MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTORS
Daniel Noone (B.Sc. Geology, MBA) – Chairman
Mr. Noone has more than 30 years of international mineral exploration and development experience ranging from implementing grass roots programs through to feasibility studies. He is currently the VP Exploration and Director of G2 Goldfields Inc. Prior to this he was the VP of Peruvian Operations for Aquiline Resources Inc., which was acquired by Pan American Silver Corp. in January 2010. Mr. Noone has held various senior geologist roles managing projects in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina. He holds a degree in geology from Ballarat University and an MBA from Melbourne University.
John Tait – President & CEO
Mr. Tait is the GPM’s Board of Directors. Mr. Tait has been involved in mining exploration for over 25 years, highlighted by being President of Southern Star Resources, prior to becoming Gold Eagle Mines which was sold to Goldcorp Inc in 2008 for C$1.5 Billion. Mr. Tait has also been an Officer and Director of several exploration companies throughout his career.
Yajian Wang ( CPA/CMA, MBA, & MSci.) – CFO
Ms.Wang holds a degree of Master of Applied Science, enterprise systems engineering, from the University of Waterloo; and a degree of Master of Business Administration, Financial and Accounting; from Wilfrid Laurier University; Waterloo, Canada. She has 25 years of financial and accounting experience.
Harry Burgess (P.Eng) – Director
Mr. Burgess is a mining engineer and a co-founder of Micon International Limited. He now serves as an Associate Consultant, on a part time basis to Micon. Mr. Burgess has B. Sc. degrees in both Mechanical and Mining Engineering. Mr. Burgess has been engaged in consulting since 1980. His prior operating experience includes senior positions in the copper industry of Zambia and gold mining in South Africa. In Zambia, Mr. Burgess held management positions with both technical and production responsibility. In South Africa, he was responsible for the introduction of mechanized mining systems to the gold mines of Anglo-American Corporation in the Orange Free State. Mr. Burgess has particular experience in the monitoring to completion of mining projects for banks and financial institutions. He is a member of public company boards and also technical advisory committees.
Bruce E. Rosenberg ( LL.B) – Director
Mr. Rosenberg has been practicing law in Ontario since 1980. He has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer and commercial litigator. Mr. Rosenberg has acted as legal counsel for several TSX listed junior mining companies and serves on the Board of Directors of three Canadian charitable foundations.
Peter Walsh (MBA) – Director
Mr. Walsh has worked in senior ministerial advisory roles at both the Australian Federal and State levels as well as in the commercial sector. In particular, Peter was instrumental in the government consideration and delivery of major infrastructure projects including: the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail project, the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing and the Roads to Recovery Program. Mr. Walsh serves on the GPM Board in moving the project forward with the Traditional Land Owners and the Northern Land Council.
Benn Whistler (B.Sc. Geology) – Country Manager
Mr. Whistler brings decades of experience in exploration globally, including most recently, playing a key role in the discovery of SolGold’s world-class Cascabel porphyry copper-gold discoveries in Ecuador. Mr. Whistler commented: “I am excited to be involved with GPM’s Walker Gossan project and look forward to drilling the potentially world class targets that exist on the property”.