Robert Eckford is a Certified Professional Accountant with over 12 years of experience in finance, accounting, commercial management, and mergers and acquisitions with international mining companies including Barrick Gold, Yamana Gold and Leagold Mining. Prior to joining Aris Gold (now Aris Mining) in 2020, Mr. Eckford was Controller at Leagold Mining until it merged with Equinox Gold. Over the past several years, Mr. Eckford has served in progressively senior finance roles in Australia, Africa and North America managing financial planning, risk and reporting, sales, and treasury. Mr. Eckford previously spent six years with EY in the audit and assurance group. He holds CPA and CA designations, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) and a Masters of Science (Mineral Economics).