Leadership
The Lannister Mining team behind Basin Gulch
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Basin Gulch is led by Lannister Mining, a gold exploration company whose executives have advanced precious-metals projects before.
Lannister Mining says its team includes many of the same co-founders or senior executives as K92 Mining, Fosterville South Exploration, Arena Minerals and Thesis Gold. The profiles below summarize the management, board and advisor as described by the company.
Who runs the Basin Gulch gold exploration company?
Jim Greig leads Lannister Mining as CEO and Director, with Kelvin Lee as CFO. Mr. Greig brings more than 25 years of experience advancing projects and was a founder of Thesis Gold, which advanced a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia. Two of the five directors are professional geologists.
Management
Jim Greig
CEO and Director
More than 25 years of experience advancing and developing projects toward production, with technical, financial and project management abilities.
Founder, President and Director at Thesis Gold (formerly Benchmark Metals), advancing a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia, Canada.
Kelvin Lee
CFO
Over 15 years of financial management experience with publicly traded companies, rising from Corporate Controller to Chief Financial Officer at a TSX-V listed gold producer with $400 million in revenue over the past nine years.
Previously held Controller positions at public mining companies including Prodigy Gold Inc., acquired for $340 million. CPA, CGA.
Board of directors
Jim Greig also serves as a director.
Mario Vetro
Director
Principal of Commodity Partners Inc., a merchant bank active in the mining sector, and a co-founder of K92 Mining Inc.
Extensive experience structuring and advising resource and special situations companies. UBC graduate.
Victor Cantore
Director
Capital markets professional in the resource and high-tech sectors with over 25 years of advisory and leadership experience since 1992.
Has organized equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Max Zaretsky
Director
Over 18 years constructing funding and financing solutions through private placement for public and private companies.
Founded Zemaso Management Company. Columbia University graduate; Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
Jo Anne Price
Director
Independent geological consultant with over two decades of experience, including a decade in project management, on gold, polymetallic and graphite projects in the USA, Australia and Canada.
BSc in Geology, University of Wales, College of Cardiff; MSc in Geology, Dalhousie University.
Will Randall
Director
Professional geologist with over 20 years in mining and mineral exploration.
Acquired, discovered, developed and sold the Sal de los Angeles lithium brine project in Argentina for $265M.
Advisory board
John Lewins
Advisor
Mineral Engineer with over 35 years of mining experience in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and the former Soviet Union.
Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining Inc., a high grade gold producer in Papua New Guinea with more than 700 employees and contractors.
Full biographies are on the Lannister Mining team page.
Read the Basin Gulch investor briefing
Lannister Mining's June 2026 investor presentation goes deeper into the project than this site. It is published on the company's Invest page for investors and exploration partners.
Questions about the Lannister Mining team
- Who is the CEO of Lannister Mining?
- Jim Greig is CEO and a Director of Lannister Mining. He brings more than 25 years of experience advancing and developing projects toward production. He was a founder, President and Director at Thesis Gold (formerly Benchmark Metals), advancing a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia, Canada.
- Who is the CFO of Lannister Mining?
- Kelvin Lee is CFO of Lannister Mining. He has over 15 years of financial management experience with publicly traded companies, including senior finance roles up to Chief Financial Officer at a TSX-V listed gold producer. He holds CPA and CGA designations.
- Who is on the Lannister Mining board of directors?
- The Lannister Mining board includes Jim Greig, Mario Vetro, Victor Cantore, Max Zaretsky, Jo Anne Price and Will Randall. Mario Vetro is a co-founder of K92 Mining Inc. Jo Anne Price and Will Randall are geologists, each with about two decades of experience. Victor Cantore and Max Zaretsky bring capital markets and financing experience.
- What precious-metals experience does the Lannister Mining team have?
- Lannister Mining says its team includes many of the same co-founders or senior executives as K92 Mining, Fosterville South Exploration, Arena Minerals and Thesis Gold. CEO Jim Greig helped advance a 5 million ounce gold-silver project in British Columbia, and advisor John Lewins is CEO of K92 Mining, a high grade gold producer.
- Who advises Lannister Mining?
- John Lewins serves on the Lannister Mining advisory board. He is a Mineral Engineer with over 35 years of mining industry experience across Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and the former Soviet Union, and he is Chief Executive Officer of K92 Mining Inc., a high grade gold producer in Papua New Guinea.
- What does Lannister Mining do?
- Lannister Mining is a mineral exploration company focused on exploring the Basin Gulch gold and silver property in west-central Montana. Its work centers on the property's near-surface gold-silver mineralization, its more than 320 historical drill holes and its package of patented and unpatented claims.