Management

Tom Meyer

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Meyer is a professional engineer with over 23 years in the mining industry, including 16 years in Canadian and international capital markets as a highly ranked and respected mining equity research and commodity analyst. The early part of Mr. Meyer's technical training and experience was spent with Falconbridge Limited, Inco Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines and Minnovex Technologies. Most recently he held the position of Vice President Corporate Development at Trevali Mining Corporation. Mr. Meyer holds B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc degrees from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from McMaster University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Jacquelin (Jack) Gauthier

VP, Exploration

Mr. Gauthier is a professional geologist with over 40 years of diversified experience in the mining sector, having held senior positions with Trans-Siberian Gold Plc, Kinross Gold Corp., Bema Gold Corp., Cambior Inc., Azimut Exploration Inc., Geomega Resources Inc., and Noranda Inc. Most recently, Mr. Gauthier held the position of VP Geology at NioBay Metals Inc., where he identified in the archives, helped acquire and subsequently led the team that revitalized the James Bay Niobium Project, a 60-million-ton niobium deposit in Northern Ontario that had laid dormant for over 40 years.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Gauthier has been directly responsible for the discovery of four economic gold deposits with four different teams in Canada and Russia, and has extensive experience working in Central Asia, Africa, and Mexico. Mr. Gauthier graduated from Université du Québec at Chicoutimi in applied science (geological engineering) and is a member of the Mining Advisory Committee of the Quebec Autorité des Marchés Financiers and the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.

Sherry Roberge

Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

Ms. Roberge, CPA CA, is an accomplished financial professional and business leader with more than 15 years experience in the mining sector. She has extensive experience in public company management with international operations including corporate governance, regulatory compliance, corporate finance and financial reporting, investor relations and marketing, public company financing, and merger transactions as well as oversight of information technology systems, taxation, and human resources.

She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Roads University and a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan.

John Townend

Senior Manager Technical Services & Exploration

Mr. Townend is a Professional Geologist (P. Geo) with more than 35 years of experience working in mineral exploration, mines geology and engineering. He most recently worked as Chief Geologist at Hudbay Mineral's subsidiary, Rosemont Copper, in Arizona. Prior to Rosemont, John held progressively senior roles at Vale over a 32-year period, primarily across their operations in Sudbury. Mr. Townend has worked across a variety of locations and roles in both base metals and gold mining and mineral exploration in a variety of geological environments and has a thorough understanding of exploration, underground mining, and mining methods. Mr. Townend holds a BSc. Geology from Laurentian University in Sudbury.