Mr. Mnard graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa and then began his career in 1972 with the IOC (Iron Ore Corporation of Canada) and then continued, in 1974, as Vice President for an industrial contractor until 1993. From 1994 to 2006, he acted as Vice President, Projects & Construction at Cambior where he was responsible for project development, from engineering studies to site construction and start-up. Subsequently, he was vice-president of engineering and construction of a nickel project in the Canadian Arctic and co-director of engineering and construction of IAMGOLD’s Essakane project in Burkina Faso. He was vice president of engineering & construction for Andean Resources’ Cerro Negro project in Argentina and later held the position of engineering and construction manager for Newmont’s Merian project in Suriname.
This gentleman has only been on the board since August 2023, so it is very recent, on the other hand he was involved in 2021 via Menard-MArtel in the project management contract to advance the cheechoo project
At the time of the announcement of the arrival of this firm, here is what M Doucet expressed in the press release in November 2021: Dominique Doucet, founder and CEO of Sirios, declared: “After several years of exploration on the project Cheechoo, I am very pleased that a new stage is beginning to advance the development of the Cheechoo project and that a team experienced in strategic project management is joining the Sirios team in order to successfully complete the various stages for the implementation value of the project. »
Now M Menard is on the board, I believe we have a new eclipse vision becoming a priority.