Position: Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Gil Atzmon is the founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. Mr. Atzmon has over 20 years' experience in the mineral resources sector. His career has included positions as a mining executive, investment banker, mining fund manager and geologist. Mr. Atzmon has participated in many global exploration and mining projects and has successfully arranged financing for the exploration and development of several mineral properties. In 2001 and 2002, Mr. Atzmon acted as Vice President, Corporate Development of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. In 2000 and 2001, Mr. Atzmon served as a global energy and mining specialist in institutional equity and sales for BNP Paribas. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Atzmon was Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager for US Global Investors, Inc. Mr. Atzmon holds a Bachelors degree in Geology and Geography from Columbia College, Columbia University and obtained a Master Degree in Energy and Mineral Resources from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas.
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Langner is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Langner is a Certified General Accountant with over 25 years of accounting and financial experience including over 20 years in the metals sector. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Langner was the Chief Financial Officer of Romarco Minerals Inc (a publicly listed gold exploration company) from 2003 to 2007, Financial Analyst at Bema Gold Corporation (a publicly listed gold producer) from 2000 to 2003, a self-employed accounting and financial consultant in 1999-2000 and held various positions at Dayton Mining Corporation (a publicly listed gold producer) from 1986 to 1999, including Accountant, Chief Accountant and Financial Analyst.
Position: Vice President Exploration
Mr. Britton is the Company's Vice President Exploration and principal geologist for the LIK property. He has over 35 years of mineral exploration and development experience, principally in Alaska. This experience includes direct field responsibility and supervisory roles in nearly all aspects of the LIK project since 1978. In addition to his experience with the LIK project he has also been involved in the execution and management of several regional exploration projects in Alaska and a variety of general mineral assessments ranging from regional to property specific projects in Alaska, the western United States and Costa Rica. He has substantial experience with governmental, land ownership, regulatory, environmental and social issues in Alaska as they relate to mineral exploration and development projects. His years in the minerals business have included employment by several mining and minerals companies and since 1989 he has been a consulting minerals geologist. Mr. Britton holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and a Master of Science (Geology) from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
Position: Vice President Corporate Development
Mr. Ford is the Company's Vice President Corporate Development. Mr. Ford has 14 years experience with mining and exploration companies. Mr. Ford founded an exploration services company and worked as a geologist in West Africa, Australia and the UK. He later worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager focusing on the mining sector which provided extensive travel to evaluate mineral properties. Mr. Ford completed his B.Sc. in Exploration and Mining Geology at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff and his M.Sc in Mineral Resources Engineering and Management at Nottingham University, England.
Position: Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Greenwald is Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Greenwald is a lawyer admitted to practice in all Federal and State District Courts in Texas, the Federal Northern District of Georgia, the State Bar of Alaska, U.S. Federal Court of Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Greenwald was called to the bar in Texas in 1985. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College, City University of New York and his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law. He has served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bexar County Texas, Deputy Section Chief for the Resolution Trust Corporation- Professional Liability Section (US Treasury Dept), Chairman of Panel 10B5 Grievance Committee on Lawyer Discipline, Special Prosecutor for the State Bar of Texas-Attorney Discipline, and Special Prosecutor to the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Position: Director
Mr. Steeves is a Director of the Company. Mr. Steeves has been employed in the mining industry for over 40 years including employment as a mining analyst with a number of Canadian investment firms and as a geologist for senior mining companies in Canada and the United States. Since 2006, Mr. Steeves has been a director and chairman of the audit committees of the following public companies: Augusta Resource Corporation, Forum Uranium Corp., Sargold Resource Corporation, Wildcat Silver Corporation and Ventana Gold Corp. He is a former director and chairman of the board of Franc-Or Resource Corporation. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Steeves acted as Vice President of Investor Relations for Glamis Gold Inc. and was Director of Investor Relations for Couer D'Alene Mines, Homestake Mining Company and Pegasus Gold Inc. Mr. Steeves holds Bachelor of Science (Geology) and Masters of Science (Earth Sciences) degrees from the University of Manitoba. He also holds the Canadian Securities Course/Registered Representative designation and Chartered Financial Analyst designation. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Steeves received Chartered Financial Analyst Certificates of Achievement.
Position: Director
Mr. Morris is an independent director of the Company. Mr. Morris worked for Teck Cominco Limited as Vice President, Business Development and was responsible for identifying, evaluating and negotiating acquisitions, primarily in the zinc business, until August 2003. Prior to that appointment he was Vice President, Finance and director of Cominco Resources International Ltd., the stock exchange listed international exploration arm of Cominco Ltd., and had held senior positions in Teck Cominco Limited's finance organization. During his career with Teck Cominco Limited, Mr. Morris also served as a director of several subsidiary and associated companies. Mr. Morris is currently a director and Chief Financial Officer of Andean American Mining Corp. (since July, 2005) Sinchao Metals Corp. (since December, 2006) and Inca Pacific Resources Inc. (since February, 2004), all publicly traded companies. He is also a director of the following Canadian publicly traded companies: Mediterranean Resources Ltd., Animas Resources Ltd. and, until late August 2007, a director and Chief Financial Officer of Morgain Minerals Inc. (since May, 2005). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (United Kingdom).
Position: Director
Mr. Peterson is a director of the Company. Mr. Peterson is a securities lawyer and the principal of Peterson Law Professional Corporation, a Toronto-based securities law boutique focusing on resource companies. Mr. Peterson was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1988. In the past five years, Mr. Peterson has served in the following capacities for the following public companies: director, Seven Clans Resources Inc. (2001 to 2003), a predecessor to Gammon Lake Resources Inc.; director, Franc-Or Resources Corporation (1996 to 2006); director, Probe Mines Limited (2001 to 2006); Secretary, Liberty Mineral Exploration Inc. (2003 to 2005); Secretary, Nayarit Gold Inc. (2005-2006); President and director, Consolidated Ophir Ventures Inc. (2004 to 2006), a predecessor to CIC Energy Corp.; President and director, Denroy Resources Corporation (2005 to 2007), a predecessor to Nevoro Inc.; director, EM Resources Inc. (2005 to present); President and director, Canadian Baldwin Resources Limited (2005 to 2006), a predecessor to Aura Minerals Inc.; and President and director, GGD Resources Inc. (2006 to present). Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto.
Position: Director
Mr. Saxton is an independent director of the Company. He is a mining engineer who has been active in the mining industry since 1969, holding various mining positions including mining engineer, mine superintendent and executive positions for several Canadian mining companies. Most recently these include executive positions at Lincoln Gold Corp. (President and Chief Executive Officer, April 2004 to present), Pinnacle Mines Ltd. (Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, June 1995 to present), Doublestar Resources Ltd. (Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, January 2001 to July 2005), Standard Mining Corporation (President, June 1997 to July 2005) and Viceroy Resources Corp. (President, May 1996 to February 1998). Pinnacle Mines Ltd., Doublestar Resources Ltd. and Standard Mining Corporation are all publicly traded companies. In addition to holding a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) degree from Queen's University, Mr. Saxton also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.