Terry Lynch
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Terrence Lynch was appointed to the Board of Directors in July 2006 and became CEO in July of 2009. Since December 2006 he has been president of Resort Owners Group, a fractional ownership solution provider in the multi trillion dollar global resort home industry. From October 2005 to August 2008, Mr. Lynch was a partner with Kingsmill Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm specializing in advising both public and private early stage growth companies. Prior to joining Kingsmill Capital he spent fifteen years operating start up companies in industrial products, oil & gas, and media. Experienced in developing the necessary financial structure to maximize a company's ability to secure growth capital, Mr. Lynch has raised corporate capital via debentures, limited partnerships, and royalty financing in addition to conventional equity placements. Mr. Lynch graduated in 1981 from St. Francis Xavier University with a joint honors degree in Economics and a BBA. |
Stephen Akerfeldt
Has served on the Board of Directors since September 12, 2006 and as Chairman since June 2007. Stephen was CEO from January 2008 until July of 2009. Mr. Akerfeldt is currently a member of the board of Jura Energy Corporation which is an oil and gas exploration company based in Calgary, Canada. In 1998 he became part owner and currently serves as a director and president of Ritz Plastics Inc. which produces plastic injection molded parts used primarily in the automotive industry. In 1991, Mr. Akerfeldt and certain partners acquired two major chains of dry cleaning operations in the Toronto, Ontario marketplace which were then sold in 2003. Mr. Akerfeldt has worked as a business consultant to various companies and entrepreneurs since the mid-1990¹s. From 1987 to 1990 Mr. Akerfeldt was Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Magna International Inc. a multi-billion dollar public company auto parts manufacturer. Mr. Akerfeldt joined the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand in 1965 and from 1974 through 1987 he was a partner in the firm¹s Toronto office. His accounting practice included a broad range of clients including investment dealers, public mining companies, insurance companies, public oil and gas producers and manufacturing companies, both public and private. Mr. Akerfeldt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and became a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1970.
James W. Kluber
James W. Kluber has been the Chief Financial Officer of Firstgold Corp. since February 2000. Additionally, he served as a director from April 2000 to June of 2007. Mr. Kluber has served as a senior financial consultant in a variety of service and technology environments with special focus on high growth companies and restructuring operations. He has successfully raised capital for companies in a variety of markets, utilizing public and private equity as well as securitized and unsecured debt to accomplish funding requirements. Mr. Kluber has over 30 years of financial experience in both public accounting and the private sector.
Stephen Tibbals
Stephen R. Tibbals is the Mine Manager for the Relief Canyon mine site. Mr. Tibbals has served as a mining engineer and mine manager for several other mining companies during his 30+ year mining career. He has a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Mackay School of Mines (University of Nevada - Reno), and extensive knowledge of all aspects of mining operations.
Donald "Bob" Heimler
Mr. Heimler's career spanned 29 years with Scotia Capital Inc. (Scotia McLeod, McLeod Young Weir), as Director, Institutional Equities where he successfully managed several of the firm's largest clients by the time he retired in October 2006. Previous to that he was the Chief Accountant of a chain of optical stores under the corporate umbrella of Imperial Optical. He attended the University of Western Ontario, enrolled in the Certified General Accounting program and has successfully completed many investment industry accredited courses.
