Corporate Info
Directors & Officers
Conrad Pinette Chairman, Director Conrad Pinette is President of Condor Holdings Ltd., a private investment company. Mr. Pinette attended the University of British Columbia where he specialized in forestry. He was owner, manager and President of a family lumber business until its sale in 1980, President and Chief Operating Officer of Lignum Limited, a private forest product company until its sale in 2004, the Executive Vice President of Riverside Forest Products Limited, one of British Columbia's largest forest products companies, until its sale in 2005 and Executive Vice President of Tolko Industries, a large private forest products company, until his retirement in 2006. As Chairman of Pine Tree Developments Ltd., he continues to be responsible for another established family business. He is a director of Northgate Minerals Corporation and Canfor Corporation, a current Trustee of A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and a past director and Chairman of the Board of Finning International Inc. and past director of TimberWest Forest Corporation, all public companies. |
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Akiko Levinson President / Director Director since 1991 Over 20 years of experience with mining finance and investment. Previous management and directorships with other public mining companies. Widow of Michael Levinson, former President and Chairman, and committed to the success of the company and building value for all shareholders. |
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Ron Schmitz Chief Financial Officer / Director Director since 1997 Primary administrator of Gold Canyon, with over 20 years of experience in financial management of resource companies. Owner of ASI Accounting Services, providing accounting and administration to public resource companies. |
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Dr. Quinton Hennigh Technical Advisor / Director Dr. Quinton Hennigh is an economic geologist with more than 20 years of exploration experience. Dr. Hennigh has acted as advisor to Gold Canyon since 2009, where he helped refocus exploration at the Company's Springpole Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario. Until recently, he was President and Chief Geologist of Evolving Gold Corp. ("Evolving"), where he helped assemble a world class portfolio of gold projects and led successful exploration resulting in three significant discoveries including the Rattlesnake Hills deposit, Wyoming. Prior to joining Evolving, Dr. Hennigh was an exploration geologist with Newmont Mining Corp., Newcrest Mining, and Homestake Mining, during which time he worked on projects in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and South America. He earned a M.Sc. and a Ph.D in geology and geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines in 1993 and 1996, respectively. |
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Doug Buchanan Director Doug Buchanan, Q.C. is a partner with the national law firm Davis LLP, acting as the National Managing Partner of Davis LLP for two terms, 1995-98 and 2004-07, and practices out of the firm's Vancouver, Toronto and Tokyo offices. He is currently a director of Subaru Canada Inc., Bank West (where he is also member of Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee), Western Life Assurance (where he is also member of Audit Committee and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee) and Western Financial Insurance Company (where he is also Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee). |


