Corporate
Management
| Lenic Rodriguez MA President, CEO and Director | ||
| Mr. Rodriguez is an Honors Business Graduate and Master of Science Graduate from IberoAmericana University, a Jesuit education institute, considered as one of the top private Universities in Mexico. At just 30 years of age, he was among the top 100 executives in Mexico. Mr. Rodriguez was also a founding member of the Mexican Chapter of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates, founded by the Economics Nobel Laureate, Dr. Lawrence R. Klein. He has broad experience as an entrepreneur and financier and has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions of dollars for private and public companies in Mexico, Canada and US. Prior to joining Aurcana, Mr Rodriguez created a JV with Phillip Holzmann AG from Western Germany, the world's second largest general contractor, at the time. His vast knowledge and global business experience was instrumental in growing Aurcana Corporation from an exploration company, to being one of the fastest growing silver producers today. | ||
| Salvador Huerta, BA Accounting and Administration Chief Financial Officer | ||
| With training at Harvard Business School, Mr. Huerta has over 30 years work experience as a CFO for large multinational Companies, such as: H.J. Heinz; Timex Corp; Rheem Manufacturing and other global Mexico based Groups. Mr. Huerta has extensive knowledge and experience in business, finances, manufacturing, planning, treasury and accounting, as well as international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Aurcana, he acted as an investment opportunities advisor for Nichimen Japanese Co, now Sojits Corporation a large multinational corporation with 483 subsidiaries all over the world. Mr. Huerta is Fluent in English and Spanish | ||
| Dr. Sadek El Alfy Vice President Operations | ||
| Dr. Sadek El-Alfy is a professional mining Engineer with 35 years of experience in underground as well as open pit mining on various continents. Recently he was responsible for mining operations in Venezuela and Uruguay for Crystallex International Corporation over a period of 12 years. In the past few years, he was also responsible for the completion of Feasibility Studies and Environmental Impact Studies for major mining projects in several South American countries as well as Mexico. Prior to his involvement in South American operations, Dr. El-Alfy was in charge of mining and concentrating operations at several locations in Canada including General Manager of the Iron Ore Company of Canada. Dr. El-Alfy is fluent in English, French and Spanish. | ||
| Nils von Fersen PGeo Vice President, Exploration | ||
| Nils von Fersen is a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of expertise in conducting and managing mineral exploration for base and precious metals in Canada, Chile, Mexico and Guatemala for major and junior mining companies. Mr. von Fersen spent 18 years with Kidd Creek Mines and Falconbridge in exploration and project evaluation in western Canada and internationally, including the exploration and feasibility phases of the world class Collahuasi porphyry copper deposit in Chile. Since 1999 Mr. von Fersen has been a consulting geologist with a focus on projects in B.C., Mexico and Central America. | ||
| Catalin Chiloflischi, BA Management and Economics Corporate Communications Director | ||
| Mr. Chiloflischi is an economist with over 15 years experience in public companies, investor relations, investor communications, corporate governance, sustainability and business development both in Canada and Europe. For the last 10 years, Catalin has been involved in the mining sector both as a senior analyst and most recently as a manager investor communications with a TSX-V listed mining company.He holds a BA in Business Administration and Economics and completed several professional development programs in corporate governance, capital markets, strategy and Canadian securities. | ||
| Sandy Hunter Corporate Secretary | ||
| Ms. Sandy Hunter has been in the corporate securities industry for over 15 years and has worked with a broad range of issuers both in a corporate secretarial capacity and as an account manager for registrar and transfer agents. | ||
| Alfonso Canseco Hernández, Eng Director of Operations and General Manager, La Negra Mine | ||
| Mr. Canseco has more than 38 years of experience in mine management.He is a Graduate Engineer in Mining and Metallurgy of the "Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México". Prior to joining La Negra Mine, Mr. Canseco worked with Grupo Mexico (IMMSA) as Mine Supervisor and Mine Assistant Superintendent. He also held the position of Manager with Peñoles Group, Director of Mining Constructions for the Ministry of Economy, Manager of Minera Guadalupe, Minera Victoria, Minera Nukay as well as Project Assistant with Baja Mining in Santa Rosalía, B.C.S. Mr Canseco also worked as a full-time Professor of mathematics at the Colegio of Bachilleres in Mexico. | ||
| Mr. Ted Apodaca General Manager,Shafter Mine | ||
| Mr. Ted Apodaca has over 30 years of experience in Mining and General Construction that include mine development from start-ups to turn key operation, mine operation, mills construction as well as underground mining techniques and shafts sinking. He operated various mining operations in Brasil, Venezuela, Panama, Indonesia, Bolivia and Honduras. Mr. Apodaca is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. | ||
| Officers, Directors & Senior Management | ||
| Lenic Rodriguez President, CEO and Director Nils von Fersen Vice President, Exploration Salvador Huerta Chief Financial Officer Dr. Sadek El Alfy Vice President Operations Catalin Chiloflischi Corporate Communications Director Sandy Hunter Corporate Secretary Alfonso Canseco Hernández Director of Operations and General Manager, La Negra Mine Ted Apodaca General Manager Shafter Mine Sandy Hunter Corporate Secretary Adrian Aguirre Director Paul Matysek Director Bob Tweedy Director Arthur H Ditto Director Technical Advisors: Jerry Blackwell Dr. Peter Megaw | ||
| Robert Tweedy Director-Chairman | ||
| Robert Tweedy is a corporate director. He is the Chairman of Useppa Holdings Limited, a private management company. Mr. Tweedy is currently the Chairman of STT Enviro Corporation and an Advisor to MARS. Mr. Tweedy is a past Director of TransAmerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, Rockwater Capital Corp., the Toronto Hospital Foundation Board, and subsequently served as President and CEO of a number of private and public companies. He is a past Chairman of the Young President's Organization, Ontario Chapter, and currently a member of the World Presidents' Organization. He earned his Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and his Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. In 2003, he was awarded the H.M. The Queen's Gold Jubilee Medal. | ||
| Adrian Aguirre Director | ||
| Mr. Aguirre serves as Vice Chairman and Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Maxcom Telecomunicaciones SAB de CV, a large integrated telecommunication services operator in Mexico. He has held these posts since 2011. Previously, he acted as Chairman of the Board of the Company from March 1996 to December 2008, and was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors between December 2008 and 2011. He is Certified Public Accountant and holds a degree in Accounting from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico. | ||
| Paul Matysek Director | ||
| Mr. Matysek is a founding director and President and CEO of Lithium One. He has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry and is an experienced professional geochemist and geologist with a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Geology. Mr. Matysek most recently held the position of President and CEO of Potash One Inc. Prior to joining Potash One Inc., Mr. Matysek was the President and CEO of Energy Metals Corporation that traded on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Energy Metals became one of the fastest growing companies in Canada growing from a market capitalization of only $10 million in 2004 to approximately $1.5 billion when it was acquired by a Uranium One in 2007. | ||
| Arthur H. Ditto Director | ||
| Mr. Arthur H. Ditto is a professional mining Engineer with 40 years of experience in management, transactions, and corporate financing in the mining industry. A retired senior mining executive, Mr. Ditto served as President, CEO, and director of a number of major public mining companies including Kinross Gold Corporation, and Katanga Mining Limited. From 2005 to 2008 he served as President, CEO and Director of Katanga Mining Limited. From 1993 to 2005 he served as a Director of Kinross Gold Corporation and was its President and COO until 2001. Mr. Ditto also served as Vice Chairman during 2002 and 2003. During this time, he was instrumental in the acquisition, restructuring and mine site expansion of Kinross Gold. The Company grew from one operation to as many as 14 units operating in the USA, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Chile and Africa and increased annual gold output from about 30 thousand ounces to about 1.6 million ounces of gold. Mr. Ditto has extensive background and experience in acquisitions, restructuring, as well as expanding business units. | ||
| Technical Advisors | ||
| Dr Peter Megaw | ||
| Dr. Megaw, C.P.G. is President of INDEX/Cascabel and co-founder of Cascabel and MAG Silver Corporation, a company focused on projects located within the Mexican Silver Belt. He has a Ph.D. n geology from the University of Arizona and more than 34 years of relevant experience focused on silver and gold exploration in Mexico. He is a certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and an Arizona Registered geologist. Dr. Megaw has been instrumental in a number of mineral discoveries in Mexico including new ore bodies at existing mines, Excellon Resources' Platosa Mine, and MAG Silver's Juanicipio-Fresnillo, Zacatecas; Platosa, Durango; and Cinco de Mayo-Pozo Seco, Chihuahua. Dr. Megaw has served on the Board of MAG Silver since 2005, Candente Gold since 2009 and Minaurum Gold since 2010. Dr. Megaw was awarded the Society of Mining Engineers 2012 Robert M. Dreyer Award for excellence in Applied Economic Geology and the Carnegie Mineralogical Medal for 2009. He is the author of numerous scientific publications on ore deposits and is a frequent speaker at academic and international exploration conferences. | ||
| Jerry Blackwell | ||
| Mr. Blackwell has been in mining exploration since 1970. He worked with Cominco Ltd., and has also been a consulting geologist. Since 1993, Mr. Blackwell is a Director of Gitennes Exploration Inc. He served as an Officer and Director of numerous listed-companies where his geological expertise, management style and integrity have been greatly valued. He has over 39 years of mineral exploration and development experience. | ||