Officers


 
Rod W. Husband
Position: Chief Executive Officer, Director

Mr. Husband is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He obtained a B.Sc. (Geology) degree from the University of British Columbia in December 1986. His 20 years of experience is in all areas of economic geology with a particular focus in porphyry, epithermal, orogenic and skarn environments.


In 1992, Mr. Husband became president and chief geologist of Pro Group Geological Ltd, a private company that provides a wide range of exploration services to clients. With Pro Group Geological, he led initial exploration and advanced development for resource companies operating in Canada, United States, Chile, Peru, Honduras, Mexico, Philippines and Slovakia. He has served on the board of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and is presently on the board of Majestic Gold Corp., Verona Development Corp., and Global Hunter Corp.

 
Tom Needham
Position: CFO

For the past nine years Mr. Needham has been either the Chief Financial Officer or Controller of a number of public companies. Tom has a strong work history in public accounting and extensive experience in the financial management of public companies. In recent years since 2005, Tom was CFO for a number of public companies on the TSX-V Exchange mainly in the oil and gas, and mineral exploration sectors. He is a well respected financial executive with over 20 years of experience working with resource companies in the public sector, both nationally and internationally, either as a financial consultant, an auditor or as a CFO. His experience in the resource sector includes companies operating in the United States, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, South Korea, Africa and Europe with capital and operating budgets ranging from $50M to $100M. He obtained his CA designation in the UK which provides him with all the necessary tools of financial management for reporting operating results to management, liaising with financial institutions, auditors, and complying with today's complex regulatory
reporting requirements.

 
Michael W. Hibbitts - P. Geo
Position: VP Development and Exploration

  • 30+ years of extensive progressive experience from early exploration through to feasibility, mine development, and production
  • An experienced officer of mining companies including New Gold Inc., Northgate Exploration Ltd., Royal Oak Mines, and Noranda Mines with a solid proven track record of exploration, development, production and safety


 
Penny Johnson
Position: Corporate Secretary

Penny began her career as an executive assistant in a public mining company and since then has gained experience and expertise in public company regulatory and reporting requirements and has held progressively more senior positions, most recently as Office Manager and Assistant Corporate Secretary for New Gold Inc.