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Mr. David Hottman
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO
Mr. Hottman is one of the founders of Portal Resources Ltd. and brings nearly 25 years of experience in corporate finance and management of junior resource companies. Mr. Hottman is also the founding team member of Eldorado Gold (TSX, NYSE) and Nevada Pacific Gold (TSX) which was acquired by US Gold (TSX, AMEX) in 2007. |
Mr. Mark Brown, CA
CFO / DIRECTOR
Mr. Brown began his career as a Chartered Accountant working for PricewaterhouseCoopers before working in senior financial management positions with public companies. While Controller of Miramar Mining Corp. and then Eldorado Gold Corporation, was directly involved in several acquisitions, cash management and control, equity and debt financings, corporate reportings and international tax planning. Mr. Brown was also one of the founders and the financier of Rare Element Resources Ltd. which is now a dually TSX and Amex listed company. Mr. Brown was appointed CFO for Portal Resources, effective March 1, 2008. |
Mr. Barry J. Reid
COO / DIRECTOR
Mr. Reid is an accomplished mechanical engineer (University of Alberta 1984) with 25 years of oil and gas experience in Western Canada covering all aspects of the oil and gas business from corporate start ups, project evaluations and acquisitions through design and implementation, to the management and optimization of production projects. Most recently he has successfully built and sold two of his own private E&P companies. During his career Mr. Reid has held positions with Husky Energy/Renaissance Energy and Dome Petroleum among others. As a Senior Exploitation Engineer with Husky Energy Mr. Reid's responsibilities included pool development, optimization and an ongoing review of new techniques for horizontal drilling, water shut-offs, stimulations and re-completions. His accomplishments include the full cycle development of the Suffield Military Block with estimated original oil in place of 65 million barrels completing 35 horizontal wells and associated facilities within a 6 month timeframe; production peaked at 1,800 barrels of oil per day. |
Gary Nordin, B.Sc (Geol. hons)
DIRECTOR
Mr. Nordin is a leading exploration geologist with a proven track record of identifying and developing mining projects. For example, as a co-founding Director and Vice President of Bema Gold Corporation, he successfully identified significant open pit type heap leach gold reserves in the United States and Chile, including the Refugio deposit (6 to 8 million oz). Subsequently, as a founding Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Consulting Geologist of Eldorado Corporation Ltd. from 1990 to 2000, Mr. Nordin participated in the discovery and development of several important gold deposits, including the La Colorada Mine in Mexico (1.0 million oz.), the Kisladag deposit (8.0 million oz.) in Turkey, as well as others. Throughout his career Gary has amassed many contacts within the industry which will assist Portal in bringing significant oil and gas opportunities to the table. Mr. Nordin has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed exploration and mining companies, such as Nevada Pacific Gold before its takeover by US Gold. |
Mr. John M. MacRae, M.Sc., B.Sc., P. Geol.
DIRECTOR
Mr. MacRae is an accomplished petroleum geologist with 40 years experience in Canada's oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience evaluating the geology and undiscovered petroleum and natural gas potential of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, as well as all British Columbia onshore and offshore sedimentary basins. Mr. MacRae's past experience includes positions of increasing responsibility with the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Energy & Mines, serving as Director of Petroleum Geology (1988-1998), Section Head Reservoir Geology (1986-1988), and Reservoir Geologist (1982-1986). Currently, through his private consulting company, he provides advisory services to major intermediate and junior oil and gas companies. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, and past President of the Geological Association of Canada, Pacific Section. |
Mr. Frank Wheatley, BComm., LLB
DIRECTOR
Mr. Wheatley brings 25 years of mineral industry experience as a director and senior officer of, and legal counsel to, a number of Canadian public mining companies, such as Teranga Gold Corporation and Lithium Resources Ltd. Mr. Wheatley is currently the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Strategy for Talison Lithium Limited, the largest pure global lithium minerals producer. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Wheatley was the Vice President & General Counsel of Gabriel Resources Ltd., which is developing the world class Rosia Montana gold project in Romania. Mr. Wheatley brings extensive business and legal experience in the international minerals industry to the Company, including public financing, project debt financing, permitting of large scale mining projects in accordance with all international best practice, environmental and corporate social responsibility standards, together with strategic mergers and acquisitions in the international minerals industry. |
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