Board of Directors

Timothy R. Lindsey - Director and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Lindsey has over thirty years of technical and executive leadership in exploration, production and business development in the U.S., Canada, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the CIS and Asia-Pacific.  From March 2005 to the present, Mr. Lindsey has been a Principal of Lindsey Energy and Natural  Resources, an independent consulting firm specializing in energy and mining industry issues.  Mr. Lindsey received a bachelor of science in geology from Eastern Washington University and completed graduate studies-economic geology at the University of Montana.

Chairman of the Compensation Committee

John G. Shanahan - Director

Mr. Shanahan was named the Company's President and CEO in October 2008. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Shanahan was the chairman of the board of directors from 2005 until April 2009. Mr. Shanahan's background is in commodity price risk management and he has held senior management positions with Barclays Capital, Rothschild Inc., Pasminco Ltd, and Australian Mining and Smelting. Mr. Shanahan is also a director of Mediterranean Resources Ltd and Condor Blanco Mines Ltd. Mr. Shanahan holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Melbourne, a graduate diploma in Systems Analysis and Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and an MBA degree from the Columbia School of Business.

Larry M. Okada - Director

Mr. Okada has extensive public finance and accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche, Staley Okada & Partners, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.  Mr. Okada is a Chartered Accountant in British Columbia and Alberta as well as a Certified Public Accountant in Washington State.  Mr. Okada is currently a member of various committees with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

Chairman of the Audit Committee

Albert F. Appleton - Director

Mr. Appleton, a native of Spokane, Washington who currently resides in New York City, has been an international environmental and public finance consultant since 2005. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Appleton was the Senior Fellow of Infrastructure at the New York City Regional Plan Association (RPA) and from 1990 to 1993 he was Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and Director of the New York City Water and Sewer System, where he was noted for his innovations in watershed protection, water conservation and water resource management and finance. Mr. Appleton is a graduate of Gonzaga University and Yale Law School. 

Chairman of the Environmental Committee

John McCombe - Director

Mr. John B. McCombe was appointed to the Board of Directors on November 2, 1010. McCombe has over 25 years operating experience in North American and international mining and mineral processing operations. Mr. McCombe is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Dalradian. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President - Operating Strategy at IAMGOLD Corporation. Mr. McCombe graduated from Queen's University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and is a member of Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Upon graduation Mr. McCombe joined Dickenson Mines (now Goldcorp) at their Red Lake operation where he held various mine and mill superintendent positions. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. McCombe was with Breakwater Resources where he was responsible for global operations.

Chairman of the Safety Committee