Team

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Cesar Gonzalez
CEO & Director
Cesar Gonzalez
CEO & Director

Executive Chairman of Bonterra Resources Inc., a gold exploration and development company in Quebec. Co-Founder and former CEO of Sailfish Royalty Corp. and VP Corporate Development of Mako Mining Corp. Over 20 years experience investing in natural resources at both Wexford Capital LP and Lehman Brothers Inc. B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Jack Cooney
CFO & Director
Jack Cooney
CFO & Director

Founder & Managing Partner of Trinity Real Assets, a private asset manager focused on real estate, natural resources, and infrastructure. Over 20 years of experience investing in real assets. Started career as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Wachovia Securities. B.A. in History from Yale and M.B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles.

Max Pluss
Strategic Advisor & Director
Max Pluss
Strategic Advisor & Director

Founder & Managing Principal of Rhea Capital Management, a private investment company with several investments focused on real assets. Former Analyst at Extract Capital, a mining and natural resources-focused hedge fund. Non-Executive Director for several public and private companies. B.A. in Economics & Political Science from Colorado College and M.B.A from Columbia Business School.

James Levy
Operating Partner
James Levy
Operating Partner

Exploration geologist and operator based in El Paso, Texas, with a B.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and over 40 years of experience across the Permian, Anadarko, Williston, and other major U.S. oil basins. He has worked extensively as an operator, consultant, and co-owner of multiple oil and gas ventures, personally supervising the drilling and completion of more than 300 wells, and has been active in critical mineral exploration in West Texas since 2022.

Dr. Suraj Deshmukh
Technical Consultant
Dr. Suraj Deshmukh
Technical Consultant

Former VP of Innovation & Product Development at Compass Minerals. Previously a senior R&D leader at Dow.  Research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  B.T. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Powai, India, with graduate and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT. Inventor and co-inventor of several products and has authored or co-authored numerous articles, patents and publications.