Alexandria Minerals's Profile

Management & Directors

• Eric Owens

  President and Treasurer, Director

  Dr. Owens co-founded Alexandria Minerals and helped guide the company to its present status as a reporting issuer. He has 23 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry in North America, Mexico and Central America, and previously held positions with Newmont Mining, BHP Minerals, Phelps Dodge, and Echo Bay. His accomplishments include the initial discovery holes at Intrepid Minerals’ El Zapote silver deposit in El Salvador, definition drilling of the American Girl and Madre-Padre gold mines in California, and at the Brookbank gold project in northern Ontario, as well as numerous early-stage base and precious metals discoveries in North and Central America. Dr. Owens holds a Ph.D. (1992) in Geology from the University of Western Ontario and is a licensed Professional Geologist.

• Eddy Canova

  Executive Vice President, Director

  Mr. Canova is a co-founder of Alexandria Minerals and played a major role in developing the company’s property portfolio and management team. He has 27 years of international experience in the mineral exploration and mining business, primarily gained in the Canadian Shield, South America and Africa. He advanced many projects and discoveries, including the Macleod Lake copper-molybdenum-silver-gold deposit in Quebec, and managed production activities as Chief Mine Geologist for Bolivar Goldfields at its Tomi gold mine in Venezuela. Mr. Canova previously held positions with Selco Mining, Uranerz, Aunore Resources, Eastmain Resources, Canadian Royalties, Gold Reserve, Monarch Resources, and Admiral Bay Resources. He holds a B.Sc. degree from McGill University (1977) and is a licensed Professional Geologist.

• John Thomas

  Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee

  Dr. Thomas holds a Ph.D. (1973) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. With more than 30 years experience in the mining industry, Dr. Thomas has advanced many projects to production, and has also managed mine projects in North and South America, Africa and Russia. He has held senior positions with Inco, Hecla Mining, Star Mining, and Trans-Siberian Gold, and most recently was Technical Director for the $10-million feasibility study at the Sukhoi Log gold project in Siberia. Dr. Thomas is currently Vice-President of Operations for Bolivar Gold Corporation, and prior to that was the company’s General Manager for Development and Operations at its Tomi gold mine in Venezuela.

• Declan Costelloe

  Director

  Mr. Costelloe has more than 20 years of experience in the international exploration, mining and investment industries. He holds a B.Sc. in Mining Geology (1990) from Cardiff University and is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Mr. Costelloe previously held positions with SRK Consulting, Monarch Resources, and Golden Star Resources, and was Investment Manager and Research Director for Veneroso Associates until March, 2006. He is President of Celtic Mining, and is currently in the process of setting up and growing mineral funds.

• John Francis

  CFO

  Mr. Francis is a Chartered Accountant, graduate of University of Toronto, and acts as CFO for Queenston Mining Inc., as well as a Vice President and CFO for Jaguar Nickel Inc. He has previously served as VP and CFO for a number of other companies, including Vencan Gold Corporation and Consolidated Durham Mines, and has worked with Chartered Accounting Firms, Coopers and Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCooper LLP) and Touche Ross.

• John Yarnell

  Director and Chairman of the Board

  Mr. Yarnell is President of Yarnell Companies Inc., an investment and management services firm, and a director and advisor to Med-Emerg, a medical services company listed on the NASDAQ. Mr. Yarnell is the founder and retired Chairman of the Quorum Group of Companies and former Chairman of Poco Petroleums, Guard Incorporated, and Aluma Systems. He is a present and past director of many private and public companies, and has extensive experience with emerging growth companies. He holds a B.Comm (1949) from the University of Manitoba, and a M.B.A (1952) from Harvard Business School.