Nextsource Materials Inc
Officers & Directors
John Sanderson, Q.C. (Vancouver, Canada): Mr. Sanderson has been the Company’s
Vice Chairman of the Board since October 2009 and a director of our Company since
January 2009. Mr. Sanderson was Chairman of the Board of the Company from January
2009 to September 2009. Mr. Sanderson is a chartered mediator, chartered arbitrator,
consultant and lawyer called to the bar in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and
British Columbia. Mr. Sanderson’s qualifications to serve as a director
include his many years of legal and mediation experience in various industries.
Mr. Sanderson is a Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.). He has acted as mediator, facilitator
and arbitrator across Canada, and internationally, in numerous commercial transactions,
including insurance claims, corporate contractual disputes, construction matters
and disputes, environmental disputes, inter-governmental disputes, employment
matters, and in relation to aboriginal claims. He has authored and co-authored
books on the use and value of dispute resolution systems as an alternative to
the courts in managing business and legal issues.
Craig Scherba, P.Geol. (Oakville, Canada): Mr. Scherba was appointed as our Chief
Executive Officer and President in August 2015 and has served as a director since
January 2010. Mr. Scherba served as President and Chief Operating Officer from
September 2012 to August 2015 and Vice President, Exploration of the Company from
January 2010 to September 2012. Mr. Scherba has been a professional geologist
(P. Geol.) since 2000, and his expertise includes supervising large Canadian and
international exploration. Mr. Scherba also serves as Vice President, Exploration
of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd, Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger
Exploration Inc. which are resource exploration company trading on the TSX - Venture
Exchange. In addition, Mr. Scherba was professional geologist with Taiga Consultants,
a mining exploration consulting company from March 2003 to December 2009. He was
a managing partner of Taiga between January 2006 and December 2009. Mr. Scherba
was an integral member of the exploration team that developed Nevsun Resources’
high-grade gold, copper and zinc Bisha project in Eritrea. While at Taiga, Mr.
Scherba served as the Companys Country and Exploration Manager in Madagascar
during its initial exploration stage.
Robin Borley (Johannesburg, South Africa): Mr. Borley was appointed our Senior
Vice President (“SVP”) of Mine Development during December 2013. Mr.
Borley is a Graduate mining engineering professional and a certified mine manager
with more than 25 years of international mining experience building and operating
mining ventures. He has held senior management positions both internationally
and within the South African mining industry. Until October 2014, Mr. Borley served
as Mining Director for DRA Mineral Projects. In addition, Mr. Borley was instrumental
as the COO of Red Island Minerals in a developing a Madagascar coal venture. His
diverse career has spanned resource project management, evaluation, exploration
and mine development. Robin has completed several mine evaluations including operational
and financial evaluations of new and existing operations across a diverse range
of resource sectors. He has experience in the management of underground and surface
mining operations from both the contractor and owner miner environments. From
2006 through to 2012, Robin participated in the BEE management buy-out transaction
of the Optimum Colliery mining property from BHP, through its independent listing
and its ultimate sale to Glencore in December 2012.
Marc Johnson (Toronto, Canada): Mr. Johnson was appointed as our Chief Financial
Officer in October 2015. Mr. Johnson is a senior executive with over 20 years
of experience, including 10 years at large public companies in corporate development,
financial management and cost control positions. He also brings 10 years of capital
markets experience, specifically in mining investment banking and as an equity
research mining analyst covering precious and base metals. Mr. Johnson is a Chartered
Professional Accountant, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor
of Commerce (Finance) degree from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia
University. Mr. Johnson also currently serves as the CFO of Red Pine Exploration
Inc. and as the CFO of Honey Badger Exploration Inc..
Quentin Yarie, P.Geo. (Toronto, Canada): Mr. Yarie has served as a director of
our Company since 2008. Mr. Yarie is an experienced geophysicist and a successful
entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience in mining and environmental/engineering.
Mr. Yarie has project management and business development experience as he has
held positions of increasing responsibility with a number of Canadian-based geophysical
service providers. He is currently CEO and President of Red Pine Exploration Inc,
and Honey Badger Exploration Inc. and President of MacDonald Mines Exploration
Inc. From January 2010, Mr. Yarie was Senior Vice President Exploration for MacDonald
Mines Exploration Ltd, Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration
Inc. all listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
From October 2007 to December 2009, Mr. Yarie was a business development officer
with Geotech Ltd, a geophysical airborne survey company. From September 2004 to
October 2007, Mr. Yarie was a senior representative of sales and business development
for Aeroquest Limited. From 1992-2001, he was a partner of a specialized environmental
and engineering consulting group where he managed a number of large projects including
the ESA of the Sydney Tar Ponds, the closure of the Canadian Forces Bases in Germany
and the Maritime and Northeast Pipeline project.
Dean Comand P. Eng, CET MMP CDir. (Ancaster, Canada): Mr. Comand is a Mechanical
Engineer and holds his P. Eng designation in the province of Ontario as well as
designation as a Certified Engineering Technologist. He earned his Maintenance
Manager Professional Designation (MMP) license in 2006 and his Charter Director
designation (CDir) in 2012. Mr. Comand is currently the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Hamilton Utilities Corporation and continues to provide strategic advice
to numerous clients around the world in the mining and energy sectors from 2009
– 2014, Mr. Comand worked for Sherritt International as Vice President of
Operations of Ambatovy, a large-scale nickel project Madagascar. He successfully
led the construction and commissioning of Ambatovy, and led the operations to
commercial production. He has extensive business and financial acumen in large-scale
energy, power, and mining industries. He has consistently held senior positions
in operations, business, project development, environmental management, maintenance,
and project construction. He has managed a variety of complex operations, including
one of the world’s largest mining facilities, industrial facilities, numerous
power plants, renewable energy facilities and privately held municipal water treatment
facilities across Canada and the United States.
Dalton Larson (Surrey, Canada): Mr. Larson is a Canadian attorney with more than
35 years as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. He commenced practice
as a member of the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, subsequently
becoming a partner of a major Vancouver Law firm, now McMillan LLP. Currently,
he maintains a private practice along with a vigorous investment business. He
is a recognized expert in alternate dispute resolution and has extensive experience
as a professional arbitrator and mediator. He has three degrees, including a Master’s
Degree in law from the University of London, England. His business activities
include more than 25 years as a director of several investment funds managed by
the CW Funds group of companies, affiliated with Ventures West Management Inc.,
which is one of the largest venture capital firms in Canada. The CW Funds raised
and invested in a wide variety of businesses totaling more than $130 million,
primarily from overseas investors. In that period, he served as Chairman of the
Board of Directors of a Philippine ethanol company. He was the founding shareholder
of the First Coal Corporation, which started operations in 2014. He served as
the first Chairman of the Board of Directors for two years and then participated
closely in its governance and management including serving as the Chair of the
Compensation Committee. During his tenure, the Company raised in excess of $65
million in equity to finance its development activities, all by way of private
placements. This company was sold to Xstrata in excess of $150 million. He currently
serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cloud Nine Education Group
(CSE:CNI) and on the Board of Directors of SmartCool Systems Inc. (TSX-V: SSC).
Nextsource Materials Inc currently has 4 employees.
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