 |
Corporate
|
| Management
| | | James D. Excell
President & CEO
Mr. Excell is a Metallurgical Engineer with extensive senior executive, mine management and process engineering experience. His career includes more than three decades with BHP Billiton in Canada and internationally, serving as President and COO of BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. from 1999 to 2003, and as its Chairman to June 2005. He has been responsible for overseeing the management and development some of the world's premier mining projects, including the EKATI diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, where he led the construction, commissioning and subsequent operation of the $700 million development. Jim also managed copper operations in British Columbia, as well as metallurgical and thermal coal mines in Australia and the U.S. In addition to his outstanding industry experience, he is recognized for fostering goodwill relations with government and aboriginal groups.
|
| | | Andrew Pooler
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Pooler has more than 20 years of experience as a mining engineer and operations executive working in North, Central and South America. For the last five years, Andrew has been senior vice-president, mine operations, for Pan American Silver Corp. Pan American Silver has six producing properties and two under development. Prior to Pan American Silver, Andrew held executive positions with several mining companies, including vice-president of operations at Amax Gold. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from the University of Idaho and will oversee the development, construction and eventual operations at Abacus's Afton-Ajax project.
|
| | | Paddy Nicol
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Nicol has over 15 years experience in public company management while serving on the boards of Abacus Mining Corp, Redstar Gold Corp., Niblack Mining Corp., and Cobre Exploration Ltd. Most recently Paddy was the President and CEO of Niblack Mining Corp. which successfully merged with Committee Bay Resources in 2008. During his tenure, Paddy developed an extensive network of contacts throughout the institutional and retail investment community. Paddy holds an MBA in management consulting from Royal Roads University in Victoria and will help provide financial, management and promotional expertise for the Company.
|
| | | Robert Friesen
Senior Exploration Manager
Mr. Friesen has over 40 years experience as a mining and exploration geologist. Bob has worked for a number of producing underground and open pit mines in Canada, USA, Australia, and Fiji; and include major owner/operators such as Noranda, Minnova, Placer Dome, and Teck Cominco. His extensive experience in mining operations provides Abacus with a high degree of expertise for the exploration, management and development of the Afton-Ajax area. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and is a registered Professional Geoscientist.
|
| | | Jim Whittaker
Project Manager
Mr. Whittaker joined the Abacus team in late 2008, coming from the CRU Strategies regional office in Santiago de Chile, were his work was focused on business improvement for their mining sector clients. James was the leader of the Performance Improvement practice area, and he lead consulting projects in the realms of operational asset productivity, risk evaluation in strategic mine planning, and the audit of Greenfield and Brownfield capital investments. Prior to this, James worked for the Placer Dome group for 15 years, and during that time he held responsibility for process operations in copper, gold and molybdenum operations in Canada and Chile, and enhanced shareholder value through improvements in operational productivity, project start-up, and resource protection.
|
| | | Gordon Frost
Chief Mine Engineer
Gordon Frost has more than ten years experience in the mining industry working for mining and consulting companies based in British Columbia. For the last five years, Gordon was with AMEC Americans Limited ("AMEC") where he worked on projects and mines in Latin America, Central Asia and Canada including Abacus' Afton-Ajax project. Prior to joining AMEC Gordon held various positions with Imperial Metals including Mine Engineer at the Huckleberry Mine.
Mr. Frost holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Mining Engineering from Queen's University and a Diploma in Mining Technology (Honours) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
|
| | | Dianna Stoopnikoff
Environmental Manager
Ms. Stoopnikoff has more than 15 years experience managing environmental programs within BC. Prior to joining AME Mining Afton-Ajax Project, Dianna led the successful issuance of an EA Certificate which included a pilot project to allow for concurrent permitting of the Galore Creek Project. Dianna has also worked for several mining companies including Myra Falls, New Gold and Premier Gold, which were in various phases of start-up, construction, operation or closure. She also has extensive experience managing sustainable community relations, management systems for construction and operations, and the development of policies and procedures.
|
| |
