Balancing Gold Production with Sustainable Small - Mine Development and Exploration
Red Lake Gold District, Ontario - Rice Lake Gold District, Manitoba - Giulianita, Peru
Managemenrt
& Directors
Paul Sarjeant, B.Sc, P.Geo, CFP President, CEO, Director
Mr. Sarjeant contributes unparalleled field, finance, and boardroom intelligence to the Grandview management team. After graduating B.Sc Honours, Geological Sciences from Queen's University in 1983, Mr. Sarjeant began his career with Echo Bay Mines Ltd as a project geologist working on projects in the NWT, Archean greenstone belts, Lupin Mine peripheral project, and skarn properties in BC and Equador. He ascended to Senior Geologist, International Exploration Group, responsible for project evaluation outside of North America, including precious and base metals projects in South America, East Africa, South East Asia, Russia, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. From 1993 until 1996, he was President and CEO of Auric Resources - a precious metals exploration company focused on Peru. From 1999 until his November, 2006 appointment to the office of President and CEO of Grandview Gold, Paul operated a successful securities business focused on strategic planning and investment analysis. His Certified Financial Planner designation gives him unique insight into the needs of institutional and retail broker investment communities.
Michael Hitch, M.Geo, Ph.D. P. Geo - Chairman
Dr. Hitch brings experience and unique perspective to the Chief Executive Office of Grandview Gold. Experience-based insight into all levels of gold exploration and development, as well as the inside workings of financing junior resource companies are major assets as the company moves forward. In his role as COO and Managing Director of Golden China Management (GCM) - consulting to TSX-V listed Golden China Resources Corp - Dr. Hitch focuses on gold exploration and development, and merchant banking in the evolving precious metals mining industry of the People's Republic of China. Previous to joining GCM, he held positions as mining analyst for Clarus Securities Inc and Octagon Capital Corporation, and served as Vice President Corporate Development for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Anglogold Ashanti, Echo Bay Mines Ltd, and Teck Cominco. Dr. Hitch holds a Master's degree in Geology and a Ph.D. in Environmental and Resource Studies and is an Assistant Professor with the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
Ernest M. Cleave, B.Com, B.AccSc, M.B.A - CFO
Mr.Cleave is a renowned financial professional with vast experience in the areas of strategy, financial planning and analysis, governance, regulatory reporting and compliance. Mr. Cleave also currently serves as Managing Partner for Lannick Consulting and was recently responsible for leading the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance projects at NYSE/TSX listed Falconbridge Ltd. and Goldcorp Inc. Mr. Cleave directed corporate planning and analysis, treasury, internal control and regulatory compliance at Goldcorp Inc. from 2001 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, he worked with Bata Limited in various financial roles, including Controller for Bata South Africa and Chief Financial Officer, Bata International – Africa region. Mr. Cleave began his career with PWC in South Africa in 1993. Ernest’s global perspective, analysis and compliance expertise are of strategic benefit to Grandview Gold.
Ian Grant, B. Econ.Fr. - Advisor, Capital Markets
Mr. Grant is the Chairman of SeaBiscuit Capital Corporation, a privately-held investment firm with holdings in both private and public companies. Mr. Grant was a Director for Navitrak International, Ian S. Grant Holdings Limited and Syment Limited. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics and French from Queens University, and subsequently attended the Sorbonne in Paris. Mr. Grant served as an active Director of Grandview Gold before assuming the role of Advisor, Capital Markets in May of 2008. Mr. Grant contributes extensive experience in public and private company investing.
Toby Hughes, P.Geol, P.Geo - Vice President Exploration
Mr. Hughes is a registered professional geologist with a career spanning over 27 years working in Canada, Mongolia, China, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Venezuela, Guyana, Argentina and Ecuador. His experience comprises grass roots and advanced stage exploration projects at Chief Geologist level on various commodities including gold, copper, zinc, nickel, PGE and diamonds. Canadian exploration experience includes Abitibi, Wawa-Hemlo, Red Lake greenstone belts, Lynn Lake, Rae and Hearn provinces, Nunavut, Contwoyto, Vancouver Island, Yellowknife and Indin Lake belts. Mr. Hughes' cumulative gold experience spans 15 years working on mesothermal, epithermal, skarn, Carlin-Type, IF-hosted and IOGG targets and deposits. He has worked on and been associated with several significant gold discoveries and deposits including Glimmer, Harker-Holloway, East-West (Au-VMS), Abitibi: Meadowbank, Nunavut. Major associated diamond discovery projects include Larder Lake and Contwoyto Lake kimberlites. Mr. Hughes served as Chief Geologist for Grandview from 2006 through early 2007.
Harold Wolkin, CFA, MAEcon. - Director
Mr. Wolkin brings a wealth of capital markets experience to the Grandview board. Until February, 2008 he was a managing director in the Diversified Industries Group of BMO Capital Markets, a major Canadian investment dealer. He is an accomplished, trusted and successful investment banker and financial analyst with over 30 years of experience and success. Mr. Wolkin entered the Investment Industry in 1976 as a Financial Analyst and Economist. In 1983, he joined BMO Nesbit Burns as a Senior Research Analyst responsible for Management and Diversified Companies. During his tenure, he was the number one ranked analyst in his sector and was a member of Canada’s Number One Research team as rated by Brendan Wood & Company. In 1992, he moved to BMO Nesbit Burns’s Investment and Corporate Banking Group. Over the following 15 years he represented his firm as a lead underwriter for a number of Canada’s largest equity offerings. He also was responsible for the origination and the successful marketing of a large number of Initial Public Offerings and equity financings for a wide range of issuers and advised numerous corporations on mergers and acquisitions. He received a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from York University and a Master of Arts (Economics and Finance) degree from The University of Toronto. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a former president of the CFA Society of Toronto.
Ken Hight - Director
Mr. Hight is known in the capital markets in North America and abroad for his 35 years experience, most recently as the CEO of Liquidnet Canada, a USA-based institutional marketplace. From 2005 through early 2008, Mr. Hight served as Executive Vice President Capital Markets of E*Trade, New York, responsible for global equity trading and market making. He was responsible for the management of the Company's Institutional equity business, including market making, global institutional brokerage, electronic trading products (DMA), wholesale execution and the securities lending operations. Prior to E*Trade Ken served as (founding) CEO and President of ITG Canada Inc, responsible for the implementation of competitive products and services, and charged with establishing the subsidiary in the Canadian market. Concurrently he was a member of the Executive Committee of Investment Technology Group, Inc. New York. Before joining ITG, Mr. Hight spent seven years with TD Securities where he served as Deputy Chair, responsible for Global Institutional Equities and as a member of the Executive Committee. In addition, he held several senior management positions with TD Bank in Australia, Canada and the United States.
Richard D. Brown, B. Com, M. Fin. - Director
Mr. Brown brings over 15 years experience in public company financing, and corporate capital structuring and development to the Grandview Gold boardroom. Following a successful career as Vice President, Scotia Capital Markets, Mr. Brown leveraged his contacts and experience to work with junior public companies. Time served on the boards of several junior mining companies has grown his network of contacts and experience and uniquely qualifies him for his role on the Grandview Board of Directors. His instinct with regard to growth and opportunity have served the company well as it considers strategic partnerships and enters a period of growth and increased capitalization. Mr. Brown is a partner in Osprey Capital, a successful Toronto Investment Banking firm. He holds a Master's degree in finance, and a Bachelor's degree in economics.
Dr. Peter Born, P.Geo - Director
Dr. Born is a highly respected senior geologist with over 30 years experience exploring and evaluating mining properties for senior and junior Canadian and US resource companies. Dr. Born worked previously in Archean terrains in Ontario and the Northwest Territories and is therefore intimately familiar with opportunities presented Grandview in the exploration and development of the Red Lake and Rice Lake greenstone belts. He was Senior Geologist and then Resource Geologist for Western Mining and also modeled the Aquarius ore body for Echo Bay Mines. Three times he was awarded Canada's prestigious National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post-Graduate Scholarship (1991-1993). He is currently working from his Ottawa-based consulting firm for select Canadian and US resource companies.