There are eight directors of the Company, as set out below:
E. Lynn Patterson Director, Chairman Mr. E. Lynn Patterson joined the Board of YNG on April 17, 2005 and was elected Chair of the Board of Directors the same day. Lynn is the retired President & COO of B. C. Tel & B. C. Telecom (now Telus). He has an extensive experience in corporate governance and startup of new business ventures and large capital intensive programs. He was past chairman of Telecom Leasing Canada Ltd., Canadian Telephone & Supplies Inc., B. C. Cellular (now Telus Mobility), Viscount Industries, CANAC/Microtel (a joint venture between CN Rail and Micotel to replace the DEW Line with the EARLY NORTH WARNING system for NORAD), Stentor Inc. (a consortium of the major telephone companies of Canada), and recently retired after 9 years, from the Board of NAV CANADA where he was a founding Director and Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee in the 1.5 $ Billion (CDN) Privatization of Canada's air traffic control system. Lynn has served on many Vancouver community Boards in fundraising and is past Chair of Crofton House School and a PATRON of SCIENCE WORLD B. C. |
Graham C. Dickson, B.Sc. A.R.C.S. Director, President and CEO Mr. Dickson has been working in the Mining Industry in North America for the last 24 years. Has acted as general manager of a turnkey construction company for gold milling facilities in remote locations, including the Snip Mill for Cominco Ltd., Golden Patricia Mill for Bond Gold and Seabee Mill for Claude Resources. Before joining YNG, Mr. Dickson served in various capacities with BYG Natural Resources Ltd., which had an operating gold mine in the Yukon Territory. Recently as General Manager of the General Contractor Mr. Dickson completed the surface facilities, for Bema Gold's Julietta mine in Far East Russia, ahead of schedule and under budget. |
R. J. (Don) MacDonald Director and Chair Audit Committee Mr. Don MacDonald is Senior VP & CFO of NovaGold Resources Inc. and has over 21 years of experience in the mining industry. He has been directly involved in the operation or development of ten mines in North and South America, and the completion of multiple mine financings and mergers and acquisitions transactions totaling over $2 billion. Mr. MacDonald's experience in the mining industry included Senior VP & CFO of De Beers Canada Mining Inc. (formerly Winspear Diamonds) and Dayton Mining Corporation. Mr. MacDonald holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in engineering from Oxford University and he is a chartered accountant. |
John R. W. Fox, B.Sc., P. Eng. Director Mr. John Fox has more than 35 years experience in the design, start-up and operation of mine metallurgical process plants. Mr. Fox has held positions with RTZ, Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Rossing Uranium, Wright Engineers, and as Principal Engineer with both Cominco Engineering Services Ltd. and H.A. Simons Ltd. He has worked on more that 100 mining projects in more than 20 countries from the Ketza River mine in the Yukon , Julietta mine in Russia, Buenaventura's Uchucchachua in Peru, Teck projects in Ontario and Panama and gold plants in China, Africa, Philippines , Indonesia and the Americas. Mr. Fox is President of Laurion Consulting Inc. |
Robert E. Chafee Director and Chair Compensation Committee R. E. (Bob) Chafee has been involved in the mining industry since 1957, originally in Elliot Lake, Manitouwadge and Sudbury as well as in Northwestern Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and the Yukon. Mr. Chafee is currently Chairman and director of several trucking and contracting companies, Igeacare Systems Inc. - in the health care communications and emergency response field, Etobicoke Ironworks Inc., - in structural steel and scaffolding design and manufacture, Tonolli Canada - in the secondary lead smelting business. In addition he is a director of Hardrock Mining Inc., Tagish Lake Gold Corp., Yukon Nevada Gold Corp., and Andamios Atlas in Mexico. He was formerly CEO and Chairman of Skyway Canada, Matthews Equipment Ltd. and Antamex International Inc. |
Neil J. Steenberg Director and Chair Corporate Governance Committee A practising lawyer for more than 30 years, Mr. Steenberg has specialized in corporate finance, securities and mining law advising clients on structuring initial public offerings, private placements and other financings as well as mergers and acquisitions and mineral exploration and development agreements. Mr. Steenberg obatined both his undergraduate degree (B.A. Hons.) in English Literature & History and his law degree (LLB.) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Complementing his corporate law practice Mr. Steenberg has 5 years management and operational experience working as in-house counsel and in senior management positions for a group of eight Canadian junior gold exploration and producing enterprises from 1985 to 1990. He was formerly a Partner and chair of the national corporate finance and securities practice at Gowling Lafleur Henderson, LLP, one of the largest Canadian law firms, from 1994 to 2003. Since November, 2003, Mr. Steenberg has operated a private business law and corporate finance boutique practice in downtown Toronto. As well as being a board member of YNG, Mr. Steenberg is Secretary and a director of Conquest Resources Limited (TSX Venture Exchange - symbol CQR), Secretary of Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (TSX symbol LIR) and Secretary of Coniagas Resources Limited (TSX Venture Exchange - symbol CNY). |
Peter Holbek, M.Sc., P.Geo. Director Mr. Holbek is a geologist with more than 28 years experience in geology, mineral exploration and mine development. He currently runs a consulting company, Viking GeoScience, which provides exploration and evaluation services for the Mining Industry in addition to serving as Vice President, Exploration for Copper Mountain Mining Corp. From 2003 to recently, he served as Vice President, Exploration for Western Keltic Mines and Blackstone Ventures Inc. From 1996 to 2002, he was Vice President, Exploration for Atna Resources Ltd., and has held senior exploration positions with Princeton Mining Corp., Homestake Canada and Esso Minerals Canada Ltd., among others. In addition to extensive exploration experience, Peter has been involved in mine operations, mine development and numerous feasibility and prefeasibility studies. He has directed exploration that lead to the discovery of epithermal gold, volcanogenic massive sulphide, and porphyry copper deposits. |
Iain Harris Director Mr. Harris was President and CEO of AirBC Limited from 1983 to 1995. Prior to that he was Vice President, Finance & Administration with the Jim Pattison Group. He is a former Chairman of Terasen Inc. (formerly BC Gas Inc.) and the Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. He is also a former director of several companies including International Forest Products Ltd., TELUS Corporation, and Nav Canada. Mr. Harris is a past Chairman of Tourism Vancouver, the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Air Transport Association of Canada. He is also a former director of the Vancouver Foundation and the Forest Alliance of B.C. He is a Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade and the recipient of the Governor General's Commemorative Medal in recognition of community and public service. |
The members of the Board of Directors possess a diversified background in mining exploration and operation as well as broad business experience. The Company expects to supplement this experience by the addition of a director with a background in mineral exploration.
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