President & Chief Executive Officer, Pelangio Exploration Inc.
Ingrid Hibbard is President and CEO of Pelangio Exploration Inc., which was spun out of Pelangio Mines Inc. on September 6, 2008. She was President and CEO of PDX Resources Inc. (formerly Pelangio Mines Inc.) from 1996 to March 26, 2009 when the merger with Detour Gold Corporation was completed. Ms. Hibbard is a mining and securities lawyer with 25 years of experience in the mining industry. Ms. Hibbard obtained her LLB from the University of Western Ontario. Ms. Hibbard is a director of Detour Gold Corporation.
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Rokeby, C.A. is a partner of Fuller Jenks Landau, Chartered Accountants of Timmins. His clients are a wide range of small to medium sized owner operated businessess and not-for-profit organizations. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (1984), the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Canadian Tax Foundation. Paul is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (1983) with an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics. Paul has been associated with Pelangio Exploration Inc. and its predecessor companies for a number of years, first as auditor and more recently as controller.
Senior Vice President Exploration
Warren Bates, P.Geo was appointed VP Exploration of Pelangio Mines on June 25, 2007 and became VP Exploration of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. He was appointed Senior VP Exploration of Pelangio Exploration in January 2009. Mr. Bates is responsible for all of Pelangio's exploration activities in Canada and Ghana, including new project generation. He has over 22 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry. Mr. Bates most recently held the position of Vice President, Exploration for St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. Prior to his tenure at St. Andrew, he worked 20 years for Granges Inc. and its successor company, Vista Gold Inc., in various roles from District Geologist to International Exploration Manager. He operated and managed exploration programs in North and South America, which resulted in a number of gold discoveries, undertook evaluations and acquisitions, conducted pre-feasibility and feasibility studies and has hands-on, day-to-day experience in mine operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Hons. Geology) and a Bachelor of Science degree (Chemisty) from the University of Manitoba. He is also a director of Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company.
Vice President Corporate Development
Brendan Cahill joined Pelangio Mines in January 2008 following three years as an M&A and corporate securities lawyer at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Canada's preeminent M&A firm. He became corporate secretary of Pelangio Exploration in January 2009 and Vice President Corporate Development in October 2009. He attended the University of Toronto for his undergraduate degree and the University of Western Ontario for his law degree.
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Terry-Lynn Conway joined Pelangio Mines in October 2003 and was appointed Assistant Corporate Secretary in February 2004. She continued in this role with Pelangio Exploration. Her previous experience includes a role as Assistant to Senior Counsel and Assistant to Vice President Exploration of Noranda Inc., a senior international mining and metals corporation.
Peter Crossgrove was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pelangio Mines in December 2007 and became a director Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. Mr. Crossgrove is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario and the former Chairman of Masonite International Inc., a door manufacturing company. Prior to January 1993, he was Vice Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Placer Dome Inc. Mr. Crossgrove sits on boards of several public companies (including Barrick Gold, Lake Shore Gold, Detour Gold (vice-chairman), Excellon Resources, Lateegra Gold, Dundee REIT and Quadra Logic Technologies) and non-profit organizations. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Excellon Resources. His charitable work includes serving as Chairman of Cancer CARE Ontario, Treasurer of CARE International (based in Brussels) and Chairman of the Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies. He holds a B. Comm. degree from Concordia University and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He is also a Sloan Fellow of the Doctoral Program at Harvard Business School.
David Mosher was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pelangio Mines in October 2003 and became a director of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. Mr. Mosher was President and Chief Executive Officer of High River Gold Mines from June 1992 until December 2008. He received his B.Sc. in geology from Acadia University, and throughout his 32 year career, has developed extensive experience as a mining executive and geologist working in Australia, Canada, United States, Russia, Asia and Africa. Mr. Mosher was Project Manager of Pancontinental Mining, where he led the team that discovered the world's largest uranium deposit (Jabiluka) in northwestern Australia. Over the past decade, he has been active in the restructuring and refinancing of a number of junior resource companies, both private and public. Mr. Mosher serves as director of several mining and exploration companies.
Carl Nurmi was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pelangio Mines in July 1997 and became a director of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. Carl Nurmi is the owner and President of Clarke Phillips Supply, the largest distributor of safety supplies in Northern Ontario. Mr. Nurmi holds a B. Comm. from Queens University and is member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
Phil Olson was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pelangio Mines in May 2000 and became a director of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. From June 2006 to August 2009, Mr. Olson was a director and officer of Titan Uranium Inc. (President from June 2005 to June 2006; President and CEO from June 2006 to August 2009). Previously, he held the successive positions of Vice President, Exploration and Corporate Development with Claude Resources Inc. Mr. Olson was a Director of the Saskatchewan Mining Association from 1997 to 2005. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a B.Sc. in geology and the University of Manitoba with an M.Sc., Mr. Olson has 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Mr. Olson was also a director of Detour Gold from January 2007 until June 2010.
Ian Shaw is Managing Director of Shaw and Associates, a firm providing financial management services to emerging smaller public companies in the mineral exploration and mining business. Mr. Shaw has held senior financial positions in the mining business during his 30+ year career. He holds a B.Comm. from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Shaw serves as director of several mining and exploration companies. He was formerly the CFO of Pelangio Mines and became a director of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008.
Gord Slade was appointed to the Board of Directors of Pelangio Mines in May 2000 and became a director of Pelangio Exploration in September 2008. He was vice president of Falconbridge Ltd.'s Sudbury operations prior to his retirement after 32 years of service. Mr. Slade continues to participate on the boards of several mining corporations and currently provides management consulting services to the mining industry. He holds a degree in engineering from McGill University.