| Board of Directors | Anthony Cohen - President |
| Luis Navas - Chairman * | |
| John H. Paterson * | |
| R.E. (Dutch) Van Tassell * | |
| Officers | |
| - President & CEO | Anthony Cohen |
| - CFO | Greg K. W. Wong |
| - Treasurer | Paul Andersen |
| - Secretary | R.E. (Dutch) Van Tassell |
| Accountants | Forbes Andersen LLP |
| Auditors | Smith Nixon LLP |
| Legal Counsels |
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Dennis H. Peterson |
Anthony Cohen, President and Director. Mr. Cohen is also the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp., a publicly listed real estate company. He was a Director of Gendis Inc., a public merchandising and energy company, and was also a Director of Chauvco Resources Ltd., a public oil and gas company. He received a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
Luis Navas, Chairman and Director. Mr. Navas is National Practice Leader, Executive Compensation for Hay Group in Canada. He has served for over a decade as an advisor to the top management and boards of major corporations around the world. He specialises in the innovative design and implementation of corporate governance and compensation programs that support organizational strategy and objectives, as well as shareholders' interests. Luis has consulted to a variety of organizations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, across a wide spectrum of industries.
Luis' background includes three years in the investment industry in Corporate Finance and as a Mergers and Acquisitions specialist, at BMO Nesbitt Burns. He subsequently spent several years with Mercer Human Resource Consulting where he rose to the position of Senior Principal in their Global Executive Compensation Group, and has also been Vice President of Compensation for one of Canada's largest corporations. Prior to joining Hay Group, Luis co-founded Canada’s first independent executive compensation advisory firm, and built it into Canada’s largest. Luis has worked extensively with some of Canada's most well respected companies in the areas of executive compensation and corporate governance.
Luis graduated with high distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business with both Honours and Masters Business Administration degrees, and has attended the Harvard Business School’s Executive Development Program. He is a faculty member of the Directors’ College and a frequent speaker at professional conferences, national television, syndicated radio and writes extensively on all aspects of executive compensation. Luis is also a Director of the Board of Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance Services) and Chair of its Compensation and Governance Committee. He is also a director of Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp.
John H. Paterson, Director, is a mining engineer who brings with him a diversity of experience with both major and junior mining companies. As a consultant of Aurogin Resources Ltd., Mr. Paterson oversees a number of active exploration projects in Guatemala as well as in Nevada. Mr. Paterson also serves on the Board of Columbia Metal Corporation Limited and Everton Resources Inc., and is a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
Robert E. Van Tassell, Corporate Secretary and Director, currently serves as a Director of Lexam Explorations Inc., Silver Fields Resources Inc. and Rupert Resources Ltd., all junior mining companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He is also a director of Finmetal Mining and Yukon Gold Corp. both of which are listed on the NASDAQ. From 1982 to 1998, he served as Vice President, Exploration for Goldcorp Inc. Mr. Van Tassell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from Mount Allison University.
* Independent Directors