Alvin W. Jackson
Director
Mr. Jackson has over 35 years of worldwide experience in mineral exploration and development. During his career he has been directly involved with the exploration drilling and pre-feasibility studies on two major gold deposits (Detour Lake, Ontario, Canada and Golden Cross in New Zealand) and one porphyry copper deposit (Huckleberry, B.C., Canada), all of which subsequently became producers. His experience includes work as an Exploration Manager for Cyprus Minerals Canada Inc. from 1989 to 1992, and serving as CEO and COO of EuroZinc Mining Corp. from 1998 to 2005. He directed that company in its acquisition of the Aljustrel and Neves Corvo zinc and copper mines in Portugal. EuroZinc subsequently grew to a market cap of over $1.5 billion before merging with Lundin Mining. Currently, Mr. Jackson serves as Director and VP Exploration and Development of Freegold Ventures Ltd., as well as serving on the boards of several publicly listed companies.
Gary D. Nordin
Director
Gary Nordin is a highly recognized exploration geologist and previously acted as a Canasil Director and VP Exploration and more recently as an Advisor to the Board. He is intimately familiar with the Company’s project portfolio. Mr. Nordin has 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, as well as others. 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 as a founder and Director of Polaris Materials Corp. which was sold to Vulcan Materials Co. in a transaction valued at C$252 million.
Bahman Yamini
Director, President & CEO
Mr. Yamini serves as a Director and President & CEO of Canasil; his professional career has focused on international trade and the supply of industrial products and systems to developing economies, specializing in the automotive and telecommunications industries, which has involved cooperation with a number of major international corporations. His primary focus is Canasil’s development strategy and operations, project acquisition agreements and the Company’s cooperation agreements with joint venture partners. Mr. Yamini holds degrees in Engineering Science, Production Engineering and Business Management.