Management
R.E. Gordon Davis, P.Eng.
Chairman and CEO
R.E. Gordon Davis was the Chairman and CEO of Canplats Resources Corp., which was recently acquired by Goldcorp in a deal worth more than C$300-million. Prior to this he was a director and senior executive with Dynasty Explorations Ltd. and its successor corporation, Cyprus Anvil Mining Corporation. Gordon Davis currently serves as a director of Pacific Ridge Explorations Ltd. Mr. Davis is an independent geological engineer and graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1962.
Peter de Visser, B.Comm., C.A.
Chief Financial Officer
Peter, a graduate of the University of British Columbia, is a partner of DeVisser Gray Chartered Accountants and is a member of the Technical Forum of the BC Institute of Chartered Accountants to the British Columbia Securities Commission. He has acted as a Chief Financial Officer for a number of TSX-listed gold mining companies.
Richard Dufresne, P.Geo.
VP, Exploratrion
Mr. Dufresne has more than 25 years of experience in the mineral exploration and development industry. He previously worked with a number of major mining companies including Anglo American Exploration (Canada), where he was Senior Geologist responsible for managing exploration in Eastern Canada, and Falconbridge Ltd. (which was subsequently acquired by Xstrata), where he was involved in the exploration and development of the Raglan nickel mine. Mr. Dufresne has considerable international exploration experience in Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the Ivory Coast. He has participated in several new discoveries in the Raglan district of northern Quebec and the central lead-zinc-silver belt in Peru, where one discovery was recognized as the Mining Prospect of the Year by the Peruvian Mining Merit Awards Committee in 2002. Mr. Dufresne graduated from the University of Montreal with a B.Sc. in geology and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
Blaine A. Monaghan, B.A.
VP, Corporate Development & Corporate Secretary
Blaine Monaghan has over 10-years' experience working with mineral exploration and development companies, including Canplats Resources Corp. (acquired by Goldcorp Inc.), Nu Energy Uranium Corp. (acquired by Mega Uranium Ltd.), Western Prospector Group Ltd. (acquired by a subsidiary of CNNC -- China Nuclear National Corp.) and Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (acquired by Goldcorp Inc.). During this time he helped raise more than $100 million in equity financings. Blaine holds a B.A. from Simon Fraser University and a Diploma in Public Relations from the Public Relations Institute of Ireland. Additionally, he has completed the Canadian Securities Course.
Francois Gaboury, B.Sc.
Chief Geologist
Mr. Gaboury brings to Camino more than 25 years of experience in the mineral exploration and development industry. He previously worked as a senior geologist with a number of major mining companies, including Minera Barrick Misquichilca S.A. (a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation) and Teck Resources Limited. Mr. Gaboury is a fluent Spanish speaker and has considerable exploration experience in Latin America, including Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico. Mr. Gaboury graduated from the University of Montreal with a B.Sc. in geology.
W. Perry Durning, M.Sc.
Consultant
Mr. Durning has been active in mineral exploration for over 43 years. He graduated with a B.Sc. in geology from San Diego State University and a M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the University of Arizona. Mr. Durning has worked extensively throughout the western U.S.A., Mexico and Central and South America. During his career he worked for Amax Exploration, SAGE Associates and Occidental Minerals, before becoming Exploration Manager and then President of Fischer-Watt Gold Co., Inc. Mr. Durning cofounded La Cuesta International, Inc. in 1993 and has worked primarily in Mexico since that time. Much of his career has focused on grassroots exploration in pioneering areas. Mr. Durning and Mr. Hillemeyer were selected by the PDAC as the 2010 co-award winners of the Thayer Lindsley Award in recognition for La Cuesta's multiple grassroots discoveries in Mexico.
F. L. "Bud" Hillemeyer, M.Sc.
Consultant
Mr. Hillemeyer has been actively involved in mineral exploration in the United States and Latin America for more than 27 years. Mr. Hillemeyer has conducted extensive exploration programs in the western U.S., Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Geology and from San Diego State University with a M.Sc. in Geology. Mr. Hillemeyer co-founded La Cuesta International, Inc. in 1993 and has worked with an extensive array of clients including Kennecott, Meridian Gold, BHP, MIM, Hecla Mining, Crown Resources, Monarch Resources, Silver Standard Resources, Canplats Resources and others. Mr. Hillemeyer was recognized for his success in mineral exploration as the co-recipient of the 2010 Thayer Lindsley Award for an international mineral discovery. The award recognized Mr. Hillemeyer and his partner, Perry Durning, for their grassroots discoveries in Mexico including the San Sebastián, San Agustin, Pitarrilla and Camino Rojo projects.