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| R. Stuart (Tookie) Angus, LL.B Position: Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Angus is an independent business advisor to the mining industry. He was formerly Head of the Global Mining Group for Fasken Martineau. For the past 30 years, Mr. Angus has focused on structuring and financing significant international exploration, development and mining ventures. More recently, he was Managing Director of Mergers & Acquisitions for Endeavour Financial. Mr. Angus is the former Chairman of the Board of BC Sugar Refinery Limited, was a Director of First Quantum Minerals until June 2005, was a Director of Canico Resources Corporation until its takeover by CVRD and was a Director of Bema Gold until its takeover by Kinross Gold. He is presently a Director of Polaris Minerals Corporation, Plutonic Power Corporation and Chairman of Nevsun Resources. | |
| Bryan Slusarchuk Position: Chief Executive Officer Mr. Slusarchuk has significant experience financing and operating companies involved in mineral exploration and development. Mr. Slusarchuk, prior to establishing a track record as a successful private and public company CEO, was a Senior Investment Advisor at a premier Canadian investment dealer. Mr. Slusarchuk has a substantial European and North American financial network and has worked within it to finance and structure multiple North American and European ventures. In 2008, Mr. Slusarchuk was a featured speaker at TEDx Vancouver 2009 and is a founder of and partner at Skanderbeg Capital Group, a company focused on deploying venture capital to fast-growing venture situations. | |
| George Gorzynski, P. Eng Position: Director Mr. Gorzynski is a geologist and an international mineral exploration consultant to the junior exploration industry. His wide-ranging experience spans over 25 years and has included projects over much of the globe. His work has involved a variety of commodities with particular expertise in base and precious metals. Mr. Gorzynski has served on the boards and in management of several private and public companies involved in mineral exploration. He is currently a Director of IMPACT Silver Corp., a publicly traded silver producer and exploration company where he was instrumental in identifying, negotiating and completing the purchase of the Royal Mines of Zacualpan project for the company. Mr. Gorzynski holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) from the University of Toronto and a Master of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of British Columbia. | |
| Frederick J. Sveinson, P.Eng. Position: Director Fred Sveinson is a professional mining engineer with more than 40 years experience in the development and operation of underground mines from 100 to 2,000 tpd in Africa, the United States, South America and Canada, including the Arctic. Senior positions have included: GM of Echo Bay's Lupin and Sunnyside operations and VP of Tonto Mining and Dynatec Mining. Mr. Sveinson is currently President & CEO of Merit Mining Corp, a Vancouver based company with two advanced stage mining projects in British Columbia. | |
| Jonathan Richards Position: Chief Financial Officer Mr. Richards was previously an audit manager at a premier Canadian chartered accountant firm where he specialized in the mining industry. Mr. Richards has significant accounting experience working with mineral exploration and development companies in Canada and throughout the world. Mr. Richards completed a Bachelor of Management Studies degree with first class honours from the University of Waikato, New Zealand and gained his membership of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2005. In addition to audit experience, Mr. Richards is also the Chief Financial Officer of a number of other public mineral exploration and development companies. | |
| Shoni Bernard, LL.B Position: Corporate Secretary Ms. Bernard is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia (since July 12, 1983). She obtained a B.Soc. Sc. degree from the University of Ottawa, in 1979; and obtained her LL.B. degree from the University of Ottawa, in 1982. Ms. Bernard is an experienced corporate lawyer with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the regulatory environment within which public companies operate. Her focus is on mineral exploration and development companies. | |
| Prof. Perparim Alikaj, Ph.D Position: Albanian Advisory Team Prof. Alikaj is based in Tirana, Albania and is a citizen of both Albania and Canada. Prof. Alikaj is the Head of Geophysics Section, Department of Earth Sciences at Polytechnic University of Tirana. Prof. Alikaj is also a private consulting geophysicist in mineral exploration, groundwater exploration and engineering geology. Prof. Alikaj is credited with inventing Real Section IP and Voltage Domain IP technologies. He has consulted on numerous gold and base metal exploration projects throughout the world including projects in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The largest ore deposit discovered with Real Section IP technology is the San Nicolas deposit with 65 million ton of polymetallic minerals, located at a depth of 200m. Prof. Alikaj has a Bachelors of Science as a Geophysical Engineer, a Master of Science in Geophysics and a Ph.D in Geophysics from the Polytechnic University of Tirana. He is a member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers and of the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society. | |
| Erton Kaleshi Position: Albanian Advisory Team Mr. Kaleshi is a Certified Accountant (certified by the Ministry of Finance, Tirana, Albania) and holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Tirana, Albania. Mr. Kaleshi served as the Head of Internal Audit for the Financial Union of Tirana (Representative of Western Union Services Inc. for Albania) and also held a position as Financial Analyst for the same organization. Previously, Mr. Kaleshi was Responsible for Fixed Assets while employed by Albanian Mobile Communications. Mr. Kaleshi is well versed in finance, accounting and regulatory procedures for companies maintaining business operations in Albania. | |
| Wolf Theiss Albania Wolf Thiess is a one of the leading law firms in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Wolf Theiss was founded in 1957 in Vienna and has advised prominent national and international companies, banks and investors on complex legal transactions throughout Europe. Wolf Theiss was selected as the "Austrian Law Firm of the Year 2006" by the International Financial Law Review. Wolf Theiss has an established office in Tirana, Albania focused on the international market. The firm has rapidly developed into one of the leading firms for handling complex legal transactions for both corporate clients as well as NGOs and government entities in Albania. Due to its fully integrated network of offices and its international expertise, Wolf Theiss Albania is one of the pre-eminent law firms in Albania for advising on Albania's new legislation, much of which has been modeled after EU legislation. |
"Tirex's founders, Bryan Slusarchuk, Tookie Angus and George Gorzynski and its top management have extensive financial and geological background in mining." (Objective Capital Research, Initiation Report, October 2007)
