Chairman & Director
Mr. Pirooz studied commerce at Dalhousie University and received a law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1989. Mr. Pirooz practiced law in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia from May 1990 to February 1998 primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial and securities law. Mr. Pirooz served as General Counsel, Vice-President and Secretary of Pan American Silver Corp (TSX; NASDAQ) from April 1998 to October 2000 and from October 2000 to December 2002 was General Counsel and Vice President of the BCR Group of Companies. Mr. Pirooz is currently a lawyer and business consultant providing services to a variety of clients and serving a variety of posts within his clients' companies, including serving as General Counsel of Pan American Silver Corp (PAS) since Jan 2003. Mr. Pirooz is also on the Board of Directors for PAS.
David Strang
President & CEO
Mr. Strang is a graduate of Stanford University, BSc, Applied Earth Sciences. Mr. Strang was previously CEO & President of Global Copper Corp (Sold to TeckCominco), Vice President, Corporate Development for Northern Peru Copper Corp (sold to China Minmetals/Jiangxi Copper), CEO & President of Lumina Resources Corp (Sold to Western Copper Corp) and President of Regalito Copper Corp (sold to Pan Pacific). Mr. Strang is a former Mining Industry expert with Corporate Value Consulting & was Acquisitions Manager - Base Metals, for Gold Fields of South Africa.
Marshal Koval
VP Corporate Development
Mr. Koval has over 27 years of executive management, corporate development, finance, engineering, geology and environmental expertise. Formerly, President & CEO of Northern Peru Copper and President of Pincock Allen & Holt and Northwest Mining Assoc, and has also served in various positions for mining and consulting companies including Golder Associates, BHP/Utah International, Inco, Meridian Minerals, and Inspiration Consolidated Copper. His experience ranges from mineral exploration, feasibility study and permitting, to finance, mine development, operation and closure. His recent focus has been providing management consulting support on feasibility study, finance, M&A, privatization and stock listing projects. Environmental work includes, advising mining companies and banks on environmental management, permitting and compliance, remediation and closure. He has worked extensively in both North and South America, Europe and Australia. Mr. Koval is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a B.Sc. Geology, and is a registered P. Geo, of Washington and North Carolina.
Leo Hathaway
VP Exploration
Mr. Hathaway is responsible for the exploration management of the Company's projects in Argentina. From 2005 to 2008 he was VP Exploration for Northern Peru Copper from 2005 to 2006 for Regalito Copper and from 2004 to 2005 for Lumina Resources. Prior to 2004 he worked for Inmet Mining in Europe, Central and South America and also Australia. Mr. Hathaway holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Applied Geology from the University of Plymouth, a M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from the University of London and obtained a P.Geo from the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario in 2004.