MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

Douglas Reeson, M.B.A.
Cermelo Marrelli, BA, CGA, CA
MaryAnn Mihychuk, M.Sc., P.Geo
William McGuinty, B.Sc., P.Geo
Andrew Thomson

Doug Zuliani,MA.Sc, MBA

President and CEO
Secretary & CFO
Director
Director
Director

Consultant

 

 


 

 


Douglas Reeson, M.B.A.,
is an independent financial consultant with experience as an officer and director of a number of junior public companies. Prior to 1991, he held a number of positions in the investment industry including the Executive Director of Listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange, Vice-President and Director of Davidson Partners, Midland Doherty & Yorkton Securities and, earlier, as an Investment Analyst at Burns-Fry. Mr. Reeson resides in Toronto and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from York University. He was elected to the Board in 2001; became Chairman in 2003 and CEO in 2004.

Carmelo Marrelli B.Comm, C.A., C.G.A, is currently the President of Marrelli Support Services Inc., a corporate services firm.  Mr. Marrelli also serves as Chief Financial Officer of several other public junior mining companies.  Mr. Marrelli holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified General Accountant.  Mr. Marrelli became CFO and Secretary on February 6, 2009.

MaryAnn Mihychuk - MaryAnn Mihychuk, M.Sc., P.Geo., is currently an independent corporate relations consultant in the mineral resource sector. She has 15 years of geological field experience and served as Manitoba’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Mines from 1999 to 2004. Most recently, Ms Mihychuk was an executive of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada and HudBay Minerals.

William McGunity B.Sc., P.Geo., has over 25 years of exploration experience principally in Latin America and Canada and was previously Vice-president of Exploration Americas for Intrepid Mines Limited.  He is also a director of Soltoro Ltd., Seafield Resources Ltd., and of the Ontario Exploration Corporation, a company funding prospectors in the province of Ontario.  Mr. McGuinty joined ?Queenston Mining ?Limited as ?Vice –president of Exploration earlier in 2009.  Mr. McGuinty  was appointed to Gossan’s Board on July 8, 2008.

Andrew Thomson is a business and mining entrepreneur. Mr. Thomson is currently the President of Soltoro Ltd., a TSX Venture company actively exploring for gold, silver and copper in Mexico.

Douglas (Doug) J. Zuliani, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., was retained as a consultant to the Company in March of 2007. He is currently an independent consultant having twenty-five years experience in metals production with over twenty years in the magnesium industry. From 1985 to 2000, he held a number of senior management positions with Timminco Ltd. the most recent being Vice President – Manufacturing and Technology. In this position, he was responsible for Timminco’s magnesium and specialty metals production facilities as well as for the company’s R&D, market development and capital/engineering programs. Timminco Ltd. uses dolomite ore extracted at its facility in eastern Ontario to produce high purity magnesium metal, magnesium alloys and fabricated magnesium extrusions. Mr. Zuliani resides in Ottawa. He received his graduate and post-graduate degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Toronto and holds eight US Patents. Mr. Zuliani was previously a Director of Gossan's Board from 2004 to 2007.