CSE: SCM

Meet The Team

Project Team and Expertise

Matt Lewis

CEO

Matt holds a BA in Political Science and went to both Carleton University and the University of British Columbia.
He obtained his Investment Advisor License in the late 1990s and worked with TD Bank, C.M. Oliver & Company, and Merit Investment Corporation.
His diverse background includes film finance partnerships, consulting for private and public companies, and expertise in business structuring, financing design, and capital raising.
Currently Founder and Partner of a leading Canadian marketing platform for small-cap public companies, Matt brings deep junior mining sector knowledge and strategic capital markets experience to drive Steadright’s growth and success.

Robert Palkovits - P.GEO

Vice President Exploration

Robert is a highly experienced mining and exploration industry veteran holding diplomas in Geology and Mining Technician from Cambrian College (1981–82) and a B.Sc. in Geology from the Laurentian University (1987).
He worked in a variety of roles throughout his career in field exploration in base and precious metals and predominately in mining geology in underground and open pit beat geology, exploration, and 15 years as a Chief Mine Geologist at three of INCO/Vale Sudbury Mines. He also lead the Geology, Metallurgical and Geotechnical team in the Vale’s Project Evaluation Group for 7 years on small to +$1B projects. He also worked as an underground mine supervisor leading teams in mine development, production, pastefill and blasting.
Rob retired from Vale in 2019 and has since been working as a consultant for MinePaste Ltd and Responsible Mining Solutions (now part of SLR) on mine tailings and paste fill design projects around the globe and as VP Exploration to Steadright.

John Theobald

Chairman of the Board

John Theobald brings over 40 years of international mining expertise spanning exploration, operations, investments, and capital markets.
A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of both the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Geological Society of London, he holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Nottingham.
His leadership includes CEO and COO roles at Anglo Pacific Group PLC (now Ecora Resources), Director of High Peak Royalties Ltd., and Chairman of First Coal Corporation, which he successfully sold to Xstrata PLC for C$147 million.
He held senior positions with Sibelco (1999-2008) and gained extensive gold and base metals experience through operational and business development roles in Africa.

Alan King

Technical Advisor

Alan is a highly regarded exploration industry veteran holding a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Toronto (1976) and M.Sc. in Geophysics from Macquarie University (1989).
He worked as a geophysicist in Canada and Australasia (1976-1984) before joining GeoPhysiCon Co. Ltd. In 1990, Alan joined Inco Exploration as Senior Geophysicist, advancing to Manager of Geophysics (1995) and Chief Geophysicist for Inco Ltd (2000-2007).
Following Vale’s acquisition of Inco, he served as Chief Geophysicist for Vale Global Exploration (2009-2013), specializing in base metals, iron, manganese, coal, and fertilizers. Alan currently operates as an independent consultant through Geoscience North.

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