Position: Chairman, Director
Mr. Hall brings to Premier 35 years of mining exploration and development experience. Currently, he sits on the boards of several other mineral exploration and development companies including Grayd Resource Corporation. Until recently, Mr. Hall served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Metallica Resources Inc., where he was involved in all aspects of the company's development including the financing, construction and commissioning of the Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine in Mexico. While at Metallica, the La Fortuna deposit was discovered in Chile (487 million tones at 0.56% Cu and 0.44 g/t Au) and was brought through to a final feasibility study in conjunction with Metallica's operating partner on the project, Xstrata Copper. In August 2008, Metallica was part of a $1.6 billion merger with Peak Gold Ltd. and New Gold Inc. Previous to his tenure at Metallica, Mr. Hall held senior management positions with Dayton Mining Corporation and Pegasus Gold Corporation. Mr. Hall holds a Bachelor and a Masters Degree in Geology and an MBA from Eastern Washington University.
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.
Position: CFO, Director
Mr.Seaman was the Chief Financial Officer of Wolfden Resources Inc. from October 1, 2002 until it was aquired by Zinifex Limited in 2007. He also is the Controller for Apex Investigation & Security Inc. (private security firm) since 1992.
Additionally, he serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Pediment Exploration Ltd.
Position: Director
Henry Knowles is a Business & Financial consultant and was counsel to Sheldon Huxtable (law firm) prior to January 1, 2003. Also a Chairman and/or Director with several other companies, Henry is a former Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission and brings to Premier extensive knowledge of the laws and regulations governing mining and exploration companies in Canada.
Position: Director
Professional Engineer (Mining), John has a long successful history in Canadian Mining. His companies have been in exploring and financing various projects for up to 18 years. John has been director and/or officer for the following public companies: Northway Explorations Ltd. (mining company), Aurcana Corporation, Young Davidson Mines Ltd. (mining company),Jonpol Explorations Ltd.,T&H Resources Ltd, Gowest Amalgamated Resources Ltd., Polyphalt Inc. and Aurado Exploration Ltd., and Wolfden Resources Inc. These companies have been responsible for several finds in the past including the Garrison gold (Timmins Camp) deposit which completed bulk-sampling in 1997.
Position: Director
Jean-Pierre Colin has been an investment banker since 1980. Formally the Director & Head of Corporate Finance at Octagon Capital Corporation, from 2004 to January 2010, he is currently providing corporate strategy consulting services to CEO's of public companies. Previous to his position at Octagon Capital, Mr. Colin was an investment banker with Desjardins Securities Inc., Executive Vice-President of Deacon Capital Corporation, and Senior Vice President of Richardson Greenshields of Canada Limited. Mr. Colin was also the founder of JP Colin Securities Inc., a securities dealer focused on corporate finance services to public mining companies. He is a Member of the Bar of the Province of Quebec and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, a Civil Law Degree from the University of Ottawa and a Certificate in Comparative Law from the University of Manitoba. He is the former Faculty of Arts Co-Chair of the Waterloo Advisory Council of the University of Waterloo, former founder and President of Caratax Management Ltd., the manager of public flow-through share limited partnerships, and a former director of numerous other successful public mining companies in Canada including Wolfden Resources Inc., Pelangio Mines Inc., Virginia Gold Mines Inc. and NIM Management, the manager of over $730,000,000 of flow through share funds.
Position: Director
John Begeman is a mining engineer with over 30 years of mining experience. He currently is the CEO and President of Valencia Ventures and Avion Resources. Previously, Mr. Begeman served as Chief Operating Officer of Zinifex Canada Inc. (formerly Wolfden Resources Inc.), where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the company. He was also key in negotiating Impact Benefits Agreements with the Regional Inuit Association for Zinifiex's Arctic VMS High Lake deposit. In addition, Mr. Begeman supervised environmental impact assessment studies, as well as Technical Report investigations, for the High Lake and Izok Lake VMS deposits for Zinifex. From May 2000 to January 2006, Mr. Begeman held the role of Vice President, Western Operations for Goldcorp Inc., where he worked on the Wharf and Golden Reward open-pit heap leach mines in South Dakota. He also was responsible for Goldcorp's sodium sulphate operations in south western Saskatchewan. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and Master of Science in Engineering Management from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota.