| Ian Smith President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Mr. Smith, a mining engineering graduate of the University of Queensland, Australia, has over 40 years experience in corporate, operations, and project management and consulting within the international base, precious metals and coal industries. He is a director of several public companies and is President & CEO of Santa Fe Metals Corp. More recently he was President & CEO of bcMetals Corp. that had engineered the Red Chris copper/gold porphyry project for development in northwest BC prior to being acquired by Imperial Metals Corp. His involvement with other large scale copper operations at a senior management level include the Bougainville Copper and La Caridad mines in Papua New Guinea and Mexico respectively and the Zambian Copperbelt. Mr. Smith was President and founding partner of one of North America's most successful mining industry consulting companies until purchased by Canadian interests in 1995. | ||
| Ronald L. Handford, P.Eng., BASc, MBA Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | ||
| Mr. Handford is a Professional Engineer with a BASc from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from The University of Western Ontario. He has over 35 years of international experience in development, finance and engineering relating to the resource and technology sectors. He has been a founder, officer and director of several private and public exploration and technology companies since 1996. From 1981 through 1996, Mr. Handford was a resource industry banker, investment officer and structured finance specialist, including six years with Barclays Bank and three years with the International Finance Corporation. | ||
| Saurabh Handa, CA Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Saurabh Handa is a Chartered Accountant certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Prior to joining Yellowhead, Mr. Handa was the Corporate Controller for SouthGobi Resources Ltd., a public mining company listed on both the TSX and Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Previous to that, Mr. Handa worked at Deloitte and Touche LLP as a Senior Staff Accountant working in its audit and valuation practices primarily on international mining companies. Mr. Handa holds a Diploma in Accounting from the University of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Diploma in Computer Systems and Technology form the British Columbia Institute of Technology. | ||
| Alastair Tiver, P. Eng, MBA Vice President, Operations | ||
| Mr. Tiver holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, from South Australian University along with an MBA from Curtin University in Western Australia. He has 24 years of broad international experience in operating and consulting roles ranging from exploration stage to large scale operating mines in a variety of commodities. Most recently as the Chief Engineer of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, he was a key member of the management team responsible for bringing the Copper Mountain Project, located near Princeton, BC, back into production. Prior to Copper Mountain, he was with bcMetals Corp. as its Chief Mining Engineer, which advanced the Red Chris copper/gold porphyry project to a pre-development/financing stage at which time that company was taken over by Imperial Metals Corp. | ||
| Charlene Higgins, MSc, PhD Vice President, Environment, Community & First Nations Relations | ||
| Dr. Higgins has a Master of Science and a Doctorate Degree in Ecology from the University of British Columbia. She has over 14 years experience working with Aboriginal communities and organizations as a senior policy advisor and negotiator. She has participated as an expert and advisor in international (United Nations), national and provincial arenas on issues pertaining to the sustainable use and management of natural resources. Dr. Higgins is a member of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee on Sustainable Forest Management, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) National Governing Body, and the BC First Nations Environmental Assessment Technical Working Group. | ||
