| Mari-Ann Green, B.A., B.Ed. Director -- Chairman & C.E.O. | ||
| Ms. Green, co-founder of Formation Metalsl, has over 20 years experience in the resource sector in the areas of finance, management and corporate development. She has been responsible for the raising of almost $90 million in equity funding for the Company and has assembled and directed a team of exceptional industry professionals. Since inception, she has kept the team focused on the corporate objective - to become a profitable, primary metals miner and refiner. | ||
| J. Scott Bending, P.Geo., B.Sc. Director -- President. | ||
| Mr. Bending, also a co-founder, has over 23 years experience in mineral exploration and development within Canada, Mexico, United States and abroad and has 15 years experience in metal price forecasting and commodity analysis. Mr. Bending provides Formation with solid management expertise and has a proven track record of acquiring and evaluating high quality metal projects. Mr. Bending is also on the Board of Directors of the Northwest Mining Association. | ||
| W.G. (Bill) Scales, B.Sc. Director -- Executive V.P. | ||
| Mr. Scales, also a co-founder, has over 30 years experience in project management including 20 years in mineral exploration and development. His extensive knowledge of the Idaho Cobalt deposit gives him a solid background from which to oversee and review property development as Project Manager. | ||
| David Stone, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.E., P.Eng. Director | ||
| Dr. Stone is an internationally recognized expert in mine backfilling with over 17 years of experience in underground and surface mining in some 40 projects in 17 countries. He has participated in due diligence teams as well as leading mining scoping and mining feasibility studies for open pit and underground projects worldwide. | ||
| Robert Metka, B.Sc., Eng., M.B.A. Director | ||
| Mr. Metka has over 23 years of mineral production and engineering experience as V.P. of Projects for Noranda Minerals and V.P. and General Manager of CEZinc. He is presently a Principal of Hatch, the world's largest international hydrometallurgical company. | ||
| James B. Engdahl Director | ||
| Mr. Engdahl has over 30 years experience in corporate finance, management, accounting and administration with major financial institutions such as Barclays Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal. | ||
| Robert J. Quinn, B.S., B.A., J.D. Director | ||
| As past Chief Legal Officer for Battle Mountain Gold Company, Mr. Quinn offers experience that focuses on due diligence, negotiating, structuring and documenting acquisitions and joint ventures and the financing, permitting and development of major mining projects. | ||
| Cecil D. Andrus Director | ||
| Previous four-term Idaho governor and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Cecil D. Andrus has served on the boards of Albertson's, Key Bank and Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation since leaving office in 1995. He currently is "of counsel" to the Gallatin Group, a northwest based public affairs firm and chairman of the Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University. Governor Andrus is known for his strong environmental stance on mining and believes the Idaho Cobalt Project to be an environmentally conscious mining operation. | ||
| J. Paul Farquharson, B.B.A., C.S.C. C.F.O. | ||
| Mr. Farquharson has 25+ years experience in financial management and regulatory compliance with private and public resource companies across Canada. Over the last 14 years he has been responsible for financial and compliance matters for Formation Metals and has assisted with the raising of venture capital and the corporate development of Formation. | ||
| Jeffrey T.K. Fraser, B.Comm., LLB. Corporate Secretary | ||
| Mr. Fraser has practiced corporate, securities and mineral natural resources law for over 20 years. He has, through Jeffrey T.K. Fraser Law Corporation, been legal counsel to Formation Metals Inc. since 1997, providing legal services relative to financings, corporate law and governance, and securities regulatory compliance. | ||
| E.R. (Rick) Honsinger, B.Sc., P.Geo. V.P. Corporate Communications | ||
| Mr. Honsinger's geological and technical background brings over 20 years of project management, exploration and I.T. related experience to the Company. He is directly responsible for Corporate Communications and related compliance and has managed and contributed to the success of numerous field and special projects during his past 15 years with Formation. | ||
| Alan D. Vichert, B.A., B.Sc. (Geol), M.B.A., CRM V.P. Risk Management | ||
| Mr. Vichert has many years of geological and business experience in the Middle East, the Caribbean, the USA and Canada. Before joining Formation Metals, Mr. Vichert spent a decade with the International Financial Centre Vancouver promoting world wide business in Vancouver. He assists Formation in matters of business development and is responsible for ensuring that business ventures engaged in by the company are managed in the manner most likely to reduce risk for shareholders. | ||
