The Duncastle Gold Corp. team has extensive expertise in mineral exploration and mine development. The board and management have an exceptional blend of technical, project management, financing and legal expertise.
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.