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 |   | The Laurion Board of Directors consists of professional individuals who are very experienced in the mining industry.
In addition, the management team are committed to upholding the principles of proper corporate governance and the successful exploration and development of LAURION Mineral Exploration Inc.
The management team includes:
| | | Cynthia E. Le Sueur-Aquin, President
Cynthia Le Sueur-Aquin, has been a director and the President of the Corporation since April 7, 2003. Ms. Le Sueur-Aquin has 32 years of mine management experience in the precious metal mining industry. She has been involved in global exploration and production operations including the development and project management of many mines, sand and slimes recovery sites, and gold recovery plants throughout the world. Her postings have provided her with direct exposure to cultural, political and regulatory issues in Indonesia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, Mexico, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana and other North African States. She also has experience in project financing, mining property acquisitions, corporate legal work and negotiations, company administration and investor relations. Ms. Le Sueur-Aquin worked for Randgold and Exploration Corporation Limited, Rand Leases (V) Gold Mining Corporation Limited and Gold Fields Limited prior to coming to Canada in 1995.
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| | | Michael J. Bourassa, Secretary
Michael Bourassa, LL.B, B.Sc., has been a director, Secretary and Treasurer of the Corporation since April 7, 2003. He is a partner of the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and a member of its Global Mining Group. He was listed in the 2004 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of Canada's leading lawyers in mining law. Mr. Bourassa has extensive experience with international mining due diligence issues concerning title, technical matters and environmental risks and has travelled to Africa, Central Asia and South America on his clients' behalf. He has negotiated and drafted, and advised clients on issues in connection with, joint venture agreements, option agreements, purchase and sale agreements, royalty agreements, and other mining-related agreements. Mr. Bourassa joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in 2003, having been a senior member of the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Group of Aird & Berlis LLP, where he was also a partner. Prior to such time, he was legal counsel to the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and participated in drafting the 1990 Amendments to the Ontario Mining Act.
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| | | Terrence H. Byberg, Director
Terrence Byberg has been a director of the Corporation since February 6, 2003. Mr. Byberg was also the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation from February 6, 2003 until August 31, 2006. He is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines (Technical Degree) and has more than 33 years of hands on operating experience in the mining industry. His career began as underground shift boss and has held senior management positions with resource companies in Canada, Greece, Australia and the Philippines. Mr. Byberg is also President and a director of Silver Eagle Resources Inc., a junior exploration company focused on Mexican silver projects.
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| | | Gerard Lanthier, Director
Gerard Lanthier has been a director of the Corporation since June 3, 2002. Mr. Lanthier is the President and Chief Executive Officer of A&L Line Construction and has been for the past 35 years. A&L is a hydro utility contracting firm based in Sudbury, Ontario specializing in high voltage transmission lines, substations and distribution systems and services for mainly the power generation, mining, lumber, and pulp and paper industries throughout northern Ontario.
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| | | David Burkes, Director
David Burkes, C.A., has been a director of the Corporation and acting Chief Financial Officer since March 3, 2004. He is a practicing Chartered Accountant with over 29 years of public accounting experience. Mr. Burkes is a sole practitioner offering accounting and financial services to a wide variety of clientele. Mr. Burkes has provided financial advisory services to boards of directors of the Corporation with respect to budgeting, financing and corporate governance and he is also an investigative and forensic accountant qualified by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Included amongst Mr. Burkes' assignments, has been the investigation into the fraudulent practices of a gold mine's purchasing agent and a review of the records of another gold mine leading to significant changes in operating procedures and in corporate management. Mr. Burkes has also provided forensic accounting services in the areas of shareholder disputes, qualification of damages due to product liability, breach of contract and personal injury.
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| | | Neil Westholl, Director
Dr. Westoll, has been a director of the Corporation since March 3, 2004. He is widely experienced in metal exploration and business development internationally, having spent eleven years with a subsidiary of one of the world's largest mining companies, ten years as an independent consultant to the mining industry, three years in senior executive positions in exploration and business development in a substantial international mining company and four years with junior companies. Dr. Westoll joined Gartner Lee Limited as Mining Practice Leader -- Eastern Canada in September 2003. He served on the Council of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario from its inception up to June 2006, and was Treasurer of the APGO until then. He is a previous Chairman of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and is currently on the Executive Committee of the Branch, is a member of the PDAC e3 Steering Committee and was elected to the PDAC Board in 2008. He also serves on the Environment Committee of the Mining Association of Canada.
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