Management

Garett Macdonald, MBA, P. Eng.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Garett Macdonald is a professional mining engineer with extensive experience in project development and mine operations with over 30 years of industry experience. Garett served as Vice President of Project Development for JDS Energy and Mining, and was responsible for leading the Curraghinalt Feasibility Study for Dalradian Resources, a +5M ounce high grade, narrow vein gold project in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Dalradian was acquired by Orion Mine Finance for $537M in 2018. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Vice President of Operations for Rainy River Resources prior to the $310M sale of Rainy River to New Gold Inc. Garett also held roles in mine operations and project engineering throughout his career with senior Canadian mining firms Placer Dome, Teck Corporation and Suncor Energy. Garett is currently a director of Aurelius Minerals and Gungnir Resources. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Western University’s Ivey Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from Laurentian University in Sudbury.

Germaine M. Coombs, CPA, CMA

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Germaine Coombs is a chartered professional accountant and certified management accountant with over 30 years of extensive financial and commercial experience predominantly in the mining and resource industry, successfully leading finance teams through different stages of project financing, construction and operations. Germaine also serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aurelius Minerals Inc. and previously was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stonegate Agricom Ltd. from August 2010 until July 2017. Prior to this, she was Corporate Controller for FNX Mining Company Inc. from 2004 to 2010. From 1998 to 2004, she held progressively senior accounting roles at the Iron Ore Company of Canada, a Rio Tinto company. Germaine holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Perry Blanchard

Vice President, Environment and Sustainability

Perry Blanchard joined the Maritime Resources team in September 2020, bringing over 25 years of environment, health, and safety experience in the mining industry. Perry was previously  Manager, Environment and Sustainability at Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake Mine, one of Canada’s largest gold operations, where he was responsible for operations environmental management, project permitting, closure planning, and management of four Impact Benefits Agreements.

Prior to Kirkland Lake Gold and Detour Gold, Perry acted as Manager Health, Safety and Environment (“HSE”) for Vale’s Voisey’s Bay operations in Newfoundland and Labrador. At Vale’s base metal mine in Northern Labrador, he was responsible for operations HSE management systems, emergency and medical response, permitting, closure planning and Vale’s underground expansion construction project. Perry holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in environmental studies from the University of Cape Breton.

Peter Goudie

Hammerdown Operations Manager

Peter Goudie has over 35 years of mine operations and contracting experience within the Baie Verte mining district. Prior to joining Maritime, Peter served as Operations Manager for Guy J. Bailey Limited and Shoreline Aggregates, where he was responsible for day to day operations of a large contract mining business and an aggregate business shipping over 1 million tonnes per year of crushed products to international markets. Peter brings a wealth of knowledge surrounding mine operations management, project execution, equipment maintenance, and performance improvement.

Larry Pilgrim, P.Geo.

Project Manager, Newfoundland Properties

Larry Pilgrim is a geologist with over 45 years of precious metals and base metal exploration and mining experience. Joining in March 2018, Larry is currently the Project Manager for Maritime’s Newfoundland properties, where he is a key team member in the advancement for the Hammerdown project and exploration opportunities. Prior to this, Larry was the Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager for 11 years at the Ming underground copper-gold mine, where he led the new resource calculation of the Lower Footwall Zone, 1807 zone, and downdip exploration of all five deposits.  Larry served as Chief Geologist with Richmont Mines during the delineation, development and production phase of the Hammerdown gold mine. Larry is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Dwight Goudie

Pine Cove Mill Manager

Dwight Goudie has over 40 years of mineral processing, maintenance and operations experience across several commodities including gold and copper.  Dwight is well respected in the Newfoundland and Labrador mining industry and recently served as Mill Manager for FireFly Metals and Rambler Metals and Mining where he managed operations at the Nugget Pond copper and gold concentrator.

Eric Tremblay, ing

Technical Advisor

Eric Tremblay, ing. has over 30 years of mine building and mine operations experience and is currently the COO of Dalradian Resources Inc. and is Maritime Resource’s Technical Advisor. In his previous role with Osisko Mining, as General Manager of Canada’s largest gold mine, Canadian Malartic, Eric played a principal role in finalizing the construction of the mine and the production ramp-up. Eric also served as General Manager at IAMGOLD’s Westwood Project, where he participated in the closure of the Doyon Mine and construction of the Westwood Project. In this role, he was charged with completing the permitting, scoping study, feasibility study, surface construction and underground development. He has also served as the General Manager of IAMGOLD’s Sleeping Giant Mine, an underground mine using multiple mining methods (long hole, shrinkage, room and pillar). In this role Eric’s mandate was to optimize production and return the mine to profitability. Eric has also served as General Manager for the internal underground contractor of IAMGOLD, where he oversaw the project expansion of IAMGOLD’s underground mine. Eric is a graduate of Laval University with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing.