# Jean-François Ravenelle VP Exploration ## Career chronology - **Dated appointment effective immediately.: Orezone Gold Corporation** — VP Exploration. [Management appointments]() (exploration VP appointment and biography) - **April 2023 to March 2026; exact dates unverified: New Gold** — Vice President Geology. [Management appointments]() (May 2026 appointment, biography) - **Dates not independently established: BHP** — Metals exploration practice lead. [Management appointments]() (May 2026 appointment, biography) - **Dates not independently established: Yamana Gold** — Director of Geology. [Management appointments]() (May 2026 appointment, biography) - **Dates not independently established: SRK Consulting** — Principal consultant. [Management appointments]() (May 2026 appointment, biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported education and credentials [exec-ravenelle-education] Qualification dates unverified · issuer reported · low materiality The issuer reports: PhD in Structural and Economic Geology from INRS, MSc and BSc Honours from McGill, and professional geologist registration in Ontario and Quebec. Independent verification was not obtained. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Claims are attributed to the issuer, and no independent credential verification is asserted. **Relevance:** Relevant to professional background. [Management appointments]() (leadership biography for Jean-François Ravenelle) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to the role [exec-ravenelle-fit] Reported career and current role · analyst inference · low materiality Issuer reports New Gold VP Geology April 2023 to March 2026 and earlier BHP, Yamana and SRK roles. Relevance to the current role is an analytical inference; issuer-reported history is not independent confirmation of personal contribution. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment; career dates, credentials and individual contributions remain incomplete. **Relevance:** Relevant to the responsibilities of VP Exploration. [Management appointments]() (exploration VP appointment and biography) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credentials and complete prior-employer dates and outcomes are not established. - This limited open-source screening does not exhaust regulatory, court, safety, fraud or environmental records in the relevant jurisdictions. - A broad person-name query was reused across multiple topic headings; it does not establish that each topic received a separate targeted search.