There are four officers of the company who are not directors:
Randy Reichert, M.Sc. P.Eng. Chief Operating Officer Mr. Reichert has 23 years' experience from his international work at various operating mines and process facilities. Most recently Mr. Reichert was President and COO for Colossus Minerals Inc responsible for the development of the Serra Pelada project in Brazil. Prior to this he was COO of Oriel Resources plc and Orsu Metals Corp. Mr. Reichert spent over five years in Russia with Bema Gold, and subsequently Kinross Gold Corporation. Within those five years he held the position of General Manager, Operations of the Kupol gold mine in Chukotka, Russia and General Manager for the Julietta gold mine in Magadan, Russia. He has also held positions within various mining operations with Cominco Limited, now Teck, prior to working for Bema Gold. Mr. Reichert is a professional engineer with a Mining Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia, a Masters in Rock Mechanics from Queens University and a GDBA from Simon Fraser University. |
Shaun Heinrichs, BBA, CA, CPA (Illinois) Chief Financial Officer Mr. Heinrichs has over eleven years of financial accounting experience, beginning with seven years of public practice experience with Ernst & Young in Vancouver. His primary role at Ernst & Young was as a lead assurance or advisory manager on several large US and Canadian public companies within the BC region. He has also held management roles over the last four years in two large US public companies and most recently held a senior management role at a large BC utility prior to joining Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. Mr. Heinrichs became the Chief Financial Officer of YNG in November 2008. Mr. Heinrichs holds a BBA from Simon Fraser University and is both a Chartered Accountant in Canada and a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois, United States. |
Todd W. Johnson, M.Sc Geo, M.Sc Geo Eng, P.E. Vice President of Exploration Mr. Johnson has over 16 years of experience in the precious and base metal resource industry and an additional 4 years of geotechnical engineering experience ranging from grass-roots exploration to mine predevelopment. Mr. Johnson is a Qualified Person as defined by the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 guidelines, a recognized expert in the assessment of base and precious metal systems, and has worked throughout the western United States, northern Mexico, and Canada. He worked for over 10 years with the Noranda-Hemlo Gold Mines group and was involved with the New World Au (Cu-Ag) discovery in Cooke City, Montana. After the merger of Hemlo Gold Mines and Battle Mountain Gold in 1996, Todd significantly contributed to the multi-million ounce resource expansion at the Phoenix Au (Cu-Ag) mine in Battle Mountain, Nevada which was later put into production by Newmont Mining Corporation. His most recent efforts have helped Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (YNG) return the Jerritt Canyon Au (Ag) mine back into production in 2009 after it was temporarily shut down in August 2008. Mr. Johnson also helped manage the 2008 geotechnical, hydrogeological, and geo-metallurgy drilling campaigns to help support YNG's ongoing predevelopment study and Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) application for the Ketza River Au Project in the Yukon Territory. In addition to his geological and exploration experience, Mr. Johnson is a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Nevada and has worked on several commercial and industrial developments, mine developments, residential developments, utility lines, and roadways with several engineering companies including AMEC. |
Graham H. Scott, B.Sc, M.S., LL.B. Corporate Secretary Mr. Scott combines 25 years as a resource and corporate finance lawyer with eight years of practical experience as an exploration geologist to give clients expert, balanced advice on all resource-related matters. He represents many Canadian public companies which are listed on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges, in addition to clients in the corporate finance business. Mr. Scott also represents a diverse group of clients in the mining industry, ranging from individual prospectors to multinational mining companies. In such work, Mr. Scott has negotiated and prepared participation and joint venture agreements for properties throughout the world. He has presented papers on securities law and mining law matters and has chaired many legal and industry conferences. Mr. Scott is listed in The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, is one of the 230 lawyers world-wide listed in the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers and is listed in the The Best Lawyers in Canada. |
|
