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John Williamson, P.Geol.
President, CEO & Director
Mr. Williamson has a Bachelor of Science, Specialization in Geology, (1988) from the University of Alberta. He is an independent consultant and entrepreneur with more than twenty years experience, including fourteen years in the management, development and governance of public companies conducting worldwide mineral exploration and mining. He is a founder of ten junior resource and or mining companies with gold, nickel and diamond-based operations in Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa.
He has served as Chairman, President, CEO, CFO and or Director of TSX Venture listed companies; CBR Gold Corp. (since August 1998), Brilliant Mining Corp (since September 2003); Indicator Minerals Inc (since April 2001); Kaminak Gold Corporation (since November 2005); and Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc. (since March 2006). Of these, Brilliant Mining Corp was named to the 2007 TSX Venture 50TM, a ranking of Canada’s top emerging public companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange, as a “Top 10 Mining Company” based on a formula that includes revenue, return on investment, market cap growth, and trading volume. During his tenure John has helped raise over $100 million in equity or debt financing, conducted over $70 million in exploration and has grossed over $95 million in metal sales.
Mr. Williamson is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). He is also a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and Member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
1-780-437-6624
Sean Mager, B.Comm.
Vice-President, CFO & Director
Mr. Mager has a Bachelor of Commerce (1989) from the University of Alberta and more than twenty years of experience in management and governance of private and public enterprise. Since 1998, Mr. Mager has co-founded and developed several public companies conducting exploration and mining worldwide, with precious metal, base metal and diamond interests in North and South America, Australia and Africa. He currently serves as Vice President, Director and/or Chief Financial Officer for North Country Gold Corp, Niblack Mineral Development Inc, Brilliant Mining Corp, Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc, Kaminak Gold Corporation and Grizzly Diamonds Inc, all of which are listed on the TSXV. Of these, Brilliant Mining Corp was named in 2007 and 2008 to the “TSX Venture 50TM”, a ranking of Canada’s top emerging public companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange, as a “Top 10 Mining Company” based on a formula that includes revenue, return on investment, market cap growth, and trading volume.
Peter Kleespies, M.Sc, P.Geol.
Vice President of Exploration
Mr. Kleespies is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and has 20 years experience in exploration geology for both precious and base metals in the Americas and Australia. He worked for both junior and senior companies, including BHP Minerals Canada Limited, Metallic Resources and Miramar Mining Corporation on a broad range of exploration projects including the High Lake and Hope Bay Greenstone Belts in the Slave Province, Archean - Proterozoic aged greenstones both in Canada, Venezuela, and Australia and younger intrusion related deposits within poly-deformed carbonate terrains in Mexico and Canada. His expertise ranges from conceptual project generation, grassroots exploration, large-scale surface and underground drill programs, deposit modeling and resource estimation. Mr. Kleespies has demonstrated the application of sound technical principles and ability to integrate complex geological, geochemical and geophysical datasets in the search for, and delineation of economically viable mineral deposits. Most recently he was a Senior Exploration Geologist with Committee Bay Resources Ltd. and formerly managed exploration projects at Hope Bay for Miramar Mining Corporation.
Mr. Kleespies has a Bachelor of Science (Hon. Geology) and Master of Science (Geology) from the University of Alberta
John Robins, P.Geo.
Chairman
Mr. Robins is a professional geologist based in Vancouver, BC, with over 25 years of experience as an independent exploration geologist and entrepreneur. A 1984 graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Geology, Mr. Robins initially worked as a self employed prospector and geologist in BC and Northern Canada. In 1988, he founded Hunter Exploration Group, one of Canada’s most successful private exploration companies. Mr. Robins has also been active in starting several successful public exploration and development companies culminating in 2005 with his co-founding of the Discovery Group of Companies. In addition to his role with the Discovery Group, Mr. Robins also sits on the Boards of several successful publically traded exploration companies.
His experience in everything from grass roots exploration to production is complemented by his success in the capital markets and financing activities. In 2008, Mr. Robins was recognized for his achievements in mining exploration by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia with the H.H. "Spud" Huestis Award. This is recognized as the highest award given for mineral exploration and is awarded to those who have made “a significant contribution to enhance the mineral resources of British Columbia and/or the Yukon Territory, through the original application of prospecting techniques or other geoscience technology”.
1-604-331-2267
Dean Besserer, P.Geo.
Director
Mr. Besserer, a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, has been a consultant since 1994. In 2001, Mr. Besserer became a principal and managing director at APEX Geoscience Ltd. His industry experience includes conducting exploration and property evaluations for various commodities including gold, base metals and diamonds for numerous major and junior mining companies in Canada, Australia, Russia, SE Asia, South America and Africa. In addition to his exploration experience Mr. Besserer has also managed exploration programs with annual exploration budgets in excess of 10 million dollars.
Jim Paterson
Director
James Paterson is the President, CEO and a director of Corsa Capital Ltd. (CSO: TSX-V) with more than 10 years of investor relations, marketing and corporate development experience with several North American mineral exploration companies and mining industry service providers. In 2005, Mr. Paterson became the Director of Marketing for the Discovery Group of Companies. Prior to this, he worked with The Northair Group for two years in several corporate development and communications roles. During his tenure with Blender Media, a marketing services provider to public companies, Mr. Paterson built a customer base in Toronto and the UK, as well as diversifying the client base to include investment banks, fund managers and financial services placement agencies. Previously, Mr. Paterson spent over three years as Director of Investor Relations for an US based AMEX listed Mining Corporation. Mr. Paterson also serves on the board of directors of two companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange: Kaminak Gold Corporation, and Kivalliq Energy Corp.
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