Austin Gold Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Austin Gold's CEO is Dennis Higgs, appointed in Apr 2020, has a tenure of 4.08 years. total yearly compensation is $710.97K, comprised of 36% salary and 64% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 21.05% of the company’s shares, worth $2.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.2 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Dennis Higgs

Chief executive officer

US$711.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage36.0%
CEO tenure4.1yrs
CEO ownership21.1%
Management average tenure1.2yrs
Board average tenure3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Dennis Higgs's remuneration changed compared to Austin Gold's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2023US$711kUS$256k

-US$4m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$3m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$2m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$1m

Dec 31 2022US$334kUS$108k

-US$1m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$487k

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$1m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$572k

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

-US$401k

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$3m

Dec 31 2020US$76kn/a

-US$2m

Compensation vs Market: Dennis's total compensation ($USD710.97K) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD667.63K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Dennis's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.


CEO

Dennis Higgs (65 yo)

4.1yrs

Tenure

US$710,974

Compensation

Mr. Dennis L. Higgs, B.com has been an Independent Director at Energy Fuels Inc since June 18, 2015. Mr. Higgs has been involved in the financial and venture capital markets in Canada, the United States an...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Dennis Higgs
President & Director4.1yrsUS$710.97k21.05%
$ 2.8m
Grant Bond
Chief Financial Officer1.6yrsUS$251.95kno data
Robert Hatch
Vice President of Explorationless than a yearUS$364.08k0.75%
$ 102.0k
Donna Moroney
Corporate Secretaryless than a yearno datano data

1.2yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: AUST's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Dennis Higgs
President & Director4.1yrsUS$710.97k21.05%
$ 2.8m
Tom Yip
Independent Non-Executive Director3.7yrsUS$78.88kno data
Kenneth McNaughton
Director4.1yrsUS$84.56k7.53%
$ 1.0m
Joseph Ovsenek
Chairman4.1yrsUS$84.56k7.53%
$ 1.0m
Benjamin Leboe
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsUS$78.88kno data
Barbara Filas
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsUS$78.88kno data
W. Durning
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Frank Hillemeyer
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Guillermo Lozano-Chavez
Independent Non-Executive Director3.6yrsUS$78.88kno data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: AUST's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).


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