Leigh W. Freeman – President & Chief Executive Officer, Director
35 years in the minerals industry, as both an engineer and geologist/geophysicist working in technical, managerial and executive positions. BSc Geological Engineering - Montana Tech
Co-founder and President - Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV), recognized as one of the fastest growing companies on the TSE. Listed in the TSE 300 and TSE Precious Metals Index (mid-1990s) – Orvana discovered the Don Mario deposit, which became the largest producing gold mine in Bolivia
Owner & Principal, Downing Teal Inc. (N.A.), based in Denver. Australian parent company is the world’s largest global resource industry executive placement firm.
Former Chief Geophysicist – Placer Dome; Former trustee of the Society of Economic Geologists. Serves on industry advisory boards for University of Arizona, Montana Tech, Queen’s University and South Dakota School of Mines.
D. Barry Lee – Chief Financial Officer, Director
Extensive experience in resource industry senior management both in start-up companies and in mergers and acquisitions, public & private
Has provided strategic planning, corporate governance and corporate finance expertise for resource sector companies over the past fifteen years
Co-founder & director - Velocity Minerals Inc. (TSX); co-founder & former director - Choice Resources (merged with Twin Butte Energy – TSX): co-founder & former director - Watch Resources (merged with BlackPearl Resources – TSX); former Co-Chairman - Canadian Phoenix Resources Corp. (TSXV)
Jose Pinedo – Vice President Administration, General Counsel
Multi-cultural attorney with 20+ years experience in resource industry
Former VP & General Counsel for Placer-Dome Americas. Former President of Placer-Dome’s subsidiary in Venezuela for Las Cristinas and Director of Business Development for Placer’s Zaldivar subsidiary in Chile
Patrick Highsmith, BSc, MSc - Independent Director
20+ years multi-commodity minerals industry experience in over 200 mines and projects in over 20 countries
Mining, exploration, and business development with Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and Newmont Mining. Former Global Manager - Exploration Business Development with Newmont
Former COO – Lithium One Inc. (TSXV: LI); Former Chairman – Copper One Inc. (TSXV: CUO)
CEO Bellhaven Copper & Gold Inc. (TSXV:BHV)
Michael S. Bader – Independent Director
Business development specialist, former marketing & management roles, Canadian Airlines & Axia NetMedia
Entrepreneur for over 15 years, has built new lines of business in technology sector for clients ranging from Royal Bank to Schlumberger
Robert S. Chenery, P. Eng, MBA – Independent Director
Over 35 years experience in the resource industry in corporate finance and M&A activity
Co-founded Chenery Dobson Resource Management, an independent resource evaluation firm advising institutional investors and Canadian chartered banks on North American resource assets
Former VP Corporate Development - OilExco Inc. (TSX); former Co-Chairman - Canadian Phoenix Resources Corp. (TSXV); former COO and Director - Devran Petroleum
