Directors & Advisors
JAMES
C. (Jim) O'ROURKE, P.ENG.
Director
Jim graduated in 1964 with a B.A.Sc. degree in Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He gained valuable mine development and operating experience while involved in the start-up phase of five major mines over 14 years with Placer Development Limited. Jim has more than 30 years of hands-on experience in mine evaluations, financing development, marketing and operations in Canada, the United States, South America and the Philippines. As President of Princeton Mining Corporation (1987-1997), he was responsible for the acquisition of the Similco open pit copper mine; the evaluation, financing and development of the Cassiar underground block cave mine; and the acquisition, evaluation, financing and development the Huckleberry open pit copper mine in northern BC. The Huckleberry project was completed on schedule at its budgeted cost of $140 million.
Currently, Jim is President of Orclann Investments Inc., a private investment company, Chairman of Compliance Energy Corporation, Former President of Huckleberry Mines Limited and a director of numerous public and private companies in mining and property development. Jim has served as a director of the Mining Association of Canada (1987-1990), the Vancouver Board of Trade (1990) and Chairman (1992) and Director (1987-Present) of the British Columbia Mining Association and was the 2005 recipient of the Edgar A. Scholz Medal for Excellence In Mine Development in British Columbia and the Yukon.
RODNEY
A. (Rod) SHIER, CA
Director
Rod graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and earned his Chartered Accountant designation in 1989. He has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate finance including equity and debt financings, merger and acquisition structuring, negotiation of joint ventures, and hedging. Rod has over 15 years experience with regulatory corporate finance obligations and has participated in the listing of companies in Canada and the United States.
Currently, Rod is also the Chief Financial Officer of Compliance Energy Corporation. He has worked for publicly traded companies as well as a major accounting firm. Rod is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.
John Tapics, P.Eng
Director
Mr. Tapics graduated in 1975 with a B.Sc degree in mining engineering from Queen’s University and has over 25 years of mine planning and operation experience. Since November 2005, Mr. Tapics has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Compliance Energy Corporation, a mining company. Mr. Tapics became a director of Compliance Energy Corporation in April 2006. From October 2001 to February 2005, Mr. Tapics held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator and the Balancing Pool of Alberta, statutory corporations responsible for operating the electrical system of Alberta and managing certain pooled purchase arrangements on behalf of Albertans.
Marin Katusa, BSc.
Director
Mr. Katusa graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor degree in Science, then obtained a Degree in Education. His extensive relationships within the Canadian financial community and has assisted a variety of companies with strategic focus and corporate finance in the junior resource sector. Mr. Katusa is the Chief Investment Strategist, Energy Division, for Casey Research, which specializes in finding undervalued companies in the junior resource sector.
Carl L. Renzoni
Director
Mr. Renzoni is a retired investment banker who worked at BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. from June 1969 and more recently as a Managing Director up until his retirement in November 2001. Mr. Renzoni brings over 30 years of experience in the securities business specializing in the mining industry and has extensive knowledge of all aspects of corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Renzoni was a director of: Meridian Gold Inc until its takeover by Yamana Gold Inc in October 2007 and was a Director of Peru Copper until its takeover by the Aluminum Corporation of China for $840 million in June 2007. Mr. Renzoni is a Director of Yamana Gold Inc since October 2007 and a Director of International Molybdenum since May 2005. Mr. Renzoni received an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1963. Mr. Renzoni is a citizen and resident of Canada.
ROBERT J. (BOB) YOUNG, BSc. Geo
Advisor
Bob graduated in 1962 with a B.A Sc. degree in geological engineering from the University of British Columbia. He joined Placer Development in 1960 and spent 32 years with that company. His first 17 years with Placer were spent doing mine geology, both underground and open pit, as well as gaining experience in mine operations and evaluation. He then left mine operations and went into exploration, working mostly on target evaluations and as a project manager in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Bob left Placer in 1992 to join Teck Corporation as manager of its South American office in Santiago, Chile. Four years later, he returned to Teck's Vancouver off ice to work on international evaluations until his retirement in June 1999.
ROMAN SHKLANKA, PhD Geo., B Com.
Advisor
Roman received his Doctorate in geology from Stanford University and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Roman is an international mineral explorationist with more than 40 years experience in the mining industry. He has been successful in identifying and developing major deposits around the world and was the PDAC's 2006 co-receiver of the Viola Macmillan Developer's Award.
From 1969 to 1990, Roman was with the Placer organization, working in a variety of capacities, including General Manager of Exploration for Placer Development Ltd. and Vice President for Exploration for Placer Dome Inc. Roman was also associated with Sutton Resources Ltd. as Vice Chairman (1993-1995) and Chairman (1995-1999) until the company was acquired by Barrick Gold Corp. He was also Chairman of Canico Resource Corp., which was developing one of the worlds major nickel deposit when it was acquired by CVRD in 2005. Currently, Roman is Chairman of Polaris Minerals Corporation (T.PLS), International Barytex Resources Ltd. (V.IBX), Kobex Resources Ltd. (V.KBX) and Pacific Imperial Mines (V.PPM).
