Mr. Talbot has over 35 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry as both a lawyer and an exploration geologist. As a geologist he has worked with both junior and major resource companies. As a lawyer, he has practiced exclusively in the areas of mining and securities law in private practice and as in-house counsel with BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc. Mr. Talbot is also the Chief Operating officer of Strategic Metals Ltd. and Silver Range Resources Ltd. and a director of Altamira Gold Corp.
Mr. Longhurst is a Vancouver based marketing and communications professional specializing in services to the financial and investment industry. His firm produces the World Outlook Financial Conference and MoneyTalks Conference series. He currently serves as a director of the Association of Mineral Exploration BC and the Architectural Institute of BC.
Mr. Gray is a Chartered Accountant and a partner in the Vancouver accounting firm of DeVisser Gray. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC and is a founding director of GeoScience BC, an applied research non-governmental organization formed in 2005 and funded with an initial $25 million grant from the Province of British Columbia.
Mr. Paulson is the founder and president of Falcon Drilling Ltd., a specialised diamond drilling services company servicing the Canadian and international geological exploration communities since 1986.
Mr. Downs is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascadia Minerals Ltd. He began his career in the mineral exploration industry over 25 years ago with Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited, a consulting geological engineering firm focused in Yukon. He transitioned his field experience into marketing and communications for a number of junior resource companies before focusing on business development including financing and property transactions. In 2007, he was appointed CEO of ATAC Resources Ltd., in 2015 he was made President and in 2022, he was appointed Director. Over his career, he has raised over $100 million for mineral exploration and has completed numerous transactions with junior to major mining companies.
