Graeme O'Neill. President & CEO
Mr O'Neill has been president of the Company since its inception and has been involved as a principal in startup and established businesses prior to entering the mineral exploration field. He has substantial experience in planning, financing and managing large projects through his involvment in developing commercial real estate projects. A graduate of the Vansec Sales and Marketing program, he has designed and implemented marketing programs and trade show presentations. As a former Municipal Inspector, he has extensive experience in and understands the regulatory environment, and is experienced in the interpretation and application of regulations imposed by government and other regulatory agencies. Mr. O'Neill completed 10 years service in the R.N.Z.N. prior to coming to Canada.
Dr. Clay Conway Ph.D., P.Geol. Senior Geologist, Director, and Qualified Person
Dr. Conway graduated from Brigham Young University in 1966 with a B.Sc. Geology and obtained his Ph.D. in Geology from the California Institute of Technology in 1975. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, and is a Registered Geologist in both Utah and Arizona.
As a Research Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey from 1975 to 1996, he performed mineral resource assessments of public lands, and conducted mineral deposit research with a specialty in massive sulphide and other mineral deposits types in the southwestern U.S.
He has been an independent geologic consultant since 1996; primarily in mineral exploration on both disseminated and vein style gold deposits in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, and has expertise in structural geology, and interpreting geospatial data and remote sensing imagery.
Dr. Clay Conway, Ph.D., P.Geol, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
John Cerenzia
Mr. Cerenzia Has many years experience with small capitalization companies and junior resource companies. He was president of Alive International Inc., now Simberi Gold Corporation, a TSX-V listed company with mineral exploration properties located in Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.
Mr. Cerenzia is also president of Wycliffe Resources, director of Richview Resources Inc. and was the president of 701 Media Group now YSV Ventures Inc. a TSX-V listed company. He is former president of Aquarius Investment Group, a private company, and former director of Helix Ventures Inc., a TSX-V listed company in the oil and gas development and exploration business.
He has served as a consultant to other public companies and is a former Systems Business Analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, where he worked for 32 years. Mr. Cerenzia is a graduate of the Canadian Institute of Management (CIM).
Michael England
Mr. England became involved in the public markets in the early 80's, becoming licensed and working with firms such as Richardson Greenshields and RBC Dominion Securities. Since 1995, Mr. England has been involved with public companies and holds or has held various corporate directorships. In this capacity, he has been instrumental in several mineral and resource property acquisitions and financings. He also provides strategic business consulting, investor relations services and capital financing services to public companies.director of a number of junior resource issuers.