Brian J. Maher, M.Sc., President, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Brian Maher is an economic geologist with over 31 years of experience in the international mining and exploration industry. Mr. Maher received his BA degree (Geology) from the California State University, Chico in 1980 and his MSc. degree (Economic Geology) from Colorado State University in 1983, where he held a Colorado State Fellowship. Between 1979 and 1982, he worked at various positions for Homestake Mining Company, focusing on integrating new technologies with existing exploration programs and operations. In 1982, Mr. Maher began a 16-year career with ASARCO Inc. Mr. Maher initiated, designed and supervised exploration programs for gold and copper deposits in a variety of geologic environments throughout North and South America, resulting in the discovery of significant gold and base metal resources. From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Maher operated a successful geologic consulting business, emphasizing geologic modeling, resource estimation and business planning, to multiple junior, mid-size and large mining organizations. Between 2002 and 2004 Mr. Maher was Project Manager for Metallic Ventures Gold Inc., supervising underground and surface exploration at an underground gold mine in Nevada. In 2005, Mr. Maher joined Hochschild Mining PLC. At Hochschild, Mr. Maher was involved in all aspects of the company’s North American exploration program, serving as the Exploration Manager for the US, Canada and Mexico. Responsibilities at Hochschild included supervision of exploration and mine development programs, economic analysis of acquisition candidates and developing new corporate strategies.
Darren Lindsay, B.Sc. (Hons.), Vice President-Exploration
Mr. Lindsay is a professional geoscientist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) and has 15 years experience in exploration geology for precious and base metals in North and South America. He has worked for both junior and senior companies, including BHP Minerals Canada Ltd, Miramar Mining Corporation, Inmet Mining Corporation and most recently Newmont Mining Corporation, undertaking management roles of increasing responsibility including supervision of large scale exploration and feasibility level projects. Most recently Mr. Lindsay has played a significant role as the team involved with the expansion and feasibility level studies of the multi million ounce Madrid and Doris gold deposits in Hope Bay, NU. His work at Hope Bay focused on gold deposits and geologic environments similar to that seen in Beardmore-Geraldton, ON and Mines Point, MB; Kodiak's key gold exploration project areas. Mr. Lindsay holds Bachelor of Science (Hon. Geology) and Bachelor of Science (Hon. Biochemistry) Degrees and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, and the Geological Association of Canada.
Tony Wood, B.Sc. (Hons.), CA, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary
For over ten years Mr. Wood has held Executive positions in finance and operations with a number of publicly traded international mining and exploration companies. His experience covers projects in North and South America and Europe, across diverse targets that include precious and base metals, diamonds and uranium. His past roles have encompassed responsibility for planning and execution of mining and exploration projects, the development of corporate cultures that embrace strong financial and regulatory compliance and he has been a key component in corporate development and financing activities. Mr. Wood received his Chartered Accountant designation whilst with KPMG, in the City of London and then again in Canada, having previously attained a B.Sc. (Honours) in Management Sciences from Lancaster University, England, in 1989. |
