Directors
Brien Lundin – Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Brien Lundin is a co-founder and Director of Thunderstruck Resources, Ltd.. His decades-long career has included analyzing and speculating in the metals, mining and technology sectors. Lundin also serves as President and CEO of Jefferson Financial, Inc., a private company that hosts the annual New Orleans Investment Conference, which is now in its 47th year of educating investors. In addition, he edits and publishes Gold Newsletter, which stands as the oldest continuously published precious metals and mining advisory, having served as the cornerstone of the industry since 1971.
Bryce Bradley – President & CEO, Co-Founding Director
Bryce Bradley (CEO/President) With a strong background in Capital Markets and Investment Banking, Ms. Bradley has facilitated the structuring and financing of dozens of private and publicly traded small and micro-cap companies. She founded and served as President of two Canadian merchant banks focused on capital raising and advisory services for mining exploration companies. Ms. Bradley co-founded and financed Thunderstruck Resources and has served as Director, President and CEO since securing its suite of Fijian assets and taking the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013.
Linnea von Hessert - Director
Ms. von Hessert is a geologist with over 20 years experience in the mining industry, having worked for majors and juniors as well as the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada. She is an active investor with significant holdings in the mineral exploration industry. She graduated from the University of Montana with a B.S. in geology in 1999.
Eric Roth – Director
Mr. Roth holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia and is an economic geologist with over 35 years of experience in international minerals exploration and mining project evaluation. Prior to Capella, he was Chief Operating Officer of Mariana Resources Ltd., which was acquired by Sandstorm Gold Royalties in July 2017 for the high-grade Hod Maden copper-gold discovery in NE Turkey. Prior to this, Mr. Roth was Chief Executive Officer of Aegean Metals Group Inc. (original acquirer of the Hod Maden project) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Extorre Gold Mines Ltd. (discoverer of the high-grade Cerro Moro gold-silver deposit in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, which was acquired by Yamana Gold Inc. in mid-2012 for CAD 440M).
Eric worked for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ("AGA") between 2002 and 2008, initially as the Lima-based Peruvian project and South American opportunities manager and subsequently as the Johannesburg-based Global Head of greenfields exploration. During his Johannesburg tenure, AGA's greenfields exploration teams brought in over 20+Moz Au in new Inferred Resources through discoveries in Colombia (Colosa, Gramalote), Australia (Tropicana), and the DRC (Mongwalu) at a discovery cost of <USD 15/oz. Prior to AGA, Eric worked with TSX-listed Aur Resources Inc., discoverer of the high-grade Louvicourt VMS deposit located near Val d'Or, Quebec.
Eric is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM), a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), and a principal of consulting firm ER Global Consulting SpA..