Advisory Board

David A. Caulfield, B. Sc., P.Geo.
Mr. Caulfield serves as the President and CEO of Rimfire Minerals Corporation, an established mineral exploration company focusing on project generation. Prior to Rimfire, he was the co-founder and President of Equity Engineering Ltd., a privately held geological consulting firm. Mr. Caulfield currently serves as the 2005 Past President of the Association for Mineral Exploration of British Columbia (AME BC), a non-profit association that advocates a healthy and environmentally sound exploration and mining sector in British Columbia. 

Jim Dawson, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Mr. Dawson is a registered professional engineer with 40 years of hands-on fieldwork experience examining, exploring and evaluating a wide range of geological and mineralized settings around the globe. As a partner with Kerr, Dawson & Associates Ltd. 1972-1985, Mr. Dawson participated in the discovery of the Blackdome Mine, Frasergold and Taurus Properties in British Columbia and the Big Horn Mine in Arizona. For the past 20 years, as President of Dawson Geological Consultants Ltd., Mr. Dawson has been involved in the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties worldwide.

Norman Duke, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Dr. Duke has accumulated over 40 years field experience while working with various exploration, mining, and consulting companies including Callaghan Mining Corp., Resource Associates of Alaska, Cominco (now Teck Cominco), Inco Ltd., Nerco Minerals Company, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, and Apex Geoscience Ltd.  Dr. Duke was involved in the discovery of the massive sulphide and lode gold deposits in the Delta District, Eastern Alaska Range and also in the discovery of Fortune Minerals NICO IOCG deposit in the Southern Bear Province. In addition to being an active exploration geologist, Dr. Duke has been a Professor of Economic Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario since 1983.

Peter Kleespies, M.Sc, P.Geol.
Mr. Kleespies is a Professional Geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and has 18 years experience in exploration geology for both precious and base metals in North and South America, and Australia. He worked for both junior and senior companies, including BHP, Metallic Resources and Miramar Mining Corporation on a broad range of exploration projects including the High Lake and Hope Bay Greenstone Belts in the Slave Province, Proterozoic aged greenstones both in Canada and Venezuela, and younger intrusion related deposits within poly-deformed carbonate terrains in Mexico and Canada. His expertise ranges from conceptual project generation, grassroots exploration, large-scale surface and underground drill programs, deposit modeling and resource estimation. Mr. Kleespies has demonstrated the application of sound technical principles and ability to integrate complex geological, geochemical and geophysical datasets in the search for, and delineation of economically viable mineral deposits. Mr. Kleespies formerly managed exploration projects at Hope Bay for Miramar Mining Corporation and is currently Vice President of Exploration for Committee Bay Resources Ltd. (CBR:TSXV). Mr. Kleespies has a Bachelor of Science (Hon. Geology) and Master of Science (Geology) from the University of Alberta.

Dean McDonald, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Dr. McDonald is experienced in all aspects of mineral exploration from grass roots programs through to feasibility studies, ore reserve estimations and has experience in operations.  Presently, he is working with Hecla Mining Company as Senior Vice President – Exploration and prior to that Dr. McDonald was Vice President Exploration and Business Development for Committee Bay Resource Ltd.  Dr. McDonald was also the former Exploration Manager for Miramar Mining Corporation where he was responsible for managing exploration and development drill programs at the Hope Bay project, one of the largest exploration programs in Canada from 2000 to 2003.    Dr. McDonald has also worked in exploration and mining operations for several major and junior mining companies including Nerco Minerals, Westmin Resources, BP Minerals, BHP-Billiton and Noranda Minerals. Dr. McDonald obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from McMaster University in 1981 and completed a Master's in Economic Geology on Base metal deposits at the University of New Brunswick in 1984.  He completed a PhD in Mineral Deposits Geology at the University of Western Ontario in 1990.

Pamela D. Strand, M.Sc., P. Geol.
Ms. Strand obtained a B.Sc. (Geology) from the University of Toronto in 1988 and a M.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario in 1993. Since December 1997, she has been President and CEO of Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV), a successful diamond exploration company.  Since the completion or Shear’s reorganization, whereby it spun-out the shares of Kaminak Gold Corporation to holders of Shear common shares, Ms. Strand has served as a Director for Kaminak and has had an integral role in the Company’s public launch and growth.  She will continue to work with Kaminak in the role of a Technical Advisor.  Prior to Shear, Ms. Strand held the position of District Geologist with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in Yellowknife, NWT and has over 10 years of geological industry-related experience predominately in exploration in Canada’s North. Ms. Strand is a Professional Geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (“APEGGA”) and the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of the Northwest Territories (and Nunavut). She is Past President of the Edmonton Geological Society and a Director of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. Ms. Strand volunteers for the APEGGA Student Outreach Program and has been a past member (including one year as Chairperson) for the Student Liaison Committee. Ms. Strand is also a Director of Piper Capital Inc. (PCL:TSXV) and of Firestone Ventures Inc. (FV:TSXV).