Leadership Team

Greg Johnson

Metallic Group Founder and Chairman, CEO Metallic Minerals


  • 30+ years experience in exploration, development and financing of large-scale mining projects
  • Broad capital markets experience, raising over $650 million in project financing
  • Co-founder of NovaGold, former President & CEO of Wellgreen Platinum and South American Silver, various exploration and management roles with Placer Dome (now Barrick Gold)
  • Awarded PDAC’s Thayer Lindsley Award for International Mineral Discovery of the 40 Moz Donlin gold deposit

Michael Rowley

Metallic Group Co-Founder and President, CEO & Director of Stillwater Critical Minerals


  • Co-founder of Stillwater Critical Minerals with 30 years executive experience in the exploration, mineral processing, and mine environmental industries
  • Experience in all aspects of the exploration industry, including capital markets and operations
  • Active in additional publicly-traded companies, including Granite Creek Copper

Tim Johnson

Metallic Group Co-Founder, CEO Granite Creek Copper


  • 25+ years experience in the mineral exploration industry ranging from grassroots prospecting to consulting company operation and public company management.
  • Director and CEO of International Cobalt

Scott Petsel, P.Geo.

President -Metallic Minerals


  • 30+ years of experience in global exploration, mine geology, project management and advancement
  • Former Project Mgr, Ambler & Bornite projects, NovaCopper (now Trilogy Metals), Exploration Mgr, Galore Creek project and Sr Geologist, Donlin Gold project, NovaGold
  • Sr Exploration positions with Placer Dome (now Barrick) & Echo Bay (now Kinross) in North America and internationally

Gregor Hamilton

Financial Advisor and Director


  • 24+ years of experience in the mining sector as a geologist, investment banker (structured finance and M&A) and entrepreneur.
  • BSc in Geology from the University of Edinburgh and MSc in Mineral Project Appraisal from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London

Doug Warkentin, P.Eng.

Advisor, Processing & Metallurgy


  • 30+ years of experience in the mining and mineral processing industries
  • Currently Senior Metallurgist at Kemetco Research Inc.
  • Co-founder of Group Ten Metals and served on the Company’s Board to July 2014

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