| Dr. Gerry Carlson, Ph.D., P. Eng President, CEO & Director | ||
| Dr. Carlson has been involved for over 35 years in managing mineral exploration and mining development companies. His experience has focused on precious and base metal deposits around the Pacific Rim, including western North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia and Asia. This experience has included independent consulting assignments, management of major company exploration programs, junior mining companies and university level teaching. He has taken an active role in professional geosciences associations on both local and national levels and is a past President of AMEBC (formerly the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines) and President of the Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation. Dr. Carlson is currently a Director of several other junior mineral exploration companies, including Almaden Minerals Ltd. | ||
| Roman Friedrich III Director and Audit, Governance and Compensation Committees Chair | ||
| Mr. Friedrich has been an investment banker and commercial banker for over thirty years, specializing in service to the mining and metals industries, with particular emphasis on Mexico and South America. He is Senior Managing Director and head of Metals and Mining Investment Banking at McNicoll Lewis & Vlak ("MLV"), a New York based investment bank. Immediately prior to joining MLV in September 2010, Mr. Friedrich managed Roman Friedrich & Company ("RFC"), a boutique investment banking firm specializing in M&A advisory to the mining industry. Before founding RFC, he was the Managing Director at TD Securities responsible for its global mining M&A business. Over his career, he has provided numerous companies with advice on acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, as well as providing valuations and fairness opinions to companies in the mining, metals and other industries. His investment banking activities have included the raising of equity and debt capital and the arranging of project finance. Mr. Friedrich serves as a Director of the Board of Trustees of several NYSE listed closed end mutual funds including Claymore Dividend and Income Fund and Claymore/Guggenheim Strategic Opportunity Fund, in addition to serving as a member of the Independent Review Committees and independent Director of the family of Canadian closed end mutual funds and ETFs managed by Claymore Investments Inc. listed on the TSX. Mr. Friedrich holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and attended business school at New York University. | ||
| David Terry, PhD, PGeo Director | ||
| Dr. Terry has over 20 years of experience in the resource sector focused primarily on exploration for a wide spectrum of precious and base metal deposits in North and South America. He holds a BSc and PhD from the University of Western Ontario and has held numerous senior positions with both major and junior mining companies, including Boliden Limited, Westmin Resources Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Cominco Limited and Gold Fields Mining Corporation. | ||
| Nikolaos Cacos, MIM, BSc Director | ||
| Mr. Cacos has over 18 years of management expertise in the mineral exploration industry. He holds extensive experience in administration and providing strategic planning for public companies in a diverse range of industries. Mr. Cacos currently serves as an officer and director of a number of TSX Venture Exchange listed companies. He holds a Master of International Management degree from Heidelberg, Germany and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia. | ||
