A professional geologist and mining executive with experience on +300 projects around the world for companies such as Newmont, BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, Lithium One, Pure Energy Minerals, and others. He has led teams through creative transactions, new discoveries, scoping & prefeasibility studies. A veteran of  the capital markets who has worked in Finland since 2005. Most recently, Patrick served as the CEO of Timberline Resources Corp (sold to McEwen Mining in August 2024).