Management Team
C.Thomas Ogryzlo, Interim CEO, Director
L. Rowland Wallenius, Chief Financial Officer
Adam Wright, Chief Operating Officer
Charles Hennessey, Vice President - Operations
Dennis Bailey, Vice President - Construction & Development
Kendra Low, Vice President - Administration & Corporate Secretary
David Dreisinger, Vice President - Metallurgy
Maria-Luisa Sinclair, Director - Human Resources
Connie Yee, Director - Information Technology
Thomas Glück, Director - Process Technology
Scott G. Britton, General Manager – Mining
C.Thomas Ogryzlo
Interim CEO, Director
Mr. Ogryzlo is currently President of Polaris Geothermal Corp., a subsidiary of Ram Power Corporation. He has over thirty five years of experience on mining, energy, and industrial projects and has been responsible for the development, financing, engineering, construction and operations of projects in many parts of the world. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Currently he is the President, CEO and a Director of Polaris Geothermal Inc., a TSX listed renewable energy producing company presently developing a geothermal power project in Nicaragua.
Mr. Ogryzlo has in the past been President of several producing precious and base metal mining companies, including, Triton Mining Corporation, Blackhawk Mining Inc. and Cerro Matoso S.A. For many years, he held the position of President of Kilborn Engineering Ltd. and Kilborn SNC-Lavalin, one of the world’s largest engineering contractors. His experience in exploration and development of numerous multi-million dollar projects spans the world. Over a six year period with Hanna Mining, he initially directed process development work as project manager and subsequently as President and General Manager, for the Cerro Matoso ferro-nickel project in Columbia where he was instrumental in organizing of a US$450 million financing involving World Bank, Exim, and a group of 52 private banks led by Chase Manhattan. Mr. Ogryzlo has served as a director of many public companies, including Franco Nevada Mining Corp., Vista Gold, Birim Goldfields and Tiomin Resources.