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.
Jacqueline Michael, Chief Financial Officer
Jacqueline Michael has more than 35 years of experience in Business Management and Finance. In 1989, Ms. Michael co-founded The Conac Group Inc., an international software company that developed and marketed fully integrated “soup to nuts” project management software solutions, designed specifically for the construction industry. As the CEO, Ms. Michael was responsible for the operations and design of the systems as well as the documentation for the manuals. She also managed the Company’s financial and compliance matters. In 1987, Ms. Michael took The Conac Group Public on the VSE (which evolved into the TSX.V) under the name Conac Software Inc. and was instrumental in raising $5 million for the company. In 2005, the company’s software assets were sold, and the Company changed its business direction from the Tech sector to the Resource sector under the new name Lomiko Metals Inc. Ms. Michael continued to manage Lomiko Metals from 2006 to 2023 as CFO, and after that, as Controller of the Company. In November 2024, Ms. Michael resumed the position of CFO for Lomiko Metals once again.