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Management
Steve Manz
Kristina Walcott
Michael Gross
Jeffrey Woods
Gordon Steblin
| | | Steve Manz
President & CEO, Director
Mr. Manz holds a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering as well as an MBA. Over the past 17 years, Mr. Manz has been directly involved in the securing of over $700 million of debt and equity financing for junior and mid-tier resource companies, and has been instrumental in the creation and refinancing of several North American gold producers. Mr Manz was directly involved in a the acquisition merger, financing, and financial turnaround of several distressed Canadian gold mines which resulted in a debt-free, cash-flow-positive 300,000 oz/year gold producer. Subsequently, Mr. Manz became the President and Chief Financial Officer of a NYSE listed gold and industrial minerals company for whom Mr Manz raised US $66 million, allowing the company to recommence mining at its 50,000 oz/year Nevada gold mine, and to fund the acquisition and development of additional mining assets in Nevada and Oregon. Mr. Manz also served as Vice President of Gerald Metals, one of the world's largest metal merchanting companies, where he was responsible for the refining and purchasing of precious metals, the design and implementation of commodity and currency hedging programs, and the arrangement of and participation in project, working capital and bridge loans for mining projects throughout the world. |
| | | Kristina Walcott
Vice-President, Business Development
Ms. Walcott has worked in various capacities in the mining and mineral exploration industry for the past 20 years. Ms. Walcott has held administrative and field positions including General Manager of Orex Laboratories, a diamond sample processing facility and Mines Land Manager for Pacific North West Capital and CanAlaska Uranium Limited, both Vancouver-based mineral exploration companies with extensive land positions in Canada and the United States. In addition she was actively involved in the geophysical contracting industry where she assisted in remote-site field geophysical surveys for major and junior mining firms. Ms. Walcott has served as the Company's VP Business Development since March 2005 where she is responsible for identifying and acquiring new business opportunities in the mining sector. |
| | | Michael Gross
Vice-President, Exploration
Mr. Gross (P.Geo.) holds a B.S. in geology, and an M.S. in economic geology. With an excellent track record of finding, building, operating and improving precious metals mines throughout North America, Mr Gross has held senior exploration positions ranging from mine geologist to VP Exploration. In addition Mr. Gross has served as VP Operations for four separate gold and silver producers operating eight mines with aggregate annual production of 350,000 ounces of gold and 8.5 million ounce of silver between them. Mr. Gross's exploration and operating plans have served as the basis for the securing of over $200 million of mine financing. |
| | | Jeffrey Woods
Vice-President, Project Development
Mr. Woods holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Mackey School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno. He is a registered member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). Previously he held the position of Sr. Process Engineer with Washington Group International (2006-2007) and Hatch Limited (2005-2006) as well as president and consulting metallurgist with Woods-Galati Inc. (2001-2005). He has over 25 years experience in metallurgical testing, process engineering, project development, commissioning and operations. |
| | | Gordon Steblin
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Steblin, B. Comm., CGA, is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Freegold Ventures Limited, El Nino Ventures Inc. and CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (2002-present) and accountant of Pacific North West Capital Corp. (1996-2002), Freegold Ventures Limited (1994-2002), CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (1994-2002), and El Nino Ventures Inc. (1999-2002). |
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