Stan Bharti, Chairman
Mr. Bharti is a professional engineer and is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes & Manhattan, Inc., a private merchant bank operating in Canada, the United States and Western Europe. From February 2002 to April 2006, he was Chairman and a director of Desert Sun Mining Corp., a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed mining company which was acquired by Yamana Gold Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in operations, public markets and finance. Mr. Bharti is also a director of several public and private companies
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John Begeman, President and CEO, Director
Mr. Begeman is a mining engineer with over 30 years of mining experience. He is currently the President and CEO of Valencia Ventures Inc. and was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Zinifex Canada Inc. (formerly Wolfden Resources Inc.). In addition, he has served as Vice President, Western Operations of Goldcorp Inc.
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Don Dudek, Director
Mr. Dudek has held increasingly senior roles with junior to senior exploration and mining companies over the past 25 years. Most recently, Mr. Dudek served as Exploration Manager for Aur Resources Inc. which provided him the opportunity to evaluate 100’s of grass roots to advanced projects in Latin America and Africa. During his career Mr. Dudek was part of the team that discovered 7 new base and precious metal deposits in Canada, one of which has been mined. He also supervised work at Aur’s high profile La Verde Cu-porphyry deposit in Mexico. Mr. Dudek hold a B.Sc Geology (Honors) from the University of Saskatchewan.
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Bruce Humphrey, Director
Mr. Humphrey brings a lifetime of mining industry experience, including having served as a former Chief Operating Officer at Goldcorp Inc. and most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Desert Sun Mining Corp. prior to its sale to Yamana Gold Inc.
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Pierre Pettigrew, Director
The Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew has had a most distinguished career as a Canadian federal cabinet minister, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for International Trade in his last positions in public office. Mr. Pierre Pettigrew also served as Minister of Health, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Human Resources Development and Minister of International Cooperation. As a cabinet minister, he chaired numerous working groups on difficult international trade issues and lead trade missions to China, India, Russia, Germany, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, and other countries. From 1985 to 1995, he was an International Business Consultant with Deloitte.
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Maj. Gen Lewis W. MacKenzie, Director
Major-General (Ret.) Lewis W. MacKenzie served in the Canadian Forces for 36 years, including assignments with NATO forces in Europe and international peacekeeping forces in Gaza, Cairo, Cyprus, Vietnam, Central America and Sarajevo. He is now an active and widely sought commentator on military and international affairs, and a best selling author.
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George Faught, Director
George Faught is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of senior management experience. He has served as the Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded companies in the natural resources, financial services and pharmaceutical industries. Mr. Faught has broad financial management, corporate development and operating experience and from 1999 to 2005 served as the Chief Financial Officer for North American Palladium Ltd., a mid-tier platinum group metal producer. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., an integrated base metals producer, and William Resources Inc., an international gold producer. He also serves as a director of several public companies in the resource sector.
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