Mr. Carlesso has over 25 years of international business experience in the financing, development, and stewardship of companies in the mining, technology and special situations sectors, with a particular focus on mining in Latin America for the past 18 years. Mr. Carlesso was Vice President of Corporate Development for Desert Sun Mining, which was acquired for $750 million by Yamana Gold in 2006, in addition to co-founder and Executive Chairman of Explorator Resources which acquired in 2011 by Pucobre, a publicly listed Chilean mining company. Mr. Carlesso is a graduate of Western University with a B.A. in Economics.