| Simon Ridgway Position: CEO & Chairman of the Board Simon is a prospector, a mining financier and a Casey Research Explorer's League inductee. Grass roots exploration is his first love and he has had a successful career as an explorationist since starting out as a prospector in the Yukon Territory in the late 70s. Simon and the exploration teams under his guidance have discovered gold deposits in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and he is looking to continue that success in the Yukon Territory. On the financial side, Companies operating under the Gold Group banner have raised over $375 million for exploration and development projects since 2003. Simon is also the Chairman of both Fortuna Silver Mines and Focus Ventures. | |
| Ralph Rushton Position: President and Director Ralph has a B.Sc. in geology from Portsmouth University in the UK, a Master's degree in economic geology from the University of Alberta, and a Certificate in Business Communications from Simon Fraser University. Much of his 20 years' experience in mining and exploration was gained working as a geologist for the Anglo American group in Southern Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Ralph has been an integral part of the Gold Group of companies for the past seven years. | |
| Bradford Cooke Position: Director Bradford Cooke, P. Geo., is a professional geologist with over 30 years experience in the mining industry. Mr. Cooke has participated in the discovery of several mineral deposits, including uranium in Labrador, gold and tungsten in B.C., gold in Suriname and silver in Mexico. He has raised over CA$250 million in equity and joint venture financings for resource projects since 1988. Bradford received his B.Sc. Geology (Honors) degree in 1976 and a M.Sc. Geology degree in 1984. From 1976 to 1987, he worked as a project geologist for Noranda Mines, Shell Minerals, Chevron Minerals and as a geological consultant to junior mining companies. Mr. Cooke founded Canarc Resource Corp. in 1988 and Endeavour Silver Corp. in 2003. Today, Canarc is developing one of the largest high grade gold deposits in western Canada and Endeavour is one of the fastest growing primary producers of silver worldwide. | |
| Mario Szotlender Position: Director Mr. Szotlender holds a degree in international relations and is fluent in several languages. He has successfully directed Latin American affairs for numerous private and public companies over the past 20 years, specializing in developing new business opportunities and establishing relations within the investment community. He has been involved in various mineral exploration and development joint ventures (precious metals and diamonds) in Central and South America, including heading several mineral operations in Venezuela, such as Las Cristinas in the 1980's. He was President of Mena Resources Inc. until it was purchased by Rusoro Mining Ltd., of which he was also President. In addition to being a Director of Radius Gold Inc., Mr. Szotlender is a Director of Endeavour Silver Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange and AMEX) and Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange). He also consults to other public companies and to several private exploration companies. | |
| William Katzin Position: Director Mr. Katzin is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, South Africa with a Bachelor of Commerce and Law degree. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. He has been a partner in private practice with a Vancouver firm of Chartered Accountants since 1986 and has experience working with resource and exploration companies. |
"Our review of the historic exploration drilling, and observations from recent site visits by management and consultants, have highlighted real potential that did not exist in the past when precious metal prices were lower and before the recent Escobal high grade silver discovery located just west of Holly and Banderas."
- Simon T. Ridgway
President and Director
