Jim Gowans

As of March 10, 2020

Jim Gowans is a corporate director. He is currently serving as interim president, CEO and a director of Trilogy Metals Inc. This appointment commenced in August 2019 and is expected to end within the next month since a CEO search is in progress. He was president, CEO and a director of Arizona Mining Inc. from January 2016 to August 2018. Prior to that, he was senior advisor to the chair of the board of Barrick Gold Corporation from August to December 2015, and co-president from July 2014 to August 2015. He has over 30 years of experience as a senior executive in the mining industry, including holding executive positions at Debswana Diamond Company in Botswana, DeBeers SA, DeBeers Canada Inc., PT Inco in Indonesia, and Placer Dome Ltd. Jim is the past chair of the Mining Association of Canada.

Jim received a bachelor of applied science degree in mineral engineering from the University of British Columbia and attended the Banff School of Advanced Management. He has extensive mining knowledge and perspective on the importance of sustainability and stakeholder relations. He was a director of the private company, Gedex Technologies Inc. from 2015 to November 2019.