He is also a director and audit committee chair at Fiore Gold Ltd, a growth-oriented gold producer. Before that, he served as a senior financial executive at Capstone Mining Corp, where he helped the company transition from a development-stage mining company to an intermediate producer. READ: Fireweed Zinc completes non-brokered private placement, raising gross proceeds of C$1,142,301 All told, Hemstead brings more than 20 years of experience in financial management, corporate finance, project finance, treasury, commercial banking, marketing/sales, financial risk management, insurance, and tax planning. In turn, Fireweed accepted the resignation of Richard Hajdukiewicz from the board. The company thanked Hajdukiewicz, a founder of the company, for his years of service.