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| Mark J. Morabito, B.A., J.D.
Executive Chairman of the Board
| | | Mr. Morabito is Crosshair's founder and an executive with a background in corporate finance and securities law. He has over 15 years experience in public markets with a strong focus on junior mining and small business venture capital with extensive experience in capital-raising and corporate development.
Mr. Morabito graduated from Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in 1990 and completed his L.L.B. at the University of Western Ontario in 1993. Mr. Morabito has been a Member of both the Ontario Bar and British Columbia Bar since 1995.
After completing his initial training with a full service Toronto law firm, Mr. Morabito practiced law in Vancouver until 2001. His practice focus was on corporate commercial and corporate securities work. Since taking over Crosshair in 2003, Mr. Morabito is directly responsible for raising over $50.0 million and taking the company from a one room office to a company with over 50 employees, a first rate exploration team, an expanding asset base and listings on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange. |
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| Jay Sujir, L.L.B.
Director
| | | Mr. Sujir is a securities and natural resource lawyer, who has considerable experience in advising and assisting public companies. He obtained his B.A. from the University of Victoria in 1981 and obtained his L.L.B. in 1985. He has been a lawyer in the law firm of Anfield Sujir Kennedy & Durno and its predecessor since August 1986 and has been a partner of that firm since 1991. |
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| Stewart Wallis, P.G., P. Geo.
Director
| | | Mr. Wallis received his B.Sc in Geology from McMaster University located in Hamilton, Ontario. His professional affiliations include: APEG Saskatchewan; APEG B.C.; Wyoming Professional Geologist; Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG); Fellow, Society of Economic Geologists; Member, Society of Mining Engineers.
Mr. Wallis began his career with Cominco Ltd. carrying out exploration for base and precious metals throughout eastern Canada. Since 1994, he has been the Managing Director of Sundance Ventures and Sundance Geological Ltd, which provide geological services including due diligence, prefeasibility and NI 43-101 Technical Reports on gold, PGE, uranium and base metal operating and exploration properties located throughout the world.
During the period from 2003 to 2006, Mr. Wallis was the General Manager, Vancouver office, for Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. During this time, he carried out due diligence on numerous uranium properties located in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Finland and the western US. From June 2007 until joining Crosshair in March 2009, Mr. Wallis was the President of Target Exploration and Mining where he worked on advancing Target's flagship uranium project, Bootheel, towards production. |
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| Ian Smith
Independent Director
| | | Mr. Smith has been a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Santa Fe Metals Corp. since February 2007. He was formerly President, CEO, COO and a director of bcMetals Corp. Mr. Smith has over 40 years experience in corporate, operations and project management and consulting within the international base, precious metals and coal industries. He has worked around the world including Africa, China, southeast Asia and extensively in the Americas. Mr. Smith was President and Founding Partner of 'MRDI' which became one of the largest and most successful mining consultancies in North America. |
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| Chris Collingwood, BComm
Independent Director
| | | Chris Collingwood is the Chairman and CEO of Baine Johnston Corp. ("Baine Johnston"), a privately held Newfoundland firm. Baine Johnston is active in commercial and industrial real estate, commercial insurance, Leon's Furniture Ltd. Franchised Operations for Newfoundland and has investments in a number of other Newfoundland companies.
Baine Johnston also owns Cape Harrison Marine Limited ("CHML") of which Mr. Collingwood is Chairman and CEO. CHML has boats that service the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia, and also operates tugs that handle the oil tankers that supply the Come By Chance Refinery/North Atlantic Petroleum.
Mr. Collingwood is a board member of a number of Newfoundland and Labrador companies including Consilient Technologies Ltd. and Pan Maritime Energy Services Inc. He is also a past public director of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada ("IDA"). |
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| Derrick (Rick) Gill, BComm
Independent Director
| | | From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Gill was executive vice president and a director of Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Inc. (VBNC). His principle responsibility was government relations and public affairs. He was a member of the 3 person team that negotiated the Voisey's Bay Development Agreement with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and was chief negotiator for the Impacts and Benefits Agreements with the Nunatsiavut Government and the Innu Nation.
Mr. Gill was executive vice president and director of Diamond Fields Resources Inc. (DFR) in 1995 and 1996. He was the resident executive of DFR for the Voisey's Bay project in Newfoundland and Labrador with specific responsibilities for government and aboriginal relations. He also managed corporate communications and was company spokesperson with the news and financial trade media during the takeover battle between Inco and Falconbridge for the $4.3 billion acquisition of VBNC. Mr. Gill has more than 30 years experience as an executive and director of public and private companies operating throughout North and South America. Mr. Gill is a principal consultant and director of Strategic Concepts Inc. (SCI), which provides strategic planning, financial modeling and business development services to numerous resource companies. Mr. Gill co-founded SCI in 1990. |
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| Joseph Miller, CMA
Independent Director
| | | Mr. Miller has over 20 years experience in financial management of public companies, including numerous energy and resource companies based in Alberta. Prior to joining Crosshair, Mr. Miller was the Chief Financial Officer of GPS Industries Inc. and was responsible for the overall financial management of the company, including internal and external public reporting and SEC reporting and filings, and initiating the Sarbanes Oxley compliance program identifying and focusing on the high risk processes and controls.
From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Miller was employed by Transalta Corporation in Calgary, Alberta, first as the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis and then as the Director of Financial Operations. Mr. Miller received his CMA designation in 1992 and is a member of the Certified Management Accountants of British Columbia. He received his diploma in Business Administration from Mount Royal College in 1989. |
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