The highest paid executive was Charles Jeannes, president and CEO of Goldcorp. Last month, Business in Vancouver (BIV), published their annual list o
The highest paid executive was Charles Jeannes, president and CEO of Goldcorp.
Last month, Business in Vancouver (BIV), published their annual list of the Top 100 highest paid executives in BC. Of the Top 100—48 were directly involved in the mining industry.
These 48 mining executives made a combined $145 million last year. The highest paid executive was Charles Jeannes, president and CEO of Goldcorp. His compensation package topped out at $10.2 million.
Three women executives appeared on the list of 48—they were Charlene Ripley, Goldcorp; Dawn Moss, Eldorado Gold; and Kay Priestly, Turquoise Hill Resources.
Here is the entire list.
Rank
Name
Title
Company
Total Comp.
3 Charles Jeannes President / CEO Goldcorp Inc. $10,195,000 5 Donald Lindsay President / CEO Teck Resources Ltd. $ 9,890,000 8
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President / CEO Silver Wheaton Corp. $ 6,027,000 9 Charlene Ripley Exec. VP / Gen. Counsel Goldcorp Inc. $ 5,674,000 12 Paul Wright CEO Eldorado Gold Corp. $ 5,577,000 15 Lindsay Hall Exec. VP / CFO Goldcorp Inc. $ 4,654,000 17 George Burns Exec. VP / COO Goldcorp Inc. $ 4,534,000 19 Russell Ball Exec. VP / Capital Mgmt. Goldcorp Inc. $ 4,303,000 20 Gregory Lang President / CEO NovaGold Resources Inc. $ 4,018,000 23 Clive Johnson President / CEO B2Gold Corp. $ 3,919,000 24 Norman Pitcher President Eldorado Gold Corp. $ 3,854,000 30 Philip Pascall CEO First Quantum Minerals Ltd. $ 3,549,000 32 Randall Oliphant Exec. Chairman New Gold Inc. $ 3,331,000 34 Darren Pylot President / CEO / Director Capstone Mining Corp. $ 3,061,000 38 Ronald Vance Senior VP Teck Resources Ltd. $ 2,932,000 40 Peter Rozee
SVP / Commercial & Legal Affairs
Teck Resources Ltd. $ 2,898,000 41 Ian Kilgour Exec. VP / COO Teck Resources Ltd. $ 2,852,000 42 Brian Bertram President, Bertram Drilling Corp. Energold Drilling Corp. $ 2,812,000 42 Darrell Bertram VP Op., Bertram Drilling Corp. Energold Drilling Corp. $ 2,812,000 44 John Smith President / CEO Silver Standard Res. Inc. $ 2,742,000 46 Lars-Eric Johansson President / CEO Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. $ 2,520,000 47 Haytham Hodaly SVP / Corporate Development Silver Wheaton Corp. $ 2,507,000 48 James O'Rourke President / CEO / Director Copper Mountain Mining Corp. $ 2,500,000 49 Robert Friedland Exec. Chairman / Director Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. $ 2,495,000 52 Curt Bernardi SVP / Legal & Corporate Secretary Silver Wheaton Corp. $ 2,410,000 52 Gary Brown SVP / CFO Silver Wheaton Corp. $ 2,410,000 54 Martin Rowley Exec. Director of Bus. Development First Quantum Minerals Ltd. $ 2,304,000 56 Clifford Davis President / CEO / Acting CFO Nevsun Resources Ltd. $ 2,255,000 60 David Deisley VP / Gen. Counsel / Corp. Secretary NovaGold Resources Inc. $ 2,205,000 61 Robert Quartermain President / CEO Pretium Resources Inc. $ 2,203,000 64 Ronald Millos SVP / Finance / CFO Teck Resources Ltd. $ 2,092,000 65 Robert Gallagher President / CEO New Gold Inc. $ 2,085,000 66 Paul Skayman COO Eldorado Gold Corp. $ 2,034,000 69 Dawn Moss Exec. VP / Admin. & Corp. Secretary Eldorado Gold Corp. $ 1,955,000 70 Stephen Leahy Former Chairman / President / CEO N. American Tungsten Corp. Ltd. $ 1,909,000 74 Fabiana Chubbs CFO Eldorado Gold Corp. $ 1,891,000 77 Geoffrey Burns President / CEO Pan American Silver Corp. $ 1,866,000 81 Ken McNaughton Chief Exploration Officer Pretium Resources Inc. $ 1,795,000 81 Joseph Ovsenek Chief Exploration Officer Pretium Resources Inc. $ 1,795,000 83 Kay Priestly CEO Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. $ 1,794,000 88 David Ottewell VP / CFO NovaGold Resources Inc. $ 1,654,000 93 George Johnson SVP of Operations B2Gold Corp. $ 1,552,000 94 Roger Richer Exec. VP / Gen. Counsel & Secretary B2Gold Corp. $ 1,550,000 94 Tom Garagan SVP of Exploration B2Gold Corp. $ 1,550,000 96 Steve Garcia CDO Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. $ 1,532,000 97 Bradford Cooke CEO Endeavour Silver Corp. $ 1,530,000 98 Clive Newall President First Quantum Minerals Ltd. $ 1,528,000 99 Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse President / Exec. Officer NovaCopper Inc. $ 1,497,000 TOTAL: $145,052,000
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SVP / Commercial & Legal Affairs
