Management & Board of Directors

Gregory Beischer, B.Sc., CPG
President & CEO, Director
Mr. Beischer is a seasoned explorationist with a solid track record of success, previously with Inco Ltd., and the Bristol Bay Native Corporation. He is a geologist and mining engineering technologist having graduated from Laurentian University (1987), Sudbury, Ontario, and the Haileybury School of Mines (1981), Haileybury, Ontario. Mr. Beischer is a certified professional geologist (#10505) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists. Mr. Beischer is the past President of the Alaska Miner's Association, and serves on the Alaska Minerals Commission.

Philip St. George, B.S (Geol.)
Chief Exploration Officer
Philip St. George obtained his bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Idaho. He is an exploration geologist with some significant discoveries to his credit.  Mr. St. George was the first to recognize the porphyry mineralization at the Pebble deposit in Alaska, and led the Cominco team that drilled out the initial 500 million tons of gold-copper-molybdenum mineralization.  As the Vice-President of Exploration for Novagold Resources (1998 - 2003), Mr. St. George was instrumental in building that company's portfolio of projects.

Sarah Whicker, B.S., M.Sc.
Chief Operating Officer
Sarah Whicker graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Arizona in 2003. In 2004, she completed the M.Sc. Environmental Technology and Business program at Imperial College London with her final thesis project focusing on local stakeholder engagement in the junior mining industry. Since 2004, Ms. Whicker has primarily worked as a business and sustainable development consultant for junior mining companies based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the President and Business Development Manager of Kirkness Diamond Drilling in Carson City, Nevada while consulting for parent company Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines in 2007. Ms. Whicker began consulting for Millrock in March 2008 after moving back to her home State of Alaska. She works in Anchorage where she is an active member of the political and resource development communities.

Larry J. Cooper
CFO, Director
Larry Cooper is a finance executive with deep experience in commercial banking and corporate finance. He spent 27 years with National Bank of Alaska and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., where he was Senior Vice President and Manager of the Commercial Banking group. Mr. Cooper has also held the CFO position of Ukpeaġvik Inupiat Corporation for several years. Mr. Cooper is a graduate of University of Washington's Pacific Coast Banking School and College of Financial Planning. As an independent consultant, he works with a number of diverse companies including Alaska Native Corporations, primarily in the areas of management, finance, treasury, accounting conversions, and business development. Mr. Cooper served for many years as Finance Director of the Alaska Miners Association and presently serves on the Boards of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, Department of Commerce's Alaska Export Council, and Alaska Resource Education. He resides in Anchorage.

Janice Davies
Corporate Secretary
Ms. Davies is a highly experienced corporate secretary, having worked in office administration for the past 29 years.  She obtained a diploma from the Sir George Williams University in Quebec as a business stenographer in 1974.  She has extensive experience with exploration companies, and brings a broad knowledge of the public company mining sector, as well as strong office management skills and excellent corporate communications.  Ms. Davies is a self-employed consultant and acts as an officer of several publicly traded companies listed on the Exchange.

Roland Butler, B.Sc., Geology
Director
Mr. Butler graduated from Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador (B.Sc., Geology) in 1996 and was the co-founder of Altius Minerals Corporation (ALS:TSX). He served as Vice President and Director of Altius from listing in October 1997 through to March 2010 and also served as CFO until 2003 and COO from 2007. During that time, he played an integral part in a successful business model of generating mineral exploration projects and pursuing joint venture and royalty agreements or creating new companies with third parties. He was also co-recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 by the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University on behalf of Altius Minerals Corporation.

Darryl Cardey, CA
Director
Mr. Cardey obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990. Mr. Cardey has served as an officer and/or director of several publicly traded companies, and is the principal of Cardey Management Corp., a private British Columbia venture capital firm, and has extensive corporate finance contacts both in North America and Europe. Mr. Cardey is founder and Directors of Underworld Resources

Charles C. Hawley, B.A., Ph.D.
Director
Dr. Hawley obtained a B.A. in Geology from Hanover College, Indiana in 1951 and joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1952 after graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin. He earned a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Colorado in 1963 and worked for the Geological Survey until 1968. Dr. Hawley has been instrumental in developing precious metals and copper in the Alaska Range, Seward Peninsula, and Brooks Range, working as a field geologist, consultant and executive officer of junior mining companies since 1969. He was Executive Director of the Alaska Miners Association from 1976-1979, on the National Advisory Committee to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from 1989-1992 where he chaired the Mining Law Task Force and is a member of both SME and Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. Dr. Hawley is registered as a geologist in the State of Oregon and is a Certified Professional Geologist in the AIPG.

Peter J. Chilibeck, LL.B.
Director
Mr. Chilibeck graduated from Queen's University Law School (Kingston, Ontario) in 1983 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1985. He practiced law with Goodmans LLP in Toronto, and subsequently served as Legal Counsel & Assistant Secretary of Falconbridge Limited, as Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Northern Telecom Limited, and Senior Vice President & General Counsel of IMAX Corporation.  Since 1999, he has been Managing Director and Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Llewellin Capital, Inc. During this time, he has practiced securities law, and played a key role in numerous financings and mergers & acquisitions.  He is Chair of Lakefront Utility Services Inc., Vice Chair of the Town of Cobourg Holdings Inc., a Director of the Ontario Municipal Water Association, and a member of the Facilities & Campus Development Committee of Northumberland Hills Hospital, and the Cramahe Township Land Division Committee.

David Volkert, B.Sc., Geology
Director
Mr. Volkert is a mine finder with a long, successful career in the mining industry and has held various senior positions, including Exploration Manager and Chief Geologist for Barrick Gold Corporation where he was instrumental in the discovery of the Laguna Norte gold deposit and the acquisition of the Pierina gold deposit in Peru. As Vice President, Exploration for Bear Creek Mining Corp. he spearheaded the discovery of the Corani and Santa Ana silver-lead-zinc deposits in Peru. He is currently the President & CEO of Vancouver based mining company Paget Minerals Corp. A successful mineral exploration geologist with over 30 years international experience (USA, West Africa, Ecuador, Turkey and Canada) in the technical, managerial and business aspects of mineral exploration programs, he holds a B.Sc. Geological Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines.