Marco ROMERO

Biography

Marco Romero was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1962. He was four years old when he immigrated to Montréal with his parents. After high school, he decided to take off to explore the world with just a backpack - an adventure which extended over three years. In 1983, he settled in British Columbia, where he had once had a summer job assisting a geologist for the Rio Tinto mining company.

During the 1980s and 90s, Marco Romero headed a number of major projects, including Shangri-la Minerals Ltd., Eldorado Gold Corp. and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., providing him with valuable experience in the mining industry. In 2000, he founded Polaris Minerals Corporation, a construction aggregate producer that operates several large quarries, building a partnership with representatives of the local First Nations on whose lands the quarries are located.