Robert F. Brown
Advisor to the Board and Qualified Person
Mr. Brown is a Professional Engineer with a degree in Engineering Geology from Queen’s University. His 40 years of experience in the mining industry includes 15 years with Lac Minerals Canada, and culminating in the position of VP Exploration for 12 years with Great Panther Silver Ltd. overseeing and directing exploration efforts at three mines sites and various exploration projects. Mr. Brown has also held senior management positions in the junior mining sector working on projects throughout the Americas, Eastern Europe and Indonesia, primarily with porphyry copper and epithermal gold deposits. He currently serves as the President, CEO and Director of Finlay Minerals Ltd. He is a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
David Terry
Advisor to the Board
Dr. Terry is a professional economic geologist, senior executive and corporate director with more than 25 years of international experience in the mineral resources sector. He has played key roles in the successful discovery/acquisition, exploration and development of a number of precious and base metal deposits, primarily in North and South America, and has expertise in advanced project evaluation, M&A, corporate finance, and design and execution of effective exploration programs. Dr. Terry has held executive positions and directorships with a number of publicly-listed and private mineral resource companies; he currently serves as CEO, President and director of Genesis Metals Ltd. and a director of Great Bear Resources Ltd., Golden Arrow Resources Corp., Aftermath Silver Ltd., and Blue Sky Uranium Corp. He has also worked with a number of senior mining companies including Boliden Limited, Westmin Resources Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Cominco Limited and Gold Fields Mining Corporation. Dr. Terry holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in geology from Western University in Ontario and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
Iain F. MacPhail
Advisor to the Board
A Chartered Accountant, Mr. MacPhail served as a principal of a public accounting practice in Vancouver, B.C., from 1988 to 2007. Prior to establishing his own firm, he specialized in the tax practices of two major accounting firms in Vancouver and Toronto. Mr. MacPhail has been an officer, director and Chief Financial Officer of several private and public resource companies where his responsibilities included finance, administration and regulatory reporting. Mr. MacPhail was Chief Financial officer of Far West Mining Ltd. until the acquisition of Far West in June 2011 by Capstone Mining in a transaction valued at $725 million.
Gary D. Nordin
Advisor to the Board
Mr. Nordin is a leading exploration geologist with a proven track record of identifying and developing mining projects. As a co-founding Director and Vice President of Bema Gold Corporation, he successfully identified significant open pit type heap leach gold reserves in the United States and Chile, including the Refugio deposit (6 to 8 million oz). Subsequently, as a founding Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Consulting Geologist of Eldorado Corporation Ltd. from 1990 to 2000, Mr. Nordin participated in the discovery and development of several important gold deposits, including the La Colorada Mine in Mexico (1.0 million oz.), the Kisladag deposit (8.0 million oz.) in Turkey. Mr. Nordin has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed exploration and mining companies, such as Nevada Pacific Gold before its takeover by US Gold, and continues to serve as a Director of several publicly listed companies.