Company

JAMES C. (Jim) O'ROURKE, P.ENG.
Chief Executive Officer

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
Chief Financial Officer

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.

PETER HOLBEK, BSc. (Hons) M.Sc., P.Geo
Vice President Exploration

Peter graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelors degree in Science (hons) in 1981, and a Masters of Science in 1988. He has 25 years experience in mineral exploration and mine development. Prior to joining Copper Mountain Mining, Peter served as Vice President, Exploration for Atna Resources Ltd. for six years and prior to that as Exploration Manager and Mine Geologist for Princeton Mining Ltd. From 1984 to 1993, he was employed as senior exploration geologist for Esso Minerals Canada and then Homestake Canada Ltd.

J. PETER CAMPBELL, BSc.
Vice President Environmental

Peter graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. in Marine Biology in 1976 and has over 30 years experience in environmental and permitting in the mining industry in British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Prior to joining Copper Mountain Mining, Peter served as Vice President, Environmental, Government and First Nations Affairs with bcMetals Corporation. He was responsible for managing the environmental affairs of the Red Chris Project since the resumption of bcMetal’s activities on the property in August 2003. Peter also managed the environmental assessment and permitting process for the Huckleberry Mine, which is a 20,000 tpd open pit copper mine, and the Similco Mine in the early 1990s.

ALASTAIR TIVER, MBA, B.Eng.
Chief Mining Engineer

Alastair graduated from the University of South Australia with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 1986 and post-graduate qualifications in business administration. Alastair has more than 20 years experience in mine operations and consulting within Australia and Canada. Over his career, he has specialized in open pit mine planning applications and has worked in a number of operational roles including project engineer, mine planner and production engineer. As a consultant, Alastair was employed as a principal consultant for the Snowden Mining Group, where he worked on numerous consulting projects worldwide in both a consulting and project management capacity. Prior to joining Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, Alastair was the Senior Mining Engineer for bcMetals Corporation in charge of the mine engineering efforts for the development of the Red Chris porphyry copper-gold project in northwestern BC.

DONALD GRAHAM, BA
Director of Investor Relations

Don received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1971. Prior to joining Copper Mountain Mining, he acted as Director of Corporate Communication to Cardiome Pharma Corp., a TSE/NASDAQ listed company. Don also acted as a self-employed financial consultant prior to joining Cardiome and developed his extensive financial experience during his 16 years in the financial securities industry (1984 to 2000). He was a Vice President/Financial Advisor with Midland Walwyn Financial/CIBC Wood Gundy where he concentrated on the mining industry. Prior to focusing his career in the brokerage industry, Don was involved in business development, co-founding and acting as Vice President to Western Scientific Services Ltd., a laboratory supply and services company.

RICHARD J. JOYES, BSc. Geo
Exploration Geologist

Richard graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1999 with a bachelors degree majoring in ore-deposit geology. He then moved to Western Australia to work on Archean gold-lode deposits within the Yandal Belt as both a production and underground mine geologist for Normandy and Newmont Mining Ltd. In 2004, Richard moved from Australia to Canada and began work as an exploration geologist exploring for precious metal deposits, porphyry Cu-Au and Nickel-Cobalt sulphide deposits in south-central BC.

With a particular focus on 3D modelling, mineral inventory and deposit estimation and database administration, Richard brings a wide variety of both field- and computer-based skills to the exploration team.

EUGENE F. MEHR, BSc., Eng.
Mine Manager

Eugene graduated from the University of Alberta in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering. He has worked with various mining companies in many positions including mine planning, mine operations and mine management for more than 20 years. Eugene also spent 10 years working for the BC Government in the Ministry of Mines. He has held positions such as engineering superintendent, operations superintendent and mine manager with various mines, including Cominco Mining (1974-1982) and Princeton Mining (1986-1991).

Eugene brings a valuable background of government experience, engineering planning, construction, mine operations and mine management to the project.