Team
The Lannister Mining team
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Lannister Mining is led by CEO Jim Greig and a team with many of the same co-founders or senior executives as K92 Mining, Fosterville South Exploration, Arena Minerals and Thesis Gold.
The team combines geology, engineering, project development and corporate finance experience. Two board members are professional geologists, and advisor John Lewins runs a high-grade gold producer.
Who runs Lannister Mining?
Jim Greig is CEO and Director, and Kelvin Lee is CFO. Jim Greig was a founder, President and Director of Thesis Gold (formerly Benchmark Metals), where he advanced a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia. Full profiles are also on the team page at lannistermining.com.
Management

Jim Greig
CEO and Director
Jim Greig brings more than 25 years of experience advancing and developing projects toward production, with technical, financial and project management abilities.
He was a founder, President and Director of Thesis Gold (formerly Benchmark Metals), advancing a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia, Canada.

Kelvin Lee
CFO
Kelvin Lee has more than 15 years of financial management experience with publicly traded companies. Most recently he served in progressively senior roles, from Corporate Controller through VP Finance and Administration to Chief Financial Officer, at a TSX-V listed gold producer with $400 million in revenue over the past nine years.
He previously held Controller positions with publicly traded mining companies, including Prodigy Gold Inc., which was acquired for $340 million. He holds the CPA, CGA designation, a Diploma in Accounting (Hons) and a Bachelor in Business Administration (Hons) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Board of directors

Mario Vetro
Director
Mario Vetro is a principal of Commodity Partners Inc., a merchant bank active in the mining sector, and a co-founder of K92 Mining Inc. He has extensive experience structuring and advising resource and special situations companies. He is a graduate of UBC with a major in Political Science.

Victor Cantore
Director
Victor Cantore has more than 25 years of advisory and leadership experience in the resource and high-tech sectors, beginning in 1992. He has organized and structured numerous financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture partnerships and strategic alliances, and serves on the boards of various public and private companies.

Max Zaretsky
Director
Max Zaretsky is a graduate of Columbia University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, magna cum laude and with Honors. He has more than 18 years of experience constructing funding and financing solutions for individuals and companies, and created Zemaso Management Company.
Jo Anne Price
Director
Jo Anne Price is an independent geological consultant with more than two decades of experience, including a decade in project management, on gold, polymetallic and graphite projects across the USA, Australia and Canada. She holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, and an MSc in Geology from Dalhousie University.
Will Randall
Director
Will Randall is a professional geologist with more than 20 years of experience in mining and mineral exploration. An early mover in the lithium brine industry, he acquired, discovered, developed and sold the Sal de los Angeles lithium brine project in Argentina for $265M.
Advisory board
John Lewins
Advisor
John D. Lewins is a Mineral Engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the mining industry across Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and the former Soviet Union. He is Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining Inc., a high-grade gold producer in Papua New Guinea with more than 700 employees and contractors.
See what the team is advancing on the Basin Gulch Property, or return to the overview of Lannister Mining among gold exploration companies.
Common questions
- Who leads Lannister Mining?
- Jim Greig is CEO and a Director, bringing more than 25 years of experience advancing projects toward production. He was a founder, President and Director of Thesis Gold (formerly Benchmark Metals). Kelvin Lee, CPA, CGA, is CFO, with over 15 years of financial management experience at publicly traded companies.
- What companies has the Lannister team worked with?
- Lannister Mining’s team includes many of the same co-founders or senior executives as K92 Mining, Fosterville South Exploration, Arena Minerals and Thesis Gold. Director Mario Vetro is a co-founder of K92 Mining, and advisor John Lewins is Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining, a high-grade gold producer in Papua New Guinea.
- What does Lannister Mining do?
- Lannister Mining is a gold and silver exploration company focused on high-grade, near-surface oxide mineralization at the Basin Gulch Property in Montana’s historic Philipsburg Mining District. The company holds 11 patented and 53 unpatented claims there and is working toward a future maiden mineral resource estimate built on historical drilling and new work programs.
- Where is Lannister Mining’s office?
- Lannister Mining’s corporate office is at 1500 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 4N7, and the office phone is 604-687-7130. Its exploration work takes place in the United States at the Basin Gulch Property in Montana, about one hour by road from Butte.
- Does Lannister Mining run a producing mine?
- No. Lannister Mining is at the exploration stage. Basin Gulch has seen significant historical work but has not been mined out, and the company has not yet published a mineral resource estimate. Its stated plan is a future maiden mineral resource estimate using historical drilling together with new work programs.