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Directors & Officers
Jeffrey J. Reeder, P. Geo. - President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
Jeffrey J. Reeder, P. Geo., has a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta and since 1992 has been registered as a professional geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Mr. Reeder is the geologist that originally identified and acquired the Aguila copper-moly project in Peru for MacMillan Gold Corp. (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duran Ventures). Mr. Reeder has 16 years of experience in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Reeder's experiences prior to joining MacMillan Gold included working with Noranda Exploration and the Hunter-Dickenson Group of Companies. Mr. Reeder was also responsible for identifying the Pinaya Copper-Gold project currently being explored by AM Gold Inc.
John P. Thompson, P. Eng. - Director
Mr. John P. Thompson, P. Eng. (Geology) has a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. from Acadia University in Nova Scotia. Mr. Thompson has been a director since June 2006. Mr. Thompson has over 35 years of surface and underground exploration, mine development, and mineral resource estimation experience. He has worked in Canada, the United States, the Dominican Republic, South America, and Asia. Mr. Thompson is currently the President and CEO of Sona Resources Corporation.
Joseph Del Campo, CMA - Director and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Joseph Del Campo, CMA, is a graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto and has been a director and audit chairman since July 2006. Mr. Del Campo is the Chief Financial Officer of First Nickel Inc. and is a director of Unigold Inc. and Viper Gold Ltd.
Steve Brunelle - Director
Mr. Brunelle is a Canadian geologist with 29 years of experience in mineral exploration throughout the Americas. He has been an officer and director of several resource companies, most recently, Stingray Copper Inc. and prior to that, Corner Bay Silver Inc. At Stingray, the Mexican bulk mineable oxide copper deposit "Èl Pilar" was taken to feasibility in 2009 and Stingray was subsequently acquired via merger. At Corner Bay Silver, the bulk mineable silver deposit “Alamo Dorado” was taken to feasibility and the Company was acquired by Pan American Silver Corp. Mr. Brunelle is presently a director of Escape Gold Inc. and Messina Minerals Inc. During the 1990’s Mr. Brunelle was the President of MacMillan Gold Corp. at the time of the assembly of the Aguila area properties in Peru.
Todd Bruce - Director
Mr. Bruce holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Rhodesia and a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mineral Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Mr. Bruce has held senior management and Board positions with Anglo Platinum, IAMGold Corporation and Crystallex. He brings extensive operational and development experience, and strengthens and broadens Duran’s collective board expertise. Mr. Bruce served as CEO, President and Director of Crystallex International Corporation, Highlights of his tenure included completion of a bankable feasibility study for the Las Cristinas project and financings that raised nearly C$250 million. Before Crystallex, Mr. Bruce served as President and Chief Operating Officer of IAMGOLD Corporation, whose principal assets during his tenure comprised the Sadiola and Yatala gold mines in Mali. Mr. Bruce played a leadership role in the growth of IAMGOLD from its initial non-producer status to attributable gold production of almost 300,000 ounces in 2002, the implementation of IAMGOLD’s innovative “Gold Money” policy, and in the merger of Repadre and IAMGOLD in January, 2003.
Daniel Hamilton, CA - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hamilton has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Ottawa. He brings over 25 years of post-qualification experience in senior accounting and financial roles. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Crystallex International Corporation and his experience includes Vice President, Controller for Amec Americas (a multi-national engineering and project management services firm) and Group Controller, Zinc at Noranda (now Xstrata Zinc).
Carmen Yuen, CPA - Secretary and Treasurer
Ms. Carmen Yuen, CPA, is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Commerce and has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Company since December 2007. Ms. Yuen has experience in accounting and public reporting for junior resource companies. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer for MacMillan Minerals Inc. and Cache Exploration Inc.
Juan Jose Ari Huanca - General Manager Peru
Dr. Juan Jose Ari Huanca studied law at the Faculty of Law at the Universidad Nacional San Agustin in Arequipa, graduating with an undergraduate degree in 1996, and acquired the title of Professional Lawyer in the same year. His academic level was formally recognized as ‘Brilliant’, one of only three students in the history of this legal faculty to achieve that standing. He is the founder and General Manager of Ari and Associates Legal Firm in Arequipa. He held various positions with Canper Exploraciones S.A.C., operators of the Pinaya mineral exploration project in Puno, Peru. Positions included legal advisor, administrative manager, and general manager from 2004 to 2008. During this time, he was instrumental in negotiating the original property option with the local owners, the negotiation and removal of informal gold miners, and surface rights agreements with local landholders. His superior ability with strategy, planning, management, community relations, and legal analyses is a tremendous asset to Duran Ventures’ operations in Peru.
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