Thomas M. Conway has been our Chief Executive Officer and President since January
2011, and a director since October 2010. Mr. Conway holds a B.S.- Mining Engineering
(University of Minnesota) and later attended Harvard Business Schools Executive
MBA program. He has significant expertise in permitting, feasibility and mining.
A results-oriented executive, Mr. Conway has 20 years of diverse experience largely
with Newmont Mining Corporation ("Newmont") in operations, general management,
environmental affairs and risk management. His experience covers domestic and
international assignments in open pit and underground operations where he has
a record of successfully implementing plans to enhance operations through improved
cost control and productivity innovations. His roles at Newmont included Vice
President Risk Management, Vice President / General Manager Carlin Operations,
Vice President / General Manager Minera Yanacocha.
Matthew Anderson has been our Chief Financial Officer since July 2011. Mr.
Anderson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and obtained
his Chartered Accountant designation in 2008 while articling at a large accounting
firm. Matt is a Senior Consultant with Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private
company that provides accounting and administrative infrastructure to junior
public companies. He has worked with Malaspina Consultants Inc. since July 2009.
He serves or has served as CFO of several junior public companies including
VirtualArmor International Inc., Terra Nova Energy Ltd., EFLO Energy, Inc.,
Wolfpack Gold Corp., Search Minerals Inc., Dynamic Oil & Gas Exploration
Inc., Tigris Uranium Corp. and Explorator Resources Inc.
Allen L. Ball has been a director since March 2002. Mr. Ball is a successful
Idaho business man and has been involved in many business ventures including
farming, farm implement sales, vending machines, cosmetics industry, mining,
timber, construction and related materials, high tech venture capital, commercial
car washes, A/R factoring, septic system sales / installation / servicing, lending,
real estate development, hospitality, assisted living, pharmaceutical, firearms
manufacturing, fishing lodge/outfitting, and motorsports sales, but he is probably
most known for his involvement in forming Melaleuca, Inc, which is a manufacturer
of wellness products and based in Idaho.
W. Barry Girling has been a director since March 2002. Mr. Girling has been
active in various aspects of mineral exploration since 1977. He couples his
geological understanding with a B.Com. (Finance) degree to provide consulting
services to a number of TSX Venture Exchange companies. He has strong capital
markets experience gained as a founder and director of Foundation Resources
Inc. and Search Minerals Inc and was a director of Roxgold Inc. from August
2006 through September 2102 completed the re-organization of Roxgold Inc. and
the acquisition of its Burkina Faso gold properties. Aside from I-Minerals Inc.,
Mr. Girling was from November 2012 President and CEO of Birch Hill Gold Corporation
until it amalgamated with Canoe Mining Ventures in June of 2014 and continues
as a director of BRS Ventures Ltd.
Gary Childress has been a director since November 2013. Mr. Childress has a
BS in Ceramic Engineering from Clemson University and has spent much of the
last 40 years in industrial minerals or related industries. He has served as
General Manager of Edward Orton Ceramic Foundation since September 2001, the
primary focus of which is providing products to assist and enhance high temperature
processing of ceramics and other materials. Mr. Childress also served as Vice
President of Hecla Mining Company from 1994 to 2001 where he was responsible
for Heclass industrial mineral division including acquisitions and project
development.
Wayne Moorhouse has been a director since January 6, 2014. Mr. Moorhouse has
extensive experience with public companies and has acted as the CFO, corporate
secretary or president of a number of TSX and TSX Venture listed resource companies
and their subsidiaries. In particular, Mr. Moorehouse served as CFO and corporate
secretary of Genco Resources Ltd., a former TSX company that had a producing
silver-gold property in Mexico, from June 2003 to October 2010, and as a special
advisor to Silvermex Resources Ltd., a company listed on the TSX that was in
process of developing advanced stage silver projects, from November 2010 to
December 2011. Between January 2012 and September 2013, Mr. Moorhouse served
as CFO of Roxgold Inc, a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange engaged
in the exploration of a gold property in Burkina Faso. Currently, Mr. Moorhouse
is CFO of Midnight Sun Mining Corp., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
engaged in the exploration of properties in Africa and CFO of WPC Resources
Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange listed company focused on advancing a portfolio
of Canadian gold properties.
John Theobald has been a director since July 21, 2016. Mr. Theobald has over
thirty-five years in the international mining industry and has been involved
with exploration, business development, operations, investments and capital
markets. Most recently he was a director of ASX listed High Peak Royalties Ltd,
director, CEO & COO of London and TSX listed royalty company Anglo Pacific
Group plc, and served as Chairman of First Coal Corporation which was successfully
sold to Xstrata plc for C$147 million. From 1999 to 2008 he held a number of
senior positions with Sibelco, a major industrial minerals group, where he gained
significant experience of kaolin, feldspar, clay and quartz markets and operations.
Mr. Theobald has a B.Sc. with Honours in Geology from the University of Nottingham,
is a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council, Fellow of the Institute
of Materials Minerals and Mining (UK) and Member of the Institute of Directors
(UK).
I minerals Inc currently has 5 employees.
