Our Leadership

Mr. Clark brings 23 years of global capital markets experience with numerous US, European and Canadian banks, including Barclays Capital, National Bank Financial, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and most recently BMO Capital Markets, where he held the role of Managing Director, Institutional Equity Sales. Over the years, he has developed strong working relationships with Tier 1 institutional investors throughout the United States providing corporate strategy, and peer and financial analysis and insights on corporates within the materials, commodities and mining sectors. Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from Vanderbilt University.

Mr. van Staden brings over 15 years of diverse international experience in various accounting roles and industries throughout South Africa and Canada. He obtained his BCom and BCom Honours degrees respectively from the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa in 2007. Mr. van Staden served as head of the finance department at Arthur Kaplan, the largest Swiss watch retailer in Africa, where he oversaw a nationwide ERP implementation and system redesign. He then moved on to become the finance and general manager of Pezula Golf and Housing Estate, where he helped to establish the company as a top 5 housing estate within South Africa. Mr. van Staden has been with Fury Gold since 2020 and has leveraged his business experience in management, corporate finance, and financial reporting to support the company’s continued growth.

Mr. Atkinson has been involved in mineral exploration globally for over fifteen years with a focus on orogenic lode gold and intermediate sulphidation epithermal deposits. Most recently, his work has been with high sulphidation, intermediate sulphidation, skarn and orogoenic deposit styles throughout the Americas. Mr. Atkinson has undertaken roles varying from soil sampler to ground geophysical surveyer, through to project geologist, project manager and most recently, Exploration Manager. In his role as an Exploration Manager he oversaw the successful completion of over 45,000m of exploration drilling across three projects in a six-month period with an overall budget of $40M. Mr. Atkinson has also developed a valuable background in community relations as the manager of all First Nations engagement across Auryn Resources’ North American project portfolio.