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Darren Blasutti
Mr. Blasutti is a mining executive and professional Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of mining finance and senior executive experience, focusing on identifying, acquiring and advancing mining projects and operations in the resource sector. His extensive experience includes Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development with Barrick Gold Corporation over an eleven-year period, where Mr. Blasutti led and executed the acquisitions of Homestake Mining and Placer Dome, the asset consolidations of the Cortez, Hemlo, and Porgera mines and the sale of 50% of South Deep mine. Mr. Blasutti has been a senior executive and board member of several mining companies, playing an instrumental role in a variety of transactions, including hostile acquisitions, project consolidations, material equity and debt financings, international bilateral tax agreements, reverse take overs, and the management of recently merged entities. Mr. Blasutti was previously the President and CEO of Americas Gold and Silver Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the audit committee at Noront Resources Ltd. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at Barksdale Resources Corp.
About Darren Blasutti
Mr. Blasutti is a mining executive and professional Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of mining finance and senior executive experience, focusing on identifying, acquiring and advancing mining projects and operations in the resource sector. His extensive experience includes Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development with Barrick Gold Corporation over an eleven-year period, where Mr. Blasutti led and executed the acquisitions of Homestake Mining and Placer Dome, the asset consolidations of the Cortez, Hemlo, and Porgera mines and the sale of 50% of South Deep mine. Mr. Blasutti has been a senior executive and board member of several mining companies, playing an instrumental role in a variety of transactions, including hostile acquisitions, project consolidations, material equity and debt financings, international bilateral tax agreements, reverse take overs, and the management of recently merged entities. Mr. Blasutti was previously the President and CEO of Americas Gold and Silver Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the audit committee at Noront Resources Ltd. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at Barksdale Resources Corp.