Sr. Management Team

  • Lewis Lawrick

    President, CEO & Director

    Mr. Lawrick is a seasoned Canadian mining executive with over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration, corporate finance, and strategic leadership within the natural resources sector. Under his leadership as President and CEO, the company has built a strong portfolio of precious and critical metals projects in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, while also maintaining an extensive precious metals property portfolio in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

    Mr. Lawrick is also the Managing Director of Thorsen-Fordyce Merchant Capital Inc., a Toronto-based private investment and merchant banking firm that provides advisory services and financing to emerging mineral exploration ventures.

    Previously, Mr. Lawrick was the founder, President, and CEO of Signal Gold Inc. (now NexGold Inc.), where he played a pivotal role in consolidating exploration assets and guiding the company through its formative years. He has also held executive and director roles at numerous other companies, including Volta Resources Inc., Franconia Minerals Corporation, NorthWest Copper Corp., and Normabec Mining Resources Inc.

    Mr. Lawrick holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (BCOM) from the University of Calgary

  • Bill Francis

    Chief Financial Officer

    Mr. Francis brings significant financial management and reporting experience in the junior mining industry to Magna Terra. Mr. Francis previously worked as Corporate Controller with Signal Gold Inc. (formerly Anaconda Mining Inc.), Jaguar Mining Inc., and Newmarket Gold Inc. (formerly Crocodile Gold Corp.) where he managed the public financial reporting obligations and was involved in risk management, treasury and capital markets, and corporate development. He obtained his CPA, CA with MNP LLP and holds a Masters of Management and Professional Accounting (MMPA) from the University of Toronto

  • David Copeland

    Chief Geologist, Atlantic Canada Exploration

    Mr. Copeland is a professional geologist with 30 years of experience in grassroots gold and base metal exploration, development and mining projects in North America and Australia, with a focus on Eastern Canada. He has held roles as Exploration Manager and Chief Geologist for several junior exploration and mining companies such as Rubicon Minerals, Paragon Minerals, Coastal Gold and Signal Gold Inc. (formerly Anaconda Mining Inc.), prior to his current role as Senior Director of Exploration for NexGold Mining Corp.

    Mr. Copeland has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of New Brunswick with a specialization in structural geology.

Board of Directors and Advisors

Patricia Kajda, CPA, CA

Ms. Kajda, CPA, CA, is a Partner and Business Advisor in MNP LLP’s Mississauga office and leads the Public Companies group for Peel Region. Patricia is fluent in IFRS and U.S. GAAP as required by Canadian and U.S. reporting issuers, and has significant experience in the junior mining and metals sector. Patricia is currently an audit committee chair and vice president board member for an NPO housing corporation and a board member of a Toronto based Chamber of Commerce. After graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours degree in Business Administration, Patricia became a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA).

Director

Michael Byron, Ph. D.

Dr. Byron is a professional geoscientist with over 30 years of experience in gold, base metals, nickel-PGE, and diamond exploration across North and South America and Africa.

He previously served as VP Exploration at Aurora Platinum (acquired by FNX Mining) and Lake Shore Gold, where he led growth of the Timmins West deposit to over 1.2 Moz. At Nighthawk Gold, he advanced the Colomac Gold Project into a multi-million-ounce opportunity.

Dr. Byron holds a PhD in Geology from Carleton University and currently sits on the boards of five public companies, including Magna Terra.

Director

Gernot Wober

Mr. Wober is a seasoned geologist with over 35 years of global exploration and project development experience. He specializes in orogenic gold and greenstone-hosted deposits, with a strong track record of discovery and leadership.

He currently serves as VP Exploration at First Nordic Metals, leading exploration across the company’s portfolio. Previously, he held senior roles at Discovery Silver—advancing the Cordero silver project and supporting the Porcupine Complex acquisition—and at Osisko Mining, where he led the discovery of the high-grade Lynx Zone at Windfall.

His career also includes roles with Great Basin Gold, Northern Dynasty, Oban Mining, Lac Minerals, Noranda, Taseko Mines, and Chevron Canada.

Director

Tanya Tettelaar

Ms. Tettelaar is a professional geologist with over 20 years experience in uranium and gold exploration as well as development projects with a particular focus on orogenic gold deposits in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tanya has previously worked as Project Manager and Exploration Manager for Signal Gold Inc, (formerly Anaconda Mining) and Marathon Gold where she was instrumental in the growth and advancement of the Valentine Gold Project.

Ms. Tettelaar obtained an Earth Science B.Sc degree from Carleton University and Earth Science M.Sc. degree from Memorial University.

Sr. Geologist