About

Directors

Mark Jarvis

Mark Jarvis

CEO & Chairman of the Board

Mr. Jarvis has more than 30 years of experience in exploration and development of mineral resources, both in oil and gas and metals. After a career in financing exploration projects as a stockbroker, Mr. Jarvis moved to the corporate side of the business in 1996. He joined the Board of Ultra Petroleum, which at the time was a small oil and gas exploration and development company with a large, unconventional gas deposit. As Director responsible for Corporate Finance, he raised the equity capital necessary to prove the concept and to establish enough production to finance further growth with debt. Ultra Petroleum grew from an exploration play to 3 TCF of proven gas reserves.

Mr. Jarvis became CEO of Giga Metals Corporation's predecessor company in January 2004. During his tenure, the company has drilled off a giant nickel/cobalt deposit, worked out a reliable metallurgical circuit, and published a Pre-Feasibility Study.

Martin Vydra

Martin Vydra

President & Director

Martin Vydra joined Giga Metals after a 31 year career with Sherritt International Corporation, a leader in the mining, processing and refining of lateritic nickel and cobalt with operations in Canada, Cuba and Madagascar.  Martin is widely recognized as an expert in nickel and cobalt extraction, processing and refining including the development and application of advanced technologies to maximize the recovery of valuable metals such as nickel and cobalt from a variety of feeds.  While at Sherritt, Martin’s technical accomplishments spanned four continents and over 20 operations including postings in Australia where he was integrated in Murrin Murrin’s refinery start up; Finland for the design of Harjavalta’s nickel reduction circuit; and, in Chile where he oversaw the design, construction and commissioning of a major pressure oxidation operation. 

Most recently, Martin served as Sherritt's Senior Vice President, Commercial and Technologies, where he had oversight for the sales and marketing of nickel and cobalt, and marketing and commercialization of Sherritt's proprietary technologies.

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

Director

Mr. Morris is a former senior executive with Vale S.A., the largest nickel producer in the world, and most recently as Executive Vice President with global accountability for sales and marketing of Vale's base metals portfolio, including Nickel, Copper, Cobalt and Precious Metals. He was an officer of the company and member of the senior management committee. His knowledge of the rapidly evolving market for nickel and cobalt products is extensive and includes marketing battery materials to battery manufacturers.

Anthony Milewski

Anthony Milewski

Director

Mr. Milewski is an independent director of Giga Metals. He has spent his career in various aspects of the mining industry, including as a company director, advisor, founder and investor.  In particular, he has been active in battery metals including investing in cobalt and nickel, and actively trading physical cobalt. Anthony was a member of the London Metals Exchange Cobalt Committee which includes representatives from the largest mining and commodities companies globally. Prior to co-founding Conic Metals, Anthony was a member of the investment team at Pala Investments, and worked at Firebird Management, Renaissance Capital and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Moscow, where he focused on advisory and transactional work in metals and mining, and oil and gas sectors.  He has lived and worked in Africa and Russia, including a year as a Fulbright scholar, and spent considerable time in Central Asia.

Lyle Davis, P.Eng. (Alberta) MBA

Lyle Davis, P.Eng. (Alberta) MBA

Director

Mr. Davis is an independent director of the Company. Mr. Davis has extensive experience in the corporate finance, advisory, and management services of public companies. He is President and director of Condor Resources Inc.,. He has a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Queen's University, an MBA from the University of British Columbia, and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

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