From left to right: James J. Jackson, Francisco Walther, Gary Loving, Thomas F. Pugsley (back row) Christopher C. Dundas and William Hayes (front row)
Christopher C. Dundas
Chris Dundas is currently Chairman & CEO, and Director of Duluth Metals Limited. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and a MBA from the University of California (Berkeley). Prior to joining Duluth Metals, he had 33 years of experience in investment banking, real estate, and large scale infrastructure and project finance. He has been instrumental in the start-up, organization, development and financing of Duluth Metals Limited. He is formerly a Director of Murray & Company Holdings Limited, a full service financial intermediary headquartered in Toronto and formerly the President of Murray & Company’s Quebec subsidiary. He is a former Director of Wallbridge Mining Limited.
William Hayes
William Hayes was appointed a Non-Executive Director in 2006. He is a director of Royal Gold Inc. He was previously a senior executive with Placer Dome Inc. from 1988 to 2006. Mr. Hayes is a former president of the Consejo Minero, the industry body representing the largest international mining companies operating in Chile. He holds a M.A. degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management.
James J. Jackson
James Jackson, a retired executive and resident of the USA, serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Jackson is a former Alcan executive, and former Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial officer of MobiFon S.A. He is currently a member of the supervisory board of Bite Lithuania, a mobile telephone company and Board member of Neo Materials Technologies Inc. Mr.Jackson is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a registered Certified Public Accountant in the United States.
Gary Loving, Chairman
Gary Loving has over 35 years of experience as a mining company executive and manager. He has been responsible for mining projects and operations at Homestake Mining Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation and Frontera Copper Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Loving served as President, CEO and Director of Frontera Copper from February 2005 to October 2007. Prior to his positions at Frontera, he served as Senior Vice President of South American Operations for Phelps Dodge, where he was responsible for operations at Candelaria, El Abra and Ojos del Salado in Chile, and Cerro Verde in Peru. His experience includes both surface and underground, base and precious metal operations. Mr. Loving’s experience includes the development of new, copper mining and processing projects such as the Candelaria project in Chile from October 1994 through November of 1997 and the Piedras Verdes project in Mexico. Mr. Loving earned a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of Arizona and has completed Executive Management programs at both Stanford and Dartmouth Universities.
Thomas F. Pugsley
Thomas Pugsley held senior management positions with Falconbridge Limited from 1977 onwards and retired from Falconbridge in 2004. Mr. Pugsley managed Falconbridge’s interest in the US$1.8 billion Collahuasi Copper Project in Chile. He was also responsible for the implementation of Falconbridge’s $600 million Raglan Project located in Nunavik Quebec as well as the design, planning and development of Falconbridge’s US$3 billion Koniambo Ferronickel Project in New Caledonia. Prior to Falconbridge, Mr. Pugsley was Senior Mining Engineer and Mine Superintendent for Cominco’s Black Angel Mine in Greenland. Mr. Pugsley and the Falconbridge team were awarded the PDAC Developers Award in 2000 for development of the Raglan and Collahuasi mines.
Francisco Walther
Mining Eng., M.Sc. Mineral Economics, with 25 years of experience in underground and open pit mining operations and engineering, currently with Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Group and previously with CODELCO Chile and NCL Mining Engineering and Consulting.