Management & Directors
| Robert A. Sibthorpe Position: President, CEO and Director Robert Sibthorpe graduated with a B.Sc. in Geology in 1972 and an MBA in 1979 from the University of Toronto. He has held positions in the mining and finance industries for 40 years. He has been project geologist and corporate development officer for mining companies in Africa, Canada and Nevada. He has also been employed as a mining specialist in corporate finance and research for a number of financial institutions. He is also a Board member of several other mining companies including Oromin Explorations, Ltd. | |
| Wayne Moorhouse Position: CFO Mr. Moorhouse has extensive experience with public companies and has acted as the Chief Financial Officer for a number of TSX and TSX Venture listed resource companies including Genco Resources Ltd, Andover Ventures Inc. and Stealth Energy Inc. His background includes development, operations, mine finance, contract negotiations, community and government relations, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Moorhouse is currently a director of Source Exploration. | |
| Barry Girling Position: Director Barry has been providing various consulting services to a number of public companies for 15 years and has been involved in various aspects of mineral exploration for over 25 years. He currently serves as a director of i-Minerals Inc. a TSX.V listed company developing industrial mineral assets in Idaho, USA and serves as a director of TSX.V listed Foundation Resources Inc., a capital pool company contemplating mining based qualifying transactions and Search Capital Inc. a TSX.V listed company capital pool company. | |
| Al Fabbro Position: Director Mr. Fabbro has over 30 years experience in both the finance and mining industries. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Fabbro headed the retail trading department of Yorkton Securities, followed by six years with Yorkton's Natural Resources Group. Most recently and for the past ten years, Mr. Fabbro was an investment advisor with Canaccord Capital, specializing in the natural resource sector. He recently left Canaccord Capital to pursue opportunities in the public sector. | |
| Chet Idziszek Position: Director Mr. Idziszek currently serves as President and CEO of Oromin Exploration Ltd. and brings to the Company a wealth of experience. In 1990, Mr. Idziszek received the "Mining Man of the Year" award in recognition of his vital role in the discovery and development of the Eskay Creek gold deposit in Canada, as well as the prestigious "Prospector of the Year Award for 1994" in recognition of the major role he played in the discovery and development of the Eskay Creek gold deposit, as well as for his leadership of Adrian Resources Ltd. during its exploration and development of the Petaquilla copper-gold-silver-moly deposits in the Republic of Panama. He also served as director of Arequipa Resources Ltd., which discovered the Pierina gold deposit that was subsequently acquired by Barrick Gold Corp. in mid-1996 for more than $1 billion. | |
| Richard Mazur Position: Director Mr. Mazur, P. Geo, MBA is a geoscientist who has held positions in the international exploration and mining industry for over 30 years as a project geologist, financial analyst and senior executive on uranium, gold, base metals, coal and industrial minerals projects in North and South America. Mr. Mazur worked as an Analyst for Canamax Resources Inc. from 1985 to 1991 during the development of three Canadian gold mines. Two of these mines- Bell Creek in Timmins, Ontario and the Island mine in Wawa, Ontario are currently in production. Currently he is also a Director of Alto Ventures Ltd., Impact Silver Corp., and Forum Uranium Corp. Mr. Mazur graduated with a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Toronto in 1975 and obtained an MBA from Queen's University in 1985. |