Mr. Kennedy, B.Comm., J.D., is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. After an initial career at the Federal Department of Justice, Mr. Kennedy has primarily focused as a legal, financial and business consultant to publicly-traded companies. Mr. Kennedy is an officer and/or director of several TSX-V and CSE publicly-traded companies.
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Tom Kennedy
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Laurence Smoliak
CFOMr. Smoliak is a Chartered Public Accountant (Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Accountant) with over 40 years experience in public practice and industry. He has broad experience in finance and management, international business experience and has held senior management positions in private and public companies. Mr. Smoliak graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems. After university he spent five years with the Chartered Accounting firm Thorne Riddell (later merged to be KPMG) working in the areas of auditing, taxation and business valuations. He then set up and operated his own successful public accounting practice.
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Andrew H. Rees - Resigned June 20, 2024
DirectorMr. Rees - has over 15 years experience working with oil & gas and mining companies having raised over $100 million in the public markets. He has been involved in an executive management role taking projects from discovery to commercial production. Mr. Rees currently serves as a director of a number of publicly-traded resource companies. Mr. Rees obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Royal Roads University (British Columbia).
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Glen Harder - Resigned June 21, 2024
DirectorMr. Harder - has been a member of the British Columbia Law Society since 1986 and is a senior securities lawyer, with a primary focus on natural resources law. He is the principal of Harder & Company, a Vancouver law firm.
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Reinhard Schu - Resigned June 23, 2024
DirectorMr. Reinhard Schu - is an international lawyer, entrepreneur and corporate governance expert. He has been an active investor in the precious metals and junior exploration and mining sectors for over 20 years and has an extensive investor network in the UK. He serves as a non-executive director on the board of several companies.
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Richard W. Hughes
Chairman - Technical Advisory BoardMr. Richard Hughes is widely recognized as one of the original people behind the discovery of the Hemlo gold mines in Ontario and was also behind the discovery of the Balmoral Mine in Quebec. He was also instrumental in discovering and putting into production the Sleeping Giant Mine (owned 50% by Aurizon Mines and 50% by Cambior), and also the Beaufor Mine (owned by Aurizon Mines). Richard assembled the land package that became Integra Gold’s Lamaque Gold Project (Eldorado Gold recently offered $590 million to acquire Integra).
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Dave Makepeace
Technical AdvisorMr. Makepeace is a senior geologist-environmental engineer. He holds a B.A.Sc.(Hons) degree in Geological Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He also has a M.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta. He is a registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia and Alberta and has 36 years of geological, mining and environmental experience throughout North and South America and Africa. He presently works for Micon International Limited. From 1983-1989 (Dickenson Mines Ltd.) David Makepeace was responsible for the continuous mining and exploring at the Silvana mine, in his position of exploration geologist and then as chief geologist-engineer.
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Steve Phillips
Technical AdvisorSteve Phillip, B.Geology from Leeds University UK – Geologist with extensive experience in the Slocan Silver Camp. Steve Phillips worked at the Silvana mine (Dickenson Mines Ltd. & Treminco Resources Ltd.) from 1977 to 1992 ending as Mine Manager.
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Locke B. Goldsmith
Technical AdvisorLocke B. Goldsmith, M.Sc., P.Geo., P. Eng. has been engaged in mining exploration for the past 55 years and has conducted exploration programs and evaluations of mineral deposits worldwide. Mr. Goldsmith has also been familiar with the underground working in Sandon for over 40 years.
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William (Bill) Morton
Technical AdvisorMr. Morton M.Sc, B.Sc., P. Geo. has been employed as a professional geologist for over 30 years. Prior to starting Eastfield Resources, he held positions with several mining companies such as Giant Mascot Mines Limited, Sumitomo Metal Mines (Sumac) and Imperial Metals Corporation. In 1987 Mr. Morton merged his geological practice with Glen Garratt’s and together they formed Eastfield Resources.