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John E. Black, B.Sc., M.Sc. — President and Director
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Mr. John Black, who became the founding President of Antares Minerals Inc in May of 2004, is an economic geologist with more than 20 years of exploration experience in South America, North America, Central Asia, the SW Pacific, and Eastern Europe/Western Asia. Mr. Black received a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Stanford University in 1983 and an M.S. degree in Geology - Ore Deposits Exploration from the same University in 1988.
From 1981-1993 Mr. Black worked for Bear Creek Mining Company and Kennecott in North America and Mexico. He was involved in a wide variety of projects and programs including the delineation drilling of the Rawhide low sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit in Nevada and the Mulatos high sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit in Mexico, a short stint at the Lihir Au project in Papua New Guinea, and grass-roots exploration for volcanic-hosted epithermal Au in the western USA. From 1990-93 he was member of a small team assembled to evaluate and to explore for additional Cu and Au mineralization in the Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Mo-Au district, Utah.
In 1993 Mr. Black was seconded to RTZ, Kennecott’s parent corporation, to explore for Porphyry Cu deposits in N. Chile and in 1994 become Principal Geologist for RTZ in Ecuador. Mr. Black joined Western Mining Corporation (WMC) in 1995 as Chief Geologist – S. America based in Santiago, Chile and gained extensive experience in Chile, Argentina, and Peru with additional time also spent in most other S. American countries. From 1998-2002 Mr. Black was WMC’s Technical Exploration Manager for porphyry Cu exploration in Chile and Peru.
In 2002, after 9 years in S. America, he was repatriated to WMC’s office in Denver, Colorado and spent most of the next two years exploring for porphyry Cu-Au deposits in Turkey and Mongolia where he was a Director for WMC’s local entity. Mr. Black has authored or co-authored several articles and abstracts on the geology of epithermal Au-Ag and porphyry Cu-Au deposits in scientific journals.
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Robert Wunder, B.Sc. — Chief Operating Officer
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Mr. Robert Wunder joined the Antares Minerals executive management team as Chief Operating Officer, effective August 1, 2007. He brings to the Company more than 30 years of mine operations, engineering, and project development experience in large-scale gold and copper mines and projects. In 1972, Mr. Wunder was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and in 1980 he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah. His international experience includes living and working in more than 20 countries across five continents.
Most recently he served as Vice-President Venezuelan Operations for Gold Reserve Inc., managing the Brisas gold/copper development project in Bolivar State. From 1993 to 1995, he was Vice President of Operations for BHP’s Minera Escondida Ltda., Chile, the world’s largest copper operation, where he directed all company activities in northern Chile including operations, finance, human resources, environment, safety, and external affairs.
Mr. Wunder began his mining career with Kennecott Copper Corporation from 1977 to 1986 where he served as Operations Superintendent at the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, and as Mine Manager at the Chino Mine in New Mexico. He worked in various management roles with BHP Co. Ltd. from 1986 to 1996, including Minera Escondida, and then joined Echo Bay Mines as Senior Vice President of Project Development, overseeing base and precious metal opportunities in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Russia and Canada. During this period he also served on several JV Management Boards. Mr. Wunder was VP of Venture Vision Inc., a mining venture capital company, and served as General Director of Assarel Medet JSC (a European copper mining company) from 2003 to 2005.
Mr. Wunder will assume responsibility for coordinating exploration, feasibility, and development programs for Antares Minerals as well as assisting Mr. John Black, President/CEO, in communicating with Antares shareholders, investors, and clients.
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Kevin B. Heather, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. — Vice President Geology
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Dr. Kevin B. Heather is an economic geologist with more than 26 years of field experience in North and South America. Dr. Heather received a BSc. (honours) degree in geology from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) in 1982, a MSc. degree in geology from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada) in 1985, and a PhD. degree from the University of Keele (Keele, England) in 2001.
Between 1978 and 1984, Dr. Heather worked for a variety of exploration companies (Falconbridge Copper, Rio Tinto) and government geological surveys (BC Ministry of Mines, Geological Survey of Canada). From 1985-1992, Dr. Heather was employed as a Senior Geoscientist by the Ontario Geological Survey, where he was a team leader for various large, field-based regional- and mine-scale geological mapping programs in various Archean greenstone belts of Northern Ontario. During this time period Dr. Heather was part of a team specializing in the geology of Archean mesothermal lode-Au deposits and co-author of several publications on the same subject.
In 1992, Dr. Heather joined the Geological Survey of Canada as a Senior Project Geologist responsible for a 5-year, multidisciplinary, regional geological mapping program in the mineral prolific, Archean Abitibi-Swayze greenstone belt of Canada.
In 1997, Dr. Heather joined Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick Chile Ltda.) as a Senior Exploration Geologist involved in exploration for high- and low-sulphidation epithermal Au deposits in the high-Andes of Chile and Argentina. From 1997-2001, Dr. Heather mapped the prolific El Indio-Tambo mineral district and worked on the world-class Pascua-Lama epithermal Au-Ag project.
From 2001-2002, Dr. Heather was project manager for a comprehensive geological compilation, target definition, and follow-up underground drilling program at the El Indio Au-Cu-Ag mine in Chile, which resulted in the delineation of several new vein structures; including a 800 m extension to the Indio Sur 3500 vein and parallel veins within a down-faulted block.
In 2002, Dr. Heather formed an independent consulting company, “The Rock Doctor Ltda.”, based in La Serena, Chile. During 2002-2003, Dr. Heather completed a district-scale, geological/structural mapping and target generation program for Anglogold at their Cerro Vanguardia low-sulphidation Au-Ag deposit in Patagonia, Argentina. This “fact-based” work has assisted in generating many new drill targets and concepts, some of which have added to the resource ounces found at the mine.
In 2004, Dr. Heather joined Antares Minerals as VP Geology. His responsibilities include project generation, quality control of technical data collected on Antares projects, geological mapping, target generation, and assisting in the planning, supervision, and execution of exploration programs.
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Mr. Richard Hasler joined Antares in April of 2005 as the General Manager Projects. In 2006, Mr. Hasler assumed the role of Vice President Community and Corporate Affairs. Mr. Hasler is an economic geologist with more than 20 years of mining and exploration experience in North and South America. Mr. Hasler received a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Brigham Young University in 1981.
From 1981-1987 Mr. Hasler worked for Amselco Minerals Company and BP in Western North America. He was involved in a wide variety of projects and programs including full responsibility for the delineation drilling of the Butte Valley and Alligator Ridge sediment hosted epithermal Au-Ag deposits in Eastern Nevada. From 1987 - 1991 Mr. Hasler assumed the role of Mine Geologist at Alta Gold’s Ward Mountain poly metallic skarn deposit, where he was responsible for the expansion and development of the underground mine. He also worked briefly at the Western States Mining, White Pine Project.
In 1991 he began working for Magma Copper in the Robinson district of White Pine County, Nevada. Following the BHP purchase of Magma Copper he transferred to the Tintaya mine, Cusco, Peru in 1996 where he held the position of Geology Manager adding significant new reserves to Tintaya, increasing productivity, and gaining extensive experience in Peru. In 2000 he assumed the role as Tintaya’s Human Resources manager, gaining valuable experience in labor relations, union/management, and change management. He managed and directed programs to develop management skills in BHP Billiton’s Latin leadership. He directed talent management and established hiring policies and protocols for local communities. Mr. Hasler has authored or co-authored several articles on the geology of porphyry and skarn hosted Cu deposits in scientific publications.
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Mark Wayne is a founder, director and the Chief Financial Officer of Antares Minerals Inc.
Mr. Wayne has a law degree and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He practiced law from 1980 - 1987, specializing in the fields of corporate and securities law. In 1987 he founded and became President of AltaFund Investment Corp., a public investment company that raised $110 million. In 1991, AltaFund joined the Altamira group of mutual funds and Mr. Wayne subsequently served as Vice-President, Western Canada for Altamira until November 1998. Mr. Wayne has raised money for, and served as a director or officer of, a number of public and private companies over the years in the mining, oil and gas and technology sectors. Mr. Wayne is based in Calgary, Alberta and is also a Vice President of MGI Securities Inc., a full service investment dealer.
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