OREMAVEN
XMM 7,722.00 -2.63% YTD +5.6% OM ASX 450.55 -2.56% YTD +0.1% OM PRECIOUS 349.20 -2.24% YTD +2.5% OM EX-PREC 418.91 -2.72% YTD -1.1% XAU 4,115.59 +2.31% YTD -4.9% GLD 375.49 +0.81% YTD -5.2% GDX 85.75 +1.37% YTD -0.0% SIL 77.33 -1.00% YTD -7.3% COPX 70.23 -5.81% YTD -1.8% URNM 40.07 -2.79% YTD -27.0%
2026-11-06

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François Lavoie

Senior Vice-President Sales, Technical Marketing and Product Development

Career chronology

  • 2017–cutoff: Champion Iron — Senior Vice-President Sales, Technical Marketing and Product Development; previously chief metallurgist. FY2026 annual report (printed pp.18–19)

  • Before 2017; exact dates unspecified: Cliffs Natural Resources — technical and operational roles. FY2026 annual report (printed pp.18–19)

  • Before 2017; exact dates unspecified: ArcelorMittal, BBA and Soutex — technical and operational roles. FY2026 annual report (printed pp.18–19)

Education and qualifications

Education and credentials

undated · issuer reported · medium materiality

Company reports a Université Laval bachelor’s degree in metallurgy; institutional verification was not obtained.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The claim is attributed to the referenced source; personal causation is not assumed.

Relevance: Relevant to professional experience and role assessment.

FY2026 annual report (printed pp.18–19 management team)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit

assessment at 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Metallurgy and iron ore processing experience are relevant to product development and DRPF commissioning.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The claim is attributed to the referenced source; personal causation is not assumed.

Relevance: Relevant to professional experience and role assessment.

FY2026 annual report (printed pp.18–19 management team)

Evidence gaps

  • The reviewed public searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, regulatory, litigation or credential check.

  • Full prior-employer outcomes and exact tenure dates are not independently verified.

  • Broad combined name-and-employer queries were reused across topic classifications. Separate comprehensive court, regulator and employer-specific searches were not completed for every relevant topic and employer.