Board of Directors

Eric Sauve
Director

As President, CEO, CFO, and Director, Mr. Sauve, oversees the day-to-day management of our Company and the strategic evolution of its mining plans. He has experience in corporate finance, structure, and management in both private and public companies. From May 31, 2007 through June 1, 2006 Eric Sauve was the CFO for Electra Gold Ltd., a publicly trading, operating mining company, From February 1, 2004 through May 31, 2006, he was the President and CFO of Nexus Minerals Ltd., a gold mining and exploration company that focused on operating gold mines in China. For the 12 years prior to his position with Nexus, Mr. Sauve was a licensed stock broker where he worked extensively in the securities markets and was a licensed insurance agent in British Columbia. Mr. Sauve earned a BA degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994.

David Gilmer
Director, Secretary and Treasurer

Mr. David Gilmer has been a Director since October 24, 2007 and has served as Secretary since December 7, 2008. Mr. Gilmer has worked for Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C., a public accounting firm in Missoula, Montana for over ten years. Mr. Gilmer works primarily in the field of income tax for individuals, partnerships, L.L.C.s and S-Corporations. Mr. Gilmer also has experience in audit, review, and compilation engagements of financial statements for various entities. He is currently on the firm's tax committee. Mr. Gilmer has been on the board of the Montana Radio Reading Service for approximately seven years, has been its President for the last five years and is a member of its personnel committee. Mr. Gilmer also joined the board of St. Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation in December 2006 and is a member of its finance committee. Mr. David Gilmer received his Bachelors of Science degree in Accountancy at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ.
 

Robert (Bob) Sanders
Director

Mr. Bob Sanders has been a Director and a member of the compensation committee, audit committee, and corporate governance committee since January 6, 2011. From May of 2007 to the present, Mr. Sanders has been employed as the Practice Director-Process & Project Management for Edgewater/Ranzal Consulting, an Oracle Hyperion based consulting firm, focused on deploying Hyperion’s Enterprise Performance Management & Business Intelligence capabilities for clients. From August, 2005 to May, 2007, Mr. Sanders was the Director of Enterprise Data Management and Business Intelligence for First Data Corp., a provider of electronic commerce and payment services for financial institutions, commercial establishments, and consumers globally. From May, 2003 to August, 2005, Mr. Sanders was the Director of Financial Systems and Processes for Newmont Mining Corporation, one of the largest gold mining companies in the world with operations in North America, Australia, Asia and Africa. From October, 2000 to May, 2003, Mr. Sanders was the Senior Manager for Accenture Finance and Performance Management Practice, a cross-industry group with finance and accounting expertise that addresses issues of importance to the CFO in creating value and delivering worldclass capabilities. From June 1996 to October 2000, Mr. Sanders was the Senior Manager for MediaOne Group/US West Audit & Consulting Group which provided risk assessment, operational reviews and business controls expertise to various cable, telephone and wireless operating units and international ventures. From September 1994 to February 1996, Mr. Sanders was a Portfolio Analyst with Heitman/JMB Advisory Corp., an institutional real estate investment advisement company. From September, 1991 to September, 1994, Mr. Sanders was the Senior Accountant with LaSalle Partners, an institutional real estate investment advisement company. From September, 1989 to September, 1991, Mr. Sanders was a Fund Accountant with Stein, Roe and Farnham, an investment advisement company providing institutional asset management and mutual fund services. Mr. Sanders is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Illinois. Mr. Sanders received an Executive MBA Degree from the University of Denver in August, 2000 and a BSBA Finance Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in May 1989.
 

Dr. James Sears, University of Montana
Director

Dr. James W. Sears is a geologist specializing in structural geology, regional field geology, ore deposits and tectonics. He has worked throughout the Rocky Mountains of the US and Canada, as well as in the Appalachians, and in Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Finland, and France. Dr. Sears has published some 250 professional works, including research papers in international geological journals, books, geological maps, geological field guides, websites, and abstracts. He has mapped and studied the geology and ore deposits of the Garnet Range for the last 28 years.
Sears has taught for nearly three decades in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Montana, where he holds the rank of Full Professor. He received his PhD from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Queen's University, Canada, earned his MS degree in geology from the University of Wyoming, and his BS in Geology from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Sears was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the University of Montana.

CHARLES J. YESSON
Director

Mr.Yesson has over 35 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry.

His experience includes 25 years of managing public corporations and 10 years as a consultant to emerging companies and as an interim manager of several of theses companies. He has worked extensively in the areas of reorganization, growth development and capitalization, both in the private and public sectors.

Mr. Yesson has extensive executive experience working within the Insurance Industry, Financial Institutional Industry as well as the Securities Industry. Mr. Yesson is currently licensed as a Series 7, 24 and 66 broker.

He holds a Masters Degree from New York University, New York where he has done PhD-level study, attended George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C. and holds certificates in Bank Marketing from Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill., and International Finance from the National State University in Canberra, Australia.