| T. Gregory Hawkins, P.Geo., MSc. Interim Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Mr. Hawkins has been involved in the mining exploration and investment industry since 1969. He has been variously responsible for the identification and/or delineation of ten mineral deposits in Canada, USA, Chile, Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). In acting as founding project consultant and/or founding director of seven public and private exploration/development ventures, he has participated in or been responsible for the definition of at least one resource/reserve in every case with five cases resulting in production in the USA, Chile, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali. In 1990, he started CME & Company, an international full service consultancy and contracting firm, which grew to include Spectral International Geophysics, Eagle Drilling and ATS Inc. | ||
| 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 from 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 brings expertise in areas of consultation, sustainable use of natural resources and multi-stakeholder engagement. She 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. | ||
