Management

Dan Hachey

President and CEO

Mr. Hachey has a strong investment banking background with over thirty years of experience in the capital markets, largely in the area of public equity financing including initial public offerings (IPOs) and private placements. Mr. Hachey has also been active in the area of mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions and other advisory work. Mr. Hachey graduated from McGill University with a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance. Prior to that he was in a Master of Science program at Universite de Montreal after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University. Mr. Hachey has held Board of Directors positions of both public (NASDAQ, AMEX, TSX, and TSX-V) and private companies.

Brian Berdusco

Vice President Exploration

Mr. Berdusco has worked for 40 years as an exploration geologist in Archean terrains across Ontario and Quebec and on the legislative and regulatory side with the Ontario Ministry of Mines. His work with the Ontario Geological Survey includes the Manager – Bedrock Mapping and Geophysics and as a GIS Geoscience Specialist where he worked on Provincial, National and International efforts with the GSC, USGS and state and provincial surveys developing standards for geoscientific master data. He was the Technical Lead on the development and operation of the Crown Land Automated Internet Mapping System (CLAIMaps), the first mining land tenure system available on the world wide web. This work led to the Ontario government securing one of the very first international e-gov awards presented by the United States federal government in Washington D.C. Brian also managed the conversion of millions of geoscience data records, maps and reports from paper and analog format to digital databases. Brian brings a solid understanding of systematic exploration methodologies in Archean terrains and expert level knowledge of digital geoscience data and information.

Fred Sharpley

P.Geo. Director

Mr. Sharpley has worked as a geologist continuously for a total of 50 years since graduation from the University of Saskatchewan. Fred hasbeen directly involved in exploration for base metals, uranium, gold and silver mainly in Canada but also in Mexico, Central America and Africa. After graduation from the U of S, Fred worked for The Keevil Mining Group for nine years (1959-1968) on exploration and included five years as a mine geologist for Temagami Mining Company Ltd. and Lacana Mining Ltd from 1973-75 including the La Encantada Mine in Mexico. Recently Fred has worked for Opawica Explorations Inc. on the Maybrun gold-copper deposit; for Pelangio Mines Inc. and Detour Gold Corp. on the Detour gold deposit; for Wolfden and Sabina on the Follansbee (Bonanza) gold deposit in Red Lake for NFX on the West Bear Lake gold deposit in the Larder Lake area and for Mistango River Resources Inc. on the Omega gold deposit. Recently worked on exploration for RJK Explorations, Shiningtree Resources, Joshua Resources and Niostar Resources.

Gino Chitaroni

Geologist

Extensive mineral exploration experience in Cobalt, Temagami, New Liskeard.
Gino has over 40 years of hands-on experience as a prospector, miner, geologist, and business leader. His career spans roles across industry-leading organizations, entrepreneurial ventures, and public service, making him a trusted authority in Northern Ontario’s mining landscape. President of the Northern Prospectors Association. Gino performs an advisory role with 11 North Gold.