Board of Directors
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| Jean Depatie, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board | |
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Mr. Depatie has over 30 years of national and international experience in economic geology. He has worked in over 15 countries and acted, directly or indirectly, as a consultant for organizations such as: The United Nations, the World Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Asian Development Bank, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, the Canadian International Development Agency and Quebec Department of Natural Resources. In addition to being a past Director of Glamis Gold Ltd. (now Goldcorp), Novicourt Inc. (now Xtrata) and Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited (now Cleveland Cliffs), Mr. Depatie has been President and/or Director of a number of other companies listed on both the U.S. and Canadian Exchanges. He is Chairman of the Board of Colt Resources Inc., a Canadian company with mining projects in Portugal. He is also Chairman of the Board of Rio Moche Exploration Inc. a mining company with projects in Peru. He is on advisory Board of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp and Oracle mining Corp. He is Director of Resources division of Greater China Assets Ltd, a Hong Kong based investment holding company. Mr. Depatie is a former President of the Quebec Professional Association of Geologists and Geophysicists (1980-81). He was the recipient of an award of excellence, in 1990, from the Quebec Department of Energy and Resources for having financed and put into production the most important graphite mine in North America. |
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| James Ladner | |
| Mr. Ladner is a financial consultant in Zurich, Switzerland and a professional company director. He graduated in economics and business administration, majoring in auditing, from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. He served as a member of Swiss Admissions Commission - Listing on Swiss Stock Exchanges and as a member of the Swiss Capital Market Commission of the Swiss National Bank . Mr.Ladner was a co-founder and managing director of RP&C International, London , and served as the non-executive chairman of Bank Austria (Switzerland) Ltd..Previously Mr. Ladner was an Executive Vice President of Coutts Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. and has served on the board of several other companies, funds and banks in Switzerland and abroad including The Royal Bank of Scotland AG, Interallianz Bank AG, Asahi Bank AG, F.Van Lanschot Bankiers (Switzerland) Ltd., Energy Capital Investment Co plc, Equator Exploration Ltd.,StrataGold Corporation, Pan Pacific Aggregates plc, Nevoro Inc., Colombia Gold plc, Porto Energy Corp. and Coastport Capital Inc.. He is presently a director of the following public companies: Oracle Energy Corp.(OEC.V), Royal Coal Corp.(RDA.V) , Ardent Mines Inc.(ADNT. PK ) , Red Rock Resources plc (RRR.L) and Guerrero Exploration Inc. (GEX,V). |
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| Donald J.P. Ziraldo | |
| Mr. Ziraldo was a founding partner of Inniskillin and the owner of Ziraldo Estate Winery in Niagara on the Lake. He is also Founding Chairman of VQA: Vintners Quality Alliance and became the international ambassador for Canadian icewine around the globe. Donald's board and advisory positions include Shaftesbury Films, Acadamie Du Vin Internationale, Zerofootprint, and RTN Stealth. In 2006, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs appointed him as Chairman of the Vineland Research & Innovation Center. In recognition of his achievements, including the arts, community service, and contributions to the university, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Brock University in 1994. Donald is also a recipient of the Order of Ontario in 1993 and Order of Canada 1998.In 1999, the National Post Business Magazine chose him as one of the top twenty-five Canadian CEOs of the century. Donald is an author of several books, including Icewine: Extreme Winemaking. |
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| Nikolas Perrault | |
| Mr. Nikolas Perrault is a Chartered Financial Analyst who has spent the first 15 years of his career working as an investment executive with some of Canada’s largest institutions, including National Bank, Merrill-Lynch, CIBC and Scotia Capital. He is President, CEO and Director of Colt Resources Inc., a Canadian-based junior exploration company engaged in the acquiring, exploring and developing mineral properties with an emphasis on gold and tungsten. His focus throughout his career has been on small cap resource companies. His work has focused on small companies in the energy and resource sectors in Canada and abroad, which has allowed him to develop an extensive international network. In May 2007, he founded a management consulting company providing strategic advice to early stage energy and resource companies. Mr Perrault is also a director of TSX listed Calvalley Petroleum as well as NEX listed Bitumen Capital and is a member of the Advisory Board of Quantitative Alpha Trading. Mr. Perrault is President of Twilight Capital Inc., which is registered as an exempt market dealer in Ontario. Mr. Perrault holds a Bachelor of Commerce and obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1997. |
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| Aurelio Useche | |
| Mr. Useche has held several senior management positions in both Private and Publicly traded corporations including CEO, COO, General Manager and Vice-President, Operations. Mr. Useche has been involved in several entrepreneurial ventures and serves on the board of several private companies and non-for-profit organizations. Mr. Useche holds a BA, Economics from Concordia University (1992), an MBA Degree from Queens University School of Business (2001) and holds the professional designation CMA- Certified Management Accountant (2003). |
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| David A. Johnson | |
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Mr. Johnson is an attorney and trade-mark agent with his own law firm based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mr. Johnson specializes in corporate law, commercial transactions and intellectual property. He also practises across several industries including mining, software, energy, manufacturing, clean tech, transportation and entertainment. His international legal experience includes work in France, Portugal, Germany, Albania, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Israel. Mr. Johnson has several years’ experience at the senior management level in a variety of companies and not for profit organizations. He is presently a director of Genoil Inc. (TSX-V. GNO), and a director and the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Law Association, Canadian Branch, a registered charity. Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from Queen’s University, a Master of Urban Planning (M.U.P.), Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.) and a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) from McGill University. He also completed the Directors’ Education Program at the Rotman School of Management - Institute of Corporate Directors, University of Toronto, the International Executive Program for Mining Leadership at the School of Business, Queen’s University and the Canadian Securities Course at the Canadian Securities Institute. |
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| Declan Costelloe | |
| Mr. Declan Costelloe serves as President of Celtic Mining, Ltd., an independent mining consulting firm. Mr. Costelloe is a chartered engineer (UK Engineering Council) and a mining geologist with over 20 years experience. During 2007, Mr. Costelloe served as Investment Manager with the Goldfish Fund, a Denver based private gold equity investment group. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Costelloe served as an investment manager with Veneroso Associates Gold Advisors (“VAGA”), an investment company focused on the gold industry, prior to which he served as research director of VAGA from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Costelloe holds a B.Sc. in geology from University College, Galway, and a B.Sc. in mining geology from the University of Wales College Cardiff. Mr. Costelloe also currently serves as a director of U.S. Gold Corporation (TSX:UXG), Bravo Gold Corp (TSXV:BVG), and Alexandria Minerals Corporation (TSXV:AZX) |
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Audit Committee: James Ladner (Chairman), Jean Depatie, Nikolas Perrault Compensation Committee: Jean Depatie (Chairman), James Ladner, Nikolas Perrault Corporate Governance Committee: Donald Ziraldo (Chairman), David A. Johnson, Nikolas Perrault |
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