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Lyle Davis, P.Eng. (Alberta) MBA
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director
Mr. Davis is an independent director of the Company, and chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Davis is the principal of Ellardee Group Capital Inc., a firm he founded in 1999 to provide corporate finance, advisory, and management services to public companies. He has a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Queen's University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia, and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta. Mr. Davis is a director of Condor Resources Inc. and Lock+Load Retaining Walls Ltd.
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Mark Jarvis
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Jarvis has more than 25 years experience in exploration and development of mineral resources, both in oil and gas and metals. After a career in financing exploration projects as a stockbroker, Mr. Jarvis moved to the corporate side of the business in 1996. He joined the Board of Ultra Petroleum, which at the time was a small oil and gas exploration and development company with a large, unconventional gas deposit. As Director responsible for Corporate Finance, he raised the equity capital necessary to prove the concept and to establish enough production to finance further growth with debt. Ultra Petroleum has grown from a market capitalization of $10 million to its current capitalization of more than $7 billion.
Mr. Jarvis became CEO and President of Hard Creek Nickel Corp. in January, 2004. During his tenure the company has drilled off a giant sulphide nickel deposit and has assembled a team of talented professionals dedicated to developing the resource.
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Cliff Carson, B.A. Econ.
Director
Mr. Carson was President and Director of Diamond Fields Resources Inc. from May 1995 until July 1996, during which time Diamond Fields was acquired by Inco in a $4.6 billion transaction. Prior to that time Mr. Carson was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales at Falconbridge Ltd. He has also served as a member of the Advisory Board for Nikkelverk Nickel Refinery at Kristiansand, Norway and is the past Chairman of the Nickel Development Institute.
Mr. Carson holds a B.A. with Honors in Economics from Simon Fraser University.
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George Sookochoff, B. Comm.
Director
Mr. Sookochoff graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1975 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He currently serves as President and CEO of International PBX Ventures. He was appointed as a Director of Hard Creek Nickel in November 2003. Mr. Sookochoff has over 27 years experience in the junior mining exploration sector.
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Tom Milner, P.Eng.
Director
Mr. Milner has a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Carleton University and a Masters Degree in Mining Engineering which he obtained at McGill University in 1972. In 2003, Mr. Milner was awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining District Proficiency Medal to recognize the contribution made to the development of the Mining Industry and Institute at the local Branch level.
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Gary Johnson
Director
Mr. Johnson is a metallurgist with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the mining industry. In his early career he gained broad operational and project experience in a range of metals at operations in Africa and Australia. He became part of the team operating the metallurgical pilot plant at the giant Roxby Downs (also known as Olympic Dam) copper, gold and uranium project in South Australia.
Mr. Johnson spent ten years as Chief Metallurgist for a large gold producer before forming his own specialized hydrometallurgical consulting company in 1998. During this period he worked closely with LionOre Mining International to develop the Activox process for treating sulphide concentrates. In 2006, LionOre acquired Mr. Johnson's company and he joined LionOre as a senior executive. In 2007, LionOre was successfully taken over by MMC Norilsk Nickel. Mr. Johnson became a Managing Director of Norilsk's Australian operations in 2009.
Mr. Johnson now runs his own consulting company specializing in high-level metallurgical and strategic advice.
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