David Brace

David Brace
Chief Executive Officer & Director

David Brace is a geologist with a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. in finance and accounting from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Brace was previously employed at Aur Resources Inc. from 1995 to 2004 as the President of the South America Division located in Santiago, Chile and then as the Executive Vice President Business Development in Toronto until 2007. His achievements included developing Aur’s operations in Chile from the initial construction of the Andacollo copper deposit through its development as a mine and the later acquisition of the Quebrada Blanca copper mine. During Mr. Brace’s Chilean tenure Aur’s copper cathode production increased from nil to 100,000 tonnes per year. Aur was acquired by Teck Cominco in 2007.

Mr. Brace worked at Canada Tungsten Mining Corp. from 1987 to 1994 as Manager of Business Development and was involved in the development of the Aurora Gold Mine in Nevada which produced 40,000 ounces of gold per year and was responsible for the acquisition of the Andacollo copper deposit from the government of Chile. Aur acquired control of Canada Tungsten in 1994.

From 1976 to 1986 Mr. Brace worked as the Chief Geologist at two underground mines and as a financial analyst.

Mr. Brace is a registered Professional Geoscientist in British Columbia and Alberta and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.