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance/Marketing) and in 1990 from Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario with an MBA.


Luc Cloutier

Chairman of the Governance, Environment and Health & Safety Committees, Director

Mr. Cloutier holds an Accounting Diploma from the Timmins Business College. From 2001 to 2011, he was Chairman of Caisse Desjardins D’Amos, where he acted as director during the previous ten years. He was President & CEO of Trudel & Frères, a safety products and equipment distributor company. Since 1998, he has been President of his own private management company.


Guy Le Bel, P.Eng., MBA

Director

Mr. Le Bel has more than 35 years of international experience in strategic and financial mine planning. Most recently, he was CEO of Aquila Resources Inc. Previously, he was CEO and CFO of Golden Queen Mining Ltd. and formally, Vice President Evaluations for Capstone Mining Corp., and Vice President, Business Development at Quadra/FNX Mining Ltd. He also held business advisory, strategy and planning, business valuation and financial planning management roles at BHP Billiton Base Metals Ltd., Rio Algom Ltd. and Cambior Inc., together with independent consultation mandates across the industry. Mr. Le Bel holds a Finance MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales, a Master’s in Applied Sciences, Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Laval University. Mr. Le Bel has held board positions in numerous junior exploration and mining companies since 2007 and currently serves on the Board of Pembridge Resources plc. and Kintavar Exploration Inc. He is a member of Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec.


Dominique Doucet, P. Eng.

President, CEO and director

Mr. Doucet has been active in the mineral exploration industry for close to 45 years. He holds a degree in geological engineering with a specialization in mineral exploration from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. He started as a consultant engineer. Then, he founded William Resources Inc., (MSE, 1990 – 1994) before creating Sirios in 1994. Also, he was a co-founder, Vice-President and Director of Dios Exploration Inc. from 2001 to 2011, in addition to the creation of Khalkos Exploration Inc. in 2011.

Actively involved in the industry, Mr. Doucet is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, Quebec Mineral Exploration Association, Prospector and Developers Association of Canada and Society of Economic Geologists. Mr. Doucet, and his team were awarded the Discovery of the Year Award in 2001 and 2016 by the Québec Mineral Exploration Association.

Roger Doucet

Technical advisor

Roger Doucet holds a bachelor’s degree of Geology from University of Ottawa. He held management positions from 1989 to 2001 in several companies, including Inca Drilling Inc. S.A Peru, Ancash Mining, Dynacor Mines Inc. and Morrison Minerals Ltd.

When he was Director of Exploration for Minerals Lac Ltd.; during this period, he was at the origin of Bousquet 1 gold mine discovery and, also, greatly involved in the Doyon gold mine discovery. He also held the position of Senior Exploration Geologist at Casa Berardi Mine in Abitibi and Director of Exploration for Agnico Eagle in Mexico, helping to bring the Pinos Altos mine into production. He is retired since 2012 and lives in Peru. In 1978, he was named Prospector of the Year by the Quebec Mineral Prospectors Association. He was President of the Quebec Mineral Prospectors Association from 1982-1983.


Louis Martin, P.Geo.

Technical advisor

Louis Martin, an independent geological consultant, has over 30 years of experience with major, mid-tier, and junior mining companies. He has made significant contributions to the discovery of several gold and base metal deposits during his career. His exploration and mine development experience were acquired in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

Louis was part of the exploration teams that were awarded the Discovery of the Year by the AEMQ (Quebec Mineral Exploration Association) for the West Ansil Deposit (2005) and the Louvicourt Deposit (1989).  He also partook in the definition and underground development of the Norlartic, Kierens and Gold Hawk gold mines in the Val-d’Or region.

Alexandra Blanchette, P.Geo

Geologist

Alexandra Blanchette-Marier joined Sirios Resources in 2016, after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in geology from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. During her studies, she obtained the Collegiate Performance – Engineering Scholarship and the SEMAFO Scholarship.

Guillaume Doucet, P.Geo

Geologist

Guillaume has accumulated years of fieldwork experience before obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi. He handles, among other things, technology integration for prospecting and mapping.

Roger Moar, P.Geo

Senior Geologist

Roger Moar holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the Université de Montréal and has extensive experience in the mining industry, in terms of regional mapping, property evaluation, geophysical and geochemical studies, diamond drilling, and project management.

Jordi Turcotte, P.Geo., M.Sc.

Senior Geologist

Working at Sirios Resources since 2015, Jordi Turcotte is mainly involved in the Cheechoo project, from drilling strategy to field execution and reports. He holds a Master’s degree in Earth Sciences from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.

Éliane Tremblay-Paradis, CPA, CGA

Controller

Eliane’s qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, major in Accounting Sciences as well as a graduate CPA degree in 2016. She has worked in human resources and accounting at the company since 2010. Her duties include preparing quarterly financial statements and fiscal summaries, managing payroll, and general bookkeeping.

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