Mr Cooke is a geologist with 28 years' experience and has held positions in global including Barrick Gold Corporation, Newmont Corporation , Northern Star Resources and Fire Fly Metals. Mr Cooke is Chief Executive Officer of Fire Fly, the entity from which Bellavista recently purchased the Pickle Crow Gold Project. He has knowledge of Pickle Crow, having overseen exploration and resource growth activities at the project from 2020 to 2023. He also has gold industry experience in Australia and North America spanning regional and near mine exploration, operational geology, long-term planning and corporate development. He has a track record of discovery and delivering resource growth during his time working at deposits such as the Golden Mile Kalgoorlie (Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines), Callie (Newmont Corporation), Kundana, Kanowna Belle (Northern Star Resources / Barrick Gold Corporation) and the Pogo deposit in Alaska (Northern Star Resources). Mr Cooke spent six years as part of the Business Development team at Northern Star Resources. This team completed M&A transactions that helped the Company transform from a junior into a global gold company.
