Richard J. Mazur
Chairman of the Board & Director
Mr. Richard Mazur is a corporate executive and geoscientist with over 40 years of Canadian and international experience in the exploration and mining industry as a project geologist, financial analyst, and senior executive on uranium, gold, base metals, and industrial minerals projects. Mr. Mazur founded Forum in 2004. He is also a Director of Big Ridge Gold Corp., Impact Silver Corp., and Midnight Sun Mining Corp.
Mr. Mazur graduated with a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Toronto in 1975 and an MBA from Queen’s University in 1985.
Dr. Rebecca Hunter PhD, P. Geo
President, CEO, & Director
Dr. Rebecca Hunter has over 15 years experience as a uranium exploration geologist in Saskatchewan and Nunavut. As a project geologist for Cameco from 2005-2016, Rebecca led the Turaqvik-Aberdeen exploration project, where the high-grade Tatiggaq and Qavvik uranium deposits were discovered adjacent to Orano’s (formerly AREVA) Kiggavik uranium project in Nunavut. Dr. Hunter completed her PhD at Laurentian University, which focused on the litho-geochemistry, structural geology, and uranium mineralization systems of the Tatiggaq-Qavvik uranium trend in the Thelon Basin. She will continue her principal role on this project and as leader of Forum’s exploration team.
Al Fabbro
Director
Mr. Fabbro has over 30 years of experience in resource investment finance. From 1984-1990 he led the retail trading department at Yorkton Securities, followed by six years with Yorkton’s Natural Resources Group. His career continued for an additional ten years as an investment advisor with Canaccord Capital, later leaving to become Lead Director of Roxgold Inc., where he raised $60 million in equity financing during his tenure. Roxgold was named to the TSX Venture Exchange 50 top performing companies in 2015. Mr. Fabbro also currently serves as President, CEO, and Lead Director of Midnight Sun Mining.
Brian Christie
Director
Brian Christie’s professional career spans over 45 years as a geologist, securities analyst, and investor relations executive. During his tenure as Vice-President Investor Relations at Agnico Eagle Mines from 2012-2022, Agnico Eagle was consistently recognized as having one of the top investor relations programs in Canada. Mr. Christie is currently retained by Agnico Eagle as a Senior Advisor, Investor Relations. Prior to joining Agnico Eagle, he worked for over 17 years as a precious and base metals analyst with Desjardins Securities, National Bank Financial, Canaccord Capital, and HSBC Securities, in addition to 13 years as a geologist with several mining companies including Homestake, Billiton, Falconbridge Copper, and Newmont. Mr. Christie holds a BSc. in Geology (University of Toronto) and an MSc. in Geology (Queen’s University). He is also a member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).
Larry Okada
Director
Mr. Larry Okada is a member of both the Canadian Chartered Professional Accountants and the Washington State Certified Public Accountants Association with over 45 years experience providing financial management services to publicly traded companies, with emphasis on junior mineral exploration companies. He holds a B.A. in Economics and was in public practice with his own firm of Staley, Okada and Partners and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Okada also serves as Chairman of Forum’s Audit Committee.
Paul Dennison
Director
Paul Dennison worked for 27 years in the front-end of three leading investment banks: Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch & Deutsche Bank. His main focus was capital markets origination, underwriting, sales, and trading in all regions outside the Americas. Thereafter, Paul managed his own asset management company for 12 years, which was licensed in Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. Presently, Paul is based in Zurich and Singapore with his own firm, specializing as an introducing broker, sourcing international investment capital for clients.
Janet Meiklejohn
Director
Janet Meiklejohn, MBA, CPA (Ca), is the Managing Principal of Emerald Capital, which provides strategic consulting services, including corporate governance, finance, and marketing to emerging growth companies. A former Institutional Equity Sales VP focused on the mining sector with leading Canadian investment banks including Desjardins Securities, National Bank, Salman Partners, and Macquarie Capital from 1997 to 2015, Janet also grew up in Saskatchewan and has maintained a long standing interest in the development of the province’s uranium industry. Janet was formerly Vice President Finance and Investor Relations with the Very Good Food Company, and Chief Financial Officer of Empress Royalty Corp.
