Position: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Thibault has a B.Sc. (Mining Engineering)) from Queen's University and is a registered mining engineer (P. Eng.) with 29 years of engineering, operations, management and consulting experience in North and South America. Over the past seven years, Mr. Thibault had been providing mining engineering services to international clients through a base in Santiago, Chile where he was the general manager of a Canadian consulting firm's subsidiary. Before becoming a consultant, Mr. Thibault worked for a major western Canadian coal company in progressively responsible positions and held senior executive positions for several junior exploration and mining companies in Latin America. Mr. Thibault is currently an independent mining consultant supplying services to a list of international clients requiring his varied experience. He serves as a director of Argentex Mining Corporation. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Position: Director and Vice President Exploration
Mr. Van Den Bussche has a B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology from the University of Manitoba and is a registered professional geologist in Alberta (P.Geol.) with 22 years of geology, exploration, management and consulting experience in the mining and resource industry. He has worked on numerous feasibility studies, exploration programs, due diligence evaluations and project assessments of both minerals and energy projects in Canada, the United States, Asia, Latin America, and the UK. Most recently he spent 3 years as VP Exploration for a junior oil and gas company based in Calgary, which focussed on Coalbed Methane exploration and development. The previous 14 years he was as a consultant to the resource industry (mining and coalbed methane) and held a variety of technical, management, and executive positions.
Position: CFO
Mr. James earned the Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.) designation from the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario in 1979, and the Professional Registered Parliamentarian designation from the National Association of Parliamentarians in 2007. During his over 30 years of experience, he has served as a Director, Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of various TSX-V listed companies and private companies. He is currently President and Director of Opertec Inc. which is a private consulting company, and has consulted to or been employed in various industries including mining and oil and gas. During his career, he has participated in many financings, re-financings, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and re-organizations.
Position: Director & Chairman
Mr. Decker has a B.Sc. (Mining Engineering) from Queen's University and is a registered mining engineer (P. Eng.) with >40 years in the mining business. He is the President and principal partner of Jim Decker & Associates Inc., a mining consulting firm that provides senior management input for operating mines and mining projects. Mr. Decker's principal activities in the past five years have been associated with due diligence exercises for acquisitions and sales of mining properties, operating audits of surface mining operations and supervisory training for large mining companies such as Barrick Gold, Placer Dome, Teck and X-Strata. He also serves as a director of the following TSX-V companies: Sea Green Capital Corp. and Nebu Resources Inc.
Position: Director
Mr. Harris is a lawyer and has been a member of the Law Society of Alberta since 1979 and was previously a member of the Law Society of British Columbia from 1972 to 1979. Mr. Harris received his B.A. in 1971 and his LL.B. in 1972 from the University of Alberta. Mr. Harris has served as a director and officer of several public companies. His legal practice is limited to securities law. He currently serves as a director of Antioquia Gold Inc. and is also a director of the following TSX-V listed companies: Poplar Creek Resources Inc. (oil and gas company) and Canadian Shield Resources Inc. (a mineral exploration company).
Position: Director
Mr. Murray is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration. He has over 15 years of experience in both the resources and investment markets. In addition to his position with the Corporation, Mr. Murray has been President, CEO and a director of Sea Green Capital Corp. ("Sea Green"), a mining exploration company listed on the TSXV, since December 2003. He was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Taltal Gold Corp. ("Taltal"), a predecessor of Sea Green, from July 7, 1997 until April 28, 2000. Mr. Murray has also been the President of Murcon Ltd., a private financial consulting company involved in merchant banking, since 1990. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration. Mr. Murray is currently a director of the following TSXV listed companies: Process Capital Corp., Alarm Force Industries Inc., Explorers Alliance Corporation and Desert Gold Ventures Inc. Mr. Murray is also a director of Pure Diamonds Exploration Inc., Desert Gold Ventures Inc., Range Metals Inc. (CNQ), Portage Minerals Inc. and Nebu Resources Inc.
Position: Director
Mr. Morgan has a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia; he acquired extensive operational and administrative experience over 23 years with Manalta Coal Ltd., which at the time was the largest coal mining company in Canada, including several years as V.P. and General Manager. More recently, he served for four years as Vice President Operations in charge of a large tonnage coal operation in Venezuela, the Paso Diablo mine. This mine was operated by Carbones del Guasare, a joint venture between RAG of Germany, Anglo Coal of South Africa and Petroleos de Venezuela, the Venezuelan state owned oil company. He has been a director and President of Infinito Gold Ltd., a TSX-V listed company, for the past 5 years; he also serves as a director of Grande Cache Coal Corp.