Management
John Williamson - President and CEO, Director, Chairman
Mr. Williamson, has a Bachelor of Science, Specialization in Geology, (1988) from the University of Alberta. He is an independent consultant and entrepreneur with more than thirty years of global experience, including twenty-three in the management, development and governance of public companies conducting worldwide mineral exploration and mining.
He has served as Founder, Chairman, President, CEO, CFO, or Director of 20 or more listed companies in Canada and Australia. He is currently an Officer of Altiplano Resources Ltd., a Director of Black Sea Copper and Gold Corp. (formerly Alternative Earth Resources Inc)., and Chairman of Lithoquest Diamonds Inc. Throughout his career he has discovered and or evaluated numerous projects through to feasibility production and mining.
On more than one occasion his teams efforts were recognized for excellence by being named to the TSX Venture 50TM, a ranking of Canada's top emerging public companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange, as a "Top 10 Mining Company" based on a formula that includes revenue, return on investment, market cap growth, and trading volume.
Mr. Williamson is a professional geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). He is also a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and Member of both the Society of Economic Geologists.
Justin Bourassa - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Bourassa is an entrepreneur with over eleven years of experience in the financial management, governance and reporting of private corporations and publicly-listed and mineral exploration and mining companies operating in North and South America, Australasia and Africa. He is a graduate of Accounting and Strategic Measurement from Grant MacEwan University.
He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Altiplano Resources Ltd. and Crystal Exploration Inc., and Controller of Lithoquest Diamonds Inc. He has previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Drilling Corp., and as Controller and/or provided controllership duties for North Country Gold Corp., Brilliant Resources Inc., Graphite One Resources Ltd., Niblack Mining Corp. and Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Justin also provides leadership and management to a community-focused board game café in Edmonton which he co-founded in 2016 called The Gamers' Lodge.
