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| | | Fred G. Hewett, President, C.E.O. & Director
Fred Hewett is a Professional Engineer with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He graduated in 1972 from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and has worked his way through many aspects of the mining profession from Mine Geologist, Exploration Manager to Chief Engineer with several major Canadian mining companies. Mr. Hewett joined the Northair Group as Exploration Manager in 1981 and currently holds the position of President, CEO and Director of International Northair Mines Ltd. and New Dimension Resources Ltd. He is a fellow of the Geological Association of Canada, a life member of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and holds memberships in the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia, the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia and the Society of Exploration Geologists.
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| | | Thomas H. Burkhart, Director
Mr. Burkhart is Vice President of Exploration for Argonaut Gold Inc. Prior to his current role with Argonaut Gold, Mr. Burkhart was Vice President of New Dimension Resources Ltd. (1999-2010) and Vice President of Pegasus Gold Inc. (1984, 1985-1998) Mr. Burkhart graduated with a B.Sc. in Geology in 1979 from the University of Nevada. He has nearly 30 years experience in exploration and project management in Mexico, South and Central America, Canada, Alaska, Australia and the Western U.S.
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| | | Ken Thorsen, Director
Mr. Thorsen is the sole proprietor of Thorsen Consulting Ltd. which provides exploration services to the mining industry and is currently active in acquiring and evaluating gold and coal properties in China for two private companies. He has been involved in exploration across Canada, USA (Nevada, Minnesota, Arizona and Alaska), Mexico, Brazil, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Australia, China, Mongolia and Central Asia. He has had extensive experience in base metal, precious metal (gold, silver, PGE), diamond, uranium and nickel exploration and been involved in several discoveries both at the field and management levels. Mr. Thorsen is a professional Engineer in Ontario and British Columbia and has written several qualifying reports under NI43-101 guidelines.
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| | | Stephen J. Kay, Director
Mr. Kay is President, CEO and a Director of International Minerals Corporation, a TSX-listed emerging precious metals producer since 1993 (when the company was known as Ecuadorian Minerals Corporation). He is a geologist with 35 years of gold exploration and development experience in Europe, South Africa, South America and the United States. From 1985 to 1993, he was founder and President of GD Resources Inc., a highly successful smelter of precious metal by-products from U.S. gold mines. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Kay worked with Amselco Exploration (BP Minerals) where he was involved in the discoveries of the Colosseum and Yellow Aster gold mines, both in California. During his 10 years with Gold Fields Mining Corporation (1973-1983), he was involved in the discovery of the Mesquite gold mine in California in 1981. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom. Mr. Kay is currently Executive Chairman and a director of Ventura Gold Corp. and a director of Consolidated Puma Minerals Corp. (all TSX Venture Exchange listed mineral resource companies). He is also a director of a U.S. listed diamond exploration company, Delta International Mining and Exploration, Inc.
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| | | Bruce C. Grant, Director
Mr. Grant is a Partner with Stewart McKelvey, a large, established law firm based in Atlantic Canada. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1977 (B.A.) and Queen's University in 1980 (LL.B). He holds memberships in the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, where he serves as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Conveyancing Act. Mr. Grant was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 2005.
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| | | Brenda Nowak, Corporate Secretary
Ms. Nowak has over 16 years of work experience in the securities legal industry. Prior to joining New Dimension Resources Brenda was a paralegal with DuMoulin Black LLP and held positions with Nexus Venture Capital Lawyers and Aber Diamond Corporation.
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