Robert L. Carpenter, Ph.D., P. Geo., President and CEO, Director Dr. Carpenter is one of the founders behind Kaminak and is a practicing professional geologist. He has been involved in all aspects of precious and base metal exploration for over 16 years. Dr. Carpenter has more than ten years of experience with BHP-Billiton Ltd., Placer Dome Inc., and WMC Resources Ltd., focusing primarily on early stage exploration projects throughout Canada, Australia and the United States. While with WMC Resources Ltd., he spent time on gold and nickel projects throughout North America. More recently, he spent three years with the Federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada. He was responsible for evaluating technical reports submitted on mineral claims, prospecting permits and mining leases as required under the Canada Mining Regulations and recommend their approval/rejection based on compliance. After his federal government employment, Dr. Carpenter served as Senior Exploration Geologist for Committee Bay Resources Ltd. and the Hunter Exploration Group for two years. Dr. Carpenter obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario and completed his Ph.D. thesis on the regional geological setting of the Meliadine Lake gold deposits located near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Dr. Carpenter is certified by the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (P. Geo) and is also a Director of Brilliant Mining Corp. (BMC: TSXV).
John Robins, P.Geo., Chairman, Director Mr. Robins is one of the founders of Kaminak and has served other successful TSX and TSXV listed companies. John is a professional geologist and registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
Charles Chebry, B.Sc., CMA, CFO, Director Mr. Chebry is an independent business consultant. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta and is a Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Chebry became President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Cedar Mountain Exploration Inc. in January 2007. He was Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and a Director of Olympia Financial Group Inc. (OLY:TSXV), from March 1997 to December 2006 and remains a Director. Mr. Chebry served as the Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Olympia Trust Company from April 1999 to December 2006 and remains a Director. Mr. Chebry also served as the Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Eyelogic Systems Inc. (EYE.A:TSXV), an automated eyesight testing company, from April 1998 to December 2006 and remains a Director. Mr. Chebry has been a Director of Committee Bay Resources Inc., (CBR:TSXV), since July 2002 and served as President and founder of its predecessor company Arta Enterprises Inc. from December 2000 to July 2002. Mr. Chebry has also been the President of CC Management Inc. from March 1997 to date, a management services company.
Sean Mager, B.Com., Director Mr. Mager is a graduate of the University of Alberta School of Business and has spent fifteen years in private and public management and consulting, including six years in Canada’s Northwest Territories. His northern experience includes serving as COO for an aboriginal investment corporation and as the lead Financial Management Analyst for the industry portfolio of the territorial government. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Mager was the VP Corporate Development for a TSXV-listed logistics firm serving northern mining clients such as BHP's Ekati diamond mine and Cumberland Resources' Meadowbank gold project. Since 2000, he has applied his expertise in corporate and northern affairs to the development and governance of junior mining and mineral exploration companies. Presently, Mr. Mager is the CFO and a Director of both Brilliant Mining Corporation (BMC:TSXV) and Committee Bay Resources (CBR:TSXV) and he also serves as a Director of Indicator Minerals Inc. (IME:TSXV).
John Williamson, P.Geol., Director Mr. Williamson is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). He is also a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and Member of both the Society of Economic Geologists and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM). Mr. Williamson is one of the founders behind Kaminak and has 18 years of experience in conducting mineral exploration and development, mining, project management, property evaluations, geoscientific and environmental studies throughout Canada, South America, Russia and Western Australia. His exploration and production experience includes precious metals (Au, Ag, PGE), base metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Mo), diamonds and aggregate deposits.
Mr. Williamson has applied technical methodologies to conceptualize and advance many grass roots projects as well as develop a number of significant advanced exploration projects, including production phases. Mr. Williamson has also been instrumental in acquiring venture capital for these companies, and has been directly involved with raising over $30,000,000 for several of these public companies through private placements, prospectus offerings and initial public offerings.
Craig S. Finnigan, Ph.D, Chief Geologist Dr. Finnigan has over 12 years of experience in mineral exploration, regional mapping and geological research. Over the course of his career, he has explored for both base and precious minerals working for WMC Resources Ltd., Teck-Cominco Limited and as an independent consultant. His work and research have taken him extensively throughout Canada, Alaska, Wyoming, and South Africa. Craig completed a Masters degree at the University of Western Ontario as part of the Geological Survey of Canada’s EXTECH III initiative devoted to making new gold discoveries in the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt. His Ph.D thesis was completed at the University of Toronto and his research focused on understanding the geochemical behavior of the platinum group elements in igneous systems and particularly how these elements become concentrated in layered mafic intrusions. Craig is currently focused on developing and evaluating mineral exploration opportunities for Kaminak throughout Canada.
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