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Mr. David Hottman
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO
Mr. Hottman is one of the founders of Portal Resources Ltd. and brings nearly 20 years of experience in corporate finance and management within the mining sector. He was a founder of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. serving as Chairman and CEO from 1997 to 2007. Nevada Pacific Gold proved great success as an aggressive gold and silver production/exploration company focused in Nevada, USA and Mexico prior to a hostile takeover by USGold in March 2007. Before starting Nevada Pacific, David was a founding team member of Eldorado Gold Corporation (1992 to 1997), an aggressive gold production/exploration company focused in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey. Mr. Hottman has been involved in raising over $300 million for these companies. Prior to Eldorado, Mr. Hottman worked with Bema Gold Corporation. |
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. His expertise is in the mining industry, and 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 appointed CFO for Portal Resources, effective March 1, 2008. |
Gary Nordin, B.Sc (Geol. hons)
DIRECTOR
Mr. Nordin brings 35 years of mineral industry experience to the Board of Portal Resources Ltd.in the area of evaluating gold and other mineral deposits. Gary is a Director of Polaris Minerals Corp. and a past Director of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. Gary was a founding member and Director of Eldorado Gold Corporation from 1991-2001 where he was responsible for property evaluation as well as exploration and development of the Company's gold projects and mines. He was also a founding member and Director of Bema Gold Corporation where he played a key role in the exploration and commercial development of the Champagne Mine in Idaho and is credited with the co-discovery of Bema's six million-ounce Refugio Gold Deposit in Chile. |
Mr. Frank Wheatley, BComm., LLB
DIRECTOR
Mr. Wheatley is currently Vice President and General Counsel of Gabriel Resources Ltd. and has 20 years of industry experience as a director and senior officer of, and legal counsel to, a number of public mining companies. Prior to his involvement with Gabriel, Mr. Wheatley was the Vice President Legal Affairs with Eldorado Gold Corporation where he played a significant role in the rapid international growth of that organization. Mr. Wheatley brings extensive legal knowledge to the Company and will guide Management through the acquisition, development and management of its property portfolio in South America. |
Mr. Bruce Winfield, M. Sc. Geology, P.Geo
DIRECTOR
Mr. Winfield has over 30 years of extensive experience in the mining industry, 20 of which were developing projects in Latin America. He has been a senior officer and/or director of several high profile junior and senior public companies including Greenstone Resources Ltd. and Eldorado Gold Corporation. At Greenstone Resources Ltd., Bruce was responsible for the acquisition and definition of four deposits that were subsequently brought into production. |
Mr. Joe Tai
DIRECTOR
Mr. Joe Tai, 43, is the Managing Partner of Goldpac Investments Ltd., with a head office in Vancouver, British Columbia and associate offices in Toronto, Ontario and Hong Kong, China. His main business is to invest and co-invest with other firms in private and public companies in North America and Asia. Through these investments, Mr. Tai provides assistance with restructuring, securing financing and searching for strategic partnerships and acquisition opportunities. In 1998, Mr. Tai founded NAI Interactive Ltd. ("NAI"), which was subsequently acquired by Chinese WorldNet.com Inc. ("CWN"), a U.S. publicly-held company that was also founded by him. NAI has become one of the largest Chinese investor relations and public relations firms in North America. Mr. Tai is currently a director, the President and Chief Executive Officer of CWN as well as director of various publicly traded companies listed on the TSX. |
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