Primary Job Title Interim CEO Primary Organization 
Vena Resources
Gender Male
Nick Appleyard is a professional geologist who has worked predominantly in gold exploration and development on mining projects in Australia, South America and East Africa, including over eight years residing in Peru and Ecuador. Nick was the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Chaparral Gold Corp. (“Chaparral”) since its formation in
October 2013 until the company was acquired by a subsidiary of Waterton Global Resource Management, Inc. in February 2015. Prior to Chaparral, Nick was the Vice President of Corporate Development for International Minerals Corporation (“IMZ”), where he was responsible for the technical management of all IMZ’s exploration and development projects in Ecuador, Peru and Nevada including the oversight and development of the Pallancata silver/gold mine in southern Peru and the development of Immaculda gold/silver mine. While with IMZ, he also played a key role in identifying and evaluating potential new corporate acquisitions for IMZ which included the identification and acquisition of Metallic Ventures and the sale of IMZ to Hochschild Mining plc which resulted in the spin out of non-Peruvian assets to form Chaparral. Nick graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Australia with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology in 1991.
