Corporate Team
| JOHN F. COOK Position: Chairman, Director Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), C. Eng UK, and P. Eng Ontario, John brings to Premier more than 40 years of experience in the operations and management of mining companies. Past positions included Senior Mining and Managing Consultant, RTZ Consultants Ltd. (1974-78), Associate and Principal, Golder Associates (1978-83), Senior Project Manager, General Manager, and Vice President Engineering, Lac Minerals Ltd. (1983-90), Vice President Operations, Goldcorp Inc. (1990-94), and Navan Resources, Operations Director (1994-96). Currently John serves as Chairman of Anaconda Gold Corp. and Wolfden Resources Inc. and is a Director of GLR Resources, Uranium City Resources, MBMI Resources and Wolfden Resources Inc.. | |
| EWAN S. DOWNIE Position: CEO, President and Director Since 1989, owner and founder of Vytyl Exploration Services, a contracting business in mineral development and exploration for a wide variety of clients including Placer Dome Canada Inc., Noranda Mining and Exploration Company Ltd., Canmine Resources, and many others. Vytyl has conducted exploration and geophysical contracts on advanced projects such as the Musselwhite and Campbell Mines (Placer), Eagle River Mine (River Gold), GECO-Manitouwadge (Noranda), and Werner Lake (Canmine). Mr. Downie is also involved with the following companies as a director: Source Exploration, Mega Precious Metals Inc., Newstrike Resources Ltd.,PC Gold Inc., Benton Resources Corp., and Marksmen Capital Inc. In 2004, Mr. Downie was part of the exploration team for Wolfden Resources Inc. that received the Prospector & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) '2003 Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award'. Mr. Downie was also presented with the 2003 Developer of the Year award from the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association. He also received the Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award for 2005. | |
| STEPHEN McGIBBON Position: Executive Vice-President and COO Mr. McGibbon is a Professional Geologist with over 23 years of exploration, mine production and management experience. He graduated from Queen's University at Kingston, in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences. Upon graduation in 1983, and prior to his tenure as Exploration Manager, Mr. McGibbon held positions of increasing responsibility in Red Lake with Goldcorp Inc. and its predecessor companies Goldquest Exploration Inc. and Dickenson Mines Limited, leading to Chief Geologist in 1995. Since 2001, and until June of 2006, he has served as Exploration Manager for Goldcorp Inc., at its flagship Red Lake Mine operation. His focus in Archean terranes and experience with shear-hosted, lode gold deposits dovetail very well with Premier's current assets. Mr. McGibbon brings to Premier a very successful track record in gold exploration and development, being a senior member of the team at Goldcorp that discovered the "High Grade Zone" at Red Lake. The High Grade Zone is world renowned as the world's highest grade gold deposit and one of the most important gold discoveries made in the last 20 years. In his capacity as Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager, he lead the talented team of geologists that helped transform the marginal, high-cost operation into an unparalleled mining success. Recently, Mr. McGibbon was a member of the senior team that integrated the Red Lake Mine and Placer Dome's Campbell Mine, as part of Goldcorp's recent purchase of Placer's Canadian mining and exploration assets. Mr. McGibbon is a disciplined geologist and team-builder that helped foster a spirit of innovation at Goldcorp. | |
| JOHN SEAMAN Position: CFO, Director Prior to Premier, Mr. Seaman held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Wolfden Resources Inc. from October 1, 2002 until the its sale in June 2007. Mr. Seaman is also the President and CEO for Apex Investigation & Security Inc. (private security firm) since 1992. |
