Belinda Labatte, Chair of the Board 1
Belinda Labatte, CFA, MBA, ICD.D, has more than 15 years of senior management experience in mining and the extractive industry, and 20 years of capital markets experience, including a decade of strategic development, capital markets investment banking experience, stakeholder engagement, and asset acquisition and disposition processes. Her most recent position was Chief Development Officer of Mandalay Resources Corp. Prior to that, Ms. Labatte was the founder and President of her own Company, The Capital Lab Inc., a leading Toronto-based consulting firm. Ms. Labatte is fluent in French, Spanish and German and graduated from the Rotman School of Management with an MBA. She holds the ICD.D designation and is CFA charterholder. Ms. Labatte serves as independent director of Star Royalties Ltd.
Gordana Slepcev, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Gordana Slepcev, M.Sc.P. Eng, is a Professional Mining Engineer registered in Ontario with more than 25 years of global mining experience in developing, building, and leading safe mining operations. Ms. Slepcev’s extensive experience spans multiple commodities, including gold, base metals, coal, and industrial minerals. She brings considerable experience in mineral exploration, permitting, corporate and regulatory/First Nations/ Indigenous relations, and project financing to Lomiko. Before joining the Company, Ms. Slepcev held the position of COO for BMSI, a privately held company, where she was responsible for restarting the barite reprocessing facility, mitigating historical environmental impacts, and overseeing EPCM contractors. She also formerly held the role of COO of Anaconda Mining, where she was responsible for the company’s operations and development of the Goldboro project. Ms. Slepcev graduated from the University of Belgrade with a M.Sc. and is the past Chair of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM). She is a WTPEO committee member and a member of the Advisory Board of the OreBit platform.
Mary Juetten, Director, Chair of Audit Committee 3
Ms. Mary E. Juetten, CA, CPA, Esq., GCB.D, CDI.D is a distinguished international executive and entrepreneur, well-known for delivering value for 35+ years as a leader of public and private enterprises, including natural resources, technology, and engineering & construction services. Mary’s diverse background includes founding, developing, and exiting Traklight, a risk & intellectual property software company, leadership roles in the E&C industry, notably as executive sponsor to global oil & gas and forest process operator custom software training projects, and consulting to mining companies, including Ma’aden Gold & Base Metals in Saudi Arabia and confidential clients in Canada. Mary has over 30 years of service in a variety of board, advisory, and committee roles for community, private companies, technology and legal trade associations, and nonprofits, including as the Corporate Board Secretary for MGBM and over a decade as a Traklight Director. She holds a JD with an environmental law certification and an ESG board certification.
Dominique Dionne, Chair of Corporate Compensation and Nominating Committee 1
Ms. Dionne is an award-winning communicator who has held high level positions in the areas of public relations, government relations, and brand management with major international companies. She is based in Lac Supérieur, Quebec and is Francophone. She currently serves as a Corporate Director on the boards of publicly listed companies and not-for-profit organizations. Ms. Dionne chairs the board of directors of Public Relations Without Borders, an international cooperation organization. Until recently, she held the position of Vice President, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications at PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers. Previously, she served as Vice President, Institutional and International Relations at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, where she was responsible for developing and implementing strategies to position and ensure the Caisse’s outreach, both throughout Québec and at the national and international levels. Prior to serving at the Caisse, she was Vice President, Public Affairs, at Xstrata Nickel (now Glencore) and Vice President, Communications, at Bombardier.
Lee Arden Lewis, Director 1,3
Lee Arden Lewis is a veteran strategist with a long history of developing collaborative business models. Ms. Lewis joined ISBRG Corp as Director of Operations in 2022. Prior to ISBRG, Ms. Lewis served as the Canadian Liaison of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help create Telesat’s first web portal for Indigenous people in Canada. Ms. Lewis was honoured to be elected by the working group of Indigenous Chiefs to this position – and subsequently hired by Environment Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Services. Traditional knowledge from the group was formally written into Canadian legislation – the Species at Risk Act (SARA). In this role, Ms. Lewis adapted a number of successful U.S. digital policy innovations for Canada, including the development of information technology work training programs for Indigenous people.
In Ms. Lewis’ role as consultant for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) she produced projection reports on the effects of the digital age on Indigenous cultures and identified potential paths forward. Working with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Group, Ms. Lewis served as a consultant for Canada Ontario Resource Development Agreement Committee (CORDA).Ms. Lewis’ work with the Navajo Heritage Program and the Aboriginal Working Group brought together Indigenous Chiefs from Canada to the Navajo Nation to share governance information.
For over a decade Ms. Lewis was the sole proprietor of Jackson’s Falls Country Inn and five-star Indigenous restaurant in Prince Edward County, Ontario. She was instrumental in creating the Taste of the County initiatives – a marketing arm of the County – producing and introducing Indigenous herbs and cuisine to locals and tourists. Working closely with regional partners, Ms. Lewis advanced tourism management while ensuring environmental sustainability to help establish Prince Edward County as the world class destination it is today.
Ms. Lewis serves as an independent Board Member for Lomiko Metals. Defending and enhancing the rights of Indigenous people is both her passion and profession. Ms. Lewis is a status member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and is based in Prince Edward County.
Footnotes:
1 – Member of Audit Committee
2 – Member of ESG Committee
3 – Member of Corporate Compensation and Nominating Committee