Management Team

Daniel F. Hachey , B.Sc., MBA
President and CEO

• Strong Capital Markets background, having held senior investment banking positions with a number of firms in Toronto, New York, and Montreal

• Key involvement in notable financings in various industries including mining, oil & gas, forest products, manufacturing, and technology

• Active in area of mergers and acquisitions and other advisory work
• Former Board Director of several public (NASDAQ, AMEX, TSX, and TSX-V) and private companies
• MBA degree in Finance from McGill University
• B.Sc. degree from Concordia University
  
  

Khadija Abounaim
CFO & Corporate Secretary

• Ms. Abounaim is the CFO of a group of publicly-traded junior mining companies including Everton Resources and Adventure Gold.  Khadija was the Company’s Controller for over 4 years.
• Previously held the position of Senior Financial Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers International.
• Her experience also includes management positions at several companies in Canada and abroad including the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
• Khadija holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Diplôme national d’expertise comptable.
  
  

Marc -André Bernier , P.Geo.
VP Exploration

• Senior Quaternary geoscientist with the James Bay Joint Action Mining Committee from 2003-2006 (Albanel-Témiscamie-Otish mountains Quaternary mapping initiative)
• Consultant Quaternary geoscientist from 2001 to 2003 (Boungou river diamond project, Central African Republic; Kivalliq region gold exploration program, Nunavut)
• Managed Asquith Resources’ Central African Republic gold exploration program from 1996 through to the successful takeover by Axmin Inc.
• Senior Quaternary geoscientist on regional drift-based surveys (Ontario Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Canada; Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources)
• B.Sc.H. ( University of Ottawa) and M.Sc. (McGill) degrees focusing on applied Quaternary geology (drift geochemistry and heavy mineral studies)
• Trained in drift-based diamond exploration by De Beers Canada
  
  

Jacques Letendre
Technical Advisor

• Graduated in Geology from the University of Montreal
• Obtained a Masters Degree in Geology from the University of Montreal
• Worked for Monopros Ltd, a Canadian subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, active in diamond exploration from 1982-1994, spent 2 years as director of exploration for Canada
• Directed the diamond division of Golden Star Resources Ltd which was active in South America and Africa
• Since 1998, he has been the President of Renouveau Exploration, a mining exploration company