Board of Directors

Dr. Padilla brings over 35 years experience in mineral exploration and a member of exploration teams that have discovered over 47 M ounces of gold on the discoveries of the Colosa and Gramalote deposits in Colombia, and the Lynx deposit in the Windfall camp in Quebec. He proposed for first time the exploration concept that led to the discovery of the La Escondida East Cu-Mo-Au deposit in Chile.

Prior to joining Sable, Ruben Padilla spent several years building on a solid track record that included nine years as an independent consultant, seven years with Anglo Gold Ashanti as Country Manager, Peru and Colombia and Chief Geologist for South America, 13 years with BHP as Senior Geologist in Mexico, Chile and Peru, and two years as assistant of the global VP of exploration based on San Francisco, three years exploration geologist in Fresnillo, Mexico and three years as underground geologist in San Eulalia, Mexico.

Ruben Padilla is the founder and chief geologist for Talisker Exploration Services Inc. He holds a PhD from the University of Arizona. Ruben Padilla is a director of Minera Alamos Inc.

Robert Shaw holds a Master of Science in Economic Geology from the University of Alberta (1990) and has accumulated over 35 years of mineral exploration experience throughout the Americas. With Gold Star Resources/Cambior Inc., he worked with the generative and development teams at Omai (Guyana) and Gros Rosebel (Suriname). He was a founding member and Exploration Manager with Metallica Resources Inc. (Cerro San Pedro, Mexico; Gramalote, Colombia; Mara Rosa, Brasil; El Morro-La Fortuna, Chile). In Perú he was co-founder of Compañia Minera Phosphex, responsible for re-discovery of the giant Mantaro phosphate deposits (Sprott Resource Corp.-Stonegate Agricom). With AngloGold Ashanti he served as Chief Geologist, Colombia and Consultant for the Americas, and was a formulative member of the generative team which identified and advanced numerous projects including Gramalote, La Colosa and La Quebradona, which presently contain drill indicated resources exceeding 40 million ounces of gold. He also served as Editor and lead author for a major Springer Nature volume (2019) describing the geology, tectonics and metallogeny of the northern Andean region. Most recently, Robert has served as co-founder and director of the Western Canada Greenfields Group and Monteoro Minerals Ltd., private companies dedicated to generative greenfields exploration throughout North and South America.

Barry Quiroz has extensive experience within the exploration and mining industry and held several senior management positions with BHP, BHP-Billiton, Hochschild, and Fresnillo Plc. He has worked as Country Manager and Vice President Exploration on a variety of programs and projects in North, Central and South America, Australia, China, and Mongolia. Barry has overseen the design, management, and executions of numerous explorations programs with expertise in the structuring and implementation of successful exploration strategies, project assessment, and management of exploration teams in a wide variety of cultures. He was responsible for the gold and silver discovery at Cieneguita, Mexico and through his work at Escondida, Chile he was instrumental for the Porphyry Copper deposits discovered at the Escondida district.

Barry Quiroz obtained a BSc in Geology from the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua in Mexico and a MSc degree in the field of Economic Geology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

Mary Little has over 25 years of experience in the exploration and evaluation of epithermal precious metals deposits, porphyry and sediment-hosted mineral environments, including 15 years based in Latin America. Mary was the founding CEO of Mirasol Resources Ltd., a precious metals exploration company focused in Latin America, where she led Mirasol’s growth as a prospect generator and its corporate development activities from 2003 to 2014. Prior to this, she held exploration and leadership positions such as business development manager and country manager for major mining companies, including Cyprus Amax, WMC Ltd. and Newmont Exploration. Mary serves as a board member of Capella Minerals Ltd., Pure Energy Minerals Limited, Sandstorm Gold Royalties Ltd. and Tinka Resources Limited, and on the Council of the Society of Economic Geologists. She holds a Master of Science degree in Earth Sciences from the University of California and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Andrés Pérez has over 18 years of experience as a lawyer specializing in mining law in Mexico. He is the founding Partner and Chairman of Molina, Hanff & Pérez-Howlet, SC, a law firm specializing in mining law since 2006 and former Director of Contracts and Procedures with the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico and Advisor to the Chief Official of the Officer of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico. He holds a Masters degree in Public Administration and Public Policies from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico, a Masters in Administration from the University of Chihuahua, Mexico and a Law Degree from the University of Chihuahua, Mexico. In addition to his legal practice, Andrés has served on City Council of the City of Chihuahua as President of the Finance and Planning Commission and as Deputy counselor of the State Electoral Institute of Chihuahua and he was a Substitute of Federal Congressional LVIII Legislature and as an Advisor of the Chihuahua State Government.