{"id":1242,"date":"2025-06-27T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talismanmetalsplc.com\/?page_id=1242"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:48:33","slug":"thomas-garagan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/talismanmetalsplc.com\/?page_id=1242","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Garagan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1242\" class=\"elementor elementor-1242\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f3f2d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f3f2d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2be869 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b2be869\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1d4d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1d4d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non-Executive Director\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5b325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f5b325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thomas Garagan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd67612 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd67612\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db3cf4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db3cf4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dc0b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99dc0b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b934edf animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b934edf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non-Executive Director\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa99a11 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa99a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"933\">Mr. Garagan is a geologist with over 40 years of experience. Mr. Garagan is a founder of B2Gold as well as its Senior Vice President, Exploration (NYSE: BTG, TSX: BTO) from March 2007 to retirement in October 2022. Mr. Garagan was with Bema Gold from 1991 to 2007 and was appointed Vice President of Exploration in 1996, remaining there until Bema\u2019s $3.1B sale to Kinross Gold. He has worked in North and South America, East and West Africa, Oceana, Central Asia and Russia. Mr. Garagan has served as a director and\/or officer of several other public companies operating in the resource sector. Mr. Garagan has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in geology from the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbcd21 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fbcd21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:400}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fba553 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fba553\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93e5f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93e5f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thomas Garagan<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac4e482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac4e482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Non-Executive Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82553e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c82553e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/talismanmetalsplc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/T-Garagan-website-photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2012\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Executive Director Thomas Garagan Non-Executive Director Mr. Garagan is a geologist with over 40 years of experience. Mr. Garagan is a founder of B2Gold as well as its Senior Vice President, Exploration (NYSE: BTG, TSX: BTO) from March 2007 to retirement in October 2022. 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