Mr. Brown is an Honours Finance and Accounting B.B.A. graduate of Bishop’s University. Mr. Brown has provided financial services to Campbell Resources Inc., Ressources Camchib Inc., Cullaton Lakes Gold Mines Inc., Chesbar Resources Inc., Boulder Mining Corporation, Nugget Resources Inc., Titanium Corporation, and Corner Bay Silver Inc. in his over 20 years of experience in the mining sector. Mr. Brown was Treasurer of Corner Bay Silver Inc. at the time of his appointment as President of MacMillan. Corner Bay Silver Inc. provided a sound experience in successful Mexican exploration through its discovery and development of the Alamo Dorado Silver Project.
Mr. Hammond graduated in 1988 from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville Alabama with a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance. Since graduation, performed public accounting and auditing for 7 years with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Revenue Canada Taxation, then moved to banking for 12 years leaving as a Vice President of Underwriting for an international finance company. Successfully underwrote and closed over $1 billion of commercial loans in Canada and the USA during this period. Accepted the title of Chief Financial Officer in March 2007.
Mr. Hamilton is a P.Geo. and Manager of Exploration. He is a Qualified Person under the meaning of Canadian National Instrument 43-101.
Mr. Cary Pothorin, P.Geo. is a Canadian professional geologist in good standing with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He graduated in 1988 with a B.Sc. specialized in Geology from the University of Alberta. He also received a Business Administration Diploma from Camosum College in Victoria B.C. in 1994. Mr. Pothorin is fluent in Spanish and his most recent experience is as VP Exploration of Acero-Martin Exploration Inc. who have successfully advanced the Pinaya Porphry Copper-Gold Skarn Deposit in Peru to a National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource.
Mr. Pothorin, P. Geo. is also the President of Minera Aguila de Oro SAC (March 7, 2008 Joint News Release), the Peruvian company owned 50% by MacMillan Gold and 50% by Duran Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DRV)
Mr. Bending is an honours B.Sc. Geology graduate from University of Oregon and also completed his M. Sc. at University of Toronto in Mineral Deposits Geology, Geochemistry, Geochemistry and Geophysics. His thesis won him the CIM President’s Gold Medal Award. Mr. Bending’s experience as a teaching assistant at the University of Toronto helped develop his excellent interpersonal skills. Mr. Bending has worked for The Bunker Hill Company, Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd., Texasgulf Exploration, and Homestake Mining Company where he was Exploration Manager for Northern Latin America. Mr. Bending has extensive hands on experience working in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish.
Mr. Shonk, P. Geo. is a registered professional geologist with exploration experience totaling 21 years in a wide variety of geologic environments in the western U.S., northern and central Mexico, and Chile exploring for a variety of metallic mineral deposits including volcanic and sediment-hosted Au-Ag, porphyry Cu, polymetallic replacement deposits, Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold, Colorado Plateau uranium deposits. Mr. Shonk has a Masters Degree in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University. His responsibilities have included submittal solicitations and evaluations, exploration project management, supervising drilling programs, and planning and executing primary exploration programs. His professional interests include tectonics and metallogenesis, magma composition-mineral deposit chemistry relationships, geochemistry, and application of remote sensing techniques. His accomplishments include recognition of El Sauzal as an acid sulfate gold system; managing a drill program that doubled the resource of the Tepalcatepec Cu-Au porphyry, Michoacan, MX; increasing the gold resource in the Mizpah deposit, Drum Mountains, Utah by 1.1 MM tons @ 0.045 opt Au; and development of a depositional model in the Gunnison Greenstone Belt applicable to the felsic gneiss/amphibolite terrain of Colorado with implications for massive sulfide exploration. Mr. Shonk has been employed by his own consulting firm since 2002. He has worked for such companies as Teck Resources, Barrick Gold, and TexasGulf Minerals in his accumulation of related experiences.
Mr. Brown comments on the recently announced business combination with Duran Ventures