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Mr. Bert Jeffries, P.Geo
Position: Director
Mr. Jeffries is a graduate of the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, with a bachelor of science degree in geology. He is a registered professional geologist with over 30 years of experience across the mining spectrum, ranging from exploration to project and construction management. As part of the original Cordex exploration syndicate in Nevada, Mr. Jeffries contributed to multiple discoveries including the Pinson, Florida Canyon, Sterling and Prebble gold mines. He also worked as a consulting geologist, managing exploration that resulted in the discovery of the Beartrack gold mine in Idaho.
In the area of mine-construction management, Mr. Jeffries has worked extensively for major and mid-tier miners, including Barrick Gold, Western Goldfields and Kinross Gold. He was a member of the Barrick team that developed and constructed the Pierina gold mine in Peru, the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania and the Veladero gold mine in Argentina. During this period, he also worked in Chile as the project manager for the El Indio and Tambo gold mine closure project, and worked on Barrick's Pascua Lama project in Chile-Argentina and the Lagunas Norte project in Peru. More recently, Mr. Jeffries managed construction for Western Goldfields' Mesquite gold mine in Southern California and Kinross Gold's Fort Knox gold mine in Alaska.
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| | | Mr. Ron Atlas, C.P.A.
Position: President and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Atlas is a C.P.A. and retired attorney in the State of Illinois, U.S. He has been a business leader and an investor in various mining companies for 18 years. Heavily involved in the construction industry, Mr. Atlas has employed over 100 people and has been the chief operating officer of Paragon Aquatech, Ltd. a designer and constructor of many aquatic features throughout the U.S.
Mr. Atlas is presently CFO and Director of Toro Resources. Mr. Atlas has sat on the board of directors of Inca Pacific (U.S. division).
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| | | Steven Chan
Position: Director
Steven Chan is currently Vice President of Cambridge House Conferences: a division of Cambridge House International Inc. He has been instrumental in building Cambridge House into Canada's leading investment conference company, serving the mining and natural resource industry. At Cambridge house he works with every aspect of the mining industry including public companies, brokerage firms, fund managers, letter writers, analysts and retail investors.
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| | | Mr. John Hite, P.Eng.
Position: Director
Mr. Hite graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a professional degree in Geological Engineering. He has over 40 years of experience in the junior mining industry. He has worked as a geologic consultant since 1978 and is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Previously he was with Micronesia Mineral Resources Co., Golden Sitka Inc. and Golden Palm Resources, as well as director and president of East Asia Gold Corp. Presently Mr. Hite is president and director of Marifil Mines Ltd. He brings extensive knowledge of the mining industry to the Board of Universal Uranium.
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| | | Corry J. Silbernagel
Position: Director
Corry J. Silbernagel holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainbleau, France and a Bachelors degree in Applied Science from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Silbernagel was most recently CFO of Cabo mining Enterprises Corp. (TSXV-CBE) one of Canada's largest exploration drilling services companies. Prior to Cabo, Mr. Silbernagel was a management and financial consultant working as a corporate advisor in strategy, finance, business development and marketing. As a professional engineer, Mr. Silbernagel has managed large-scale projects in excess of $100 million in the mining and oil and gas industry for companies that include Suncor Energy and TransAlta Energy. Mr. Silbernagel also sits on the advisory board of the ACT Cinemage Group (TSXV-CIG).
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| | | Bill Galine
Position: Executive Vice President
For the past 21 years, Bill Galine has been involved in corporate finance and marketing. He has worked in public relations and corporate communications since 1984 as a business owner and as a consultant to public companies. At this time he also serves as president of Toro Resources Corp. His combined experience and knowledge in the area of investor relations and business is an asset to Expedition Mining Inc. He is a graduate of San Diego State University.
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