Directors
Mackenzie I. Watson
Chairman of the Board and Director
Mackenzie I. Watson has 45 years of exploration experience and has been involved in the discovery of numerous coal, base metals and gold deposits in Canada. He was awarded Canada’s Prospector of the Year Award in 1991 for his participation in the discovery of a number of deposits in Canada, including the Harker Holloway gold mine (Ontario), the Icon Sullivan copper mine (Québec), the Long Lac zinc mine (Ontario), the Ellison gold deposit (Québec) and the Hébercourt copper deposit (Québec). He was also awarded the Québec Prospector of the Year Award in 1992 for his participation in the discovery of the Pusticamica and Verneuil gold deposits in Québec.
Mr. Watson is President and a director of Freewest, a director of Stingray Copper Inc., a copper resource company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and a director of Murgor Resources Inc. and Royal Standard Minerals Inc., both mining exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Ronald Kay
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ronald Kay is a metallurgical engineer with 40 years’ experience in the financial industry. Mr. Kay holds an MBA degree from McGill University. Mr. Kay’s positions in the industry include senior mining analyst as well as consultant to several major brokerage companies. He is the author of major reports on the uranium industry. Mr. Kay was the president of the general partner of six limited partnerships that raised more than $50 million for mining companies, including Aur Resources Inc., and the chairman of a general partner of a limited partnership that raised approximately $5 million for exploration and development for oil and gas companies.
Mr. Kay is an officer and director of Freewest and a director of Murgor Resources Inc.
Peter J. Cashin
President, CEO and Director
Peter Cashin is an exploration geologist with more than 25 years of experience in all facets of the mines and minerals industry. Mr. Cashin obtained a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1979 and a Masters of Science degree from McGill University in 1985. From 1979 to 1989, Mr. Cashin worked for a number of mining and mining exploration companies, such as Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd., Getty Mining Co., Campbell Resources Inc., St Joe Canada, Muscocho Exploration Ltd. and Chevron Minerals Ltd. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Cashin was with Inco Limited. From 1998 to 2005, he lead numerous resource investment attraction and marketing initiatives with the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Mr. Cashin was recently the Manager of Investor and Corporate Affairs for Alexis Minerals Corporation, a mining exploration company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Daniel B. Larkin
Director
Daniel Larkin holds a B.Sc. degree in geology from the University of Ottawa and an MBA degree from the Schulich School of Business of York University, Toronto. From 1970 to 1992, Mr. Larkin worked for Imperial Oil Ltd. in mineral exploration, and as a manager, oil sands economist and researcher, government affairs manager, and a senior executive in minerals. In 1993, Mr. Larkin joined the National Research Council of Canada, where until 2002 he identified technologies ready for commercialization in the resources industries, and assisted in their spin-out. He is the founder and a director of PharmaGap Inc., a biotech company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange which is developing new cancer compounds.
Mr. Larkin is a past president of the Geological Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, and of the Calgary Mineral Exploration Group. He is a member of numerous geological and mining organizations, a “Qualified Person” as defined by NI 43-101, and a Certified Professional Geologist of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). Mr. Larkin has participated in creating several capital pool companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, including two as President.
Michael Pesner
Director
Michael Pesner has been President of Hermitage Canada Finance Inc. since 2002, a firm specializing in financial advisory services. He was previously a senior partner in financial advisory services at KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, in Montreal, specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring and corporate recovery in Canada. Mr. Pesner holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and Administration from McGill University as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sir George Williams University. Mr. Pesner is also a Chartered Accountant, a licensed Trustee in Bankruptcy and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Professional. Mr. Pesner is a director of Prestige Telecom Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, Bitumen Capital Inc., a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and San Anton Capital Inc., a capital pool company.
Neil Wiener
Director
Neil Wiener is a partner in the Montréal office of Heenan Blaikie LLP, where he has practiced since 1981. He was called to the Québec Bar in 1981 after obtaining his B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees from McGill University in 1980. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989. Mr. Wiener practices exclusively in the area of securities law, with emphasis on public financings. He has been involved in numerous public offerings, for both issuers and underwriters. Mr. Wiener has also been involved in private placements, take-over bids, going-private transactions, stock exchange listings and a broad range of other securities matters. Mr. Wiener was a lecturer in Business Law at McGill University from 1989 to 2000 and speaks frequently at conferences relating to corporate finance and securities matters.
Mr. Wiener is a director of Freewest, a director of Haemacure Corporation, a biotechnology company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and a director of Dianor Resources Inc., a diamond exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
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