Michael E.J. Phelps, O.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., LL.D. (Hons.), Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Michael Phelps is Chairman of Dornoch Capital Inc., a private investment company. IIn 2003, the Canadian government appointed Mr. Phelps as Chairman of "the Wise Persons' Committee", a panel developed to review Canada's system of securities regulation. From January 1988 to 2002, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and subsequently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Westcoast Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC. In 2001, Mr. Phelps was appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada.
Mr. Phelps sits on the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Spectra Energy Corp. (separated from Duke Energy Corp. January 2007) and Marathon Oil Corporation. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of the GLOBE Foundation of Canada and Kodiak Exploration Limited, and also serves on the boards of the London School of Economics (North American Advisory Board) and is Vice-Chair of the Vancouver General Hospital & UBC Hospital Foundation. Mr. Phelps served on the Board of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2002-2010) and as Chairman of the Committee to Nominate the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (1997-2006).
Mr. Phelps is a Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank AG, Canada.
Thomas K. Barber, BA (Hons.), MBA
Mr. Barber, based in Toronto, is Chairman of Deutsche Bank's Global Natural Resources Group which encompasses the Bank's investment banking activities for clients in the metals and mining, energy and utility industries. Mr. Barber is also Chairman of Deutsche Bank Securities Limited, the Bank's Canadian investment banking and securities arm.
Over his near 30 year career as an investment banker, Mr. Barber has acted as an advisor and arranged financings for a number of leading Canadian based mining companies, including Inco, Noranda, Teck, Placer Dome and Barrick Gold. Mr. Barber has also worked with a number of major global mining companies, including BHP Billiton, Vale, and Anglo American amongst others.
Mr. Barber acted as an advisor to Xstrata on its acquisition of Falconbridge in 2006 and as an advisor to Rio Tinto on its acquisition of Alcan in 2007. More recently Mr. Barber advised Petro Canada on its merger with Suncor.
Mr. Barber has an Honours BA (Economics) from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School at the University of Western Ontario.
Robert John Harrington, M.Sc., P. Geo.
Mr. Harrington has over 28 years of experience in the minerals exploration and development industry. He started his professional career as an exploration geologist in the uranium industry where he worked in the western US and Canada for the Pichheney- Uranerz joint venture. Mr. Harrington subsequently founded the private exploration and consulting companies Exploraciones Colorado-Argentina and Colorado Exploraciones-Chile, both of which were sold to exploration groups in those respective countries in the late 1980’s. From 1990 to 2000 he worked for Rio Tinto Corporation in South America where he held the positions of Exploration Manager, Technical Services Manager and, most recently, General Manager of Peruvian operations. In 2000 Mr. Harrington joined Maurico Hochschild and Company (MHC), a Peruvian-based private mining company, as International Exploration Manger. During his tenure with MHC, in addition to exploration, he has been intimately involved with Business Development and New Opportunities Evaluation and Acquisition for this rapidly expanding privately held international company. He also was co-founder and remains a principal partner of I-cubed, a remote sensing and GIS service Company. Mr. Harrington holds a BSc. Degree in Geology from Colorado College and a MSc. Degree in Geology from the University of Colorado.
Tom Mullan, CA
Mr. Tom Mullan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and Manitoba (BC since 1964, MB since 1970).
Tom has over 35 years of accounting and financial, administrative and general business experience. He has public accounting experience with medium and large size public accounting firms and has over 20 years working in private industry.
Tom currently holds the position of the Chief Financial Officer for Investor First Financial Inc. and a group of associated corporations.
David Richardson
Mr. Richardson is President and CEO of Octaform Systems Inc., a unique patented stay-in-place concrete forming system. Founded in 1997, Octaform has developed numerous applications for its product in diverse markets. This innovative PVC technology allows for design efficiency and flexibility that architects, engineers, and contractors demand. Octaform's utility extends to all types of construction including agricultural, aquaculture, commercial / industrial, as well as residential and specialty projects. Mr. Richardson has a B. Comm. Honours from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the professional designation ICD.D.
Prior to pursuing his own endeavors, Mr. Richardson worked with James Richardson & Sons, Limited in the capacity of Manager Food and New Product Development, focused on value added processing in Western Canada. Concurrent with and supporting his experience with the family enterprise, Mr. Richardson was actively involved in government lobby activities. He was a founding member and director of the Asia Pacific Foundation and was co-leader in various government trade missions to Asia while on the Board of the Canada China Trade Council.
Mr. Richardson is a Director of Capital Alliance Group, parent company of CIBT Education Group Inc. Formed in 1994, it is rated as one of the top ten foreign-owned MBA providers in China. CIBT has three campuses in Beijing and two in Weifang City, Shandong Province. CIBT has established itself as a leading educational provider of business and technology education, corporate training and other academic degree programs.
He is a Director Emeritus of Ducks Unlimited Canada following 20 years on that board and remains dedicated to serving several private, public, and philanthropic boards.
George Salamis
Mr. Salamis has previously held senior management positions with well established mining companies, most notably Placer Dome Inc. and Cameco Corporation, in addition to the formation and management of several successful junior mining companies listed in Europe and North America. Mr. Salamis has over 20 years experience directing the exploration, development and mining operations of multiple gold, base metal and coal projects and mines in many different regions of the world. Mr. Salamis was recently appointed President and CEO of Edgewater Resources following a successful career as President of Rusoro Mining. Mr. Salamis holds a degree in Geology from the Universite de Montreal – Ecole Polytechnique.
Hartley T. Richardson, Special Corporate Advisor
Hartley T. Richardson is President of James Richardson & Sons, Limited, a private, family-owned corporation with interests in the international grain distribution and related businesses, real estate development and management, and the financial and investment sector. Mr. Richardson serves as a Director of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., MacDonald Dettweiler and Associates, Railpower Technologies, SemBioSys Genetics Inc., and BA Energy Inc. He is the Chairman of the Business Council of Manitoba and a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Other affiliations include The Trilateral Commission and the World Economic Forum Global Leaders of Tomorrow. Actively involved in a number of charitable endeavors and community organizations, Mr. Richardson served as Chairman of Winnipeg's United Way 2004 Campaign. The University of Manitoba conferred upon Mr. Richardson the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 2004. Mr. Richardson has been appointed to the Order of Canada. |
