Management Team

J. Patrick Sheridan Jr. (MSC) - CEO and Director
Mr. Sheridan has depth of experience, working in the mining industry for more than 20 years. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

Claude F. Lemasson (P.Eng., MBA) - President, COO and Director
Mr. Lemasson is a professional engineer with 20 years of experience in mining construction and operations across Canada and the United States. From May 2006 to present, Mr. Lemasson was Goldcorp's General Manager of Projects for Canada and U.S. He was previously employed (2000-2006) with Goldcorp Inc. as the Mine General Manager of the Red Lake mine. Mr. Lemasson is a graduate of the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program.

Paul J. Murphy (B.Comm, CA) - Executive VP, Finance and CFO
Mr. Murphy has significant industry experience gained as a Partner in the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Mining Leader in Canada as well as the Western Hemisphere Mining Centre for Excellence. Mr. Murphy has over 40+years of financial experiance and has worked almost exclusively in the resource industries for the past 30 years. He has been a leader in industry-specific areas of financial reporting and controls, governance, operational effectiveness, SEC reporting issues, financing, valuation and taxation. He has worked with an extensive number of foreign companies seeking listings in Toronto to raise financing for foreign operations.

Dan Noone (BApSci(Geol), MBA) - VP, Explorations 
Mr. Noone has more than 20 years of international mineral exploration and development experience ranging from implementing grass roots programs through to feasibility studies. In his recent role, Mr. Noone was the VP of Peru operations for Aquiline Resources Inc., prior to its acquisition by Pan American Silver Corp. Mr. Noone has held various senior geologist roles managing projects in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, peru, Ecudaor and Argentina.

Alexander Po (P. Geo) - Exploration Manager
Mr. Po is a freelance mining and exploration geologist with strong management experience. He has managed projects in a numbers of different countries, including: the Philippines, Canada, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Hispanola, Guyana, Brazil, Mali, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Sabah, Czech Republic and Slovakia. He holds a Master of Engineering Degree (Mining Geology) from the Institute of Mining Geology, Akita University, Japan.

Jacqueline Wagenaar (B.MOS) - Director of Investor Relations
Ms. Wagenaar has previousy lead investor relations programs for several Canadian junior mining companies with international assets. She is responsible for all marketing, communications, and IR initiatives for the Company. Ms. Wagenaar holds a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies from the University of Western Ontario.