| | | Henk Van Alphen - President, CEO and Director
Henk has been in the mining business for 23 years. First as an exploration contractor then as President of Pacific Rim Mining. Henk laid the foundation for Pacific Rim and Corriente Resources becoming successful South American based resource companies. Henk was also instrumental in Cardero Resource Corp's entrance into South America.
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| | | Scott Heffernan, M.Sc., P.Geo. - Vice President - Exploration
Scott is a registered professional geologist (AB) with over 10 years of well-rounded experience, having worked with governmental surveys and both major and junior mining companies in North and South America. Scott spent the last four years as a Project Geologist with Equity Engineering Ltd., a Vancouver-based geological consulting and contracting firm specializing in turn-key geological and project management. While with Equity, he directed exploration and drilling that led to the discovery of significant gold and polymetallic mineralization on the porphyry-related Tide property and most recently was managing Fronteer Development Group Inc.'s IOCG exploration in north-central Yukon.
Scott holds a Bachelor Degree (Geology) from the University of Alberta and completed his Masters Degree (Geological Sciences) with the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) and the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at the University of British Columbia.
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| | | Mr. Paul Matysek, Director
Mr. Matysek is the former President and CEO and a co-founder of Energy Metals Corporation (NYSE Arca: EMU, TSX: EMC). Under Mr. Matysek's stewardship, Energy Metals Corporation, a pure uranium mining and development company, was recently acquired by Uranium One Inc. in a deal valued at over one billion dollars.
A professional geoscientist with more than 25 years' international experience, Mr. Matysek holds a Masters of Science degree in Geology. He is a recognized entrepreneur, specializing in developing resource-based companies from conception to production, and has held senior management and/or director positions with several natural resource exploration and development companies, including First Quantum Minerals Ltd., First Majestic Silver Corp. and Dundarave Resources Ltd. Furthermore, Mr. Matysek has been instrumental in the acquisition and development of a number of significant precious metal and base-metal properties and has been involved in raising over $200 million dollars for various exploration and development projects since 1999.
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| | | The Honorable Maurice F. Strong, P.D., O.C., LL.D. - Director
Mr. Strong, a Canadian, has been working for over 30 years at senior levels in business, government and international organizations and now spends most of his time in China.
His current appointments include: Chairman, Cosmos International Group; Vice-Chairman, Chicago Climate Exchange; Chairman, International Advisory Board, CH2M HILL Companies; Honorary Professor, Peking University (Beijing); and Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada).
Some of Mr. Strong's past appointments include: Under Secretary General and Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations; Senior Advisor to the President, World Bank; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Hydro; Member, International Advisory Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
Mr. Strong is a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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| | | Mr. Jeffrey A. Pontius, M.Sc., B.Sc. - Director
Mr. Pontius has over 28 years of geological experience and possesses a distinguished track record of successful discoveries that includes three precious metal deposits. Significantly, during 1989-1996, as the Exploration Manager of Pikes Peak Mining Company (a subsidiary of NERCO Mineral Co. and Independence Mining Company), Mr. Pontius managed the large district scale exploration program that resulted in the discovery of the Cresson Deposit at Cripple Creek, Colorado, containing over 5 million ounces of gold. While working as Exploration Manager, he developed an integrated exploration program which focused on both surface bulk mineable and underground high grade target types.
Mr. Pontius spent the past seven years at AngloGold Ashanti (USA) Exploration Inc. (AngloGold), starting as Senior US Exploration Manager and becoming North American Exploration Manager and also a Director of Anglo American (USA) Exploration Inc. Mr. Pontius was also a member of the regional business development team and provided technical and strategic support for AngloGold's acquisition program.
During his last four years as US Exploration Manager, Mr. Pontius led the exploration team that spent US$ 10 million developing an extensive database and acquiring all of the AngloGold Alaskan mineral projects that were recently vended into International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., a public company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. In connection with the sale, Mr. Pontius left AngloGold to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of ITH and continue the Alaskan exploration programs he started at AngloGold.
Mr. Pontius holds a Masters Degree from the University of Idaho (Economic Geology), a BSc. from Huxley College of Environmental Studies (Environmental Science) and a BSc. from Western Washington University (Geology).
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| | | Michael Bartlett - Director
Mr. Bartlett is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Indico Technologies Corporation; President of Leisure Capital & Management Inc., a company which specializes in the pre-development, start-ups in innovative strategic, conceptual, economic and financial solutions from 1989 to present.
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| | | James M. Dawson - Director
Jim has been the president of Dawson Geological Consultants Ltd., a private geological consulting company, since 1985. He is a registered professional engineer with 40 years of hands-on fieldwork experience examining, exploring and evaluating a wide range of geological and mineralized settings around the globe, with a particular emphasis on Latin America.
As a partner with Kerr, Dawson & Associates Ltd. from 1972 to 1985, Mr. Dawson participated in the discovery of the Blackdome mine, Frasergold and Taurus properties in British Columbia, and the Big Horn mine in Arizona. Mr. Dawson was also part of the original Pan Ocean team, which made the discovery of the Lac Cinquante uranium deposit in 1975.
Mr. Dawson is also currently a director of Minefinders Corp. and Kivalliq Energy Corp.
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