Management
Eric Owens – President
and CEO, Director
Dr. Owens co-founded Alexandria Minerals and helped guide the
company to its present status as a reporting issuer. He has 23
years of experience in the mineral exploration industry in North
America, Mexico and Central America, and previously held positions
with Newmont Mining, BHP Minerals, Phelps Dodge, and Echo Bay.
His accomplishments include the initial discovery holes at Intrepid
Minerals’ El Zapote silver deposit in El Salvador, definition
drilling of the American Girl and Madre-Padre gold mines in California,
and at the Brookbank gold project in northern Ontario, as well
as numerous early-stage base and precious metals discoveries in
North and Central America. Dr. Owens holds a Ph.D. (1992) in Geology
from the University of Western Ontario and is a licensed Professional
Geologist.
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Jared Beebe – Exploration Manager
Mr. Beebe is an experienced exploration geologist with over twenty years experience in gold and precious metals systems and with better than five years experience in Quebec and Ontario including Globex, Noront Resources, Clifton Star Resources, Freewest Resources and Unigold. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing drill programs including database management, QC/QA programs, geologic modeling, and general project management. He has a BSc from Metropolitan State College in Denver and is a member of both the Ordre du geologues du Quebec and the AIPG as well as the Society of Economic Geologists.
John Thomas – Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee
Dr. Thomas holds a Ph.D. (1973) in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
With more than 30 years experience in the mining industry, Dr.
Thomas has advanced many projects to production, and has also
managed mine projects in North and South America, Africa and Russia.
He has held senior positions with Inco, Hecla Mining, Star Mining,
and Trans-Siberian Gold, and most recently was Technical Director
for the $10-million feasibility study at the Sukhoi Log gold project
in Siberia. Dr. Thomas is currently Vice-President of Operations
for Bolivar Gold Corporation, and prior to that was the company’s
General Manager for Development and Operations at its Tomi gold
mine in Venezuela.
Declan Costelloe – Director
Mr. Costelloe has more than 20 years of experience in the international
exploration, mining and investment industries. He holds a B.Sc.
in Mining Geology (1990) from Cardiff University and is a Chartered
Engineer with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Mr. Costelloe previously held positions with SRK Consulting, Monarch Resources, and Golden Star Resources, and was Investment Manager and Research Director for Veneroso Associates until March, 2006. He is President of Celtic Mining, and is currently in the process of setting up and growing mineral funds.
Ed Stuart – Director
Mr. Stuart has been actively involved in the mining and exploration business for the last 28 years. Of these, 24 years were with Aur Resources Inc, which he joined in 1984 to start the then junior company’s exploration activities in Val-d’Or, Quebec. At the time of Aur’s $4.1 billion acquisition by Teck Cominco in September, 2007, Mr. Stuart held the position of Executive Vice-President, Mining Operations, responsible for Aur’s world-wide mining operations. Prior to this, he held various other senior posts with Aur including President, North America Division, with overall responsibility for North-American exploration and mining and Vice-President Development Projects where he was responsible principally for construction of the Duck Pond Mine in Newfoundland. Prior to joining Aur, Mr. Stuart held positions with the consulting firm of Derry, Michener & Booth in Toronto and with Patino Mines Inc. in Chibougamau, Quebec. Mr. Stuart is currently President of Brannach Services Inc., a private firm providing consulting services to the minerals industry and he serves on the Board of Directors of Orbit Garant Drilling. Mr. Stuart holds a B.Sc. degree from University College Dublin, Ireland and a M.Sc. degree from Michigan Technological University. He is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, a national member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
John Francis - CFO
Mr. Francis is a Chartered Accountant, graduate of University of Toronto, and acts as CFO for Queenston Mining Inc., as well as a Vice President and CFO for Jaguar Nickel Inc. He has previously served as VP and CFO for a number of other companies, including Vencan Gold Corporation and Consolidated Durham Mines, and has worked with Chartered Accounting Firms, Coopers and Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCooper LLP) and Touche Ross. John Yarnell – Director and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Yarnell is President of Yarnell Companies Inc., an investment
and management services firm, and a director and advisor to Med-Emerg,
a medical services company listed on the NASDAQ. Mr. Yarnell is
the founder and retired Chairman of the Quorum Group of Companies
and former Chairman of Poco Petroleums, Guard Incorporated, and
Aluma Systems. He is a present and past director of many private
and public companies, and has extensive experience with emerging
growth companies. He holds a B.Comm (1949) from the University
of Manitoba, and a M.B.A (1952) from Harvard Business School.
Charles Page - Director and Chair of the Audit Committee
Mr. Page, PGeo, is the President and CEO of Queenston Mining Inc., a position he has held since 1996. He graduated in 1983 from the University of Waterloo with a master’s degree in geology and a discipline in gold. He has over 30 years of mineral exploration experience both domestic and abroad and has guided Queenston’s exploration success in the Abitibi district where it continues to be one of the most active juniors in the region.
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