Management Team
F. Dale Corman, B.Sc., P.Eng. President & Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Clegg, P.Eng. Vice President, Engineering
Julien Francois, CA Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Cameron Brown, P.Eng. Project Manager
Jim Marlow , B.Sc., B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Senior Mining Engineer
Paul West-Sells, Ph.D. Senior Metallurgist
F. Dale Corman, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Corman graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, in 1961 and obtained Professional Engineer status in Ontario in 1972. He has 30 years experience as a senior corporate officer of publicly listed companies in Canada and the United States. He has extensive expertise in mineral and geothermal exploration and development, property evaluation and acquisition, project financing, and corporate management. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Corman was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Western Silver Corporation.
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Jonathan Clegg, P.Eng.
Vice President, Engineering
Since receiving his degree in civil engineering from Cambridge University in 1974, Mr. Clegg has nearly 30 years of experience in the design, management and construction of mining related projects. This experience has encompassed all phases of project development from initial studies to project start-up. Mr. Clegg has also worked on infrastructure and petrochemical projects. From 1974 to 1979, Mr. Clegg worked in South Africa on a number of projects, joining Kilborn Engineering there in 1977. In 1979 he moved to Canada with Kilborn remaining with the company until 2002. From 1999 to 2002 he was Vice President and General Manager of Kilborn Engineering Pacific Ltd. In 2003 he joined Western Silver Corporation as V.P. Engineering, focusing mostly on the Peñasquito Project, until the company was acquired by Glamis Gold Ltd.
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Julien François, CA
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. François received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and his Chartered Accountant designation in 2004 in British Columbia. He became Controller of Western Silver Corporation in 2005 after having worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers since 2000. Mr. François’s experience is concentrated in the mining and high tech sectors. He has also worked extensively on internal control design and assessment projects, both as a consultant and as an external auditor.
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Cameron Brown, P.Eng.
Project Manager
Mr. Brown has 38 years experience in mineral processing experience through assignments in Canada, USA, South America, Australia, Mexico and Romania. He has been responsible for plant maintenance, project management and engineering of major base and precious metal projects in the Canadian Artic, the Atacama Desert and New Caledonia. Mr. Brown held the position of Project Manager at Western Silver Corporation during the feasibility study phase of the Peñasquito deposit in central Mexico, until its acquisition by Glamis Gold Ltd.
Jim Marlow, B.Sc., B.A.Sc., P.Eng.
Senior Mining Engineer
Mr. Marlow received a B.Sc. in marine sciences from the University of Victoria in 1977 and in 1987 he received a B.A.Sc. in mining engineering from the University of British Columbia. With over 20 years of consulting and operating experience in the Americas and Central Asia, Mr. Marlow has held key technical and management positions. From 1996 to 2002 he was a Senior Engineer and Project Manager at Kilborn Engineering Ltd. and from 2002 to 2004 through his own consultancy, he provided mine engineering, project management and environmental permitting services. In 2004 Mr. Marlow joined Western Silver Corporation as Senior Mining Engineer, focusing on the advancement of the Peñasquito Project until its acquisition by Glamis Gold Ltd.
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Paul West-Sells, Ph.D.
Senior Metallurgist
Dr. West-Sells received a B.A.Sc. followed by a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1996. He has over 10 years experience working on a variety of mining projects, first with BHP in Reno and then with Placer Dome prior to its acquisition by Barrick Gold Corporation. Recently he was Senior Metallurgist at Barrick’s Technology Centre focusing primarily on refractory gold and copper projects. He joined Western Copper Corporation in 2006 as Senior Metallurgist to assist in the development of its portfolio of mining projects.
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