There are seven directors of the Company, as set out below:
Robert F. Baldock, CA(M), FCPA, FCMC President, CEO and Director Mr. Baldock is an experienced mining executive as well as being a qualified and experienced accountant with over 30 years of hands-on management of public and private corporations across a wide range of industries, focused on the mining industry. Mr. Baldock is the former co-founder and Managing Director and subsequently Executive Chairman of Golconda Minerals N.L. Group of Mining Companies listed on the ASX, NASDAQ and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. He was also President of a controlled subsidiary, Nevada Goldfields Corporation, listed on the TSX, Toronto, NASDAQ, USA and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. Mr. Baldock's role with the Golconda Group also included the role of Managing Director of Duketon Exploration Limited, listed on the ASX. During Mr. Baldock's period of tenure he had the overall responsibility of raising the initial capital and using the raised capital and cash flow from the newly established gold operations to oversee the design, construction, commission and operation of six mineral processing plants and gold producing projects.
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Graham C. Dickson, B.Sc. A.R.C.S. COO and Director 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. |
Jean-Edgar de Trentinian Director Mr. de Trentinian has administered and owned, either partially or fully a large number of companies over the years. Amongst his mandates or ownership include a division of Générale de Fonderie, Atlas Air France, Editoriale Domus of France, VSD Magazine, Lalique, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, Perfumes Charles Jourdan. He was also a diplomat, Head of Mission in Geneva Switzerland. Partner and director of Studio 4 x 5. Shareholder and director of EDIPOP s.a. Shareholder and director of HAP AX holdings (industry). Publisher and director of the top magazine for French residents (Switzerland) "Le Journal Français". Member of the foundation Jean Monnet for Europe. Director of CARREFOUR s.a. (Publishing Fribourg). Director of HENMAR s.a. (Real Estate). Director of the institute for 'Trusts Protectors' (Fribourg). He is currently shareholder, President and C.E.O. of ORIFER. First and Secondary education in France, French Master. University in Switzerland. Arts & Métiers. His military service, B.A.I04 and B.A.117 was at the Headquarters of the French Air-Force. |
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 Chair Compensation Committee and Director 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. |
Simon Solomonidis Director Mr. Solomonidis is a seasoned senior executive, with strong general management, sales and marketing experience, coupled with exceptional financial skills, gained through a rich, high exposure international career path with Hewlett-Packard Europe. Throughout his 30 year career at HP, he has been exposed to both mature as well as high growth, cost constrained environments and has been in charge of multi-million dollar business programs, including major restructuring ones, developing and managing international business teams in multi-country, multi- culture operations. He has demonstrated relentless focus on business results, having exceeded revenue and profit goals in all his assignments and has acquired excellent strategic and leadership skills. He is particularly strong in managing business program execution/implementation, as well as in negotiating complex deals at senior executive level. Mr. Solomonidis holds a M.Sc. in Systems Engineering and a B.Sc in Electronic Engineering from the Universities of London and Birmingham in the UK, as well as an MBA in Economics from the Open University, UK. Mr. Solomonidis is currently working as an independent sales and management consultant. |
Terry L. Eisenman Director Mr. Eisenman graduated with Honors in Finance, University of Wisconsin and has over 35 years of experience in banking and finance through establishing and operating Mortgage Banking businesses. He has financed an Arizona pilot plant on gold claims which was later purchased by Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. ("YNG"). He has helped raise venture capital for the relisting and start-up of YGC Resources Ltd. Mr. Eisenman has supervised Ketza River Holdings', wholly owned subsidiary of YNG, Yukon Exploration and Drilling camp from 2004 through 2008. Mr. Eisenman is currently managing the Yukon operations for YNG, and the director of Yukon-Shaanxi Mining Company Inc. |
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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