Stewart Wallis, P.G., P.Geo.
Chief Executive Officer and President
Stewart Wallis began his career with Cominco Ltd. carrying out exploration for base and precious metals throughout Eastern Canada. Since 1994, he has been the managing director of Sundance Geological Ltd., a consulting company which provides geological services including due diligence, prefeasibility and NI 43-101 Technical Reports on gold, PGE, uranium and base metal operating and exploration properties located throughout the world. Mr. Wallis was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jet Metal Corp. (formerly Crosshair Energy Corp.) (TSX) from 2009 until April 2012, and currently sits on the boards and is a member of the Audit Committees of Jet Metal Corp. (TSX) and SG Spirit Gold Inc. (TSX-V). Mr. Wallis received his B.Sc. in Geology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His professional affiliations include APEG B.C.
Carlo Valente, BBA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Valente is a chartered accountant with a background in corporate transactions, public markets and accounting obtained over a fifteen year span with the Vancouver and Milan offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Valente was most recently Managing Director and his focus over the last twelve years was advising corporations, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds on M&A transactions, of which a significant portion was in the natural resources sector.
Mr. Valente graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1997 with a BBA and obtained his CA designation in 2000. He is a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Sheila Paine
Corporate Secretary
For the past 5 years, Ms. Paine has acted as Corporate Secretary for a number of public companies trading on various stock exchanges. In addition, Ms. Paine has over 20 years' experience as a legal assistant, specializing in corporate, securities and regulatory matters. Ms. Paine was a legal assistant to a senior partner in the securities department of a large international law firm. During that time, Ms. Paine was responsible for, among other things, assisting clients with financings, regulatory filings, administering stock option plans, drafting agreements and other legal documents, and working with other staff of the law firm to coordinate the papering and closing of various transactions for public companies.
