Large Copper/Moly porphyry in the prolific copper belt of Chile
Chile copper porphyry belt contains highest concentration of copper in the world
Mr. Terry Lynch
President
Mr. Lynch is currently CEO of Relief Gold, a privately held mining company with property interests in Nevada. In addition Mr. Lynch is Chairman of the social media start up Punchcast Inc. Prior to starting Relief Gold in 2010 Mr. Lynch had been a director and later CEO of TSX listed Firstgold Corp. He assumed the CEO position after the company had run into financial difficulty bringing its Relief Canyon mine into production. He arranged a sale of 51% of the company for a total capital injection of $26.5 million from Northwest Non Ferrous Metals, one of China's largest mining engineering and consulting groups. However, due to the rejection of the takeover by the US government, the company filed for bankruptcy. From October 2005 to August 2008 Mr. Lynch was a partner with Kingsmill Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm specializing in advising public and private early stage growth companies. Prior to joining Kingsmill Capital he spent 15 years operating startup companies in industrial products, oil and gas and media. Mr. Lynch's extensive experience in raising corporate capital will contribute significantly to the successful development of PBX and its ability to secure growth capital. Mr. Lynch graduated in 1981 from St. Francis Xavier University with a joint honours degree in Economics and BBA.
Ian Pirie, MSc, P.Geo.
Chairman of the board
Mr. Pirie joined the Board of Directors of PBX on June 30, 2011. Up until his recent retirement, Ian worked for Inmet Mining Corporation and its predecessor companies for over 31 years. During his tenure with Inmet, he held various positions including General Manager, Latin America (based in Chile), where he was responsible for the acquisition and development of the Antamina project up to the beginning of the construction phase. Most recently he was Vice President, Projects during which time he was responsible for the development of Cobre Las Cruces in Spain and the Cobre Panama project in Panama. Mr. Pirie is a Professional Geoscientist registered in Ontario and British Columbia.
Verna Wilson
Director
Ms. Wilson is an independent Director of PBX. Ms. Wilson is the company Administrator and the original founder of PBX with 40 years experience in management of junior public companies.
Peter Kohl
CFO, Corporate Secretary & Director
Mr. Kohl has more than 20 years of accounting experience. He was appointed Corporate Secretary in 2005, and then became the CFO in 2006. He graduated in 1992 from the University of Applied Science in Cologne Germany and holds a Master of Business and Administration Degree. Prior to moving to Canada, Mr. Kohl was the head of the finance department of Warner Music Mfg. Europe and later continued in Vancouver as Controller of Prophecy Entertainment Inc., as well as Sea Breeze Power Corp. During 2006, Mr. Kohl was appointed Vice President, Finance and CFO of Mineral Hill Industries Ltd. and also served as CFO of Copper Belt Resources Ltd. and Nass Valley Gateway Ltd. Mr. Kohl is also a Director of Mount Dakota Energy Corp., a listed Oil & Gas junior with producing wells operating in Alberta, Canada.
Michael Waskett-Myers
Director
Mr. Waskett-Myers has been a Director of PBX since August 31, 2004. He studied mine engineering at Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, England.He worked for Cominco in the geochemistry department, working out of their Vancouver office and participated in exploration geochemistry in northern British Colombia in areas such as the Yukon and North West Territories.He is now a resident of Chile where he is looking after the Company's interests.