Board of Directors

James Rogers
President & CEO

Mr. Rogers is a registered Professional Geoscientist (Ontario) with over 30 years’ experience in the Canadian mining industry. Jim was most recently the Regional Exploration Manager of Goldcorp Inc. in the Red Lake Camp. Jim was awarded the CIM Professional Proficiency metal in 1988 when he was Chief Mine Geologist at Dickenson Mine, predecessor to the current Red Lake Gold Mines. The first exploration drill holes into what ultimately became Goldcorp’s High Grade Gold Zone were drilled on Jim’s watch. While at Eskay Creek Mine as Chief Geologist, Jim was part of the team that received the E.A. Schultz Award for Mine Development.

Ewan S. Downie
Chairman & Director

Mr. Downie is President and CEO of Premier Gold Mines Limited. His career was highlighted in 2007, by the $367M acquisition by Zinifex Limited of Wolfden Resources, a successful company in which Ewan founded in 1998. Prior to this, Wolfden Resources was the recipient of the 2004 NWOPA "Discovery of the Year" award for the discovery of the East Bay gold deposit, and again was honoured in 2005 for the discovery of the Bonanza gold deposit, in the burgeoning Red Lake gold camp.

Additionally, Mr. Downie was the recipient of the prestigious PDAC "Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year" award for being a part of the team that discovered the West Zone deposit at High Lake. Mr. Downie also serves as a Director for the following publically traded companies: Newstrike Resources, Source Exploration, Benton Resources, PC Gold, Mega Silver Inc., and Marksmen Capital.

Abraham Drost
Director

Mr. Drost is a registered Professional Geoscientist (Ontario) with over twenty years' experience in the Canadian mining industry. He has a Masters degree in Mineral Exploration (1987) from Queen's University and brings considerable success in discovery, finance and mineral project development as former President of Sabina Silver Corporation, former President and CEO of Skybridge Development Corporation and Source Exploration Corporation and current President of Sandspring Resources Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Drost developed expertise in government and aboriginal relations, legal and environmental affairs with the Mines and Minerals Division of the Ontario Government.

Mario Stifano
Director

Mr. Stifano is a Chartered Accountant with wide experience in corporate finance and business development. He has held senior positions at Noranda Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers, base metal producer Ivernia Inc. and is currently Chief Financial Officer at Lakeshore Gold Inc.

Michael Sweatman
Director

Mr. Sweatman is a Chartered Accountant (British Columbia & Yukon) and principal of MDS Management Ltd., a Vancouver-based management consulting company founded in 1992. He currently serves as the President & Director of Pacific Coast Nickel Corp. and Chief Financial Officer of Marifil Mines Limited and VP Business Development of Run Of River Power Inc. Mr. Sweatman has over 20 years of experience in public company management during which time he has served as a director or officer of several TSX and TSX-Venture listed companies

Richard Patricio
Director

Mr. Patricio is Vice-President, Corporate and Legal Affairs of Pinetree Capital Ltd., an investment and merchant banking firm listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and has several years of experience in the mining and resource industry. He is also a director of two other companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.