Our Team
Gordon R. MacMahon, BSc, MA, P.Geol.
Founder & President
Gordon MacMahon is a Professional Geologist with more than four decades of experience in resource exploration, development, corporate strategy and project evaluation.
He has held senior technical, management and executive positions within the Canadian energy industry and has experience spanning subsurface resource evaluation, project development, corporate transactions, strategic planning and multidisciplinary team leadership.
Following his retirement from the conventional energy industry, Gordon initiated the Kootenay Lake Geothermal Project in 2020 and has led its technical investigations, fundraising, community engagement and partnership development.
He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Calgary and an MA in Environment and Management from Royal Roads University in Victoria.
Daniel P. Gatto, BSc
Strategic Advisor
Daniel Gatto is a geologist and business development professional with more than 40 years of energy-sector experience spanning resource evaluation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic development.
He was a founding partner of Tristone Capital Inc., a leading Canadian energy investment bank subsequently acquired by Macquarie Capital and has participated in more than 160 energy transactions in Canada, the United States and international markets.
Dan has been involved with the Kootenay Lake geothermal initiative since 2021 and provides strategic, commercial and capital-markets perspective.
Engineering Support
Skoki Energy Advisors
Skoki Energy Advisors is an Alberta based consulting firm that specialises in supporting clients early cycle energy projects. Established in the 1980s, their project planning capability incudes production, refining, power, lithium processing and geothermal in a number of domestic and international locations. Their core expertise centres on process design supported by project management and estimating. Skoki supports producers, owners, investors, and legal teams throughout the project development cycle. Clients include large international and domestic Oil and Gas, International and Canadian geothermal, and a broad array of technology developers.
Skoki’s specific experience with geothermal projects includes both open and closed systems, designed to supply heat, power or both for market consumption. Project drill depths range from 400m to+ 3000m and those of much deeper design. Thermal resource temperature on these projects have been as low as 60°C and as high as 280°C.
Financial Advisor
Matt Moorman, CPA, CMA, MBA
Matt Moorman is a senior energy finance executive with extensive experience in corporate finance, capital markets, governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and financial management. He advises Threshold Energy on corporate structure, financing strategy and governance.
A NETWORKED APPROACH
Threshold maintains relationships with geothermal specialists, geoscientists, engineers, academic institutions, government agencies and industry participants whose expertise can be brought into the project as require
d. This allows the technical and organizational capability of the project to grow as exploration advances.