Norzinc Ltd.

Leadership

Management Team

Rohan Hazelton

Rohan Hazelton

President, CEO & Director

Mr. Hazelton is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with more than 25 years of international finance experience, 20 of those years dedicated to the mining industry. He was appointed to the position of President, CEO and Director for NorZinc Inc. on May 3, 2021.

Mr Hazelton was previously the CFO of Cerrado Gold and Ascendant Resources, as well as Co-founder and CEO of KORE Mining. As one of the early employees of Wheaton River (Goldcorp) from 2002, he ascended into various senior management positions in the company through 2015, including VP Finance, CFO Mexican Operations, and VP Strategy and contributed to 5 mine builds over this time. He is a graduate of Harvard University in Applied Math and Economics and is a Co-founder and Director of Young Mining Professionals Association.

Jim Dainard

Chief Financial Officer 

Mr. Jim Dainard is an experienced Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with over 22 years’ experience in finance and accounting, 14 of those years dedicated to the mining industry. Mr. Dainard commenced his career in public accounting, moving to IT and financial services before transitioning to the resource sector in 2009.

Most recently, Mr. Dainard served as the VP Finance at Victoria Gold Corp. At Victoria, he was involved in various stages of the Eagle Gold mine’s life cycle from early-stage exploration through studies, permitting and development, project finance into construction, and through to operations in the Yukon. He was responsible for overseeing the Company’s accounting, financial reporting and planning and analysis functions, involved in matters related to treasury, project finance, corporate debt, and regulatory compliance while leading initiatives in risk management, internal controls, continuous business process improvement and as well, tax planning. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) degree from the Goodman School of Business at Brock University.

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Claudine Lee

VP CSR

Ms. Lee joined NorZinc in February 2021 as the VP of Corporate Social Responsibility She was most recently Head of Health, Safety, Environment Communities and Training at Dominion Diamond Mines. In this position, she was responsible for the implementation and maintenance of Dominion’s Health, Safety, Risk and Hygiene and Environment programs and policies ensuring compliance with all federal and territorial regulations. Ms. Lee holds a MSc in Geology/Environmental Geochemistry from Queen’s University and an Honours BSc in Geology and Environmental Science. She started her career as an Exploration Geologist. 

Shawn Tucker

Sr. Construction Manager

Mr. Tucker brings over 20 years of mining infrastructure construction experience, with the majority focused in sensitive environmental conditions in Arctic climates. Mr. Tucker’s experience includes supporting the construction in various capacities at the following projects, BHP Ekati Diamond Mine expansion, Diavik Diamonds Mine construction, Debeers Snap Lake and Gahcho Kue Construction, Agnico Eagles Meadowbank Gold Project, Baffinland Iron Ore Mine Construction, Pretium Brucejack Gold Mine HV Power Transmission Line, Voisey Bay underground expansion and recently completing the construction, commissioning and handover of the Kemano T2 Power Tunnel project.

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James Chau

Project Manager

Mr. Chau has over 34 years of Project Management and Design Engineering on projects ranging from Mining and Metals, Carbon Capture, Petro-Chemical, Oil and Gas, to Chemical plants. Most recently he was the Project Engineering Manager at Freeport McMorran’s Bagdad expansion project in Arizona. Prior to that Mr. Chau worked for Kinross Gold Corp. in multiple projects in both Africa and Russia. Mr. Chau has led projects in various phases from scoping studies, pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies, detail engineering, to site construction and commissioning phases for projects worldwide, including the UK, Europe, Azerbaijan, India, China, Chile, USA, Sweden, Russia, South Africa, and Canada. Mr. Chau is a Registered Professional Engineer in both British Columbia and Alberta.

Board of Directors

Robin Beinenstock

Robin Bienenstock

Chair of the Board

Ms. Robin Bienenstock is a successful investor and independent public company director with over 25 years of blue-chip experience with global companies. Ms. Bienenstock is a corporate director and the Canadian representative of Resource Capital Funds, a mining-focused alternative investment firm. From 2017 to 2022 she served as an Investment Partner at RBMP Capital Management LLP (“RBMP”), a long-short hedge fund which she founded in London in 2017. She was a partner at Marlin Sams Fund LP from 2014 until 2016, and a senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, Research Division from 2007 until 2014. Prior to that Ms. Bienenstock also worked at McKinsey & Company as an Associate Principal. Ms. Bienenstock currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the board of directors at Cogeco Communications and Executive Chair at New Moly LLC, and has previously held various board level roles at multiple organizations including serving on the board and was Chair of the Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility and member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees of Torex Gold Resources, from 2020 to 2021 and on the Board and Chair of Compensation and member of the Governance Committees of Pretivm Resources, from 2018 to 2021. 

Wes Loyd

Director

Mr. Loyd joined RCF in 2021 following a career in investment banking with Stifel Financial that spanned the metals, natural resources and real estate industries. During this time he led the origination and execution of a wide range of financing and strategic advisory transactions primarily in North America. Prior to this he served as a Captain in the United States Army and was stationed domestically, in Europe as well as deployed to the Middle East. Wes leads RCF investment teams as well as supports transaction, financing and business development efforts across RCF.

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Rohan Hazelton

Rohan Hazelton

President, CEO & Director

Mr. Hazelton is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with more than 25 years of international finance experience, 20 of those years dedicated to the mining industry. He was appointed to the position of President, CEO and Director for NorZinc Inc. on May 3, 2021. Mr. Hazelton was previously the CFO of Cerrado Gold and Ascendant Resources, as well as Co-founder and CEO of KORE Mining. As one of the early employees of Wheaton River (Goldcorp) from 2002, he ascended into various senior management positions in the company through 2015, including VP Finance, CFO Mexican Operations, and VP Strategy and contributed to 5 mine builds over this time. He is a graduate of Harvard University in Applied Math and Economics and is a Co-founder and Director of Young Mining Professionals Association.

Calum Semple

Director

Mr. Semple is a C-suite executive and board member with 35 years of broad global operating experience involved in numerous start-ups, mergers and growth scenarios in leadership roles in industry, and as Global Lead of the Mining Consulting practice at PwC. He joined RCF in 2021, having led the successful turnaround of TMAC Resources as a Director and EVP Operations, and is responsible for technical due diligence on new investments and provides support to PE portfolio company boards and management teams and their operations. 

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Lawrence Haber

Director

Mr. Lawrence (Lorie) Haber has had a diverse career in the financial industry, law and the capital markets, and in governance and executive management roles; as a senior executive with National Bank Financial and DundeeWealth, as a securities lawyer and partner of Toronto law firm Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, as a corporate board member of several public and private companies, as the CEO of TSX listed Benev Capital Corp (now Diversified Royalty Corp), and as an adviser to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and to the Ontario Government on several policy projects relating to the capital markets and the financial industry. Mr. Haber was a Commissioner of the OSC between 2018 and 2022 and served as Lead Director of the OSC Board from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as a director of Eco Oro Minerals Corp., a Canadian exchange listed public mining company, and is a member of the Advisory Council of Westcourt Capital ULC, a Canadian based portfolio manager that constructs diversified portfolios of alternative investments for ultra high net worth clients. Mr. Haber retired as a director and Board Chair of Diversified Royalty Corp in early 2021 after 10 years in that role. Mr. Haber taught a course on complex corporate transactions for several years as an Adjunct Professor in the Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M Program. Mr. Haber holds a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Toronto and an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.

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