Team
Our board of directors
Director since 1999
Hubert MArleau
Ontario, Canada
Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2005 and May 2010, and since January 12, 2011
Mr. Hubert Marleau is the Economist and Co-Founder of Palos Management. With over 50 years of experience in the business and financial community, Mr. Marleau has raised funds privately and publicly for hundreds of emerging and mature companies, structured many mergers and acquisitions as well as designed and created numerous financial deals in Canada.
Director since 2025
ALEXANDRE TRIQUET
Québec, Canada
Member of the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mr. Triquet is a visionary Canadian entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience leading high-impact ventures in the medical, industrial, real estate, and deeptech sectors across North America and internationally. He is the Executive Chair of Tridan Innovation, a multidisciplinary holding company focused on AI, molecular detection, clean technologies, and strategic industrial partnerships. He is also the Founder of Reveal Life Science, one of Canada’s most advanced companies in AI-powered diagnostics.
Director since 2025
Sylvain Y. Menard
Québec, Canada
Member of the Audit Committee and the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mr. Ménard is the owner and founder of SYMbiostrat Consultants Inc., a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic advice across the defense, aerospace, high-tech industries, leadership and law of armed conflict enterprises. He currently works with Prospectus, a specialized GR firm, to provide strategic advice to large US-based aerospace companies. Mr. Ménard retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in June 2024 at the rank of Major- General. His last tenure servicing was as Chief Fighter and NORAD Capability, Royal Canadian Air Force in the National Capital Region, where he was responsible for the management of all projects related to the current and future fighter aircraft and NORAD capability, a portfolio of over $60B.
Director since 2023
Christoph Ebeling
Germany
Member of the Audit Committee and the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mr. Ebeling brings over 20 years of experience in Marketing & Sales of ferro alloy products, he is specialized in Ferro-Niobium and Bauxite, among others. He is co-founder and director of the Canada-based trading house Vega Metals Trading Inc. and the Swiss-based company Camet AG. He also represents Canadian companies at the TIC (Tantalum and Niobium Association) and the REIA (Rare Earth International Association).
Director since 2022
Julie Lemieux
Alberta, Canada
Member of the Audit Committee and the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mrs. Lemieux has hands-on experience in managing large complex projects uniting teams focusing on essential business requirements. Previously Ms. Lemieux managed strategic projects, including working with the Metis Nation of Alberta and its regions.
Director since 2023
Bruno Dumais
Québec, Canada
Mr. Dumais is the current President and Chief Operating Officer since 2026 and was Chief Financial Officer for Nio Strategic Metals Inc. from 2013 until 2026, Mr. Dumais has been involved with various publicly-traded companies as Chief Financial Officer including Emergia, Maya Gold & Silver Inc. and KDA Group Inc. amongst others. In that capacity, he was responsible for leading all of the financial activities.
Mr. Dumais has been a Chartered Professional Accountant since 1989. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) and an International MBA from University of Ottawa. He is also a Director and the Chair of the Audit Committee of VVC Exploration Corporation (TSXV: VVC) since 2012.
Director nominnee
JEAN-SEBASTIEN BLANCHETTE
New York, USA
Mr. Blanchette has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nio Strategic Metals Inc. on April 9, 2026. Previously Mr. Blanchette worked as a Portfolio Manager for BWGI Brasil Warrant in New York. Since 2000, he has held senior financial analyst and portfolio manager positions for various financial institutions, managing multi-hundred-million-dollar market neutral strategies in the energy and mining sectors, notably for Natexis Banques Populaires; Amber Capital; Circle Road and First New York. Mr. Blanchette holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, New Haven (2000). While working for Amber Capital, he represented the firm on the board of directors of Skye Resources from 2007 to 2008, year it was acquired by Hudbay Minerals for C$460 million, as well as on the board of Greystar Resources from 2011 to 2015. |
Director since 2021
Hubert Vallée
Québec, Canada
Member of the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee
Mr. Vallée graduated from Laval University in Engineering. He joined Québec Cartier Mining as Project Engineer and was promoted to Director of Operations for its Pellet Plant in 2001. He managed the Iron Ore Company of Canada’s Pellet Plant in Sept-lies before joining Domtar Inc. as Manager of its pulp mill in Lebel-sur-Quévillon. He joined Consolidated Thompson in 2006 and was one of the key people who made this project happen. After the sale of Consolidated Thompson Cliffs, Mr. Vallée acted as Vice President Project Development for Phase Il of Bloom Lake operation. He has also been involved as Senior Vice President, Project Development, at Century Iron Mines. From February 2014 to September 2016, Mr. Vallée acted as President and CEO of Lamelee Iron Ore Ltd.
Our executive team
Hubert Marleau
Chief Executive Officer
Bruno Dumais
Chief Financial Officer
Pierre-Jean Lafleur
Geologist consultant
Our projects
