| Peter Secker Position: President and Chief Executive Officer and Director Mr. Secker was Chief Executive Officer of JMS Civil and Mining, located in Brisbane, Australia. JMS is a civil and mining engineering firm with revenues of $300 million. Previous to that he was Chief Executive Officer of Michelago Ltd., which is now part of Sino Gold. Under his stewardship, Michelago built a 150,000 oz gold mine in Shandong province, China. Mr. Secker was also Vice-president, Operations for Sino Gold, at the time it was a joint venture between the Chinese Government and Macquarie Bank and during which time he directed the construction of the Jianchaling Gold Mine. His career also includes periods as Mine Manager of Emperor Mines Ltd. in Fiji, Operations Manager of the Youanmi Gold Mine in Australia, and Mine Captain at the Rand Mine in South Africa. | |
| Mark N. J. Ashcroft, M.Sc., P.Eng Position: Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development Mark is the Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development of the corporation. Mark has been involved in various capacities in the global mining and finance industries since 1990. From 2007 to 2008, Mark worked at Versant Partners, where he was responsible for successfully developing a mining finance business for that firm in sales, trading and corporate finance. Prior to joining Versant, Mark had been employed with Toll Cross Securities, a boutique institutional firm in Toronto where he became Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking. From 1999 to 2003, Mark worked in mining project finance in London and New York. From 1996 to 1998 he worked in Mines Technical Services at Inco Limited's Ontario Division, where he qualified as a Professional Engineer in Ontario. From 1990 to 1996, through his undergraduate studies, Mark worked in various operating roles in North and South America and Australia. Mark holds his Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from Laurentian University and a Master of Science (Finance, Regulation and Risk Management) from the ISMA Centre of the University of Reading. Mark is also currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Stonegate Agricom Ltd., a private company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of agricultural nutrient projects. | |
| Mitchell Lavery (P. Geo) Position: Val d'Or Manager (Director) Mr. Lavery, a registered professional Geologist in the Province of Quebec, is a self employed consultant and President of Patriot Exploration Inc. With 30 years experience in all aspects of mining exploration and production he has represented clients across North America, South America, west Africa and western Europe. | |
| Gary Pearse (BSc Geology, MSc Geology) Position: Manager: Metallurgy Mr. Pearse is an engineer, economic geologist and mineral economist with over 40 years experience, including survey work in Canada and Nigeria, exploration and development in North America and Africa, government mineral economist and consulting. For much of his career he has worked as a rare metals and industrial minerals consultant, in project management, feasibility and development. He is recognized for his thorough, unequivocal market studies, based on in-depth knowledge of the mineral-based manufacturing industry. | |
| William Jupp, CA Position: CFO Mr. Jupp was most recently Director, Financial Reporting with Brookfield Properties and was Assistant Secretary and Director, Financial Reporting for Trizec Canada prior to its acquisition by Brookfield. He is a member of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois). Mr. Jupp has a wealth of experience in senior accounting positions, having spent more than 25 years with publicly-traded real estate, mining and oil and gas companies both in Canada and the United States. | |
| Olav Svela Position: Director, Investor Relations Mr. Svela most recently was Vice President, Investor Relations, for Blue Pearl Mining, which acquired private molybdenum producer Thompson Creek Metals in 2007, and for Glencairn Gold. As a Toronto-based IR consultant, he has represented mining and oil and gas clients with assets in such diverse regions as Kazakhstan, Uganda, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Brazil and, of course, Canada and the U.S. Mr. Svela was formerly the Editor of The Northern Miner and The Northern Miner Magazine. |
