- Date: 01 Nov 2026
- Location: Nth America
- Work Type: Permanent / Full Time
- TSXV Mineral Explorer
- North America Critical Minerals Assets
Overview Our client, a TSXV-listed critical minerals explorer with a portfolio of North American projects, is seeking a President & Chief Executive Officer to lead the business. The company’s assets are positioned in Tier-1 jurisdictions and aligned with Western supply chain demand for energy transition and defence-critical commodities.
The CEO will assume full responsibility for corporate leadership, exploration strategy, capital markets engagement and strategic growth, with a clear mandate to advance the portfolio, secure funding and deliver long-term shareholder value.
Key Responsibilities - Define and execute the company’s North American critical minerals exploration and growth strategy.
- Provide leadership across geological, technical and project evaluation programs to drive discovery, resource definition and project advancement.
- Lead capital markets engagement, including equity raisings, institutional and retail investor relations, analyst and broker coverage, and ongoing market communication.
- Pursue strategic and government funding avenues available to critical minerals projects, including offtake, strategic investment and public-sector programs in Canada and the United States.
- Originate, assess and execute M&A, joint venture and strategic partnership opportunities that build the asset base and market positioning.
- Work closely with the Board on strategy, governance and financing, and lead engagement with government, First Nations and community stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience - Tertiary qualification in Geology, Engineering, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in the mining and exploration industry, including at least 5 years in executive or corporate leadership roles.
- Demonstrated leadership experience within public exploration or pre-development companies, ideally with exposure to critical minerals.
- Proven capital markets capability, with a track record raising equity and building institutional and retail investor support for a junior.
- Experience engaging strategic partners, offtakers and government funding bodies in the critical minerals space is highly regarded.
- Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently across technical, financial, government and Indigenous audiences.
Location Vancouver or Toronto based preferred, with travel to projects, capital markets centres and industry events as required.
The successful candidate will be offered a compelling leadership mandate with a well-positioned junior in a strategically important sector, together with a competitive remuneration package including equity participation.
If the mentioned opportunity sounds interesting, we encourage you to apply using the provided link. Alternatively, resume applications and enquiries can be directed to Dan McComb via
dan.mccomb@ironcoveglobal.com or
+61 415 400 083.
Iron Cove Global – Mining Search is an Australia-based, globally-focused mining recruitment & executive search firm. Should you be interested to learn about this role or other opportunities we may be working on, please get in touch.
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