TONOGOLD LEADERSHIP
Experience
Tonogold’s leadership team has ample experience in the mining and mineral exploration industries.
WILLIAM HUNTER
Interim CEO
During his 30-year career, Mr. Hunter has been involved in more than $20 billion worth of transactions in the natural resources, transportation, and industrial sectors. He has extensive experience in capital markets and has been involved in directing and financing resource companies, most recently as President and Chief Financial Officer of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of AMCI Acquisition Corp. Mr. Hunter also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of AMCI Group, and as an independent director of American Battery Technology Company. Since 2015, he has been Managing Partner at Hunter Natural Resources LLC, a consulting firm in the industrial, consumer, and natural resources sectors. From 1999 to 2015, Mr. Hunter worked as a Director or Managing Director at Nomura Securities, Teneo Capital, Dahlman Rose & Co., Jefferies & Company, and TD Securities. He holds a B.S.C. in Finance and an M.B.A. in Finance from DePaul University.
RYAN WELKER
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Welker is currently Managing Director of ASX-listed gold producer Medusa Mining Limited. His previous and current experience includes management, corporate development, and finance. Prior to moving back to Australia in 2019, Mr. Welker worked for EAS Advisors in New York, where he advised and raised more than $2 billion for numerous ASX, LSE, TSX and AIM-listed companies. Prior to EAS, Mr. Welker held positions at Rio Tinto, Hancock Prospecting, Standard Bank, and served as a Non-Executive Director of Mineral Resources Limited. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chairman of the private company Vitrinite Pty Ltd which operates the Vulcan Coal Complex in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, adjacent to the 1064 Drummond Basin gold exploration projects. In this role, he led an exploration and project development team in Queensland for more than five years.
ROBERT KOPPLE
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Kopple is an experienced investor, businessman and lawyer. He is involved in a broad range of corporate financing activities with public companies. Mr. Kopple is a senior partner in a law firm based in Los Angeles specializing in estate planning, tax law and business transactions. His investments include diverse interests in real estate and in several operating companies in mining, health care, and technology.
CODY WHIPPERMAN
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Whipperman is currently Executive Director and CEO of Santiago Metals, a base metals producer and developer advancing two copper assets in Chile. Prior to undertaking work with Santiago Metals, Mr. Whipperman served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations of OceanaGold Corporation, which operates mines in the United States, New Zealand, and the Philippines, where he was the company’s senior executive in the Western Hemisphere. From 2015-2018, Mr. Whipperman was the Chief Financial/Commercial Officer of Barrick Chile, and from 2011-2015, he served as General Manager of Business Development for Rio Tinto Iron Ore in Perth, Australia. Before Rio Tinto, Mr. Whipperman worked in the energy industry as Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Risk Management for CONSOL Energy. Mr. Whipperman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctor degree from Duquense University School of Law, where he graduated first in his class.