Mr. Samson is a mining executive with more than 20 years of management and financial experience. He runs Rogue Resources, a company listed on the TSXV.

Prior to this he was Vice President & Head of Corporate Development at FNI Mining for four years, including a period of six months as interim COO, responsible for safety, mine development and operations at a 250 person underground mine near Sudbury, Ontario. In 2012, he won the Canadian Young Mining Leader award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

Prior to FNI, Sean was Vice President Commercial Development at Kinross Gold Corporation for five years where he had diverse, multi-functional responsibilities including: supply chain, energy, merger integration, enterprise risk and capital approvals, leading a team of more than 300 people across eight countries.

Before Kinross he was a management consultant at Bain & Company and traded for investment banks in New York and Europe. Mr. Samson received his A.B. from Harvard University and an MBA from Cambridge.

He is a past PDAC board member and a Cleantech advisor at MaRS, a Toronto based Innovation Centre. Sean volunteers his time on the Board of Mental Health Research Canada and is the Treasurer and a Cub Leader with 3rd Toronto Scout Group.

Sean lives in Toronto with his wife and 3 children.