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John Greenslade, M.Eng, P.Eng, LLB. President & Director jgreenslade@bajamining.com
Mr. Greenslade began his career in the mining industry in 1968. He graduated from the University of British Columbia (“UBC”) in 1972 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mineral Engineering and joined Placer Development Corp. (now Placer Dome Inc.) as a metallurgist. Mr. Greenslade received a Master of Engineering degree in 1975 from the UBC and also graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1978 from the UBC Faculty of Law. Mr. Greenslade was admitted as a member of the Association of Professional Engineers for the Province of British Columbia in 1976 and was admitted as a Member of the Law Society of British Columbia in 1979. He practiced law with the firm of Clark Wilson until 1981 when he co-formed the law firm Holmes Greenslade. His legal practice has focused on mining, corporate and securities law, as well as cross border tax issues and offshore trusts. Mr. Greenslade has been involved in the funding of numerous mining projects, at all stages of exploration, development and production, in various capacities, including legal counsel and director of a TSE listed company, from October 1995 to July 1999 and a TSX company from 1992 to present. Mr. Greenslade has been involved with the Boleo Property since 1992, initially in its' identification and staking and thereafter as a director of Terratech or Mintec.
Robert Mouat Director rmouat@bajamining.com
Mr. Mouat has two degrees from the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1974 with a BASc in Geological Engineering and in 1977 with a MSc in Business Administration. In 1978, Mr. Mouat passed the Canadian Securities Course. In the early 1980's, Mr. Mouat worked for Cominco and then for 14 years with Wright Engineers (later Fluor Daniel Wright) a large mining engineering firm. During his time at Wright, he evaluated over 500 mining projects. He lectured in Mine Valuation at UBC, presented papers at conferences at the CIM and SME and assisted in the preparation of reports submitted as expert's reports in the Supreme Courts of British Columbia and Ontario. In addition, Mr. Mouat has appeared as an expert witness in the area of mining valuations before the British Columbia Assessment Appeals Board and the British Columbia Expropriation Board. Mr. Mouat's management experience has largely been as a director with private companies, but served as a Director of Britannia Minerals Corp., a TSX listed company from September 1992 to June 1995. Mr. Mouat formed the company that staked Boleo.
C. Thomas Ogryzlo, P.Eng Chairman and Director
Mr. Ogryzlo has over thirty years of experience in the mining and engineering contractor industries in development, financing, design, construction and operation of mining, industrial and energy projects in many parts of the world. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (1961) from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the principal shareholder of Canatec Development Corporation, a company dedicated to managing the development of major projects in the resource industries.
Mr. Ogryzlo has been President of several well respected Mining companies, including, Triton Mining Corporation and Black Hawk Mining. He has also held the positions of President and CEO of Kilborn SNC-Lavalin, a large mining engineering company. His experience in exploration and development of multi-million dollar projects spans the world. Over a six year period, he directed process development work for Hanna Mining, initially 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 lead by Chase Manhattan.
Before joining Kilborn, Mr. Ogryzlo was Senior Vice President and a principle of Wright Engineers Ltd, a well known private Canadian engineering company dedicated to the mining and metallurgical industry. He was based in Toronto and was responsible for operations in Eastern Canada, Latin America, and Europe.
Mr. Ogryzlo has been a director of many public companies, most notably including Franco-Nevada Mining Corp Ltd commencing in May of 1997.
Graham Thody, B.Comm., C.A. Director
Mr. Thody was a Partner of Nemeth Thody Anderson, Chartered Accountants of Vancouver, BC from 1979 until his retirement in 2007. His practice focused on audits of reporting companies, participation in the Initial Public Offering Process, corporate mergers and acquisitions as well as domestic and international tax matters. He is currently a director of several reporting corporations which are involved in mining exploration and development throughout North, Central and South America. He is a past Director, Executive Member and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.
Mr. Thody is a member of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Marketing) from the University of British Columbia.
Ross Glanville, B.A.Sc, P.Eng, MBA, CAMV Director
Mr. Glanville graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1970 with a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree (Mining Engineering) and became a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia in 1972 (P.Eng.). In 1974, he obtained a Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA), specializing in finance and securities analysis. In 1980, he became a member of the Certified General Accountants of B.C. (CGA). Mr. Glanville has thirty-five years of experience in mining, exploration, finance, marketing, and management, and held senior executive positions with major and junior mining and consulting companies. As an independent consultant over the past twenty years, Mr. Glanville has specialized in valuations of exploration/development/mining companies and properties; and has also provided many fairness opinions, and acted as an expert witness in court cases involving valuation disputes related to financial and technical issues.
Mr. Glanville has valued more than 500 mining and exploration companies in Canada, the U.S.A., Australia, and Mexico, as well as over 150 in many other areas of the world, including Africa, South America, Europe, and Asia. He has formed public companies (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Australian Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the TSX Venture Exchange) and has served on the Boards of Directors of three companies with producing mines. Mr. Glanville has also acted in more than 50 court cases and assessment appeal board hearings in Canada, the U.S.A., Australia, and the U.K. He has written several articles, and given many presentations, related to the valuation of exploration and mining companies. Some of these articles were published by the United Nations, the Society of Mining Engineers, and by various Canadian magazines and newspapers.
Mr. Glanville has provided a large number of fairness opinions (more than 200) for mergers, amalgamations, and acquisitions of public and private companies. These assignments were undertaken for investment dealers, regulatory bodies (including stock exchanges), banks, various government agencies, venture capital firms, forestry companies, mining and exploration companies, oil and gas companies, and others.
 Board of Directors (left to right): Ross Glanville, Thomas Ogryzlo, John Greenslade, Graham Thody, Robert Mouat, and William Murray
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