Board of Directors

Dino Titaro

Independent Director, Chairman

Mr. Titaro is a seasoned international business executive who has over 40 years of international experience having been involved in project management, feasibility studies, reserve estimation, due diligence studies, valuation studies, social and environmental permitting processes for mine construction and development and related risk management, as well as operational experience in the gold sector. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Yamana Gold until its sale in 2023 and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Allied Gold, a mid-tier TSX listed gold producing company.  

From 1986 to 2003, Dino was the principal owner and President and CEO of A.C.A. Howe International Limited, an international geological and mining consulting firm. He was the founder and CEO of Carpathian Gold Inc, and is currently the Chairman and Director of Avidian Gold, an exploration and development company and a director of Golconda Gold, a TSXV gold producing company. He has also formerly served on the board of directors in the industrial and healthcare technology fields.   

Dino holds a Master of Science degree in Economic Geology from the University of Western Ontario and is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 and is a registered P.Geo in Ontario. 

Rick Winters

Executive Director

Mr. Winters is the Principal of RAWsources LLC, a mineral industry management consultancy.  He is a member of the adjunct faculty of the Mining Department at the Colorado School of Mines.   

Until 2019, Rick was President of RMB Resources Inc, representing the North American offices of RMB Resources, the resource merchant banking business of the FirstRand Group of South Africa. In his capacity with RMB, He was involved in dozens of junior company financings from pre-IPO equity to corporate debt with a focus on structured finance.   Prior he was Vice President Corporate Development for Golden Star Resources, a Canadian gold and diamond exploration company; an equity, sell-side mining sector analyst for Robertson Stephens, a San Francisco investment bank, and held various positions within the mining industry from Miner to senior engineer with such companies as Phelps Dodge, ASARCO, Homestake Mining, and Echo Bay Mines. He has been involved with the development of 25 mines in 15 countries.   

Rick received his undergraduate degrees in business and economics from the University of Montana and his Master’s degree and post graduate studies in Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines. He has sat on the boards of public, private resource companies, non-profits organizations and has served as an Inspector General in Canadian bankruptcy proceedings. 

Pierre Chenard

Independent Director

Mr. Chenard is an accomplished and well-rounded international business executive. He has held various executive roles with several prominent metals and mining companies over the past 35 years. From April 2024 until his retirement from full-time work in August 2025, Mr. Chenard was based in Riyadh as Chief Executive Officer of Manara Minerals Investment Company, a portfolio company of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) that invests in mining assets globally. From February 2021,  

Mr. Chenard was Executive Director and Head of Strategy at Allied Gold Corp until its listing on the TSX was completed in September 2023, following which he continued as a non-executive director.  From April 2019 to February 2021, he was based in Johannesburg as Executive VP, Corporate Development & Strategy at AngloGold Ashanti. Prior to that, Mr. Chenard spent 11 years with Rio Tinto (including eight years as Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel, Aluminum); and seven years at Alcan (including two years as Vice President and General Counsel). From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Chenard was Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Cambior Inc., a Canadian mining company with mining operations in several countries throughout the Americas. Mr. Chenard holds Civil and Common Law degrees from McGill University and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1984 

David Fennell

Independent Director

Mr. Fennell has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry and has served as the Chairman of Reunion Gold since its inception in 2003. He received a law degree from the University of Alberta in 1979 and practiced law until he founded Golden Star Resources Ltd. in 1983. While at Golden Star Resources, he was instrumental in the discovery and development of the Omai Gold Mine in Guyana and the Rosebel Mine in Suriname. In 1998, Mr. Fennell became Chairman and CEO of Hope Bay Gold Corporation. He held this position through the merger of Hope Bay and Miramar Mining Corporation and remained as Executive Vice-Chairman and a director for the combined entity until its takeover by Newmont Mining Corporation in 2008. Mr. Fennell also serves as Executive Chairman of Greenheart Gold Inc. 

Chantal Gosselin

Independent Director

Ms. Gosselin brings a wealth of expertise as a seasoned corporate board member, boasting 30-year background in both mining operations and public capital markets. Her financial acumen spans from asset management to sell-side analysis, having served in pivotal roles such as Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Goodman Investment Counsel and Senior Mining Analyst at Sun Valley Gold LLP, among a spectrum of analyst positions during her financial career. 

Furthermore, Ms. Gosselin has garnered extensive on-the-ground experience through various mine-site management roles across Canada, Peru, and Nicaragua. This hands-on involvement has equipped her with invaluable insights into underground and open-pit mine development and production, alongside exposure to diverse cultural and social landscapes. 

Complementing her practical experience, Ms. Gosselin holds an MBA from Concordia University and a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Laval University. She has also completed the Institute of Corporate Director program. Currently, she contributes her knowledge and strategic oversight as a board member for multiple TSX-listed companies within the natural resource sectors. 

Elaine Bennett

Independent Director

Ms. Bennett is a chartered professional accountant and has 30 years of experience as financial executive in the mining industry including experience in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, mine construction, accounting and information technology. From 2008 to 2021, Ms. Bennett was Vice President Finance and CFO at Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., an advanced exploration and development company listed on the TSX. Prior to joining Sabina, she was VP Finance and CFO at Miramar Mining Corporation which was acquired by Newmont in 2007.  

Ms. Bennett has also been director and chair of the audit committee of several junior exploration company listed on the TSXV including Reunion Gold Corporation. 

Vern Baker

Independent Director

Mr. Baker, is a seasoned mining executive with over 40 years of international leadership in the resource sector. Educated as a mining engineer at the University of Nevada (B.Sc., 1984) and with an MBA from Stanford University (1991), Vern combines strong technical expertise with executive management skills. He has guided major mining operations and companies through operational turnarounds, cultural transformations, and periods of significant growth.  

Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Jaguar Mining Inc. from 2019 to August 2025 and continues as Chairman of Magna Mining, where he has been a director since the company’s founding. 

Graden Colby

Executive Director

Graden Colby is a seasoned mine developer and operations leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in underground and open pit mining in Nevada. Graden is known for building high-performance teams and delivering results in complex, large-scale environments and brings an exceptional track record in safety leadership, operational execution, and mine development to Blossom.

Most recently, Mr. Colby spent over five years at Nevada Gold Mines, where he oversaw better than 5Mtons/year underground operations producing over 900,000 ounces of gold annually as well as over 60Mtons/year of open pit production.  Prior to that, Graden spent 14 years at Newmont Mining Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility, including as Mine Manager at the Leeville operations and the Carlin Portal Mines. Earlier in his career at Newmont, he served as Superintendent at Carlin Portal Mines and General Foreman at the Midas Mine.

Mr. Colby holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining and Mineral Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

L. Michael Bogert

Mr. Bogert is an accomplished attorney with significant experience in mineral and environmental law as well as U.S. permitting.  As General Counsel and Special Counsel to Perpetua Resources Idaho, Inc. from 2018-2025, Mr. Bogert was directly involved in the successful permitting of the environmentally complex Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho.  Prior to that, he was a shareholder with the law firm Parsons Behle & Latimer out of their Boise, Idaho and Washington D.C. offices focused on Clean Air Act, CERCLA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and Federal Endangered Species Act issues among others.  He was Senior Counsel at Crowell & Moring, a Washington D.C. based law firm focused on natural resource issues and he also practiced at Perkins Coie, LLP Boise, Idaho with an emphasis on environmental and natural resource issues.  Mr. Bogert also served by Presidential appointment as Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region X and then as Counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005-2009.  Mr. Bogert also served as Counsel to the Governor of Idaho, 1999-2004.   Mr. Bogert has appeared in briefings before the U.S. Supreme Court and is a member of the Idaho State Bar, California State Bar and District of Columbia Bar.

Mr. Bogert attended The George Washington University, L.L.M. Program, Environmental Law, 1994-1995, and received degrees from the University of Idaho College of Law, J.D., 1985 and the University of Santa Clara, B.A. (History), 1979.