Directors and Management

Dr. Quinton Hennigh is an economic geologist with more than 25 years of exploration experience with major gold mining firms including Homestake Mining, Newcrest Mining and Newmont Mining. Currently, Dr. Hennigh is co-Chairman of Novo Resources Corp. and Geologic and Technical Advisor to Crescat Capital.

Mr. Douglas Buchanan, Q.C. is Senior Counsel and Global Head, Infrastructure and Resources, at Norton Rose Fulbright. Mr. Buchanan has extensive experience in the area of mergers and acquisition, project development and project finance, with emphasis on the natural resource and infrastructure sectors. His personal and business connections in Japan go back more than forty years

Mr. Kevin Box has worked as a Geographic Information Systems Analyst specializing in mineral exploration for over 14 years. He is currently the GIS and Research Manager for Irving Resources. His expertise in utilizing GIS techniques to analyze geological data played a significant role in the discoveries of the Beatons Creek gold deposit in Western Australia (Novo Resources Corp), the Springpole gold deposit near Red Lake, Ontario (Gold Canyon Resources Inc.), and the Rattlesnake Hills gold deposit in Wyoming (Evolving Gold Corp). Mr. Box has a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Colorado State University and a M.Sc. in Geographic Information Systems from Penn State University. Mr. Box is a veteran of the US Army where he worked in Logistics and Management.

Mr. Haruo Harada graduated from Kagoshima University with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Science and has over 30 years experience in mineral exploration around the globe. Mr. Harada worked closely with management of Irving through his role as Director of Mitsui Mineral Development Engineering Co., Ltd., Irving’s lead contract engineering firm in Japan, prior to joining Irving.

Ms. Lisa Sharp, CPA, CGA, has over 20 years of senior management experience in a variety of industries including mining, environmental technology and remediation, and for the past 15 years has focused on public companies listed on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange and AMEX.

Mr. Shuichi Miyatake is a geologist with 35 years’ experience in mineral exploration and joint venture management through his service with the Metal Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ) and Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and immediately prior to joining Irving, he served as Director General of Metals Development at JOGMEC. Mr. Miyatake holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Okayama University and a Professional Degree from the Colorado School of Mines. During his career, he has mostly engaged in project identification and early stage exploration leading to multiple discoveries including the Seta epithermal gold deposit, Hokkaido and the world-class platinum group metal deposit, Waterberg, in South Africa which was awarded Outstanding Achievement Award by the Mining Journal in 2012.

Mr. Hidetoshi Takaoka is a geologist with more than 40 years exploration and mining experience. Mr. Takaoka spent the majority of his time with Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (SMM) where he was instrumental in the discovery of the world class Pogo Mine in Alaska. Subsequently, he spent several years evaluating many projects worldwide, many that lead to multiple discoveries. He was awarded the Japan Mining Industry Association Award for the discovery of Pogo.

Mr. Toshiyuki Goto is a mining engineer with 25 years experience in operations and development of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.’s Hishikari gold mine, the largest gold mine in Japan.