906-1112 W. Pender St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2S1 Telephone: 604-681-8600 Toll Free: 1-866-FPM-8601 Fax: 604-681-8799
First Point has one of the most qualified and experienced exploration teams in the junior mining industry. Collectively this team has been directly involved in a number of significant discoveries, of which seven are commercial deposits. First Point's management team has worked in more than 35 countries, where they have been involved in mineral exploration and were responsible for negotiating exploration and mining concessions, tax treaties and related matters.
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Peter M. D. Bradshaw, P.Eng. Position: Director, President and CEO Email:
Geologist with 40 years international mineral exploration experience in over 30 countries with Barringer Research, Placer Dome and Orvana Minerals.
Directly involved with discovery, evaluation and/or advancement of a number of properties including:
Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea.
(45 mt 3.5 g/t gold plus Zone VII 3 mt 1 oz/t gold (total 8.5 m oz. gold))
Kidston Gold Mine, Queensland, Australia .
(42 mt 1.4 g.t gold = 1.7 m oz. gold)
Misima Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea.
(50 mt 1.2 g/t gold = 1.8 m oz. gold)
Omai Gold Mine, Guyana.
(48 mt 1.6 g/t gold = 2.2 m oz. gold)
Cofounder and first Chairman of the Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia.
Dr. Ron M. Britten, P.Eng. Position: Vice President Exploration Email:
Geologist with more than 30 years international mineral exploration experience with Sumitomo, Esso Minerals and Homestake.
Directly involved with discovery, evaluation or advancement of a number of properties including:
Frieda River Copper/Gold Deposit, Papua New Guinea. (860 mt 0.47% copper, 0.31 g/t gold)
Eskay Creek Gold/Silver Mine, British Columbia. (2mt 70 g/t gold, 3500 g/t silver)
J. Christopher Mitchell, P.Eng. Position: Director and Chief Financial Officer Email:
Business Consultant with more than 35 years experience in the mineral industry.
Served as Senior Vice President of Viceroy Resource Corp., Executive Vice President and CFO of Orvana Minerals Corp. and Constellation Copper Corp.
Mr. Mitchell holds MBA and M.Sc degrees and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia.
Serves as a Director of Endurance Gold Corp. and Skyline Gold Corp. and is the CFO of Geo Biotics.
Former Director of a number of public mining companies including Orvana Minerals Ltd.
Alberto Manrique Position: Exploration Manager, South America Email:
More than 35 years mineral exploration experience in North and South America.
Worked with Cerro de Pasco, Amax, Cities Services, Anaconda, Inter American Development Bank and as a consultant.
Focused on exploration for gold, silver, copper and molybdenum.
DIRECTORS
Mr. Tomas W. Beattie, LL.B Position: Director
Lawyer with over 30 years of international experience with the business aspects of foreign mineral exploration and corporate and commercial transactions.
Held senior management positions in mining and mineral exploration companies and been an Officer and Director of several publicly traded companies, particularly mineral exploration and mining companies.
Former Vice-Chair and Director of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association of the Canadian Bar Association and former Vice-Chair of the Corporate Counsel Section of the BC Branch of the CBA.
Dr. John B. Gammon Position: Director
Geologist with more than 40 years international mineral exploration and government advisory experience.
Supervised discovery and exploration of two nickel-copper deposits in Norway and a massive sulphide deposit in BC.
Senior advisor on mining issues to five successive Ontario provincial governments.
Founder and Co-Chair of the World Mines Ministries Forums.
Established the "Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation" at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.
Serves as a Director of Copper Mesa Mining Corporation, Gold Summit Corporation, Golden Arrow Resources Corporation, Probe Mines Limited and Strait Gold Corporation.
Dr. John A. McDonald, P.Geo. Position: Director
Geologist with more than 40 years international experience as both a professor and mineral explorer.
V.P.Exploration for both Diamondex and Winspear Diamonds Inc., where he and his technical team were directly responsible for the discovery and development of the Snap Lake diamond deposit. De Beers acquired Winspear's majority ownership in the Snap Lake deposit for $305 million in 2000.
Ten years for Esso Minerals Canada as Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager, Western Canada.
Founding Director for the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at the University of British Columbia.
Five years of mineral deposit research with CSIRO, Australia and a 13-year tenure as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Australian National University.
In 2000 received the HH "Spud" Huestis award for excellence in prospecting and mineral exploration from the B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines.
In January 2008 received the Hugo Dummett Diamond Award for Excellence in Diamond Exploration and Development.
William H. Myckatyn, P. Eng. Position: Director
Mining enginner with over 34 years experience in the Mining industry.
Currently Chairman of Quadra Mining Ltd. Retired as CEO of Quadra on June 28, 2006
Prior to Quadra, Mr. Myckatyn was Chairman, President and CEO of Dayton Mining Corp. where he led the restructuring and merger with Pacific Rim Mining Corp., and now serves as Lead Director of Pacific Rim.
President and CEO of Princeton Mining and Gibraltar Mines Ltd.
Over 17 years working for various operations controlled by Placer Dome Inc. and its associated predecessor companies including four separate mines in Australia and the Philippines.
Robert A. Watts, C.A. Position: Director Email:
Chartered Accountant with 40 years experience in the mineral industry. Retired.
Held senior executive positions in a number of companies including Placer Dome Ltd., Pegasus Gold Corp., Princeton Mining Corp. and Orvana Minerals Corp.
Chairman and Director of Coro Mining Ltd. and Dwason Heights Housing Ltd. Former Director of a number of public mining companies including First Quantum Minerals Ltd. and Apollo Gold Corp.
Co-founder, past Chairman and first President of Orvana Minerals Corp.
