Mr. Matich has over 25 years’ mining industry experience acting as CEO for public listed Companies on the Australian (ASX), Toronto (TSX and CSE), United States (OTCQX) and London (AIM) Stock Exchanges’. From an engineering background he’s member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). As CEO of the following Companies: ASX-listed Aztec Resources Ltd (ASX: AZR) he developed Koolan Island Hematite Project from a flooded open cut mine through to operations (29mt at 65% Fe). AZR trading at $0.02 in 2002, rose to $0.30 takeover price in 2006 ($350m) by Mt Gibson Iron (ASX: MGX); ASX-listed Fox Resources Ltd (ASX: FXR) reactivated the Karratha nickel-copper mining operation; TSXV-listed Cap-Ex Ventures (TSXV: CEV) founded and developed Block 103 (undrilled prospect) to 7.8 billion ton at 29% Fe and received Top 50 TSXV member in 2012.
Mr. John graduated from the University of Victoria, B.C. with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Economics and Political Science. He acquired the Work Wear World franchise in the interior of British Columbia and sold his chain of stores to Mark's Work Warehouse in 1999, a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In 2001 Paul was appointed General Manager, Franchises for Work World, a position he held until 2010.
Mr. Helmel is an Independent Management Consultant with specific expertise working with early stage venture companies within the Canadian Capital Markets. Mr. Helmel focuses on private to public market transitions, corporate governance, the development of senior management teams and corporate growth strategies. Mr. Helmel has served as a director or officer for numerous private, CSE and TSX-V listed corporations.
Based in Belo Horizonte, Mr. De Sales is a professional geologist with over 12 years’ experience in the iron ore industry in Brazil. Viewed as an Iron ore expert has acted as consultant and advisor for number of Brazilian Companies including VALE iron ore division. Responsible for exploration, scale up & developing a number of hematite iron ore mines in Brazil, including Ferro Puro