Directors & Management

The new president, Victor J.E. Jones, brings to the company a diverse experience in mineral exploration finance and joint venture negotiations for companies operating in BC, Nevada, Mali, Ghana and South Africa.  He has held numerous senior executive and Board positions in public and private exploration companies and is currently chair of a TSX.V exploration company with projects in BC and Mali.  A graduate of McGill University he has a background in venture capital and technology as well as with listings on Toronto and London AIM exchanges.  His experience will now complement the Board and management of Duncastle to advance its two strategic BC projects. 

Mr. Page was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University in 1989, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia in 1992. From 1989 to 1994 Mr. Page was active in the mineral exploration industry in Canada, conducting extensive field work in such areas as Eskay Creek and Bronson Creek in Northwest British Columbia, and the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. In 1994 Mr. Page joined Colliers International, where he worked until 1997 as a Commercial Real Estate Broker. In 1997 Mr. Page joined Oxford Properties Group, where he is currently Director, Real Estate Management. In this capacity he manages the Vancouver office of the company, overseeing 25 staff and the operations and financial performance of a $500 million commercial real estate portfolio. Mr. Page is currently a Director of Valterra Resource Corporation, a CNQ listed mineral exploration company.

Mahesh Liyanage joins the Company with over 10 years of experience in public practice and industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and has headed finance and audit teams nationally and internationally. He started his career with BDO Burah Hathy Sri Lanka and held a supervisory role leading audits in manufacturing, banking, and natural resource industries. Before moving to McDonald’s Fiji as head of finance he served as controller for a garment manufacturing company which catered to the North American market.

 

In McDonald’s Fiji he pioneered the implementation of accounting systems and revitalized office structures, document flows and inter-department relationships in order to achieve excellence and profitability.

 

Mahesh Liyanage is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and Fiji Institute of Accountants.

Mr. Hean served as Duncastle's Chief Financial Officer for the last three years.  Prior to joining the company, he held senior management and executive positions with Bank of Montreal as Senior Vice President and Managing Director responsible for financing in the natural resources sectors in North America  and with J.P. Morgan of New York, primarily financing junior oil and gas companies in the United States. Currently he is a Director and past Chair of the Audit Committee, Sabina Silver Corporation (SBB on TSX-V), a Director of Great Quest Metals Inc. and past Chair, Bill Reid Foundation Services Ltd. He has served on numerous not-for-profit Boards, including Outward Bound and B.C. Children's Hospital. Graduating from Simon Fraser University in 1973 (B.A.) and from the Ivey School of Business (M.B.A.) , London , Ontario , in 1975 and from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program (ICD.D) in 2006.

Mr. Kirkham obtained a Bachelor's degree in Science from the University of Alberta in 1983, with majors in Geophysics, Geology and Mathematics. He became a Professional Geophysicist with the Association of Professional Geologists, Geophysicists and Engineers of Alberta (APEGGA) in 1987, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers, Geologist and Geophysicists (NAPEGG) and a Professional Geoscientist with the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. (APEGBC) in 2005.  He is a 25-year veteran of the mining industry. Mr. Kirkham is the principal of Kirkham Geosystems Ltd., a full-service provider of geoscience software consulting services specializing in 3D computer modeling and resource/reserve estimations at the preliminary assessment, pre-feasibility and feasibility study stages of mining projects. His project experience in Canada includes the Newmont Lake/McLymont Creek Cu-Au porphyry, the Morrison Cu-Au Project, Abacus’s Ajax and DM Audra/Rainbow projects, the historic Cassiar Table Mountain, Craigmont and Bralorne/Pioneer mines, Tyhee's Yellowknife Gold Project, Con and Giant mines, the Eskay Creek mine, Gordon Lake Project, the Cantung mine and Mactung Project. He also has extensive experience in China, Africa, Eastern Europe, USA and Mexico.  Mr. Kirkham was the 2006 recipient of the Barlow Memorial Medal from the Canadian Institute of Mining for his outstanding economic geology paper focusing on the 3D computer technology in mineral exploration and development. He is also currently on the board of Romios Gold Corp., is a member of the advisory board for North American Tungsten, and on the Executive of the Geologic Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division. He was also on the board of Cusac Gold Mines Ltd. from April 2006 until April 2007.

Mr. Rowley obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and is a Registered Professional Biologist in B.C. He has eighteen years executive experience with private companies in the mining and mineral testing industries. He was the President and director of Dundee Mines Ltd. and led its organization and acquisition of mineral properties up to its qualifying transaction.  He remains a director and VP, Operations of Duncastle Gold Corp., the resulting TSX Venture listed mineral exploration company. As the President and director of Blue Sky Mines Ltd. he led the development of a recycling technology based on mining industry techniques through full-scale operation. Currently he is also an Officer of Sierra Mountain Minerals Inc. of Vancouver, B.C., makers of Sierrasil, a natural mineral health supplement for arthritis.  He is the co-author of numerous technical papers and obtained two patents on mine water treatment. Other roles in mining technology development and corporate management include long-term roles as President of NTBC Research Corp. and Vice-President of Biomet Mining Corp. He has also worked extensively in mineral testing labs conducting mineral extraction tests, environmental prediction tests and water treatment tests for the mining industry.

Mr. Warkentin is a Metallurgist with 20 years of experience in the mining industry. He graduated from UBC with a degree in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering, and has been a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC since 1992. He is the co-author of numerous technical papers and obtained two patents on mine water treatment. He has been a principal in several companies providing process development services and new environmental technologies to the mining industry. He is currently Senior Metallurgist for Kemetco Research Inc. of Vancouver (formerly BC Research Inc.) and he is President of Bio-metals Recovery Systems, which was recently awarded the BC Hydro Sustainability Prize in the 2007 New Ventures BC competition.

Lawrence Page obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1965 where he has practiced in the areas of natural resource law and corporate and securities law to the present date. Through his experience with natural resource companies and, in particular, precious metals development, Mr. Page has established a unique relationship with financiers, geologists and consultants and has been counsel for public Companies which have discovered and developed producing mines in North America.  Specifically, he has been a Director and Officer of Companies which have discovered and brought into production the David Bell and Page Williams mines in Ontario, the Snip, Calpine/Eskay Creek and Mascot Gold Mines in British Columbia as well as the discovery of the Penasquito Mine in Mexico.  Mr. Page is the principal of the Manex Resource Group of Vancouver which provides administrative, financial, corporate and geological services to a number of public companies in the mineral resource sector.  He currently serves as a director for six public companies, including Bravo Venture Group Inc., Duncastle Gold Corp., Fortune River Resource Corp., Quaterra Resources Inc., Southern Silver Exploration Corp. and Valterra Resource Corporation.