Our Team

Rob Saltsman

President, CEO and Director

Mr. Saltsman has 25 years of experience in venture capital and public investments and is the Founder of First Lithium Minerals Corp., a company he founded in 2017. He served as the CEO of Compel Capital Inc. and RMM Ventures Inc., and as Vice President of Georgian Capital Corp. where he focused on investing and consulting services in private equity. He is currently a President and Managing Partner of Paige Capital Inc., a venture capital investment company, and is a founding partner of South America Finance Corp SAS, a private merchant banking group in Colombia.

Claude Ayache

CFO

Mr. Ayache is a bilingual CPA, CMA with over 35 years of experience, more than half of which was served at the CFO/CEO level of publicly reporting companies in Canada and the US. He has also served on the board of several private companies and non-profit organizations.

Aldo Moreno

VP Exploration

Mr. Moreno is a seasoned geologist with 40 years of experience in exploration and evaluation of metallic and non metallic mineral deposits and worked with several mining projects in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States Mr Moreno has a degree in geology from Universidad de Chile, is a member of the Chilean Professional Association of Geologists No 437 and registered in the Public Records of Competent Persons No 328.

Peter Espig

Director

Mr. Espig has been the President and CEO of Nicola Mining Inc. since 2013. The former Goldman Sachs banker and Olympus Capital Partners executive founded TriAsia Capital, a private equity and consulting firm focused on raising capital for mid-sized companies and pre-initial public offering investment in 2006. Mr. Espig is a founding director of Promontory Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company, and has been a board member since November 2010. He is an independent director of Element 29 (TSX.V: ECU) and is an independent director of NAVCO Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly, BMGB Capital Corp.) (TSXV). Mr. Espig is a pioneer of SPACs, having completed two mega transactions with a combined value of greater than US$1.0 BN and served as a board member of Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ: SBLK) from 2006 to 2013. Mr. Espig received his MBA from Colombia Business School, where he was a Chazen International Scholar.

Ernest Mast

Director

Ernest (Ernie) Mast is currently the President and CEO of Doré Copper Mining Corp. He led the company’s successful RTO process of its copper and gold assets in Québec, Canada. Mr. Mast is also a Director of Scottie Resources Corp. and Libero Copper and Gold Corporation. He has been the President and CEO of Primero Mining Corp. and Minera Panama S.A., Inmet Mining’s subsidiary that advanced the giant Cobre Panama project though critical early-stage milestones. Mr. Mast has 30 years’ experience in the copper, precious metals, nickel, and lithium industries. Mr. Mast worked and lived in Chile’s Atacama region for seven years while working for Noranda as the Technical Director for Noranda Chile where amongst other projects, he led the first industrial natural gas installation in northern Chile. Mr. Mast is a graduate of McGill University, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in metallurgical engineering. Mr. Mast also has Executive MBAs from Henley Management School (U.K.) and Universidad Catolica de Chile.