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2026-11-06

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Full background report

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

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

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.