
Management & Directors
Lawrence Page obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1965 where he has practiced in the areas of natural resource law and corporate and securities law to the present date. Through his experience with natural resource companies and, in particular, precious metals development, Mr. Page has established a unique relationship with financiers, geologists and consultants and has been counsel for public Companies which have discovered and developed producing mines in North America. Specifically, he has been a Director and Officer of Companies which have discovered and brought into production the David Bell and Page Williams mines in Ontario, the Snip, Calpine/Eskay Creek and Mascot Gold Mines in British Columbia, as well as the discovery of the Penasquito Mine in Mexico.
Specifically, he has been a Director and Officer of Companies which have discovered and brought into production the David Bell and Page Williams mines in Ontario, the Snip, Calpine/Eskay Creek and Mascot Gold Mines in British Columbia as well as the discovery of the Penasquito Mine in Mexico.
Mr. Page is the principal of the Manex Resource Group of Vancouver which provides administrative, financial, corporate, corporate finance and geological services to a number of public companies in the mineral resource sector. He currently serves as a director of six public companies, including Bravo Gold Corporation, Duncastle Gold Corp., Bravada Gold Corporation, Quaterra Resources Inc., Southern Silver Exploration Corp. and Valterra Resource Corporation.
Mahesh Liyanage joins the Company with over 15 years of experience in public practice and industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and has headed finance and audit teams nationally and internationally. He started his career with BDO Burah Hathy Sri Lanka and held a supervisory role leading audits in manufacturing, banking, and natural resource industries. Before moving to McDonald’s Fiji as head of finance he served as controller for a garment manufacturing company which catered to the North American market.
In McDonald’s Fiji he pioneered the implementation of accounting systems and revitalized office structures, document flows and inter-department relationships in order to achieve excellence and profitability.
In McDonald’s Fiji he pioneered the implementation of accounting systems and revitalized office structures, document flows and inter-department relationships in order to achieve excellence and profitability.
Mahesh Liyanage is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and Fiji Institute of Accountants.
Ms. Page obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000 and her Bachelor of Laws degree in 2004 from the University of British Columbia and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2005. Ms. Page currently serves as a corporate secretary to several public resource companies in the minerals sector.
Mr. McGrath attained his Bachelors degree in Earth Sciences from Memorial University in Newfoundland in 1992. Since then he has dedicated almost 20 years to the mineral exploration industry through geosciences, education and sustainability. His background includes exploration for gold and base metals through his work on banded iron formations, VHMS deposits and lode gold systems. Brian recently joined the Manex Group after spending six years with Cumberland Resources Ltd. as an integral part of a team that brought the Meadowbank Gold Project in Nunavut to a multi-million ounce reserve. Other key positions he's held include: Mineral Resource Officer with British Columbia's Ministry of Energy and Mines, Project Geologist positions with Homestake Exploration Canada; Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and Redfern Resources.
Mr. Page was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University in 1989, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia in 1992. From 1989 to 1994 Mr. Page was active in the mineral exploration industry in Canada, conducting extensive field work in such areas as Eskay Creek and Bronson Creek in Northwest British Columbia, and the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. In 1994 Mr. Page joined Colliers International, where he worked until 1997 as a Commercial Real Estate Broker. In 1997 Mr. Page joined Oxford Properties Group, where he is currently Director, Real Estate Management. In this capacity he manages the Vancouver office of the company, overseeing 25 staff and the operations and financial performance of a $500 million commercial real estate portfolio. Mr. Page is currently a Director of Valterra Resource Corporation and Duncastle Gold Corp. and CFO of Bravada Gold Corporation.
Robert Liverant, a retired chartered accountant, is a director and Chair of the Company’s audit committee. Mr. Liverant was a director of Capital Title Group, Inc. (Nasdaq) from May 1996 until September 2006 and was also a director of Bonaventure Enterprises Inc. He has been a director of Caledonia Mining Corporation since December 2006.
Edward Odishaw commenced the practice of Law in 1968 and has gained financial literacy through his positions as a director and member of the audit committees of numerous private and public companies, including United States Lime and Minerals Inc. (USLM listed on NASDAQ). As a director and audit committee member of various companies both currently and in the past, Mr. Odishaw is familiar with the principals of GAAP in Canada and the United States and the Sarbanes-Oxley rules in the United States relating to financial reporting. Furthermore, he has developed an understanding of auditors’ responsibilities under auditing standards as well as the procedures for internal control over financial reporting that is integrated into audited financial statements.
Barry Schindel is a director of the Issuer and is 66 years of age. Mr. Schindel is a manager of Olsa Holdings Ltd. Auto Leasing in Kelowna and has worked with that company since 1980. Accordingly, Olsa Holdings Ltd. occupies the majority of his time and a lesser proportion of his time is devoted to the Issuer. Mr. Schindel has no other experience in the natural resource and mineral exploration industry except through his position with the Issuer.
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