Team
The Avid Gold leadership team combines decades of experience in gold mining, gold production, and mine finance.
Emma Priestley
President
Emma has a background in mining and financial services. She worked at GVA Grimley and IMC Mackay & Schnellmann with contracts with the World Bank in Central America and Africa. In 2000, she was appointed as Mining Analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), before moving to the financial advisors VSA Resources and Ambrian Partners as corporate broker and advisor. In 2005, Emma was appointed to the main board of Lonrho Plc prior to Lonrho being taken over in 2014. Emma is a director of Goldstone Resources Plc and a non-executive director of CrossInvest Global Management Services Limited and Imperial X Plc. Emma is a graduate of Camborne School of Mines, is a Chartered Mining Engineer, and Chartered Mineral Surveyor.
Fred Tejada
VP, Exploration & Geology
Fred is a highly experienced professional geologist, with over 40 years of international experience in the mining industry, working with both major and junior mining and exploration companies in consultant or senior executive positions. He has been involved with a range of mineral projects, including gold, copper, nickel cobalt, and coal, across multiple regions such as Canada, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Portugal, the Philippines, the Balkans, and Fiji. Fred leads exploration activities, with many years of on the ground experience across the properties in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.