The Science of Discovery

Corporate

Advisory Board

 
Dr. Peter K. M. Megaw
Dr. Megaw holds a Ph. D. in Geology from the University of Arizona and is a recognized expert on carbonate replacement deposits and epithermal vein systems. He is a certified professional geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and is prominently identified with a number of mineral discoveries in México. Dr. Megaw has played a pivotal role in the Mexican mining scene over the past 27 years and has been a significant contributor to numerous junior exploration companies active in México through Imdex Inc., a company he founded. Most recently, Dr. Megaw was instrumental in the development of Excellon Resources Inc.'s Platosa mine and currently sits on the board of Mag Silver Corp. Dr. Megaw is a frequent speaker at international exploration conferences and has been widely published.

 
Mr. Alain Charest
Mr. Charest is a professional geologist who completed his geological engineering studies at the University of British Columbia in 1993. Mr. Charest has over 25 years experience in mineral exploration throughout the America's, primarily in Mexico, where, in 1995, he discovered the world-class El Sauzal gold deposit while working as exploration manager for Francisco Gold Corp. Mr. Charest was also involved in the discovery of the 5 Million ounce (gold equivalent) Marlin deposit in Guatemala at the end of 2000. Following Francisco Gold and El Sauzal being acquired by Glamis Gold Ltd., Mr. Charest was appointed Vice President of Exploration for Chesapeake Gold Corp. ("Chesapeake") where he served until early 2008. On leaving Chesapeake, Mr. Charest became a self-employed geological consultant and is now operating his own company, Arcelia Gold Corp., a new, junior mineral exploration company based in Durango, Durango, Mexico.

 
Dr. Hans Von Michaelis
Dr. Von Michaelis holds a Ph. D. in Geochemistry from the University of Cape Town. He has organized numerous international conferences on gold and silver extraction and recovery, on global mining opportunities and is a former director of Glamis Gold Ltd. Dr. Von Michaelis is currently president of Randol International Ltd., a company he founded in 1977 to provide business development services. He also serves on the advisory board of Strathmore Minerals Corp. His recent business development associations include the introduction by Randol of the Mulatos gold project to Alamos Minerals Ltd. and assisting Excellon Resources Inc. to obtain financing for its Platosa project in México. Dr. Von Michaelis is the author of numerous technical and mineral economic publications.

 
Dr. Joseph A. Zamudio
Dr. Zamudio holds a Ph. D. in Geology/Remote Sensing from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a recognized and published expert in the highly specialized field of hyperspectral analysis. Dr. Zamudio is the founder of Applied Spectral Imaging, Boulder, Colorado. Dr Zamudio teaches workshops sponsored by ITT VIS (a subsidiary of ITT International) in the use of ENVI, the pre-eminent hyperspectral data processing software program, and is a consultant to private industry and government agencies.