Our Company

Executives

 
Jean-Pierre Colin, DCS, LL.L., MBA
Position: Mining Executive
Mr. Colin is a Mining Executive and provides corporate strategy consulting services to boards and shareholders of public companies. He is President and Director of Vantex Resources Ltd. (TSXV: VAX), Director of Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX: PG), Director of Southern Silver Exploration Corporation (TSXV: SSV) and Director of Global Cobalt Corporation (TSXV: PVS). Mr. Colin was an investment banker responsible for corporate finance and M&A from 1980 to 2010, formerly Director and Head of Corporate Finance at Octagon Capital Corporation, an investment banker with Desjardins Securities Inc., Executive Vice-President of Deacon Capital Corporation, and Senior Vice President of Richardson Greenshields of Canada Limited. Mr. Colin was also the founder of JP Colin Securities Inc., a securities dealer focused on corporate finance services to public mining companies. He is a Member of the Bar of the Province of Quebec and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, a Civil Law Degree from the University of Ottawa and a Certificate in Comparative Law from the University of Manitoba. He is the former Faculty of Arts Co-Chair of the Waterloo Advisory Council of the University of Waterloo, former founder and President of Caratax Management Ltd., the manager of public flow-through share limited partnerships, and a former director of numerous other successful public mining companies in Canada including Wolfden Resources Inc., Pelangio Mines Inc., Virginia Gold Mines Inc., and NIM Management, the manager of over $730 million of flow through funds.

 
Guy Morissette
Position: CEO and Chairman of the Board
As owner of a mining contracting company Mr. Morissette has been involved in Canadian mining for over 30 years. He has founded and developed several mining exploration companies. From 1993 to 1996, he held the position of President at Silver Star Resources Inc., which later became Perlite Canada Inc. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Morissette was President of Golden Gram Resources Inc., which became Golden Gram Capital Inc. He was President of Cristobal Resources with would be become Netgraphe and bought out by Quebecor. He also founded Essor Resources, Canaco Resources and Eider Resources; Eider would become Noveko International. Mr. Morissette is also President of Vantex's sister company Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. He has been President of Vantex Resources Ltd since November 2004.

 
Denis Tremblay
Position: CFO
Mr. Tremblay graduated with a BA in Economics from Laval University. In the last 15 years, he heads AGM Corporate Services Inc., an advisory firm offering strategic, legal and specialized management services to publicly traded companies. Mr. Tremblay was Vice-president, Corporate Secretary and Director of Golden Share Mining Corp. and SearchGold Resources Inc. for 5 and 15 years respectively. He is the CFO of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc.

 
Wayne Carlon
Position: Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Carlon worked in management positions with major pharmaceutical companies from 1995 to 2005. Since 2005 he has successfully ran his own consulting company, Carlon Consulting Inc, specializing in business development strategies and sales force effectiveness. Mr. Carlon is also the President of Narrows Basin Developments Inc. a seaside condominium development in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.

 
Daniel Kelly
Position: Consultant
Mr. Kelly is a geological engineer with over 15 years experience as an independent consultant for planning, supervision of mining exploration projects. He is an expert on the Abitibi region of Quebec where the vast majority of his career has been spent. He is the geologist in charge of the fieldwork on Vantex's Galloway project.

 
Dale Hendrick
Position: Consultant/Advisor
Mr. Hendrick is a prominent Canadian mining consultant with more than 50 years of experience as a director of public resources companies and in the financing, exploration, development and operation of base and precious metals, natural gas, coal and uranium. He is principal in Dale M. Hendrick Associates in Toronto, a firm he established in 1989, which provides consulting services to mining companies around the world. . Mr. Hendrick has spent more than 50% of his mining career working in the Pre Cambrian Shield of northern Canada centered in the Rouyn-Noranda area.