Mr. Colas is a trilingual finance business executive with over 30 years of leadership experience with public companies including M&A, integrations, financings and management in mining, lumber, renewable energy and private-equity investment organizations, both nationally and in Latin America. Starting his career at Pricewaterhouse and J.P. Morgan Canada, Mr. Colas transitioned to Barrick Gold rising up through the operations and corporate finance teams. More recently, Mr. Colas has led financial strategy and execution in the forestry and mining sectors, respectively in the role of Chief Financial Officer of Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) from Sep 2023 to Jun 2025, of GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. (TSX:GFP) from Apr 2022 to Sep 2023, and of Excellon Resources Inc. (NYSE:EXN, TSX:EXN) from Oct 2020 to Mar 2022.
Mr. Colas holds his Chartered Accountant and Chartered Professional Accountant designations. He has also successfully completed the Canadian Securities Course and received a Mining Business Administration diploma from the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez business school in Santiago Chile. Mr. Colas graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1992.