Management
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
John Williamson P.Geol.
John has a Bachelor of Science, Specialization in Geology, (1988) from the University of Alberta. He is an independent consultant and entrepreneur with more than twenty years experience, including fourteen years in the management, development and governance of public companies conducting worldwide mineral exploration and mining. He is a founder of ten junior resource and or mining companies with gold, nickel and diamond-based operations in Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa.
He has served as Chairman, President, CEO, CFO and or Director of TSX Venture listed companies; North Country Gold Corp. (since April 2010), Niblack Mineral Developments Inc. (since April 2010), CBR Gold Corp. (August 1998 to May 2010), Brilliant Resources Inc. (since September 2003); Indicator Minerals Inc. (April 2001 to March 2005); Kaminak Gold Corporation (since November 2005), and Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc. (since March 2006). During his career, John has helped raise over $200 million in equity or debt financing, conducted over $70 million in exploration and has grossed over $95 million in metal sales.
Mr. Williamson is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). He is also a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and Member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Sean Mager B.Comm.
Sean has a Bachelor of Commerce (1989) from the University of Alberta and more than twenty years of experience in management and governance of private and public enterprise, including serving as President of an aboriginal development corporation; as Industry Analyst for the Government of Canada’s Northwest Territories; and as VP Corporate Development of a publicly listed mining logistics company. Since 1998, Mr. Mager has co-founded and developed several public companies that have conducted mineral exploration and mining worldwide, with precious metal, base metal and diamond interests in North and South America, Australia, Asia and Africa.
He has served as President, Vice President, Director and/or Chief Financial Officer for several TSXV and ASX listed companies, including North Country Gold Corp, Niblack Mineral Development Inc, Brilliant Resources Inc., Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc, Kaminak Gold Corporation, Indicator Minerals Inc., Corsa Coal Corp., Altiplano Minerals Ltd. and Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Of these, Brilliant Resources Inc. was named in 2007 and 2008 to the "TSX Venture 50™", a ranking of Canada's top emerging public companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange, as a "Top 10 Mining Company" based on a formula that includes revenue, return on investment, market cap growth, and trading volume.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Dean Besserer P.Geol.
Dean is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario (1995), and has been a geological consultant since 1994. During 2001, Mr. Besserer became a principal and Managing Director at APEX Geoscience Ltd., a geological consulting firm with offices in Canada and Australia. His industry experience includes exploration and property evaluations in Canada, Australia, Russia, South East Asia, South America and Africa for numerous major and junior mining companies for commodities including gold, base metals and diamonds. As well, Mr. Besserer has managed exploration programs with annual exploration budgets in excess of $10 million.
Mr. Besserer is Managing Director of ASX-listed Sentosa Mining Ltd. and a Non-executive Director of TSXV-listed Niblack Mineral Development Inc. He is a member of The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Peter Kleespies, M.Sc, P.Geol.
Peter is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and has 22 years experience in exploration geology for both precious and base metals in the Americas and Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hon. Geology) and Master of Science (Geology) from the University of Alberta. He is the VP Exploration for North Country Gold Corp and a Director of Niblack Mineral development Inc and Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc.
Peter worked for both junior and senior companies, including BHP Minerals Canada Limited, Metallic Resources and Miramar Mining Corporation on a broad range of exploration projects including the High Lake and Hope Bay Greenstone Belts in the Slave Province, Archean - Proterozoic aged greenstones both in Canada, Venezuela, and Australia and younger intrusion related deposits within poly-deformed carbonate terrains in Mexico and Canada. His expertise ranges from conceptual project generation, grassroots exploration, large-scale surface and underground drill programs, deposit modeling and resource estimation. Mr. Kleespies has demonstrated the application of sound technical principles and ability to integrate complex geological, geochemical and geophysical datasets in the search for, and delineation of economically viable mineral deposits. Most recently he was a Senior Exploration Geologist with Committee Bay Resources Ltd. and formerly managed exploration projects at Hope Bay for Miramar Mining Corporation.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Leigh Junk Dip Surv., G.Dip. Min. Eng., M.Sc. Min. Econ.
Leigh obtained a Diploma of Surveying from Wembley Technical College in 1992 and graduated from the University of Ballarat with a Graduate Diploma of Mining Engineering in 2000, and a Masters in Mineral Economics from Curtin University in 2008. Mr. Junk commenced his professional career in 1992 and went on to hold senior positions in several West Australian mining companies. In 1999, he co-founded Donegal Resources, a private mining company which obtained interests in several nickel mines in the Kambalda region of Western Australia.
Due to the success of Donegal Resources, Leigh received in 2003 the E&Y Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Goldfields Business of the Year Award. He is a specialist in the area of planning mining operations involving project evaluation and feasibility studies, and has considerable experience in raising finance for mining operations. Mr. Junk is also a Director of ASX-listed Sentosa Mining Limited and the Goldfields Credit Union.
