Directors
Chris Berlet, CFA / Director
Chris Berlet is a graduate of Mining Engineering
from Queen’s University and holds a Diploma in
Accounting & Finance from the London School of
Economics and Political Science. He is a CFA
charterholder. Mr. Berlet has experience in both
finance and the mineral industries. He spent
three years in London, England working with the
capital markets group of Banque Paribas and was
more recently ‘Senior Analyst, Risk Monitoring’
with HSBC Securities in Toronto, Canada. He has
worked in underground gold and copper mines in
both Canada and Australia, and in open pit coal
and nickel mines in Canada and Australia.
Jim
Boyle, LLB / Director
Mr. Boyle is the founding partner of Boyle & Co.
LLP, where he practices exclusively in the area
of securities law.
Mr. Boyle studied mathematics at the University
of Waterloo, obtained his B.A. in Film from York
University and studied Economics at York
University’s Glendon College. He also attended
University of Windsor Law School and was called
to the bar in Ontario in April, 1987. In 1998 he
received his LL.M. in securities law from
Osgoode Hall Law School.
Mr. Boyle founded Boyle & Co. LLP in 2003. He is
a past director and member of the Securities
Committee of the Prospectors and Developers
Association of Canada.
Gerald
Harper / Director
Dr. Harper holds a B.Sc. and a B.Sc. (Hons) as
well as a Ph.D. in geology from the University
of London in England and is a past President of
the Prospectors and Developers Association of
Canada as well as a past Chair of the PDAC
Environment Committee. Dr. Harper has served on
several boards of directors including those of
Urania Ltd., Mustang Minerals Ltd., US Precious
Metals Ltd., Khan Resources Inc. and Geddes
Resources Ltd. He has had a career as a
professional geologist spanning almost forty
years and has held exploration management
positions with South Africa C.S.I.R., Anglo
American Corporation, Falconbridge Ltd. and
Northgate Exploration Ltd.
Gary
Lohman / Director
Mr. Lohman is a professional geologist and has
been in the mining industry for over 25 years.
Mr. Lohman has worked extensively throughout
North and South America and is presently serving
as the Chief Operating Officer of Canuc
Resources Corporation.
John
Paterson, M.Sc., P.Eng. / Director
Mr. Paterson brings with him a diversity of
experience gained with both major and junior
mining companies. He is currently serving as
president of Aurogin Resources Ltd. which, over
the past year, has developed a producing heap
leach gold mine in Guatemala. Prior to joining
Aurogin, Mr. Paterson was CEO of Geomaque
Explorations Ltd. where he directed the
development of two heap leach gold mines, the
San Francisco gold mine located near NWM’s
Lluvia-Jojoba project in Sonora, Mexico and the
Vueltas Del Rio gold mine located in Honduras.
Mr. Paterson also serves on the boards of Plato
Gold Corp., Everton Resources Ltd. and McVicar
Resources Inc.
John
Van De Beuken / Director
Mr. Van De Beuken is a mining engineer with over
forty years of mine building and management
experience. He most recently served as a
director of Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX: AGI) and from
2003 through 2008 served as the Company’s Chief
Operating Officer. In this capacity he was
instrumental in management and start-up of the
very successful Mulatos gold mine in Sonora
State, Mexico. John has also recently served as
a consultant to the Board of Directors of Castle
Gold Corp., in the period prior to the Company’s
sale to Argonaut Gold Inc. |
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