Directors and Officers |
Luard J. Manning, P.Eng, Director Luard is a Life Member B.C. Professional Engineers and CIMM and has over 50 years mining experience, and a mining consultant practicing out of Vancouver, B.C. as President of L.J. Manning and Associates since 1967. He has extensive personal expertise in operating underground mines, and has operated small open pit operations. Luard has supervised and critiqued engineering designs for both surface and underground deposits with emphasis on the effects of design on operating economics. Most notably, completed feasibility studies for Brandywine operation of Northair Mines; the Ruth Vermont project for Columbia River Mines; and the Rabbit Lake open pit project for Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd. He has work experience in Canada, Latin America, and the U.S.A., and has reviewed properties in England and Australia. He is a director and officer of several public companies. |
Advisory Board |
Hans Smit, P. Geo. Hans Smit, Mineral Industry Consultant of Telkwa, B.C. is a Professional Geologist who managed the feasibility, environmental assessment, and permitting of Ascot Resources Ltd.’s Swamp Point aggregate project located adjacent to Highbank Resources Ltd. Swamp Point North property on the Portland Canal, B. C. coast. Mr. Smit also assisted in targeting markets for aggregates along the B.C. and U.S.A. west coast. Mr. Smit has experience in all aspect of the mineral industry from grassroots exploration through to mine feasibility studies, environmental permitting and corporate development. As VP for Grayd Resource Corporation, he was one of the key people who advanced the La India heap-leach gold project in Mexico from the grassroots exploration stage through to a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA"). In 2011, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. paid $275M to acquire Grayd and recently brought La India into production, using a mine and production plan based on Grayd’s work. Mr. Smit is currently Chief Executive Office of Orla Mining Ltd., a newly-formed Vancouver based junior mining company. Hans is also active in volunteer initiatives that promote education and facilitate discussion between the mineral industry and communities in Northern British Columbia. |
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