David M. Cole

Chief Executive Officer of Elemental Royalty Corporation. Economic geologist (geology degrees, Fort Lewis College and Colorado State University) with over two decades as long-time CEO and co-founder of EMX Royalty Corp., which merged with Elemental Altus Royalties in 2025 to form Elemental Royalty Corporation (not scored as an external prior company -- it is this company's own direct predecessor). Career: 17 years in senior geologic and management positions at Newmont Mining Corporation (already tracked in this DB, NEM) on four continents, before founding EMX Royalty Corp. in 1996.