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Technical Advisory Board
Resinco's Technical Advisory Board ("TAB") consists of "best in class" professional geologists, mining engineers and technical specialists. The TAB provides Resinco with advice, counsel and education related to the technical aspects of potential and current investments. The TAB also reviews on-going operational plans of investee companies.
The following individuals are directors of the TAB. They represent the first phase of the TAB organizational structure.
Chris Healey. Mr. Healey is a licensed professional geologist in Saskatchewan and Wyoming with over 40 years experience in the natural resources industry, specializing in uranium exploration and extraction. He is currently Chief Operating Officer for Titan Uranium Inc. He has held senior positions with Cameco Corporation, the world's largest uranium producer, where he managed its US operations and was responsible for the acquisition of several major uranium properties that had potential deposits in excess of 50 million pounds of resources. He was involved in the discovery and development of the world's two largest high grade deposits: Cigar Lake and McArthur River. Mr. Healey has both broad and deep experience in all aspects of resource mining, especially in the uranium sector. He has also worked on uranium projects around the world, including Canada, the United States, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Australia and Malawi.
Dr. Martin Keeley. Dr. Keeley brings 27 years of experience in international oil and gas exploration and development with focused expertise on fund raising, project management and opportunity generation. Dr. Keeley received his PhD in Geology from Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, followed by receiving Executive Management Diplomas in Effective Management and Finance and Accounting. During his career Dr. Keeley is credited with discovering the Jurassic oil field in western Egypt, to be extended into NE Libya, guiding Samsung towards the Issaouane farm-in discovery wells in southern Algeria, overseeing Plan Argentina, resulting in more than $100 million in new investment and developing major exploration plays in Colombia, Peru and Argentina.
John Kerr, P. Eng. Geologist. Mr. Kerr graduated from the University of British Columbia in with a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc) degree in Geological Engineering. He has participated in the mining industry continuously since graduation as an exploration geologist. His expertise is epithermal and sedex-hosted precious metal deposits in the southwest United States, strata controlled gold deposits and porphyry copper/gold/molybdenum deposits of the western Cordillera and VMS deposits in all areas of North America. Successful ventures include recognition and discovery of the Santa Fe gold mine, identification of the Calvada gold mine and discovery of the Mindora gold/silver deposit, all located in Nevada. He is also credited with early identification of two VMS deposits at the Rambler Mine in Newfoundland and recognition of the Frasergold strata controlled gold deposit in British Columbia. Mr. Kerr has sat on the boards of numerous public companies. He currently runs a geological consulting practice out of Vancouver, B.C., with projects located in all areas of North America.
Dr. Rainer Lehne. Dr. Rainer Lehne received his doctorate degree in Natural Resources from the University of Heidelberg. He specializes in project evaluation & development, feasibility studies, gold exploration (BLEG), applied mineralogy and ore processing. His career in geology and mineralogy has taken him around the world, including positions throughout South America and in Europe. Dr. Lehne participated in the feasibility study of BHP Billiton's world-class Antamina copper project in Peru and was the Technical and Environmental Auditor (World Bank) in Romania. He was also General Manager, Minera Inmet Peru S.A. (Inmet Mining Corporation, Canada). Since 2002 Dr. Lehne has been a guest lecturer for applied mineralogy and mineral beneficiation at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Murray McClaren, P. Geo. Mr. McClaren is a Professional Geologist and has a BSc in Geology from UBC. Mr. McClaren's career has spanned over 35 years during which time he has been involved in the exploration and discovery of numerous mining properties. Mr. McClaren has been an Officer and Director of a number of junior companies. Significant accomplishments include:
• Discovery of a Lead-Zinc District, Ellesmere Island, NWT. and Property Identification and Acquisition.
• Early Recognition of an Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Province and Property Identification and Acquisition, Baja California North, Mexico.
• Identification and Acquisition of El Boleo Copper-Cobalt (Zinc-Manganese) Camp, Baja California South, Mexico.
• Participation in the Evaluation and Acquisition of Kemess North Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, British Columbia by Covenant Resources.
• Identification, Acquisition and Development of Monteith Bay Silica Mine, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
John Park. Mr. Park is currently a director of Golden Pacific Resources Limited in Australia and has held positions on the boards of AIM listed African Eagle Resources plc, Cambridge Mineral Resources plc, Hereward Ventures plc (now Encore Oil) as chairman and director. He has also been on the boards of Australian companies GoldFX Pty. Ltd. and Central Queensland Resources Ltd. (now Midas Resources) as well as being chairman and a director of ASX listed Tasman Goldfields Ltd. He was also previously a director of Canadian listed Longview Capital Partners Incorporated (currently Resinco) and Buffalo Gold Ltd.
Mr. Park graduated in metallurgy from the University of Queensland in 1971 and worked in mining and mineral processing operations in the UK, Australia and Zambia prior to joining Seltrust Engineering Limited in London in 1978. Following Selection Trust's acquisition by BP plc he held a senior role within BP Minerals International Limited in relation to the project evaluation and financing of a number of projects including the Bingham Canyon copper mine expansion, the Ridgeway and Greens Creek precious metals mines in the USA and Oryx in South Africa. He was also Investment Manager of BP Minerals International Limited's extensive share portfolio and an Alternate Director of Unisel, a listed South African gold mining company. Mr. Park then joined Cluff Mineral Exploration Limited as Commercial Director based in London but with executive secondments to the Cluff Group's operating subsidiaries in Australia and Zimbabwe.
Mr. Park joined SAMAX Resources Ltd when the company was founded in late 1989 as Executive Director where he was responsible for operations, finance and the company's East African assets including the acquisition and early gold discoveries at its Geita properties and at Golden Pride, which became Tanzania's first modern gold mine. SAMAX Gold Inc. was successfully listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in December 1996 with a market capitalization of C$120 million and acquired two years later for more than C$200 million by Ashanti Goldfields (Canada) Inc.
Dr. Michael Smith. Dr. Smith has worked on 6 continents during a career spanning more than 30 years. Dr. Smith's experience includes oil and gas, gold, diamonds and precious stones, iron, vanadium, coal and a variety of other natural resources from a hands-on perspective from exploration to operations. In addition to working with companies including CSA Group consultancy in Ireland, British National Oil Corporation and Barrick International, he has worked with the World Bank and the European Commission. Dr. Smith has a Ph.D. from, and has lectured in Applied Geology at, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Resinco plans to announce additional members of the TAB in 2010.