Paul Harbidge
President, CEO & Director
Paul Harbidge is a geologist with 30 years of experience in mining exploration and development with a proven track record of discovering world class gold deposits. Mr. Harbidge was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of GT Gold and led the company to a CA$456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. ("Newmont") in May 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Harbidge was the Senior Vice President of Exploration at the multinational gold mining company Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont in April 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Harbidge successfully led the Exploration Team at the gold miner Randgold Resources Limited, resulting in five major gold discoveries including the +5Moz Gounkoto deposit in Mali and the +4Moz Massawa deposit in Senegal. Mr. Harbidge is a Directors of Fireweed Metals Corp. with projects in Yukon, Canada, and a technical advisor to Japan Gold Corp. (Japan), Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (Quebec), Kalo Gold Corp. (Fiji), and Gemdale Gold Inc. (Finland). He has a First-Class Honours Degree in Geology from Kingston University, London, UK and a Masters of Science in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from Leicester University, UK.