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Marco A. Romero
Position: Director, President & Chief Executive Officer |
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| Mr. Romero has over 28 years' experience in the mining industry with senior roles in exploration, mine development, mergers and acquisitions, environmental permitting, and business management. Mr. Romero has been the President of Polaris Minerals Corporation since 2000. He was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. from February 1998 to June 2000 and co-founder and former Executive Director of Eldorado Gold Corporation from 1991 to 1997. |
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Roman Shklanka
Position: Chairman and Director |
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| Dr. Shklanka is the Chairman and a Director of International Barytex Resources, Kobex Resources Ltd. and Pacific Imperial Mines Ltd. He is an independent consultant in mineral exploration. Dr. Shklanka was Chairman of Canico Resource Corp. from February 2002 to December 2005, which was acquired by CVRD in 2005, and was Chairman and a major shareholder of Sutton Resources Ltd. from 1995 to 1999, which was acquired by Barrick Gold Corporation in 1999. For over 20 years, Dr. Shklanka has held various exploration and management positions with Placer Dome Inc. including Vice President of Exploration. He holds a Ph.D. degree in geology from Stanford University, and M.A. and B.Comm. degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. |
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Colin K. Benner
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Benner is a professional engineer and corporate director with over 40 years of operational and management experience in the Canadian and international resource industries. He is currently Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of both PBS Coals Ltd. and Creston Moly Corp. and most recently was Vice Chairman and CEO of Skye Resources Inc. He also serves on the Board of Lundin Mining Corporation, HudBay Minerals Inc., Sherwood Copper Corp. and Troon Ventures Ltd. Mr. Benner has held senior leadership roles at companies including Lundin Mining Corporation and EuroZinc Mining Corporation. |
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Lisa J. Dea
Position: Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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| Ms. Dea was Controller of the Company since October 2005 and was appointed Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer in May 2006. Ms. Dea is a Chartered Accountant with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms. Dea began her career in 1994 in the Assurance & Advisory division of Deloitte and Touche LLP and achieved the position of Senior Manager prior to her departure in 2005. |
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Terrence A. Lyons
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Lyons' business background includes natural resources, manufacturing, real estate, merchant banking and corporate restructuring activities. Mr. Lyons is currently non-executive Chairman of Northgate Minerals Corporation and a director and officer of several public and private corporations including Lead Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Canaccord Capital Inc., and a director of Diamonds North Resources Ltd. and Skye Resources Inc. Mr. Lyons was formerly President and Managing Partner of B.C. Pacific Capital Corporation and a Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management for 18 years. He is past Chairman of Versatile Pacific Shipyards, Westmin Resources and the Mining Association of British Columbia and past Vice Chairman of Battle Mountain Gold. Mr. Lyons' community activities include serving as a director of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre Expansion Project and several charitable organizations. |
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Gary D. Nordin
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Nordin has over 35 years experience in the mining industry. He is currently a director of two additional publicly listed Canadian companies, Portal Resources Ltd. (TSX-V; PDO)since 2003 and Canasil Resources Inc. (TSX-V; CLZ) since 2002. Mr. Nordin is also the President of two private exploration companies in Nevada, USA, Trend Resources LLC and Gale Peak Group, and a director of a private Washington, USA based exploration company, Rae Wallace. Mr. Nordin is former founder, director, and Vice President Exploration of Eldorado Gold Corporation (1990-2001) and a former founder, director and Vice-President Exploration of Bema Gold Corporation (1982-1990). |
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John H. Purkis
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Purkis has over 35 years' experience in the mining industry covering all aspects from exploration to mine closure. He is presently a director and officer of three private companies engaged in start-up ventures, Galileo Minerals Ltd., Mexico Pacific Gold Ltd.. (since April 2007) and Gulf West Biofuels Inc. (since January 2007). He is the former CEO of CanAfrican Metals and Mining Corp. (January 2006 to July 2006), the former President and Chief Executive Officer of MCK Mining Corp. (November 2003 to January 2006), and is the former Vice-President Mining and Development of Atna Resources Ltd. (May 2000 to December 2002), Project Manager of Genel Dominicana (August 1996 to August 1999), Vice-President, Projects of Inmet Mining Corporation (October 1993 to July 1996), Vice-President, Mining of Minnova Inc. (November 1991 to October 1993), and Chief Engineer of Cyprus Anvil Mining Corp. (1979 to 1983). |
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David F. Singleton
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Singleton has been the President of Eagle Rock Aggregates Inc. since 2002. He has over 40 years experience in the industrial minerals sector and has been President of Proconsult UK Ltd. (''Proconsult'') since 1990. Mr. Singleton was the past Managing Director of ARC Aggregates Limited from 1987 to 1989, a large aggregates producer in Europe which was acquired by Hanson Plc in 1989. Mr. Singleton was involved in the creation in 1982 of BACMI (British Aggregates Construction Materials Industries) and acted as Chairman of the Economic and Public Affairs Committee from 1984 to 1987. Mr. Singleton formed Global Stone Corporation, a lime and limestone company. He took the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1993. Mr. Singleton was the past President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Clay Products LLC from 1999 to 2001, a company in the North American clay brick industry. He was also the former International Director of the National Stone Association from 1994 to 1998. |
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Paul B. Sweeney
Position: Director |
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| Mr. Sweeney is a financial executive with over 30 years experience in the mining industry. He is the Executive Vice President - Business Development of Plutonic Power Corporation (since January 2007). He was previously the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Canico Resource Corp. from 2002 to December 2005. Mr. Sweeney is also a director of Pan American Silver Corp., New Gold Inc.,and Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. |
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Herbert G.A. Wilson
Position: Director, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer |
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| Mr. Wilson has over 30 years of experience in the development and operation of construction materials and industrial minerals operations. Mr. Wilson joined Polaris Minerals in 2001, prior to which he was President of United States Lime & Minerals Inc., a NASDAQ-listed public company producing lime products and construction materials from limestone quarries located in the south-central states. From 1992 to 1998 he was a founding director and Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Stone Corporation, a Toronto-listed public company producing construction aggregates and lime products. |
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| With the exception of David Singleton, who resides in the United States, the directors and management are based in Vancouver, BC. Mr. Singleton is an executive director who leads Polaris' USA office in Roswell, Georgia, and is principally focused on the shipping and marketing of Polaris' aggregates to the United States. |
