John Begeman, President and CEO
John Begeman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Avion Gold Corporation is a mining engineer with over 30 years of mining experience. Mr. Begeman was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Zinifex Canada Inc. (formerly Wolfden Resources Inc.) and Vice President, Western Operations of Goldcorp Inc. , he is also a director of several other public companies. Mr. Begeman holds a B.S in Mining Engineering, a M.S. in Engineering Management and an MBA.
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Don Dudek, Senior VP Exploration
Mr. Dudek has held various 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. During his career Mr. Dudek was part of the team that discovered new VMS deposits in the N.W.T., Manitoba and Saskatchewan, a shear zone Au deposit in Manitoba that was mined, and a sediment-hosted copper zone in Saskatchewan. He also supervised work at Aur’s high profile La Verde Cu-porphyry deposit in Mexico. Mr. Dudek holds a B.Sc. Geology (honours) from the University of Saskatchewan
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Andrew Bradfield, Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Bradfield has over 29 years of operations, technical, and management
experience in the mineral resource industry. He has held positions at mines in Australia,
Canada, China, Ethiopia, South Africa, Philippines and Sweden. His experience includes
start-up, development, operations, as well as technical and financial evaluations. Mr.
Bradfield was most recently VP, Operations for TVI Pacific. Prior to joining TVI, he was the
Chief Operating Officer for a mining and exploration company, which operated a diamond
mine, and explored for diamonds and gold in China. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.
with honours) in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University, Canada.
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Greg Duras, CGA, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Gregory Duras joined Avion Gold Corporation in May 2008, bringing with him more than a decade of corporate and project finance experience in the resource sector. From 2004 to 2007, he held the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration at S.C. Rosia Montana Gold Corporation S.A. (RMGC), a mineral exploration and mining development company based in Romania with responsibility for financial reporting, project financing, taxation, auditing and budgeting activities. Prior to RMGC, Mr. Duras served as Controller for TSX-listed Gabriel Resources Ltd. from 2000 to 2004. In this role, Mr. Duras was responsible for overall general accounting, internal auditing, cost accounting and budgetary controls. He also established, implemented and monitored financial controls. Mr. Duras entered the resources sector in 1996 as Controller with High River Gold Mines. Mr. Duras is a Certified General Accountant and a Certified Professional Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Administration from Lakehead University.
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Brianna Davies, Corporate Secretary
Brianna Davies joined Avion Gold Corporation as Corporate Secretary in May 2009. Since October 2007, Ms. Davies has worked as a legal consultant to several publicly traded and private companies. Previously, Ms. Davies practiced law at a major Canadian law firm. Ms. Davies holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and an Honours B.A in Economics from McMaster University.
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