MANAGEMENT BIOS
BLAYNE JOHNSON
Chairman
Blayne Johnson is Chairman of Featherstone Capital Advisors Inc. and a director of Calibre Mining Corp and has been involved in the investment business for the past 23 years. As a Vice President of First Marathon Securities, he played a key role in providing institutional financing to junior resource companies. During his tenure at the firm, First Marathon participated in over $5 billion of equity financings for natural resource companies. His work at First Marathon involved equity and debt financings as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Johnson also advised institutional clients on investments. Since 1996 Blayne has managed his own investment and real estate portfolios and has been an active investor in the mining and energy sectors. He provided early stage capital markets advice, seed capital and assisted in project acquisition for Terrane Metals Corp., Calibre Mining Corp., Avanti Mining Inc., Sandwell Mining Ltd. and Edgewater Exploration Ltd.
DOUGLAS FORSTER, M.Sc. P.Geo.
President and CEO
Mr. Forster has been associated with the mining industry for the past 30 years. He holds a B.Sc. (1981) in Geology and a M.Sc. (1984) in Economic Geology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Forster has extensive experience and a proven track record in resource project development, mergers and acquisition, equity finance and public company management. He has been a founder, senior executive and/or director of numerous publicly traded companies listed on North American Stock Exchanges and is currently a director of Potash One Inc. and Calibre Mining Corp. For three decades, Mr. Forster has been involved in creating wealth for North American and International investors through natural resource discovery, exploration and development. He has been involved in a number of large-scale gold and copper projects, two of which became major new mines for Canada. Mr. Forster has provided strategic advice and assisted in key project acquisitions for numerous companies including Terrane Metals Corp., Avanti Mining Inc. Sandwell Mining Ltd. and Edgewater Explorations Ltd. He is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
