Luis Azevedo
Executive Chairman & CEO
Luis Azevedo is a seasoned resource industry professional with over 30 years of international experience and deep expertise in the Brazilian Mining Code. He holds a BSc in Geology from Rio de Janeiro State University, a Law Degree from Candido Mendes University, and a postgraduate degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro.
As President and CEO of Bravo Mining, he leverages his technical and legal acumen to drive strategic growth while also founding FFA Legal Ltda—a Rio de Janeiro firm that supports natural resource companies with licensing, rights management, and administrative services.
Early in his career, he worked with Western Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp., and Harsco Corp., building a strong track record of transforming projects into successful mine operations. He has held leadership roles at several companies, including ASX-listed Avanco Resources (acquired by Oz Minerals at a 120% premium in 2018), TSX-listed Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp., and TSX-listed Talon Metals Corp., and he currently serves on the boards of TSX/LSE-listed Serabi Gold PLC, AIM-listed Harvest Minerals Ltd, and AIM-listed Jangada Mines PLC. In 2007, he co-founded Avanco Resources Ltd and was pivotal in developing Brazil’s only new copper mine in the Carajás Mineral Province not owned by VALE S.A.
An active advocate for the Brazilian mining sector, he founded and leads the Brazilian Mining Prospectors Association (ABPM) and was named Vice President of the Mining Council of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) in 2019. Recognized as National Explorer of the Year in 2017 and one of Brazil’s top three miners by the Global Mining Observer in 2019, Azevedo continues to shape the industry as a Brazilian national fluent in English and Spanish.
Anthony (Tony) Polglase
Lead Director
Mr Polglase has a Bachelor of Engineering First Class Honours degree in Metallurgy from the Camborne School of Mines and Higher National Certificates in both Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He is currently Principal Engineer and Director of Kernow Mining Consultants Ltd.
Mr Polglase began his career at the South Crofty Tin Mine in Cornwall. Since then he has accumulated over 40 years’ international experience working in multiple mining disciplines for companies including AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Rio Tinto Ltd, TVX Gold Inc. and Ivernia Inc. in Africa, Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Australia, and, for the last decade, in Brazil.
Mr Polglase has significant experience in the development, execution and operation of new mining projects, having been responsible for, or closely involved with, the commissioning of over seven mines, both open-pit and underground inclusive of plant and maintenance management
Mr Polglase was the Founder and Managing Director of ASX listed Avanco Resources Ltd, which he led from pre-IPO into production in Brazil. The company was acquired by OZ Minerals for A$418 million in 2018 ranking Avanco Resource Ltd as the most successful ASX copper company in Brazil. Both Mr Polglase and Mr Azevedo worked together at Avanco from IPO through to the acquisition by OZ Minerals. Mr. Polglase is, and has been, a director of numerous Australian and Canadian resource companies. He is currently a director of ASX listed Black Cat Syndicate Ltd and New World Resources Ltd.
He was named Brazil Mining Executive of the Year in 2017.
Mr Polglase is British and Australian national and is fluent in Portuguese.
Stephen Quin
Independent Director
Stephen Quin is a distinguished mining leader with over 41 years of experience spanning exploration, development, operations, and closure. A graduate of the Royal School of Mines, London, with a BSc (Honours) in Mining Geology, he currently serves as a director at Kutcho Copper Corp. (since late 2017), West Vault Mining, Inc. (since 2022), Hot Chilli Ltd. (since December 2022), and Osisko Development Corp. (since 2024).
Previously, he was the President, CEO, and Director of Midas Gold Corp. from its inception in February 2011 until December 2020, and before that he held leadership roles at Capstone Mining Corp. and Sherwood Copper Corp. He also spent 18 years at Miramar Mining Corp. as Executive Vice President, raised over US$1 billion in financing, and played a key role in more than US$750 million in mergers and acquisitions, while serving on various boards and industry advisory committees.
Stuart Comline
Independent Director
Mr Comline is a graduate of the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa with a BSc (Honours) in Geology. He also has a MSc in Geology from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and a Management Diploma from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has 50 years’ of experience in all stages of the mining industry, including extensive platinum group metal (PGM) expertise.
Since 2014 he has served as a Director and Africa representative of Walcot Gold Ltd, a private Australian company, in addition he also has his own private exploration companies.
From 1997 to 2007 he was involved with TSX listed AfriOre Ltd, initially as VP Exploration and ultimately as Chairman, when the company was sold to LSE Lonmin PLC, a PGM producer, in 2007 for C$444 million. AfriOre Ltd had a variety of base metal, gold and PGM exploration projects, including the flagship Akanani PGM project, plus an operating coal mine.
Between 2008 and 2012, he served as a Director and Interim CEO of TSX listed Talon Metals Corp., a gold, iron ore and potash explorer in Brazil. He was also a director of TSX listed Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. (potash and phosphate in Brazil) between 2008 and 2010 and a director of Saber Energy Ltd (coal bed methane in Botswana) between 2009 and 2012. Between 2007 and 2009 he was also a Non Executive Director of AIM listed Chaarat Mining Corp., which was exploring for gold in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Between 1995 and 1997 Mr Comline was an independent consultant advising banks and mining industry companies on exploration strategy and divesture of mineral assets. Between 1981 and 1995 he was with JCI Ltd, a major South African mining company, initially as Exploration Manager, advancing to General Manager responsible for JCI’s Geology Department. He worked on copper and tungsten in Namibia, gold in the Witwatersrand and PGM exploration projects and mines in the Bushveld Complex and the Great Dyke in Southern Africa. Mr Comline also had previous roles as Senior Exploration Geologist for Anglo American Gold in Southern Africa and Exploration Geologist for JCI Ltd focused on nickel, copper and PGM exploration and mining projects on mafic complexes in Zimbabwe, Angola and South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa.
Mr Comline is a British national and South African permanent resident.