Board of Directors
Giulio T. Bonifacio
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Bonifacio has over 30 years of experience in senior executive roles in the mining industry in both the base and precious metals sector. Mr. Bonifacio was the Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Nevada Copper from 2005 until his retirement in February 2018. Mr. Bonifacio led and directed every stage of advancement of the Pumpkin Hollow copper mine from exploration, development, permitting and construction. Mr. Bonifacio is a Chartered Professional Accountant with considerable experience and knowledge of operations, capital markets and project finance while raising significant amounts of capital for projects of merit by way of project debt, offtake, and equity. During his 12 years at Nevada Copper Mr. Bonifacio successfully permitted both the underground and open pit operations at Pumpkin Hollow, which is the only permitted copper project of scale in the United States in the past 25 years.
Mr. Bonifacio has held previous senior executive roles with Getty Resources Limited, TOTAL Energold Corp., an energy and gold producer and Vengold Inc., gold producer prior to founding Nevada Copper in 2005. Mr. Bonifacio was formerly President, Chief Executive Officer and Non-Executive Chair of Faraday Copper Corp. from May 2018 until April 2022.
Mr. Bonifacio is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Non-Executive Chair of Nevgold Corp. and Terra Balcanica Resources Corp.
Christine Nicolau
Director
Ms. Nicolau is GM Corporate Portfolio Management focusing on driving governance, management and administration of Fortescue’s interests via directorships across various internal and external strategic growth subsidiaries spanning both Energy and Metals.
In her previous role of Metals General Manager LATAM she coordinated Fortescue’s minerals business in Latin America including exploration and project development. Ms. Nicolau has been with Fortescue since 2010 and during this time has held a range of management positions. Ms. Nicolau has been a Director of TSX-listed Alta Copper Corp since 2021.
Steven A. Latimer, ICD.D, MBA, HBA, CFA
Non-Executive Chairman and Director
Mr. Latimer has over 30 years of experience as a leading global M&A adviser and has led numerous financings for mining companies. Mr. Latimer is a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors Director Designation (ICD.D), received his MBA from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his HBA from The University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Latimer has extensive Board experience, including serving as a Director and CEO of privately-owned BG Gold, on the Board of Governors for Appleby College (Finance and Advancement Committees), as a Board member of Food For Life Canada (Chair, Governance Committee). In addition, Mr. Latimer is a CFA Charterholder.
Andrew Hamilton, B. Eng. (Mech)
Director
Mr. Andrew Hamilton is Technical Director of Fortescue Ltd. (“Fortescue”) with the Corporate Strategy Team. He is a Mechanical Engineer, BEng. (Mech) from the University of South Australia while also being a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. His current role also includes managing and reviewing critical metals project opportunities. Over his career, Mr. Hamilton has spent significant time in senior management and directorship roles, providing expertise in engineering, constructing, commissioning and ‘business delivery’ services to mining, building infrastructure and fleet management.
Mr. Hamilton joined Fortescue in early 2008 to complete, commission and ramp up Fortescue’s first operational Cloudbreak mine, and later delivery of the site’s wet beneficiation and power station upgrades. Prior to this, Mr. Hamilton held Project Management and delivery roles at Project Magnet, South Australia, and managed the design of the African Minerals three stage Haematite & Magnetite development, delivering the first stage in West Africa.
In 2011 Mr. Hamilton managed the delivery of the Wet Front End modifications to the Cloudbreak processing plant, followed by technical and design input to Christmas Creek processing operations. In late 2013, Mr. Hamilton commenced work on the Iron Bridge project leading to design, construction, commissioning, and delivery of the full-scale Stage 1 developmental plant within a 15-month period. Upon successful operation of Stage 1, Mr. Hamilton managed and delivered the Investment Decision report to the Fortescue Board in 2019, culminating in approval of the 22mtpa Iron Bridge Magnetite JV (“IBJV”) Project. Mr. Hamilton held various roles on the US$3.9bn IBJV project including Project Director and Technical Director.