| Al Fabbro Position: President & 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. | |
| Gary Arca, CA Position: Chief Financial Officer & Director Mr. Arca is a Chartered Accountant and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1980. Mr. Arca was a partner with two separate public accounting firms from 1996 to December 2005. Mr. Arca has extensive experience dealing with public companies and, since 2005, has served as a director of many publicly traded resource companies. | |
| Robert Eadie Position: Director In the past 15 years, Mr. Eadie has been actively involved in public resource companies raising over 50 million dollars for various exploration and development projects around the world. Over the years, Mr. Eadie has built an impressive network of contacts in Europe, North America and Asia and has established a reputation as the catalyst behind various successful start-up resource companies. He brings extensive marketing and public relations expertise to the board and makes executive decisions based on long term sustainable growth. Mr. Eadie is a predominant business figure, family man and compassionate community member. Mr. Eadie's unique past experience as a private business owner reflects his down-to earth approach to business and dedication to company growth. | |
| Richard Kern, P.Geo. Position: Director Mr. Kern is a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of experience in base and precious metal exploration in the U.S., Central America, South America and Australia. He has been involved in major mineral discoveries in the Western United States and Australia. Mr. Kern has held executive and management level positions in companies such as North Mining, Homestake Mining Company, Superior Oil, and with the U.S. Geological Survey. He has a Masters of Science Degree in Geology from Idaho State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Montana State University. | |
| Herb Duerr Position: Director Mr. Duerr is a self-employed business owner with over 25 years of experience in base and precious metal mineral exploration and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Florida Atlantic University. He has been involved in major mineral discoveries in North America and the Caribbean including the Alligator Ridge deposit; Nevada, Montana Tunnels; Montana, and the Cala Abajo; Puerto Rico. Mr. Duerr is currently the President of Desert Pacific, Inc. and an officer in MinQuest, Inc and Nevada Mine Properties II. His experience includes identification, evaluation and acquisition of base and precious metal deposits with an emphasis in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. | |
| Ken Sumanik Position: Director Mr. Sumanik is an environment and land specialist, with over forty years experience in logging and mining impacts. From 1989 to 1999, he was Vice-President of Environment and Land Use for the Mining Association of British Columbia and then served as Assistant to the Minister for Mining in British Columbia before his involvement with junior public companies listed on the TSX Venture and Toronto Stock Exchanges. | |
| David Gunning Position: Director Mr. David Gunning, P. Eng., is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and holds a B.A.Sc., in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering (mining option). A member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Mr. Gunning is a practicing mining engineer with over 25 years experience in mineral exploration, development and operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Since 1996, he has provided operations and project management, resource estimations and property evaluations for various mining companies, primarily for precious metal projects. |
