This is the team that will get it done! One more hole with Nickel Sulphide and dollarland comes fast.
DAVID BELING, P.E.
Strategic Advisor
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Mr. Beling is a 1964 Mining Engineering graduate from the University of Arizona and has been employed and/or consulted for Phelps Dodge, Union Oil, Fluor, United Technologies, Westinghouse, and 25 Canadian and US junior mining companies. He served on the Boards of 14 Canadian and US mining companies beginning in 1981 and continues to serve as a Director of Bullfrog Gold Corp. and NioCorp Developments Ltd.
During the past 56 years, Mr. Beling examined, significantly reviewed, or was directly involved with 88 underground mines, 131 open pit mines and 164 process plants around the world. He also developed, enhanced, and obtained financing for several mining companies, mainly in the copper, gold, cobalt, nickel, and uranium sectors.
From July 2011 to October 2020, Mr. Beling was the President & CEO of Bullfrog Gold Corp. and the General Manager of its Bullfrog Gold Project, a proposed open pit and 8,000-tpd heap leach operation near Beatty, Nevada. In October 2020 he completed the purchase all of Barrick Gold’s lands in the Bullfrog Mining District and raised C$23 million from the Augusta Group.
From January 2004 through December 2010, he was the Executive VP & COO of Geovic Mining Corp where he directed the development of a US $700 million, world-class cobalt/nickel project in Cameroon, Africa. He hired and directed the personnel and contractors that performed the environmental, geotechnical, mining, metallurgical and final feasibility requirements and studies. In addition, he spearheaded a TSX listing in 2006 and delivered all the presentations that raised C$112 million by mid-2007 in Canada, UK, and the US. Mr. Beling also performed and later directed investor relations that grew Geovic’s market capitalization to US$460 million. Thereafter, he successfully completed a physical upgrading process that nearly tripled the mine grade. Concurrently, he discovered and developed a new reductive acid-leach process for this laterite deposit that lowered risks, costs, and environmental impacts.
From 1997 to 2004 on a contracting basis, he served as an interim CEO, acting VP operations, senior consultant, trouble-shooter and evaluator of numerous production operations, development projects, and acquisitions. Clients included Romarco Minerals, Dayton Mining, Manhattan Minerals, Eldorado Gold, Ivanhoe Mines, Rea Gold and NovaGold.
From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Beling was the President & COO of AZCO Mining where he hired and directed all the project personnel and firms that advanced to construction status of the Sanchez Copper Project near Safford, Arizona. This $90 million Project included an open pit mine and a 33,000-tpd plant using crushing, heap leaching and SX-EW processing. Championed the first EIS approved for a mine in Arizona. Directed a similar development Project near Piedras Verdes, Sonora, Mexico and a gold exploration project in Mali, Africa. Initiated and closed the sale of all copper assets to Phelps Dodge in 1996.
From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Beling was the Sr. VP for Hycroft Resources where he completed construction and managed/directed operations of the 16,000 tpd Crofoot heap leach plant and two open pit gold mines. As a VP Operations for parent Granges Inc., he also served on the Technical Committee for Hudson Bay’s 2,700 tpd Trout Lake Mine near Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Prior 23 years of experience included Project Manager of the exceptionally high-grade Original Sixteen-To-One underground gold mine in California; Sr. Consultant for Pegasus Gold’s development projects in Montana and Arizona; Manager of Mining for Wold Nuclear Co.’s uranium projects in Wyoming and Texas; District Manager for Westinghouse’s uranium in situ leach development projects in Wyoming; General Manager for Essex International’s (United Technologies) 1,000-tpd process plant and three open pit copper mines in Utah; Project Engineer for Fluor on coal and oil shale projects; Project Manager for Union Oil’s uranium projects in Wyoming; and Mining Engineer at Phelps Dodge’s open pit and underground copper mines in Bisbee, Arizona.
CHARLES GRYBA P.ENG
Strategic Advisor
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Mr. Gryba graduated in 1973 from University of Saskatchewan in Mining engineering. He worked as a student in Thomson, Manitoba underground at the T1 and Birchtree nickel mining projects. After graduation Mr. Gryba worked for HBM&S in Manitoba in many diverse roles such as mine surveyor, mine planner, project engineer and shift boss for a period of 5 years. Mr. Gryba was also responsible for making the mining budgets for 10 operating base metal mining projects for a period of 3 years.
in 1980 Mr. Gryba was Chief Engineer at Cantung, a remote room and pillar Tungsten mine on the NWT – Yukon border just south of the Nahanni National Park. The same year Mr. Gryba worked in Timmins, Ontario for Noranda's gold mining division known as Pamour. At Pamour Mr. Gryba worked as Manager of Engineering and Geology and was also Project Manager for the reopening of the Hollinger mining project. Pamour also managed the Langmuir Nickel Mill just south east of Timmins where Mr. Gryba became very familiar with nickel mining operations. Mr. Gryba spent 18 months ½ time at the Noranda Research Center in Montreal where he invented and patented Raise Bore Mining where he researched making Mg metal out of a talc – magnesite deposit. He was also part of the research team that studied the breaking of rock to invent a new mining method that would generate a 10-fold increase in mining productivity. Pamour operated 10 underground and open pit gold mining projects which included the historical Hollinger and McIntyre mining project, Pamour 1 mining project, Hallnor mining project, Buffalo Ankerite mining project and the Ross mining project which fed two 3,000tpd gold mills. Mr. Gryba was partially responsible for increasing Pamour's gold reserves from 3 years to 8. Noranda sold Pamour in 1986.
In 1985 Mr. Gryba invented the DPM mining system which has been patented globally. The DPM system creates a mining spreadsheet of 1,000t ore blocks mined from the top down like an underground car parkade; DPM generates 40 major advances in mining technology. DPM achieved close to a 100% ore recovery with zero dilution. These are two important factors that can increase the ROI - NPV of an orebody by 50%.
Mr. Gryba then became President and a Director of Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. (TSE:ME) where he and his team discovered the million ounce Michaud Gold Deposit which is still being explored today. Moneta also owned the Kelly Lake nickel mine orebody in Quebec and the Loveland nickel orebody 15 miles NE of Timmins Ontario.
In 1996 Mr. Gryba became President, CEO and Director of St Andrew Gold Mines (TSE:SAS) Mr. Gryba rebuilt and expanded the SAS mill from 800tpd to 1300tpd with expansion plans to ramp up to 2200tpd. The St Andrew stock mine was put back into production, an open pit mine was started just north of the Hollinger Ross mining project and the Taylor ore body was expanded from a 50,000-ton resource to more than 600,000 ounces recovered. The Taylor mining project is now in production producing 80,000 ounces of gold per year for new owner Kirkland Lake Gold Mines (TSE:KL) which purchased SAS about 5 years ago. St. Andrews also optioned the Holmer – West Timmins project and identified the deep gold intersection resulting in the West Timmins mining project. Today the 3,000tpd gold mill is owned by Ross Beaty’s Pan American Silver (TSX:PAAS) or (NSDQ:PAAS).
Mr. Gryba then founded First Metals Inc. (TSX: FM). First Metals put the Fabie VMS deposit near Noranda into production with open pit as well as underground mining methods. The Fabie ore was milled at the Noranda Mill which was part of the Noranda Copper Smelter complex in Noranda Quebec.
Claim Post Resources Inc. (TSX:CPS) was taken public in 2010 by Mr. Gryba to explore for the western extension of the giant Hollinger – McIntyre gold system. In 2014, CPS was not able to raise money for gold exploration. With horizontal drilling and fracking becoming successful, CPS bought a sand deposit in Manitoba which has advanced to FS to produce Tier 1 frack sand and a silica sand feed stock to manufacture glass.
Mr. Gryba founded Central Timmins Exploration Corp.(TSX: CTEC). CTEC was an early-stage Canadian junior exploration company focused on precious metals exploration and development.
Mr. Gryba is semi- retired in 2020 after spending 1980 to 2020 mining and exploring the Timmins Camp from Timmins to the Quebec Border. His experience in geology, mining methods and advances to the mining industry make him a desired resource company executive. Today Mr. Gryba is acting as Strategic Advisor for Fortune Nickel and Gold Inc. where he is instrumental in geological, technical and mining decision making for the company's Gowan nickel project. The Gowan project is just minutes away from the Kidd Creek Mine to the southwest and Canada nickel whose property is just minutes to the north of the project.
BRIAN HOLDEN
Strategic Advisor
Mr. Holden has had a well experienced career in his 28 years navigating all aspects of the securities markets. Mr. Holden has been instrumental in guiding corporate restructurings and corporate marketing solutions for a diverse clientele that includes a vast array of industry sectors.
Mr. Holden has successfully guided many public companies through the ever changing market environment as well as adapted to many unique capital raising conditions by understanding both the capital and marketing needs required to quickly react in the best interest of his clients. Mr. Holden has a deep understanding of the underlying psychology of the capital markets and has a well known history of strategically adjusting to market conditions and successfully managing a company's continued funding requirements while carefully structuring many client company's successful market awareness campaigns through both turbulent times and industry bubbles.
Mr. Holden is an expert at mitigating risk for his clients and has been instrumental in strategically aligning his public company clients capital needs with market conditions saving many companies from bankruptcy. Mr. Holden has served on the Board of Directors for public companies such as VMH VideoMovieHouse.com, Virtual Media Holdings Inc and Evision Holdings Inc. where he successfully strategized strategic acquisitions and coordinated SEC required reporting and compliance procedures. Mr. Holden has attained an intricate knowledge of corporate strategy and marketing public companies to the marketplace having served in roles as CEO, Marketing Director and Chairman of the Board.
PAUL RISS
CEO
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Mr. Riss has 30 years of experience with 1933 and 1934 Act filings as CEO of a publicly traded company and as a CPA with Ernst & Young.
He is a board member of an equity-based funding portal and a member of FINRA. As the CEO of a Nasdaq-listed technology company he was selected as a 2001 finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award program for the Connecticut / Hudson Valley region. Mr. Riss earned an MBA with distinction from the Stern School of Business at New York University and was a Magna Cum Laude graduate with distinction from Carleton College. In 2000, he won the James P. Kelly Award for distinguished public service by a member of the Westchester chapter of the New York State Society of Public Accountants. Mr. Riss wrote and directed 10 musical parodies to raise money for college scholarships.
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