Dr. Albino was appointed Director in January 2025.

Dr. Albino has over 45 years of experience in the mining and finance industries, spending 18 years as a geologist in mining, academic and government industries, focused on precious metals, base metals and diamonds. He later spent 19 years in the finance industry as a highly ranked sell-side mining analyst, focused primarily on gold stocks. Dr. Albino served as Director of Eldorado Gold Corporation from 2016-2022, including as Chair of the Board from 2018-2021. He was also a board member of Orla Mining Ltd. From 2017-2022.

Dr. Albino holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology and Geochemistry from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Science degree in Economic Geology from Colorado State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering from Queens University.