ABOUT US

Avanti Energy is focused on the exploration, development and production of helium across western Canada and the United States.

Company Overview

The powerful gas exploration company was formed by a group of oil and gas veterans who were in pursuit of opportunities for helium production. With decades of experience under its belt, this company has the expertise vital to vetting untapped potential helium reserves in North America. In discovering such, Avanti can secure new, lucrative sources of helium.

Meet Our Team

Board of Directors

Chris Bakker

Director

Rob Gamley

Director

Greg Bronson

Director

Mike Leo

Director

Our Culture

Avanti Energy has brought together industry leaders and specialists to develop large-scale projects in North America. The goal is to extract helium deposits that are trapped in the earth. 32 proprietary opportunities have been identified and some of which, Avanti is actively pursuing.

OUR GOALS

• Stimulating demand for helium

• Promoting realization of a limited supply

• Evolving and encouraging regulatory environment

Our expertise speaks for itself.
Join Avanti in its mission to extract helium.

Chris Bakker

CEO

Mr. Bakker has over 20 years of experience in oil and gas, most recently he led the Joint Venture between Avanti and Terrelium Resources Corp. and previously worked as a commercial negotiator with Encana Corporation (now Ovintiv Inc.) for major facilities and pipelines in the Montney gas play. He has extensive experience in all facets of natural gas exploration including land acquisition, exploration, drilling, well production and facility integration and construction. Mr. Bakker holds a BAH in Economics from Queen’s University, an MA in Economics from the University of Victoria and an MBA from the University of Calgary.

Rob Gamley

President

Mr. Gamley’s career spans over 10 years in corporate finance and consulting, providing corporate strategy and communications services to public companies across a broad range of industries including biotech, oil and gas and natural resource exploration and development. He has been a board member of several TSXV-listed companies and brings extensive capital markets experience and a considerable network of both retail and institutional contacts. Mr. Gamley graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia.

Greg Bronson

Director

Mr. Bronson is a professional geologist with 30 years of exploration and development experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Bronson manages his own consulting business, Rae-co Consulting Ltd., which involves prospect generation and consultation to the industry. His most recent role from 2018 to 2020 was as consulting geologist for Acquisition Oil Corp., working on the development of its Cranberry/Priestville light oil field in northeastern Alberta. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Bronson worked with Vermilion Energy Inc. as consulting geologist on the development of the Ellerslie gas liquids trend in west-central Alberta. Prior to working with Vermilion, Mr. Bronson consulted with Pengrowth Energy Corp. from 2011 to 2016 on the development of its Swan Hills light oil trend in north-central Alberta. Previous to 2011, Mr. Bronson consulted with Ovintiv (formerly Encana) on the exploration and development of the Montney gas play in northeastern British Columbia. Mr. Bronson graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta in 1984 and is registered with APEGBC.

Michael Leo

Director

Mr. Leo graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Human Kinetics and a Master of Human Kinetics in 2003 from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Leo qualified as a mortgage broker in 2013 and has been in corporate sales for over 13 years. Mr. Leo has been a director of a number of public companies since 2017, including Savanna Capital Corp. (TSX-V).