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This list showcases the top British Columbia based President operating in the Mining space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
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Jorge Ganoza
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Fortuna Silver Mines
Jorge A. Ganoza is a geological engineer with over 20 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining and business development throughout Latin America. He is a graduate from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Jorge is a fourth generation miner from a Peruvian family that has owned and operated underground gold, silver and polymetallic mines in Peru and Panama. Before co-founding Fortuna back in 2004 he was involved in business development at senior levels for several private and public Canadian junior mining companies working in Central and South America. Jorge also serves as Chairman of the Board of Atico Mining Corporation.
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About Fortuna Silver Mines: Fortuna Silver Mines is positioned for sustainable growth with two low-cost underground operating silver mines
Lindsay A Hall
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Hecla Mining Company
Lindsay A. Hall was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 18, 2016. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hall was Chief Financial Officer for Goldcorp Inc. from April 2006 to March 2016 and also Executive Vice President from March 2006 to March 2016. Mr. Hall served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Placer Dome from November 2005 to February 2016. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President at Duke Energy Corporation from January 2004 to October 2005 and also served as Vice President and Treasurer from June 2015 to October 2006. He was also Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy Americas, of Duke Energy Corporation, from January 2005 to October 2005. Prior to that, from 1985 to December 2013, Mr. Hall held various positions with Duke Energy with companies that later became part of Canada’s Westcoast Energy.
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About Hecla Mining Company: Hecla Mining Company is the largest primary silver producer.
D. James Slattery
Senior Vice President and CFO of Capstone Mining Corp
Jim Slattery is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with over 34 years of financial and executive management experience. Prior to Capstone, Jim spent eight years as the CFO of Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based global copper and zinc producer. Before joining Inmet, Jim held various senior management roles, including Vice President and CFO for Wescast Industries, a publicly traded automotive parts supplier, and CFO for Canadian General Tower Ltd., a privately owned manufacturing business. He has broad management and corporate finance experience, including jointly developing and executing Inmet’s integrated growth strategy and leading financing activities for mine development projects totalling over $5 billion. Jim started his career with Ernst & Young, progressing through a number of roles in Canada and Europe from 1981 to 1997.
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About Capstone Mining Corp: Capstone is a Canadian base metals mining company, with three producing copper mines: Pinto Valley in the US.
Peter Ball
President & COO of Noram Lithium
Mr. Ball brings close to 25 years of extensive experience and leadership as a mining professional. He has held various senior management roles with international precious metals mining companies in corporate finance, mine engineering, business development, corporate communications, public relations and marketing throughout North and South America, Asia, and Europe. Mr. Ball began his career in the late 1980s working as a mining engineer, a technical officer, and in various management and senior executive roles for numerous companies including Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, Echo Bay Mines Ltd., Eldorado Gold Corp., Adriana Resources Inc., Century Mining Corp., and Argentex Mining Corp. Mr. Ball has also worked as a securities broker with RBC Dominion Securities and is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines and of Georgian Business College.
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About Noram Lithium, NV Gold: Noram Lithium is a lithium exploration stage company that develops lithium deposits.
Peeyush Varshney
CEO, Chairman & President of Canada Zinc Metals
Peeyush Varshney is principal and director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. He is currently a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX including Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (MPVD). Mountain Province Diamonds is a partner in the largest new diamond mine under development globally. The project has the potential to become one of Canada’s major high grade and long-life diamond mines. Mr. Varshney obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1989) and a Bachelor of Laws degree (1993) from the University of British Columbia.
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About Canada Zinc Metals: Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining.
Amir Adnani
President, Founder, Director & CEO of Uranium Energy
Mr. Adnani is a founder of Uranium Energy Corp and has been the President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of the Company since January 2005. He serves as a spokesman for the uranium industry before all international media, and is frequently invited to speak before major industry gatherings including the Milken Institute Global Conference and the World Nuclear Fuel Conference. He is recognized by Casey Research, a leading investment advisory publisher, as a top-ten leading mining industry entrepreneur and executive. Mr. Adnani is an entrepreneur with a background in business development and marketing. In 2004, he founded Blender Media Inc. where he served as the President and a director until 2006. Blender Media is a strategic communications firm for public companies, and in 2005, was named one of the fastest growing companies in Canada by Profit magazine. He is also a founder and the Chairman of Brazil Resources Inc., a gold exploration company listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange with projects in the gold districts of Brazil. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia, and serves on the university’s Alumni Advisory Board.
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About Goldmining Inc, Uranium Energy, Uranium Royalty: Uranium Energy specializes in acquiring exploration databases and leveraging those databases to generate acquisition.
Shahram Tafazoli
Founder, President & CEO of Motion Metrics
Shahram Tafazoli is the Founding CEO of Motion Metrics Int’l, a private Canadian corporation dedicated to improving safety and efficiency of terrestrial mining using AI, rugged embedded vision, and cloud computing. Motion Metrics has deployed its innovative solutions in more than 60 large mining operations around the globe, digging copper, iron, gold, diamond, coal, and nickel. Shahram holds bachelor and master’s degrees from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and a PhD from the University of British Columbia (UBC), all in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) with a focus on robotics and machine vision. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s ECE department and has offered various graduate-level courses. He has a passion for technology and has invested in a number of technology startups, including several ventures from Creative Destruction Lab. He is co-inventor of international patents with other engineers from Motion Metrics and recently received the UBC Applied Science Dean’s Medal of Distinction. Shahram has a passion for space technologies and is keen on applying them to terrestrial applications.
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About Motion Metrics: Motion Metrics is a Canadian mining technology company that uses artificial intelligence to improve mine safety and energy efficiency.
Mark Santarossa
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Corporate Development of GT Gold
BCom, UofT, CPA, CA, MBA – Schulich. Mr. Santarossa is a financial and capital markets professional with over 20 years of experience, predominantly in the mining sector. Most recently he was Director at Origin Merchant Partners, an independent M&A advisory firm. His experience also includes mining institutional equity sales at PI Financial, Macquarie Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets and Haywood Securities, and mining equity research at National Bank Financial. Prior to entering the capital markets sector, Mr. Santarossa worked at PwC LLP and KPMG LLP.
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About GT Gold: GT Gold Corp. is a new company focused on exploring for gold in the geologically fertile terrain of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.
Charles Greig
Vice President, Exploration of GT Gold
With more than 35 years in the sector, Mr. Greig is among the most experienced geologists in B.C., having worked on projects such as Brucejack Lake (Pretivm), Red Mountain (Lac Minerals, IDM), Silbak Premier (Westmin, Ascot), IKE (HDI-Amarc), and abroad on projects such as La India in Mexico (Grayd, Agnico Eagle) and Bisha in Eritrea (Nevsun).
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About GT Gold: GT Gold Corp. is a new company focused on exploring for gold in the geologically fertile terrain of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.
Kevin Keough
President & Chief Executive Officer of GT Gold
HBSc. Geological Sciences, Queen’s University. Mr. Keough began his career with Anglo American Corporation and De Beers, and has more than 35 years diverse business experience. He couples a technical background and international experience with expertise in project and public company management, finance and capital markets, communications, and business development.
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About Evergold, GT Gold: GT Gold Corp. is a new company focused on exploring for gold in the geologically fertile terrain of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.
Simon Ingram
President & CEO of Reservoir Minerals
Dr. Ingram currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Reservoir Minerals. Dr. Ingram was a founding director of Reservoir Capital (TSXV: REO) and has 20 years international experience in the exploration and mining industry. He is the founder and principal of a resource services firm, through which he has provided technical and managerial expertise to exploration and mining companies worldwide, throughout the project cycle from early-stage exploration projects to feasibility studies, mine start up and production. Projects that Dr. Ingram has been a consultant and advisor to include; Petropavlovsk Plc (LSE: POG), a London-listed mining and exploration company with its principal assets located in Russia, Anglo American Zambia copper mine production and expansion, Rio Tinto Technical Services for resource definition to mine start up in the Middle East and the resource expansion, mining start up and subsequent sale of a polymetallic mine in Armenia for a private Swiss company. Dr Ingram holds a B.Sc. (Hon) in Exploration and Mining Geology and Ph.D in Mineral Resource Evaluation from Cardiff University.
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About Reservoir Minerals: Reservoir Minerals is a mineral exploration company.
Tim Fletcher
Vice President of Reservoir Minerals
Tim has over 30 years of experience in international exploration with emphasis on exploration for porphyry and epithermal copper-gold deposits. Tim recently focused on the Tethyan Belt for Barrick Gold, and prior to that worked in South America with Magma Copper, Homestake Mining and Mount Isa Mines. Tim joined Reservoir in 2013 as a consultant. Tim has a Ph.D from Aberdeen University and is a Chartered Engineer through the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
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About Reservoir Minerals: Reservoir Minerals is a mineral exploration company.
Chris MacIntyre
Vice President of Reservoir Minerals
Mr. MacIntyre currently serves as Vice President Corporate Development. Mr. MacIntyre also presently serves as Vice-President of Corporate Development of Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: LRA), whereby Mr. MacIntyre’s primary responsibilities include corporate and project finance, strategic development, and corporate communications. His promotion from Manager of Corporate Development to Vice-President of Reservoir Capital and Lara Exploration Ltd. followed his role of Manager, Corporate Development with Universal Power Corp. (TSXV:UNX) from October 2008 until March 2010. Mr. MacIntyre holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the Queen’s School of Business at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
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About Reservoir Minerals: Reservoir Minerals is a mineral exploration company.
David Moore
President of Northwest Copper
Moore joined Serengeti in 2004 and since that time, has lead a team that has raised over $35 million in exploration funds and discovered two significant mineral deposits. This success was recognized by AMEBC co-awarding him the prestigious Prospector of the Year for 2011. Prior to joining Serengeti, Moore had a 30 year career with a major mining company, where he participated in the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits in several countries. He brings experience and expertise ranging from grassroots prospecting to international exploration, business management and development, as well as a proven ability to recognize exploration targets of high potential and transform them into successful projects.
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About Northwest Copper: Serengeti acquires & explores Cu-Au deposits in the Quesnel Trough and Stikine Arch, BC.
Simon Cmrlec
President of Ausenco
Simon manages the North America region having led Ausenco’s APAC/Africa region for the previous two years. Prior to this, he spent three years in the role of President, Program Management. Simon has 20 years’ experience in lead management roles on a variety of major projects and his career has taken him to China, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Peru, New Caledonia and the USA in roles with Vale Inco, Kvaerner and WMC.
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About Ausenco: We set high global standards for leading edge engineering and project management services in the resources and energy sectors.
Ed Meka
Executive Vice President of Ausenco
Ed has more than 29 years’ experience in senior management and operational roles in the global mining and minerals processing industry, and is one of Ausenco’s longest-serving executives. Ed is currently responsible for leading the pursuit of strategic opportunities, major projects and key client relationships across the organisation. Prior to this, Ed was accountable for all of Ausenco’s Americas operation, realising approximately 60% of the company’s revenue base through the delivery of consulting, engineering and project services across the resources and energy sectors. His previous roles within Ausenco have included running the Environment & Sustainability and Process Infrastructure business lines, as well as project delivery, study management and business development. Ed’s previous employers have included Mt Isa Mines Limited, BHP Ok Tedi (for BHP Engineering Limited), Pancontinental Mining Limited and BHP Coal.
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About Ausenco: We set high global standards for leading edge engineering and project management services in the resources and energy sectors.
Timothy C. Watson
Senior Vice President, Project Development of Teck
Tim Watson was appointed Senior Vice President, Project Development of Teck in August 2007. Prior to joining Teck, Mr. Watson served as the Chief Operating Officer, Power and Process Division with AMEC. He worked with the company in various other capacities during his tenure from 1999 to 2007. His career in the engineering and construction side of the mining business spans over 30 years. Mr. Watson holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He is currently a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC.
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Dale E. Andres
Senior Vice President of Teck
Dale Andres was appointed Senior Vice President, Copper in June 2013. Prior to his current role, he was Vice President, Copper Strategy and North American Operations. Mr. Andres has over 22 years of progressive operating, project and management experience in base metal and gold mines in both North and South America, and Australia. He joined Teck in August 1995 and has held a number of positions in the company, including Vice President, International Mining and General Manager, Underground Operations. Mr. Andres holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University. He is currently a member of the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of B.C. and the Canadian Institute of Mining.
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Marcia M. Smith
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Affairs of Teck
Marcia Smith was appointed Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Affairs of Teck in January 2012. She joined Teck in 2010 as Vice President, Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining Teck, Ms. Smith was Managing Partner for National Public Relations in British Columbia and its predecessor company, Labrador Communications, from 1993 to 2010. Ms. Smith has also worked for the Governments of Ontario and British Columbia as an advisor to cabinet ministers in a variety of portfolios. Ms. Smith holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Political Science from Laurentian University.
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Donald R. Lindsay
President and Chief Executive Officer of Teck
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Alex Christopher
Vice President, Exploration of Teck
Alex Christopher joined Teck’s Exploration Group in 1984 and was appointed Vice President, Exploration in July 2012. He has held a number of positions in the company, including most recently that of General Manager, New Ventures within Teck’s Corporate Development Group. Mr. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Geology from McMaster University and an Environmental Biology Technology Diploma from Canadore College. He is currently a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists B.C. and the Association of Mineral Exploration B.C. where he was previously a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Christopher is on the Board of Directors of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and is a Director of Horizonte Minerals Plc.
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Dean Winsor
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of Teck
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About Teck: Teck is a diversified resource company with business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy.
Rhylin Bailie
Vice President Investor Relations of Equinox Gold
Rhylin Bailie brings a diverse skill set and more than 17 years of mining experience to her position with Eagle Hill. Rhylin manages the Communications and Investor Relations programs for a number of publicly listed companies as an employee of J Proust & Associates, a public company management and venture capital company. Currently she is Vice President, Communications & Investor Relations for Southern Arc Minerals, a gold exploration company, and for New Zealand Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Before joining J. Proust & Associates, Rhylin was Director Communications & Investor Relations from 2006 to 2011 for NovaGold Resources, a TSX and NYSE-AMEX listed precious metals company. From 1995 to 2006 Rhylin held various positions in the Treasury group at Placer Dome. Rhylin is a graduate of University of Waterloo, Ontario, where she completed a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree with a double major in Resource Studies and Biology and a minor in English. Ms. Bailie used her environmental background to introduce a number of initiatives at NovaGold, including a head office health and safety program and comprehensive sustainability reporting. She is a Board member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute, British Columbia Chapter.
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About CarbonOne Technologies, Eagle Hill Exploration, Equinox Gold, Sandspring Resources, Southern Arc Minerals: Equinox Gold is a multi-asset mining company.
Ralph Shearing
Founder, President and Director of Telson Mining
Ralph Shearing is responsible for the management of public company management and compliance and was Telson’s founder. Mr. Shearing is a graduate of the University of British Columbia holding a B. Sc. Geology Degree. Since graduating in 1981, Mr. Shearing has practiced his profession as a professional geologist throughout Canada, and internationally. He has been directly involved in several world class exploration and development projects in British Columbia, Canada. During an active mineral exploration and development career, Mr. Shearing has gained hands-on experience in all aspects of mineral exploration, including, geophysics, geochemistry, geology and diamond core drilling, the latter as a senior partner of a successful contract diamond drilling company. Mr. Shearing’s experience managing and directing publicly listed companies over the last 32 years, combined with his practical experience in implementing major exploration projects, gives Telson a director with unique insight, invaluable practical experience, and a well rounded business approach to a junior resource company.
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About Telson Mining: Telson Mining Corporation is a Canadian based junior resource mining company.
Curt Bernardi
Senior Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Bernardi joined the Company in 2008 and has been practicing law since his call to the British Columbia bar in 1994. He worked for the law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law until leaving to join Westcoast Energy in 1998. Following the acquisition of Westcoast Energy by Duke Energy in 2002. Bernardi continued to work for Duke Energy Gas Transmission as in-house legal counsel, working primarily on reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate/commercial work. In 2005, Bernardi joined Union Gas as their Director, Legal Affairs and was responsible for legal matters affecting Union Gas. He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and his Bachelor of Law from the University of Toronto.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Vincent Lau
Vice President, Finance of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Vincent Lau is a Vice President, Finance at Silver Wheaton.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Haytham Hodaly
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Hodaly joined Silver Wheaton in 2012, bringing with him over 16 years of experience in the North American securities industry, most recently as Director and Mining Analyst, Global Mining Research, at RBC Capital Markets. In this role, he was responsible for providing, to a wide range of institutional clients around the globe, up-to-date and insightful research coverage of North American-listed precious metals companies. Prior to this, Hodaly held the position of Co-Director of Research and Senior Mining Analyst at Salman Partners Inc., in addition to holding the titles of Vice President and Director of the firm. During his tenure, he helped to establish Salman Partners Inc. as a leading independent, resource-focused and research-driven investment dealer. Hodaly is an engineer with a B.A.Sc. in Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering and a Masters of Engineering, specializing in Mineral Economics.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Neil Burns
Vice President, Technical Services of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Neil Burns is a Vice President, Technical Services at Silver Wheaton.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Ryan Ulansky
Vice President, Engineering of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Ryan Ulansky is a Director of Engineering at Silver Wheaton.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Bettina Charpentier
Vice President, Tax of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Bettina Charpentier is a Vice President, Tax at Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Jamie Beirnes
Vice President, Controller of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Jamie Beirnes is a Vice President, Controller at Silver Wheaton.
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About Wheaton Precious Metals Corp: Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing with the purchase of precious metals or cobalt production from mines.
Paul Benson
President & Chief Executive Officer of SSR Mining
Mr. Benson serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. He has been employed at Silver Standard since August 2015 and brings to the company 30 years of experience in various technical and business capacities. Most recently, Mr. Benson was CEO and Managing Director of Troy Resources Limited. Prior to that, for 20 years he held a number of executive and operating roles in Australia and overseas with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Renison Goldfields. Mr. Benson holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Exploration Geophysics and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, both from the University of Sydney. He also earned a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and a Sloan Masters of Science in Management from the London Business School.
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About SSR Mining: SSR Mining Inc. is a Vancouver-based mining company focused on the operation, development, exploration of precious metal projects.
Jonathan Gilligan
Vice President of Technical & Project Development of SSR Mining
Dr. Gilligan is our Vice President, Technical and Project Development and has 30 years’ experience in the mining industry. Prior to joining Silver Standard, Dr. Gilligan was Director and Principal Consultant of J M Gilligan Consulting Pty, Ltd. in Australia, providing strategic and technical mining-related professional services to the mining industry in the fields of exploration, resource development, capital project studies and mine operations evaluation. Previous to this, Dr. Gilligan held progressively senior roles with BHP Billiton including Vice President – Special Projects, Project Director – Mine Autonomy Project, Deputy Project Director – Olympic Dam Expansion, Manager Operations – Escondida Norte and Manager Geology – Escondida. Dr. Gilligan obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology from the University College London and his Ph.D. in Economic Geology from Southampton University.
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About SSR Mining: SSR Mining Inc. is a Vancouver-based mining company focused on the operation, development, exploration of precious metal projects.
John Lando
CEO, President & Secretary/Director of New World Resource
Mr. Lando has more than 20 years of experience working in the equity markets and managing and financing public companies. He has worked for RBC Dominion Securities and has served as a Director of several public companies. Mr. Lando is also the CEO and President of Northern Lion Gold and Nano One Materials Corp.
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About New World Resource: A New Age Of Mineral Exploration In The Americas.
Mark Fields
Interim President & CEO, Director of Discovery Harbour Resources
Mark was the President, CEO and director of Geodex Minerals Ltd. from May 2009 to June 2014 and the President of his own consulting company, MC Fields Ventures Inc. since 2007. Previously he has been a senior executive and director with a number of junior mineral companies, receiving the E.A. Scholz Award for excellence in mine development for his role as Executive Vice President of Pine Valley Mining while bringing the Willow Creek metallurgical coal mine into commercial production. Earlier in his career he was involved in the acquisition and development of the Diavik diamond mine for the Rio Tinto Group. Mr. Fields holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia and a B.Comm., (Honours) from Queen’s University. He is an accredited P.Geo, with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC as well as the NWT and Nunavut.
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About Discovery Harbour Resources: Discovery Harbour Resources is focused on sourcing, exploring and developing mineral properties.
Robert Eadie
CEO, President & Director of Starcore International Mines
In the past 20 years, Mr. Eadie has been actively involved in public resource companies raising over $100 million dollars for various exploration and development projects around the world. Over the years, Mr. Eadie has built an impressive network of contacts in Europe, North America and Asia and has established a reputation as the catalyst behind various successful start-up resource companies. He brings extensive marketing and public relations expertise to the board and makes executive decisions based on long term sustainable growth. Mr. Eadie advocates open dialogue between management, directors, and shareholders as a key ingredient to success. Mr. Eadie resides in Mexico City. He is a predominant business figure, family man and compassionate community member. Mr. Eadie’s unique past experience as a private business owner reflects his down-to-earth approach to business and dedication to company growth.
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About Starcore International Mines: Starcore is a growth-oriented producing mining company.
Garry Biles
President of Canarc Resource
Garry Biles is the President at Canarc Resource Corp.
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About Canarc Resource: Welcome to Canarc Resource Corp. Canarc Resource Corp. is focused on building shareholder value by discovering and developing gold mines.
Sean Waller
President and Director of Candente Copper
Sean Waller is a registered Professional Engineer with 30 years of International experience in mining project management, evaluation, design and operation, with a specific focus on large scale copper projects and gold projects. Prior to joining Candente he was with AMEC Americas Limited Mining Division (“AMEC”) in Vancouver where he held the positions of Vice President of Global Business Development and Senior Project Manager. While at AMEC Mr. Waller managed the feasibility study for Nevsun’s Bisha gold/copper mine in Eritrea and the front end engineering for Inmet’s Cobre de Panama project in Panama. Prior to AMEC, Mr. Waller worked with SNC-Lavalin’s Mining Division in management and senior technical roles. Mr. Waller also previously worked for Freeport-McMoran at its Grasberg copper operation in Indonesia. Mr. Waller is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) where he is currently President. Mr. Waller previously served on the CIM National Executive Council as Vice-President of District 6 (British Columbia and Yukon). Mr. Waller has a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and a Masters Degree in Mineral Process Engineering from The Montana School of Mines in Montana.
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About Candente Copper, Candente Gold: Candente Copper is a Canadian mining company specializing in metals such as gold, silver, copper, and zinc.
James Gowans
President and CEO of Arizona Mining
Jim Gowans is President and CEO and a director of Arizona Mining Inc. since January 1, 2016. He was Co-President of Barrick Gold Corporation from July 2014 to August 2015 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation from January to July 2014. He served as managing director of the Debswana Diamond Company in Botswana from 2011 to 2014. He is the former COO and chief technical officer of DeBeers SA (2010), and was the CEO of DeBeers Canada Inc. from 2006 to 2010. He has extensive experience as a senior executive in the mining industry. Jim is the past chair of The Mining Association of Canada. Jim received a bachelor of applied science degree in mineral engineering from the University of British Columbia and attended the Banff School of Advanced Management. He has extensive mining knowledge and perspective on the importance of corporate social responsibility. His human resources experience includes a previous position as vice president, human resources at Placer Dome. Jim was a director of the public company PhosCan Chemical Corp. from 2008 to June 2014, and he served on its compensation committee for the full tenure.
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About Arizona Mining: North West – Carbonate Replacement Zinc, Lead And Silver Exploration Project.
Kevin Bottomley
President & CEO of King’s Bay
Kevin has spent the last 15 years in public markets focusing on company creation and capital raising. In that time Kevin has been a part of the successful completion of over 75 Million dollars in funding through networks in North America, Europe and Asia. Kevin’s drive and discipline have allowed him to successfully navigate challenging business settings and scenarios in the resource and special situations sectors.
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About King’s Bay: King’s Bay is a Vancouver based company focused on the exploration of cobalt, and other high-tech metals in North America.
Wendell Zerb
President & Chief Executive Officer of Exeter Resource Corporation
Wendell Zerb is the President & CEO of Exeter Resource Corporation. Wendell Zerb has 25 years combined experience in mining, mineral exploration and capital markets/financial analysis. Prior to joining the financial sector, Wendell Zerb worked for 10 years as a geologist in mineral exploration and mining. Wendell’s experience includes senior positions related to generative mineral exploration through to open pit and underground mining of base and precious metals. In 1996 he joined an established Vancouver based Investment Dealer (PI Financial) as a Mining Analyst. Through 2001 to March, 2005 he was also Vice President of Research and Institutional Sales, and in the latter two years was President and CEO of a wholly owned US subsidiary. In March, 2005 he joined Canaccord Capital as a Senior Mining Analyst, leaving the organization in July, 2012 as Director, Research Analyst, Metals and Mining (Canaccord Genuity Inc). Wendell Zerb obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta in 1986/87 and is a registered Professional Geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers, and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
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About Exeter Resource Corporation: Exeter Resource Corporation is a Canadian public company listed on the TSX and NYSE-MKT under the symbols XRC and XRA.
Nicole Adshead-Bell
President & Director of Cupel Advisory
Nicole Adshead-Bell is a geologist with over 20 years experience in the mining sector and capital markets. She has worked for exploration, development and mining companies in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Canada and previously served as a director on the boards of two publicly traded mining sector companies and on the board of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia. For the last 13 years Adshead-Bell has focused on evaluating and advising mining sector companies, most recently as Director of Mining Research at Sun Valley Gold LLC (an SEC-registered investment advisor), prior to that as Managing Director Investment Banking at Haywood Securities, and as a sell-side Mining Analyst at Dundee Securities. Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in Geology and Archaeology, in 1993, a First Class Honours Degree in Geology in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Geology in 2000, all from James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia.
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About Cupel Advisory: Cupel Advisory provides research and consultation services for companies from the mining industry.
Catalin Chiloflischi
President, CEO & Director of Goldplay Mining
Catalin Kilofliski is the Founder, CEO, President, and Director of Goldplay Mining.
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About Goldplay Mining, Goldplay Mining: Goldplay Mining is a junior exploration company focused on advancing and exploring gold, silver, and copper assets.
Ken Engquist
Vice President, Project Development and Engineering of Pilot Gold
Mr. Engquist brings over 20 years of engineering and project leadership experience to his role at Pilot Gold, where he is primarily responsible for advancing the Company’s portfolio of projects from advanced exploration through to feasibility and development stages. Prior to joining Pilot, he was with AngloGold Ashanti as Manager, Projects Group for the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine, where he managed the mine life extension program. Prior to that, he spent over seven years with Rio Tinto in various project leadership roles, and was responsible for the development of best practices for improving capital effectiveness and project execution across Rio Tinto’s copper projects globally. In his last role at Rio Tinto, Mr. Engquist led the infrastructure engineering for the underground portion of the multi-billion dollar Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Mr. Engquist has worked in senior project leadership roles for a variety of other mining and project organizations, including Kennecott Utah Copper. He holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from Michigan Technological University and is registered Project Management Professional.
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About Pilot Gold: Pilot Gold is led by the same management and technical teams that built Fronteer Gold, a strong growth company.
Patrick G. Downey
President And Chief Executive Officer of Orezone Resources
Mr. Downey over 30 years of international experience in the resource industry. Mr. Downey held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Elgin Mining Inc., Aura Minerals Inc. and previously Viceroy Exploration Ltd. before its acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc. in 2006 for $600 million. Mr. Downey also served as President of Consolidated Trillion Resources Ltd. and Oliver Gold Corporation, where he negotiated their successful merger to form Canico Resource Corp., which was purchased by CVRD in 2006 for over $800 million. He has held numerous senior engineering positions at several large-scale gold mining operations and has also held operating positions at several mining projects for Anglo American Corporation in South Africa. Mr. Downey is a member of the board to a number of resource companies in the mining sector, and he holds a Bachelor of Science (Hon.) degree in Engineering from Queen’s University.
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About Orezone Resources: Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE:TSX) is a Canadian exploration and development company.
Mike Nielsen
Senior Vice President of Macro Industries
Mr. Nielsen has been the Senior Vice-President of Macro Industries and the Director of Macro Enterprises since January, 2006. He has more than 40 years of experience in capital project construction for the natural gas industry. Mr. Nielsen has worked as a construction manager and project coordinator for Westcoast Energy and Duke Energy Gas Transmission. He has also been involved in managing capital expansion projects of up to $300 million in value.
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About Macro Industries: Macro is an oil and gas industry specialist in pipeline and facility construction.
David Dreisinger
Vice President of Metallurgy of TriMetals Mining
Dr. Dreisinger has been working as a metallurgical consultant with the Company since May, 2006. In addition, he currently holds the position of Professor and Chairholder of the Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Dreisinger, with co-workers, has been actively involved in developing and commercializing hydrometallurgical technology such as the Mt. Gordon and Sepon copper processes in Australia and Laos. Through the Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy, Dr. Dreisinger is engaged in research and in the teaching technical short courses to the global metallurgical industry. David is a director of PolyMet Mining Corp. and International Nickel Ventures Corporation.
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About TriMetals Mining: TriMetals Mining Inc. is a mining company that focuses on the exploration and development of properties in North America and South America.
Ryan King
Vice President Corporate Development of Calibre Mining Corp
Mr. King has seven years experience in the resource sector. Prior to joining Calibre Mining Corp. he was responsible for institutional and retail marketing and investor communications with several resources companies including Terrane Metals Corp. 2010 Terrane Metals was acquired by Thompson Creek Mining for +$700M and the company is currently in construction of the Mt. Milligan copper gold deposit in central British Columbia. Mr. King is currently on the board of directors of Edgewater Exploration Ltd. and Pinecrest Resources was a member of the board of Sandwell Mining which executed a reverse takeover with MBAC Fertilizer a TSX listed company with advanced stage phosphate and potash projects in Brazil.
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About Calibre Mining Corp, Edgewater Exploration, Newcore Gold: Calibre Mining Corp (CXB) is a Mining and Metals company.
Nasim Tyab
President of Vatic Ventures Corp.
Mr. Tyab is a businessman with a background in management, corporate development and public company finance. He has over 25 years of experience with public companies and has served as a director and senior officer of a number of public companies, principally in the minerals and energy sectors. He has been the President of Oracle Energy Corp. since 2000 and was the President of Senco Sensors Inc from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Tyab has also been a director of Mohave Exploration and Production Inc. from November 2006 to August 2010, an oil and gas company which had amalgamated with Porto Energy Corp. He served as a consultant to Asia Pacific Resources and, as a member of the corporate development team for the Udon Thani project, he is familiar with the regional potash industry. Mr. Tyab received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1995. He has been President of Vatic since 2011.
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About Vatic Ventures Corp.: Vatic Ventures Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada.
Nasim Tyab
President of Vatic Ventures Corp.
Mr. Tyab is a businessman with a background in management, corporate development and public company finance. He has over 25 years of experience with public companies and has served as a director and senior officer of a number of public companies, principally in the minerals and energy sectors. He has been the President of Oracle Energy Corp. since 2000 and was the President of Senco Sensors Inc from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Tyab has also been a director of Mohave Exploration and Production Inc. from November 2006 to August 2010, an oil and gas company which had amalgamated with Porto Energy Corp. He served as a consultant to Asia Pacific Resources and, as a member of the corporate development team for the Udon Thani project, he is familiar with the regional potash industry. Mr. Tyab received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1995. He has been President of Vatic since 2011.
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About Vatic Ventures Corp.: Vatic Ventures Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada.
Jordan Trimble
Director, President & CEO of Skyharbour Resources
Jordan Trimble is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Skyharbour Resources. Mr. Trimble holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Minor in Commerce from UBC and he is a CFA® charterholder. He has worked in the resource industry in various roles with numerous TSX Venture listed companies specializing in corporate finance and strategy, shareholder communications, marketing, deal structuring and capital raising. Mr. Trimble has an extensive network of institutional and retail investors as well as resource industry professionals bringing valuable relationships to the Company. He has appeared on BNN several times and has given presentations at numerous resource conferences across North America. Mr. Trimble has completed the Canadian Securities Course and Technical Analysis Course offered through CSI as well as several geology, exploration and mining courses.
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About Rockridge Resources, Skyharbour Resources: Skyharbour Resources (TSX-V: SYH) is a uranium and thorium exploration company.
Dunham Craig
CEO & President of Geologix Explorations
Dunham Craig graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Degree in Geology in 1988. From 1970 to 1983, he worked in the heavy construction industry and also operated his own construction company for seven years. Upon graduation from university, he served as a project geologist for Cominco Exploration Ltd. and later consulted for Cominco and Kennecott Canada Inc. Subsequently in 1993, as the vice president of exploration and corporate development for Wheaton River Minerals, Dunham was responsible for the discovery of three mineral deposits at Wheaton River’s highly profitable Golden Bear mine and for participating in the project through bankable feasibility and bank financing. He later directed the acquisition of the Bellavista Gold Project in Costa Rica and oversaw its design through bankable feasibility. From 2002 to 2005, he was a member of the initial management team of Glencairn Gold Inc. that acquired and developed two operating mines in Central America. Dunham joined Geologix in 2005 as its President and was later appointed CEO and President by the Board in 2006.
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About Geologix Explorations: Geologix Explorations is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing.
Kevin Drover
President and CEO of Aurcana
Mr. Drover has more than 40 years of both domestic and international experience in operations, project development, management and process re-engineering, with both developing and producing companies. Mr. Drover was the Chief Operating Officer of Glencairn Gold Corporation, responsible for two gold mining operations located in Latin America. Prior to joining Glencairn, he was the Vice President of Operations for Kinross Gold Corporation, overseeing six operating mines located in various parts of the World. He has considerable experience in turning around challenging projects and has worked in operations located in Canada, Russia, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the USA. During his career, Mr. Drover also worked for Oracle Mining, Black Hawk Mining, Lac Minerals, BP Canada Resources, Noranda Mining, Dome Mines and The Iron Ore Company of Canada.
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About Aurcana: Aurcana is a mining company engaged in the exploration, development and operation of natural resource properties.
Gordon Neal
Vice President, Corporate Development of Silvercorp Metals
Gordon Neal has more than 30 years experience in governance, corporate finance and investor relations. He founded Neal McInerney Investor Relations in 1991. Through marketing more than $4 billion in debt and equity financings, the company grew to be the second largest full service Investor Relations firm in Canada with offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles. Clients included; BCE, Nortel, Bell Canada International, Bell Mobility, Clearnet, Intrawest, Canaccord Capital, BMO Nesbitt Burns, and Blackberry (RIM). Gordon Neal was VP Corporate Development at MAG Silver Corp. where he was the key personnel is providing capital market strategies and solutions to the board. He has served on the board of Falco Resources, Balmoral Resources, Americas Petrogas, Rockgate Capital, and Xiana Mining. He has raised more than $500mn for resources companies since 2004. Gordon Neal graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.Sc. in Biochemistry. 1977.
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About Silvercorp Metals: A China focused precious metals company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of silver containing properties.
Joseph Ovsenek
President of Pretium Resources Inc
Ovsenek has over 20 years of international management and legal experience in the precious metals industry. He has been responsible for building teams and leading the growth of public resource companies from early exploration stage to production. Since joining Pretium in January 2011, he has been responsible for a broad scope of the company’s strategic corporate functions including financing and project permitting. Prior to joining Pretivm, he served for 15 years in senior management roles for Silver Standard Resources Inc., where he was responsible for financings, the acquisition and sale of several assets, and was instrumental in developing corporate strategy. Ovsenek has served as in-house and external legal counsel in corporate and securities law practice, has served as a director on the boards of a number of publicly-traded exploration companies in addition to providing corporate governance counsel. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. Ovsenek is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
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About Pretium Resources Inc: Pretivm is creating value through gold at its 100%-owned, advanced-stage Brucejack Project located 65 kilometers north of the town.
Phil Morehouse
President of Fission 3.0
Mr. Morehouse is the former Executive Vice-President for Sernova Corp., as well as the JV manager for Fission Energy Corp. prior to the sale of the company to Denison Mines in 2013. He founded his own consulting company in 1990 and, for nearly 25 years, has provided leadership and management services to a wide range of public companies. Mr. Morehouse was a consultant to Fission Uranium Corp., prior to his appointment as President of Fission 3.0 Corp.
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About Fission 3.0: Fission 3.0 is a Canadian-based uranium project generator company.
David Farrell
President of Davisa Consulting
David is President of Davisa Consulting, a private consulting firm working with junior to mid-tier global mining companies. He has twenty years of corporate and mining experience, and has negotiated, structured and closed more than US$25 billion worth of M&A and structured financing transactions for junior and mid-tier natural resource companies. Prior to founding Davisa, he was Managing Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Endeavour Financial. Prior to Endeavour Financial, David was a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott, working in Vancouver, Budapest and London. David also serves as a director of Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV:NEE) where he sits on the audit and compensation committees. Farrell graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Comm. (Honours, Finance) and an LL.B. and is called to the bar in both British Columbia and England. David also serves (since 2004) as a board and finance committee member of Yaletown House, a non-profit, critical-care seniors’ residence in downtown Vancouver.
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About Davisa Consulting: A private consulting firm working with junior to mid-tier global mining companies.
John-Mark Staude
President & CEO of Riverside Resources
John-Mark Staude holds a Ph.D. in economic geology and has over 20 years of diverse mining and exploration experience in precious and base metals. He earned a Masters of Science from Harvard University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in economic geology from the University of Arizona in 1995. Mr. Staude held positions of increasing responsibility with a number of major international mining companies including Kennecott, BHP-Billiton, and most recently Teck Cominco. He also worked with smaller commodity-focused companies like Magma Copper Company and consulted to private investment groups. Mr. Staude’s extensive Latin America mineral resource experience began in Mexico and then extended through South America. Recently, Mr. Staude has ventured into Europe and Asia initiating companies and managing successful exploration programs in Turkey, Romania and China. Mr. Staude has been successful in creating shareholder value through discoveries of gold and copper in Mexico, Peru and Turkey. He has located additional resources in known districts and helped convert discoveries into new mining operations. His technical and managerial experience spans more than 30 countries in diverse geologic environments. Through Riverside Resources, Mr. Staude will continue to build strong portfolios and profitable businesses through prospect generation, early stage partnering and drill discoveries.
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About Riverside Resources: Riverside Resources is a well-funded mineral exploration company advancing multiple projects through JVs and strategic partnerships.
James Miller
Vice President, Corporate Development & Procurement of Tree Island Steel
Mr. Miller is responsible for capturing and leading corporate strategic planning and procurement initiatives, inventory management processes, major supplier contract management and the China Operations for Tree Island Steel Ltd.. Mr. Miller previously served as Director of Strategic Business Investments with VanCity Group, Canada’s largest credit union. Mr. Miller has an Masters in Business Administration in Finance from Queens University.
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About Tree Island Steel: Tree Island Steel has grown to largest producers and global supplier of premium steel wire and wire products.
Remy Stachowiak
Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Tree Island Steel
Mr. Stachowiak leads the Sales, Marketing and Customer Service for Tree Island Steel Ltd. Along with vast experience within sales and marketing, Mr. Stachowiak holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University. He most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer and President of STT Stanco (Division of Semcan Inc.), a company that provides integrated chemical handling systems for Air and Water pollution control as well as liquid storage.
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About Tree Island Steel: Tree Island Steel has grown to largest producers and global supplier of premium steel wire and wire products.
H. Fraser Bringeland
President of PacificOra Industrial Systems
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About PacificOra Industrial Systems: PacificOra Industrial Systems introduces world-class bulk material handling and processing equipment and facilitates.
Douglas Turnbull
President & Chief Executive Officer of Black Dragon Gold corp
Mr. Turnbull is a consulting geologist with over 25 years of experience in diamond, precious and base metal exploration. He holds an H.B.Sc. in Geology and is a Qualified Professional Geoscientist recognized by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Mr. Turnbull has managed or served on boards of a number of exploration and mining companies with assets ranging from early stage to advanced projects. He has played a key role on teams responsible for the exploration and development of the Eskay Creek Gold Deposit in Canada, the Petaquilla Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit in Panama, the Mt. Kare Gold Deposit in Papua New Guinea and the OJVG Gold Deposits in Senegal.
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About Black Dragon Gold corp: Black Dragon Gold is one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Western Europe – the Salave gold project in Spain.
Trevor Cunningham
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance & Corporate Secretary of Canadian Zinc Corporation
Mr. Cunningham is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 15 years of senior management experience in the mining, forestry, manufacturing and public utilities sectors. He has been responsible for strategic planning initiatives, operations and all aspects of corporate and financial management and administration, with extensive experience in public company regulatory filings and compliance in Canada and the United States. As a financial executive, Mr. Cunningham brings a wide variety of experience in the mining industry including extensive responsibility for budgeting, cost management, corporate governance, government and securities compliance, taxation, as well as enterprise resource planning and information systems implementation.
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About Canadian Zinc Corporation: Canadian Zinc Corporation is a development stage company.
Keith Henderson
President, CEO & Director of Velocity Minerals
Keith, formerly Vice President Exploration, brings 19 years of global mining-industry experience. Prior to joining Cardero, Keith Henderson was Project Manager for Anglo Coal’s Canadian subsidiary, focused on metallurgical coal deposits in northeast British Columbia. At Cardero, Keith Henderson played a critical role in advancing the Pampa de Pongo through a positive scoping study and ultimate sale for US$100 million (2009). Most recently, Keith Henderson was responsible for Cardero’s original investment in Coalhunter (2010), acquiring 49% of the company for $3.6 million. Keith is a mining industry executive with global experience in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. He has extensive knowledge of the exploration and mining business from both a major and junior public company perspective. With a proven track record he has successfully managed exploration and mining companies through significant growth periods. Keith was educated in Europe, graduating with B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc in Geology– he has extensive experience in various mineral deposit types and commodities including precious metals (gold, silver), base metals (copper, zinc, nickel) and bulk commodities such as metallurgical coal and iron ore.
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About Cardero Resource, Velocity Minerals: Velocity Minerals is a gold exploration and development company
Robert Cinits
Vice President, Corporate Development of Entrée Gold
Mr. Cinits joined Entrée in July 2011 and was appointed Vice President, Corporate Development in January 2014. Mr. Cinits has worked in the mineral exploration industry for the past 28 years and has held a variety of positions with junior mining companies and consulting groups. Most recently, between 2007 and 2011, Mr. Cinits was the COO of MinCore Inc., a private Toronto-based exploration company, and prior to this position, he worked for AMEC, as a Principal Geologist and Head of the Mining/Geology Group for the Lima, Peru office between 2003 and 2007. Mr. Cinits holds a B.Sc. in geology from the University of Toronto and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.
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About Entrée Gold: Entrée Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company engaged in the discovery and development of premium copper and gold prospects.
Teo Dechev
Chief Executive Officer, President & Director of Mundoro Capital
As CEO, Ms. Dechev’s executive management career covers running a growth orientated public company through strategic change including restructuring the company, divesting out of distressed assets, acquiring new growth assets and rebuilding a team to execute on the new strategy. Ms. Dechev lead the company through capital raising, proxy battles, change in strategic initiatives, corporate development and building joint venture partnerships. Ms. Dechev’s capital markets career has developed through positions held at well recognized Canadian investment banks. Her career in the capital markets has covered commodity trading, institutional equity research, corporate finance, and mergers & acquisitions. As an investment banker, Ms. Dechev primarily focused on resource companies and technology companies and various other sectors on financings, IPO’s and mergers & acquisitions mandates.
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About Mundoro Capital: Mundoro Capital is a Canadian based company which operates as a mineral acquisition, exploration, development and investment company.
Frederick W. Davidson
President, CEO and Director of Energold Drilling Corp
Fred Davidson is the President & CEO of Energold Drilling Corp. He attended The University of British Columbia.
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About Energold Drilling Corp: Canadian specialty drilling company.
Ken Berry
President & CEO of Northern Vertex Mining
Ken Berry, B.Comm, Chairman and CEO is co-founder and has played an instrumental role in acquiring the Moss project as well as helping to raise in excess of $47 million to advance the Company’s now 100% owned Moss Mine Gold-Silver project in Western Arizona from the exploration stage to final feasibility. Ken Berry brings over 20 years of senior level experience in capital markets and mine exploration and development. Among his accomplishments, as a co-founder and current Chairman of Kootenay Silver Inc., over the past two years Ken Berry has helped guide Kootenay through a major transitional period that included the strategic acquisition of Canadian based Northair Silver Corp. and a carried interest to production option agreement with Pan American Silver Corp.
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About Northern Vertex Mining: Company focused on the reactivation of the Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project located in NW Arizona, USA.
Evan Jones
President & CEO of Altan Rio Minerals
Evan Jones has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Altan Rio Minerals Limited with effect from September 2011. He has been CEO, President and director of Altan Rio Canada Limited the Company’s subsidiary, 2007 — Present; CEO, President and director of Altan Nevada vIinerals Limited, a mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, 201 — Present; CEO, President, and director of Altan Nevada Holdings Limited, a mineral exploration company and subsidiary of Altan Nevada Minerals_Limited,_2011_–Present. Mr. Jones has a Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Systems) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance & Management) from Bond University in Australia.
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About Altan Nevada, Altan Rio Minerals: Exploring for gold and copper .
Hugh Stuart
President & Director of Orca Gold Inc.
Hugh Stuart is a professional geologist with 30 years of international experience in mineral exploration. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Geology from the University of Manchester and an M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from the University of Leicester. He was one of the founders of Orca Gold and held the position of Vice President Exploration until December 2014 when he was appointed President. He has extensive experience working in the Arabian Nubian Shield having previously worked in Sudan, Egypt and Yemen. Prior to joining Orca, He was Vice President Exploration for Red Back Mining Inc., and oversaw the growth of Red Back’s gold resources to over 18 million ounces. Prior to his involvement with Red Back, He was Exploration Manager at the Geita Gold project in Tanzania, taking the project from initial exploration to production.
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About Montage Gold Corp, Orca Gold Inc.: Orca Gold is a resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties.
Michael Brown
President & CEO of Argentex Mining Corp
Mr. Brown began his career as a professional geologist in 1994. Since then, he has gained extensive experience in corporate and project development, finance, team building and executive leadership around the world in natural resources, including Argentina. He has participated in the development of multiple $100 million dollar plus projects in Latin America. Mr. Brown was previously employed as the Vice President of Energy at Kinross Gold Corporation from 2009-2012. From 2002-2009 he was employed as Business Development Manager at Pacific Hydro. At Pacific Hydro he opened the company’s offices in Chile in 2002, and played a critical role in establishing a significant new market for the company through the acquisition of two run of river hydroelectric projects and leading the development and project financing of two large run-of-river hydroelectric projects. Mr. Brown has an MBA from the University of Melbourne, 2002, and a double Science (Hons-Geology, 1993) and Arts Degree, 1994, from the University of Melbourne. Mr. Brown is fluent in English and Spanish.
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About Argentex Mining Corp: Argentex Mining Corporation is a junior exploration resource company focused on advancing its Pinguino Silver/Gold Project in Santa Cruz,
Stewart Wallis
Chief Executive Officer and President of Logan Resources
Stewart Wallis began his career with Cominco Ltd. carrying out exploration for base and precious metals throughout Eastern Canada. Since 1994, he has been the managing director of Sundance Geological Ltd., a consulting company which provides geological services including due diligence, prefeasibility and NI 43-101 Technical Reports on gold, PGE, uranium and base metal operating and exploration properties located throughout the world. Mr. Wallis was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jet Metal Corp. (formerly Crosshair Energy Corp.) (TSX) from 2009 until April 2012, and currently sits on the boards and is a member of the Audit Committees of Jet Metal Corp. (TSX) and SG Spirit Gold Inc. (TSX-V). Mr. Wallis received his B.Sc. in Geology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His professional affiliations include APEG B.C.
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About Logan Resources: Logan Resources Ltd. is a junior exploration company in the business of acquiring and advancing Canadian mineral properties.
Jeff More
President & CEO of MineSense Technologies
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeff is responsible for the strategic and overall leadership of MineSense. His primary mandate is to bring to market the company’s disruptive, value creating technology. In 2016, this included a successful fund raise and the company’s first commercial contract. Jeff is a seasoned CEO with a particular focus on intensive growth mandates. His experience spans a diverse set of industries, including environmental services, electronics recycling, telecommunications, robotics and engineered materials. A company builder with a proven track record in both large companies and entrepreneurial environments, he brings broad functional expertise in business development, marketing strategy, operational efficiency and M&A to Minesense, This is coupled with extensive expertise in global markets, including China, India, Japan, South America and Africa. He is a demonstrated team builder and values-driven leader. Jeff holds a B.Eng in Chemical Engineering & Management and an MBA, both from McMaster University.
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About MineSense Technologies: MineSense Technologies is a developer of a data analytics platform intended to monitor and improve the productivity and recovery of mines.
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