About ATHA Energy
ATHA is a Canadian mineral company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium assets in the pursuit of a clean energy future. With a strategically balanced portfolio including three 100%-owned post discovery uranium projects (the Angilak Project located in Nunavut, and CMB Discoveries in Labrador hosting historical resource estimates of 43.3 million lbs and 14.5 million lbs U3O8 respectively, and the newly discovered basement hosted GMZ high-grade uranium discovery located in the Athabasca Basin). In addition, the Company holds the largest cumulative prospective exploration land package (+8.5 million acres) in two of the world’s most prominent basins for uranium discoveries – ATHA is well positioned to drive value. ATHA also holds a 10% carried interest in key Athabasca Basin exploration projects operated by NexGen Energy Ltd. and IsoEnergy Ltd.
Leadership Team
Troy Boisjoli
CEO & DIRECTOR
Read BioMr. Boisjoli brings extensive experience in developing uranium assets both internationally and in the Athabasca Basin. Mr. Boisjoli’s experience within the Athabasca Basin most notably includes his role as Vice President Operations and Project Development as well as Vice President Exploration and Community for NexGen Energy Ltd., where he led a team through the development of the Arrow Deposit – considered to be the largest, high-grade uranium development project in the world. Prior to joining NexGen Energy in 2016, Mr. Boisjoli worked as an exploration geologist for Cameco Corporation on projects throughout northern Saskatchewan and Australia. In Saskatchewan, Mr. Boisjoli served as the Chief Geologist at the underground Eagle Point uranium mine, where his team increased the mineral resources threefold, while reducing drilling and discovery costs.
Mike Castanho
Chairman
Read BioMr. Castanho is the principal of Axis Capital Ventures Corp., a private investment firm specializing in venture capital and advisory services since October 2019. Prior to founding Axis Capital, Mr. Castanho spent sixteen years in financial services with national investment firms, raising capital across a broad range of industries and advising investments for high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and family offices. Mr. Castanho is a graduate of the Finance Program at British Columbia Institute of Technology as of 2004.
Karina Tyne
Director of Corporate Affairs
Read BioMs. Tyne brings experience gained over 16 years in the mining sector, including Indigenous engagement, corporate management, as well as exploration and mine geology working on some of the world’s highest-grade uranium deposits, including Cameco’s McArthur River. Ms. Tyne led community and Indigenous engagement at NexGen Energy, where she played an integral role in the successful negotiation and execution of collaboration agreements with several Indigenous nations. With a diverse and extensive range of experience, Ms. Tyne has managed the development of numerous internal processes and systems through times of both rapid growth and immense regulatory change, including leading the development and implementation of a professional practice management plan for Teck Resources Limited, one of BC’s largest employers of engineers and geoscientists.
Ryan Gaffney
SVP, Business Development
Read BioMr. Gaffney has extensive experience providing corporate finance services to mining and oil and gas companies including debt, equity and M&A origination and advice. Previously, Mr. Gaffney was Managing Director with the investment bank Canaccord Genuity, where he worked between Canadian and UK capital markets from 2002 to 2015. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Australian Stock Exchange listed Auroch Minerals Limited from 2016 to 2019 and CFO of Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited from 2020 to 2024.
Doug Engdahl
Director
Read BioMr. Engdahl has over 20 years of experience managing various companies with over 15 years of geological experience in both junior and major exploration and mining sectors across North America and in Africa. His extensive mineral exploration experience has been focused on data compilation and interpretation, drill target generation and drill program management, as well as resource and mine modeling with focus on structural geology and resource calculations. Mr. Engdahl has extensive Athabasca Basin resource experience having previously spent over eight years working as a Senior Mine Geologist on Cameco Corporation’s McArthur River Mine, the largest high-grade uranium mine in the world.
Akash Patel
CFO
Read BioMr. Patel has worked in the investment industry for over 15 years with junior companies from inception and incorporation to final listing. He has acted as CEO and director of several public companies and as the head of his own accounting firm. Mr. Patel brings public and private experience, having worked at several Chartered Accounting firms and conducted audits for the public and government sectors. Mr. Patel has also been an active board member and contributed to the start-up of Makena Resources Inc (CAJ), MX Gold Corp(MXL), WestKam Gold Corp.(WKG), Cameo Industries (CRU) and Cresval Capital Corp (CRV).
Sean Kallir
Director
Read BioMr. Kallir has over 11 years of Investment and Capital Markets Experience. In 2013, Mr. Kallir co-founded HGC Investment Management Inc, a leading Toronto based Hedge Fund with assets under management in excess of CAD$950MM. As CEO and CIO of HGC Investment Management, Mr. Kallir has achieved leading performance amongst peers, and has been involved in hundreds of M&A transactions. Mr. Kallir holds an Honors BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.
Richard Pearce
Director
Read BioMr. Pearce is an experienced professional in the global mining and mining technology industries, the private investment sector and in the agricultural sector. His experience in the mining industry spans the value chain, including board directorships, exploration, operation management, mining finance, M&A, business strategy and operational improvement. Throughout his career of over 20 years, Mr. Pearce has worked in multiple commodities and geographies, including iron ore, coal, uranium, mineral sands, gold, and copper in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, South East Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.
Erinn Broshko
Director
Read BioMr. Broshko brings over 25 years as a corporate executive and lawyer with a diverse career spanning law, business, and politics. He began his professional career as a corporate and securities lawyer in Vancouver, eventually transitioning to leadership roles in the business world that included positions such as CEO and Executive Chairman of a publicly listed biotechnology company and Executive Chairman of an energy services company. Mr. Broshko is currently the Managing Director of a Vancouver-based private equity firm.
Philip Williams
Director
Read BioMr. Williams brings over two decades of mining and finance industry experience, including roles in senior management and corporate development, equity research, fund management, and investment banking in the metals and mining sector with a focus on uranium. As a research analyst at Westwind Partners, Mr. Williams launched coverage on the uranium sector in 2007. In late 2008, he joined Pinetree Capital, a natural resource focused investment fund as VP Business Development. During this time, he was responsible for analyzing and monitoring uranium investments and was also appointed to the board of directors of several investee uranium companies. In 2012, he joined Dundee Capital Markets (now Eight Capital) in the investment banking group. As a Managing Director, he completed equity financings across a wide range of commodities and was a named advisor on multiple M&A transactions in the uranium sector. In 2017, Mr. Williams was a co-founder of Uranium Royalty Corp., serving as President, CEO and Director. In March 2020, Mr. Williams joined NxGold (formerly Consolidated Uranium) and has been responsible for executing the plan to consolidate and develop uranium projects around the world.
Technical Team
Cliff Revering, P.Eng.
VP Exploration
Read BioMr. Revering brings over 28 years of experience in the mining sector, encompassing grass-roots exploration, project evaluation and development, and mine operations. Mr. Revering has extensive uranium expertise spanning North America, Australia, and Africa, and has worked on nearly every major uranium deposit within Canada. Throughout his career, Mr. Revering has served as a Qualified Person related to mineral resources on uranium projects within the Athabasca Basin and Africa, including his role as Chief Geologist at Cameco’s Cigar Lake Uranium Mine during the first five years of mine operations, where Mr. Revering was responsible for managing the geology, geotechnical, and ground freezing departments.
Doug Adams
Director of Basin Exploration
Read BioMr. Adams has over 17 years of geoscience experience working in the mining industry with a specific focus in uranium. Mr. Adams spent over 10 years as a geologist with Cameco where he managed multiple projects and was responsible for drill targets, downhole data interpretation, and supervision of junior geologists. Beyond Cameco, Mr. Adams also brings uranium experience from his time working with Denison Mines, 92 Energy, and Okapi Resources, and has been part of significant uranium discoveries and advancement of known deposits throughout the Athabasca region. Mr. Adams has been a key contributor in discoveries at Eagle Point, McArthur River & West McArthur River, Crowe Butte, Brown Ranch, and most recently the GMZ zone on 92 Energy’s Gemini project.
Clark Gamelin
Director, Exploration
Read BioMr. Gamelin has over 16 years of experience as an accomplished geologist and Project Manager with a proven track record in uranium exploration and development. His extensive experience, particularly at Denison Mines’ Wheeler River JV project, showcases his expertise in leading complex projects from exploration to successful execution. With technical proficiency in geological modeling, resource estimation, and drilling techniques, Mr. Gamelin has played a key role in the discovery and delineation of significant uranium deposits, primarily the Denison Mines Phoenix and Gryphon deposits. Mr. Gamelin brings extensive expertise in building and maintaining strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, including JV partners, contractors, government agencies, and Indigenous communities. Mr. Gamelin is a registered Professional Geoscientist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS).
Suraj Ahuja
Technical Advisor
Read BioMr. Ahuja is a technical advisor to Atha with 50 years of experience in the uranium sector including with Cameco, PNC and as a geological consultant to several major and junior mining companies.
Rob Friesen, M.Sc
Environmental Specialist
Read BioMr. Friesen has over 15 years of experience in environment, regulatory frameworks, building relationships, and communications for various resource sectors with a primary focus in mining. Mr. Friesen has managed and implemented environmental management systems and programs conforming to regulatory and ISO 14001 standards for uranium and gold mining operations within Saskatchewan, including Cameco Corporation’s McArthur River Mine, the largest highgrade uranium mine in the world. Mr. Friesen is well-versed in building regulatory, community and business relationships associated with the mining industry in Saskatchewan.
Ty Magee, P.Geo
Geotechnical Provider and Specialist
Read BioMr. Magee has over 8 years of academic and professional exploration experience and has worked with in North America and internationally on multiple projects from grassroots to brownfield exploration on various types of commodities in several roles, including as a Contract Geologist for Denison Mines. Mr. Magee brings exploration experience with focus on data compilation, QA/QC and sampling methods, geological mapping and prospecting, geochemical data interpretations/modeling, project planning and targeting, and technical writing.
Chris Brown, P.Geo
Principal Geophysicist
Read BioMr. Brown has 17 years of experience in applying borehole, ground, and airborne geophysical methods to enhance mineral exploration projects in a wide range of environments globally. Mr. Brown has also been extensively involved in geophysical project management from business development, client retention and budgeting, as well as survey planning, data acquisition, processing, modelling, and interpretation. He has interpreted datasets for myriad mineral deposit types including uranium.
Nancy Normore, M.Sc., P.Geo
Director, Exploration
Read BioNancy has over 18 years’ experience exploring for uranium, copper, and nickel from start-up to discovery. While completing a master’s degree in geology, she led the field team that discovered the Ōrora uranium deposit with UEX Corporation.
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