| Paul M. Blythe
President, CEO and Director
| | | Mr. Blythe has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Prior to forming Quadra, Mr. Blythe worked for Billiton Metals where he held the positions of Vice President, Project and Business Evaluation from 2000 to 2002 and Vice President, Special Projects from 1998 to 2000. While with Billiton Metals, Mr. Blythe was involved with a number of projects, including the acquisition of Rio Algom. Prior to joining Billiton Metals, Mr. Blythe spent four years as President and CEO of Compañia Minera Gibraltar Limitada where he was responsible for the development, construction and commissioning of the Lomas Bayas copper mine in Northern Chile. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Blythe acted as Mill Superintendent at the Gibraltar Mine in British Columbia and then as Vice President Projects, responsible for evaluation of exploration and development opportunities for Gibraltar. Mr. Blythe worked at various base metal and gold projects in supervisory and technical capacities before joining Gibraltar. Mr. Blythe was a director of Dayton Mining Corporation from 1998 to 2002.
Mr. Blythe obtained his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mineral Processing, from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London |
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| Jack Miller, P. Eng.
Chief Operating Officer
| | | Mr. Miller has more than 25 years of experience in the mining industry. He was a mining consultant based in Vancouver, British Columbia from November, 2002 to December, 2003. Prior to undertaking this work, Mr. Miller was Vice President, Operations for Imperial Metals Corporation from April, 1998 to November, 2002. From March, 1997 to April, 1998, he was Vice-President, Operations for Princeton Mining Corporation where he completed construction and commissioning of the Huckleberry open-pit copper mine in British Columbia. Prior to that, Mr. Miller worked for Gibraltar Mines Limited from October, 1994 to March, 1997, where he was responsible for the feasibility study and initiation of construction on the Lomas Bayas project. Construction of the facility was started immediately following the acquisition of Gibraltar by Westmin Resources Inc. in 1996. Before working on the Lomas Bayas project, Mr. Miller was Mine Superintendent at Gibraltar's McLeese Lake Operation, an open-pit copper mine, from February to October 1994. Prior to working at Gibraltar, Mr. Miller worked for Viceroy Gold Corporation, initially as Senior Mining Engineer, then as Mine Manager and ultimately Assistant General Manager at the Castle Mountain Project in Nevada where he participated in the start-up and long-term operation of the mine.
Mr. Miller obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science (Geology) in 1977, and his Masters in the same field in 1979, both from the University of British Columbia. |
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| Derek White, CA
Executive Vice President
| | | Mr. White has over 20 years of financial experience in the mining and metals industry. He started his career in 1986 with Coopers & Lybrand LLC, in Vancouver and Johannesburg. In 1992, he joined Impala Platinum Ltd. and held financial management positions in both mine operations in South Africa, and metals trading in London. He joined Billiton International Metals BV in 1994, as part of the Gencor Ltd. acquisition team, and held executive financial positions in The Hague, London, and Toronto where he was Chief Financial Officer of the Base Metals Division, formed after the acquisition by Billiton Plc of Rio Algom Ltd. In 2003, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of International Vision Direct Corp., an online contact lens retailer and winner of the 2003 Ernst &Young LLP - Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Mr. White holds an undergraduate degree in Geological Engineering and is a Chartered Accountant |
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| Stuart McDonald, CA, CPA (Illinois)
Chief Financial Officer
| | | Mr. McDonald is a Chartered Accountant with 13 years of financial experience in mining and other industries. Most recently he was Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer at Cumberland Resources from 2004 until its acquisition by Agnico-Eagle Mines in April 2007. Prior to Cumberland, he was a Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP where he specialized in financial reporting for Canadian and U.S. public companies. He also spent three years as an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young in Prague, Czech Republic.
Mr. McDonald obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (Illinois). |
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| John Bailey, FCA (England and Wales)
Vice President, Commercial
| | | Mr. Bailey has more than 30 years of financial and commercial experience, ten of which have been in the mining business. Prior to joining Quadra on March 1, 2005 he worked as a consultant to Quadra on insurance, risk management and a number of other commercial matters.
Mr. Bailey started his career in the accounting profession in the UK and then joined Price Waterhouse in the Netherlands. In 1975 he joined Shell International Petroleum and from 1977 to 1979 worked as a financial analyst at Billiton International Metals in The Hague. From 1979 to 1986 he was Vice President Finance of Billiton Canada Limited. Between 1986 and 1994 he held various roles in the Downstream and Chemical business of Shell International Petroleum in the UK. In 1994 he moved to the Regional Treasury division of Shell International and specialized in project financing, particularly on projects in lesser developed countries. Between 1997 and 2002 he was controller and then CFO of the Shell Retail business in the UK before returning to Canada in 2003. |
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| Guy Le Bel, Ing., MBA
Vice President, Business Development
| | | Mr. Le Bel has over 20 years experience in the mining industry, focusing on valuation, financial analysis and strategic and business planning. Prior to joining Quadra Mining, Mr. Le Bel was Corporate Development Consultant to Inco Limited's Strategic Planning Group. Between 1998 and 2000, he was Manager, Business Valuation with Rio Algom. Following the acquisition of Rio Algom by BHP Billiton, Mr. Le Bel was Senior Business Advisor to BHP Billiton Base Metals. From 1987 to 1998, he held the positions of Financial Analyst and Manager, Financial Planning with Cambior Inc. Prior to joining Cambior, Mr. Le Bel worked as Mining and Geotechnical Engineering with Golder Associates.
Mr. Le Bel received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering from the Laval University in 1980, his Masters from the University of British Columbia in 1982, and his MBA from L' École des Hautes Études Commerciales in 1990. Mr. Le Bel is a licensed member of OIQ and member of PDAC. |
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| Mark Selby
Vice President, Business Planning and Market Research
| | | Prior to working with Quadra, Mark Selby founded Selby & Co in 2006 to provide consulting advice to mining companies and investors on the outlook base metals and resource equity valuation. Prior to that, he worked for 5 years at Inco where he led the Strategic Planning and Corporate Development group during the multi-party acquisition battle that culminated in Inco's takeover by CVRD. He joined Inco in 2001 as Director, Market Research where he helped to transform the commodity research group into a recognized industry leader. Before joining Inco, he was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting where he consulted to clients in the transportation and resource sectors.
Mark Selby holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
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| Howard Bradley
Vice President, Mining
| | | Mr. Bradley graduated with a mine engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville in 1978. Over the following nine years he worked at a number of coal and precious metal mines throughout the western U.S. His responsibilities included senior engineering as well as superintendent level positions at mines still in the permitting stage through to commencement of the operations.
Over the following 10 years Mr. Bradley worked for Viceroy Gold Corporation at the Castle Mountain Mine. He started his career at Viceroy as mine engineer and was later prompted to the production superintendent and mine manager positions. He was then promoted to be the General Manager at the Brewery Creek heap leach gold mine outside of Dawson City, Yukon.
Following the cessation of operations at Brewery Creek Mr. Bradley held the General Manager and Mine Manager positions at the Huckleberry and Mount Polley Mines respectfully. |
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| Edward (Ed) Kirwan, B.Sc.
Vice President, Environmental
| | | Mr. Kirwan has over 22 years experience in the mining industry, of which 14 years were spent in the environmental field. Prior to joining Quadra, he was the Director of Health, Safety and Environment at Pan American Silver. While at Pan American he managed and developed environmental programs at mines in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico and Argentina. Prior to Pan American, he was the Director of Environment for Kumtor Operating Company and spent three years working in the Kyrgyz Republic. In addition to environmental matters, his work there focused on community relations and sustainable development as well as supporting a new mining development in Mongolia. Before working in Central Asia, Mr. Kirwan spent six months living in Bolivia working for Battle Mountain Gold. From August 1997 until 2000, Mr. Kirwan worked for Coeur d' Alene Mines based out of their corporate office in Idaho. He held titles of Senior Environmental Scientist and Environmental Manager and supported their operations in the United States, Chile and Bolivia. During this time he successfully permitted a gold mining operation in southern Chile. From May 1995 until April 1997, he worked for the Phelps Dodge Corporation supporting their operations in the southwestern US, Madagascar and Peru. Immediately after graduation, Mr. Kirwan worked three years in Southern California for MK Gold and successfully permitted the Oro Cruz expansion to the American Girl Mine.
Mr. Kirwan obtained his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science in May of 1992, from Northern Arizona University. |
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| David Newhook, P. Eng.
Vice President, Project Evaluation
| | | Mr. Newhook has more than 15 years of experience in the mining industry. He was Manager of the Copper Smelter and Refinery Operations at Xstrata's Kidd Creek Metallurgical Division. Prior to this role, Mr. Newhook held various Superintendent positions in metallurgical and mining operations within North and South America. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Newhook participated in the construction and commissioning of Lomas Bayas and oversaw the basic and detailed engineering as the client's Engineering Project Manger. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for Gibraltar Mines and principally was involved in the metallurgical development of Lomas Bayas.
Mr. Newhook obtained his Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering in 1991, from the University of McGill. |
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| Patrick L. Fahey, M.Sc.
Vice President, Exploration
| | | Mr. Fahey has over 30 years international exploration experience as an international exploration consultant evaluating numerous base and precious metal projects from grass roots through development. Most recently, Mr. Fahey led exploration efforts for porphyry copper deposits in China and Mongolia as well as the Magistral Project in Peru. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Fahey was the Principal Geologist for BHP Minerals in Tucson, Arizona where he lead a multidisciplinary team in a major generative program in search of blind porphyry copper systems in Arizona and Sonora. Prior to this, Mr. Fahey held the position of Manager of Southwest US Exploration for Magma Copper in Tucson, Arizona where he conceived and set in motion an innovative geology-based regional exploration program for porphyry copper and gold deposits.
Mr. Fahey received his Masters in Geology in 1979 and has published or contributed to several geological research articles. He is a Member of the Geological Society of America, Nevada and Arizona and is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. |
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| Eric White
Vice President, Human Resources
| | | Mr. White has over 25 years experience in strategic planning, change management, executive search, executive career transition, executive coaching and organizational change. His experience includes assisting management in solving organizational challenges, managing organizational change, merging/rationalizing staffing and the designing and implementation of Human Resource strategic plans.
Mr. White's career experience includes a large national consulting firm and local consulting firms. Most recently, from 1993 to 2007, Mr. White was a partner with The Chancellor Partners and prior to that a partner with Chowne Beatson White and Hoogstra as well as Corporate Recruiters Ltd. Mr. White was also the Director of Personnel for Expo 86 Corporation.
Mr. White obtained his B.A. (Honours) from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick. |
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| R. Bruce Kennedy, P. Eng
General Manager, Robinson Mine
| | | Mr. Kennedy has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He worked for Phelps Dodge Mining Company from 1990 until he joined Quadra. He worked as the Mine, Hydrometallurgical and Technical Services Manager at the PD-Miami operation located in Miami, Arizona from July, 2001 till July, 2005. Prior to this, he was the Mine Manager at the Cerro Verde Mine at Arequipa, Peru, and the Candelaria Mine near Copiapo, Chile. He also served as Operations Manager of the Ojos Del Salado Mine and Concentrator located near Tierra Amarilla, Chile. Prior to that, he served in a variety of Engineering and Land Management positions at the Phelps Dodge Morenci, Tyrone and Chino operations located in Arizona and New Mexico. Prior to joining Phelps Dodge, from 1986 to 1990, he worked for the Bureau of Land Management in Farmington, New Mexico, as Chief - Solid Minerals Section and Acting Assistant Area Manager. He briefly worked for Jacobs Engineering Company in 1985 as a project engineer for uranium mill tailing stabilization. Prior to that, he worked in underground uranium mining for ten years for Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation in the Ambrosia Lake District near Grants, New Mexico, in a variety of engineering and operations positions. Prior to that, he worked two years mining potash for International Minerals and Chemicals Corp., located near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Mr. Kennedy obtained his Bachelor of Science (with Honors) in Mining Engineering in May, 1973, from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He is a member of the Society of Mining Engineers (SME) and a member of the New Mexico Society of Registered Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. |
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| Mark E. Blakely
Project Manager, Carlota Copper Compapny
| | | Mr. Blakely has more than 25 years of progressive experience in mining industry executive management, strategic planning and implementation, business development and marketing, operations/project management and administration. Most recently, Mr. Blakely worked for the Ledcor Group of Companies from 2002 until he joined Quadra in 2006. He worked as Manager of Business Development advancing to General Manager, United States Operations and finally Director of Strategic Planning and Development where he was responsible for the business development programs that impacted the strategic direction of the Civil/Mining business units.
Prior to this Mr. Blakely was the Director of Business Development at the Washington Group where he held the position of Director of Business Development from 1997 to 2002. Previous experience includes a variety of operation managerial positions with MK Gold Company, Morrison Knudsen Corporation in the U.S. as well as several principal engineering positions with Bechtel Civil and Minerals Corporation and Raymond Kaiser Engineers in Australia.
Mr. Blakely obtained his Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has served on the Deans Advisory Board, College of Mines and Earth Resources, University of Idaho and on the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mining Association. |
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| Andrew Nichols, CA
Treasurer
| | | Mr. Nichols has over 7 years of treasury experience and 4 years of experience in the mining industry. He started his career in 1987 with Coopers & Lybrand LLC, in Vancouver and London. In 1994, he joined Princeton Mining Corporation as controller and later as treasurer. He joined the treasury group of Westcoast Energy in 1998. In 2003 he joined the treasury group of Creo Inc. as Senior Treasury Manager. Mr. Nichols holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering and is a Chartered Accountant. |
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| George Reynard
Manager, Marketing
| | | Mr. Reynard has more than 25 years experience in the mining industry, initially with Rio Algom Ltd, Toronto. At Rio Algom, he was responsible for uranium logistics then sales to international clients for Lornex copper and molybdenum concentrates. Prior to joining Rio Algom, he worked in the stainless steel industry.
From 1986 to 2002, he was Vice President Marketing at Highland Valley Copper in Vancouver.
Mr. Reynard received his Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University in Montreal and his MBA from York University in Toronto. |
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| Sophie Taylor
Manager, Investor Relations
| | | Ms. Taylor has over 10 years working in Investor Relations bringing extensive corporate communication experience to Quadra Mining Ltd. For eight years she was Investor Relations Manager with Winspear Diamonds Inc., a successful exploration company that discovered the economic diamond deposit at Snap Lake in the Northwest Territories. Following the purchase of Winspear by De Beers in 2001 for $350 million, she continued her communications role with their exploration arm, Diamondex Resources Ltd.
Ms. Taylor continued her public company experience with Nevada Pacific Gold where she coordinated and implemented an extensive Corporate Communications and Investor Relations program for the Company.
Ms. Taylor's communications experience has been exclusively related to the mining industry and she brings a comprehensive understanding of the sector, as well as the financial and investment communities, to the Company. |
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| Pamela Deveau
Legal Secretary
| | | Ms. Deveau joined Quadra Mining in August 2007 and has 18 years of experience working as a legal assistant/paralegal, including over 10 years experience working in the legal and corporate secretarial departments of public companies. Most recently, Ms. Deveau worked as the Paralegal for the VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AltaGas Income Trust in Calgary, Alberta.
Ms. Deveau is a member of the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries and brings a comprehensive understanding of governance procedures, regulatory and security filings to the Company. |
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