Dominique Doucet, P. Eng.
President, CEO and director
Team of Sirios
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.
Luc Cloutier
Chairman of the Board, Director
Luc 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.
Colinda Parent, ICD.D, CFA, MBA
Audit Committee President, 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.
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.
François Auclair, P.Geo.
Governance, Environment, Health & Safety Committees President, Director
Mr. Auclair is a consulting geologist with over 30 years of experience, including 20 years in Africa, both in exploration and development of gold deposits. Mr. Auclair has worked for major mining companies such as the Noranda group and Ashanti GoldFields, as well as medium-sized producers, such as Rio Narcea Gold. Mr Auclair is Vice President Exploration of FanCamp, a junior company exploring for gold and base metal in Canada, and director of IR Battery Resources, a private junior explorer.
From 2013 to 2018, Mr. Auclair was President and CEO of Algold Ltd, developing the Tijirit Gold Deposit in Mauritania; Vice-President Exploration of Gondwana Gold Inc., a gold exploration company in Burkina Faso. Mr. Auclair has also been Chief Executive Officer of Nimini Gold, a subsidiary of Polo Resources, developing the Komahum gold deposit in Sierra Leone. Prior to this, Mr. Auclair was the Vice-President, Exploration and Business Development of Diabras (now Sierra Metals) and Country Manager, Nevsun in Eritrea. Mr. Auclair has been involved at the early stages of development of the Tasiast Mine during his tenure as General Manager, Tasiast mine, with Rio Narcea from 2004 to 2007. Mr. Auclair was a member of Aur Resources’ Louvicourt VMS deposit discovery team.
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.
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.
Nathalie Schnitzler, P.Geo., M.Sc.
Data base manager
Nathalie Schnitzler obtained her engineering degree in geology specializing in mineral exploration in 2012, in France, and then obtained a second master’s degree in 2018 at the Centre Eau Terre of INRS. At Sirios Resources, she is responsible for supervising drilling campaigns, geochemistry and geostatistics.
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.