People: Premier Gold Mines Ltd (PIRGF.PK)

PIRGF.PK on OTC Markets Group

1.73USD
21 May 2013
Price Change (% chg)

$0.04 (+2.13%)
Prev Close
$1.69
Open
$1.71
Day's High
$1.80
Day's Low
$1.71
Volume
3,750
Avg. Vol
36,657
52-wk High
$6.92
52-wk Low
$1.58

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Eberhard Scherkus

2012 Chairman of the Board

Ewan Downie

46 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Steven Filipovic

43 2012 Chief Financial Officer

Stephen McGibbon

53 2011 Executive Vice President - Corporate and Project Development

Brian Morris

2011 Vice President - Exploration

Shaun Drake

Secretary

Claude Lemasson

2012 Director

John Seaman

2012 Director

John Begeman

58 2006 Independent Director

Jean-Pierre Colin

2006 Independent Director

Henry Knowles

2006 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Eberhard Scherkus

Mr. Eberhard W. Scherkus is Chairman of the Board of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. from 2005 until 2012; Executive VP Operations, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited from 1997 to 2005; Mine Manager LaRonde Mine, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited from 1986 to 1997.

Ewan Downie

Mr. Ewan Stewart Downie is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He serves as the President of Zinifex Canada Inc. from May 2007 to October 2008; President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolfden Resources Inc. (mining company) from 1997 to May 2007.

Steven Filipovic

Mr. Steven John Filipovic is Chief Financial Officer of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant; Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation since June 28, 2012; Vice President, Finance of the Corporation from April 25, 2008 to June 27, 2012; Controller of the Corporation from May 29, 2006 to April 25, 2008; Chief Financial Officer of Zinifex Canada Inc. (mining company) from May 2007 to May 2008; Vice President of Finance and Controller of Wolfden Resources Inc. (mining company) from October 2004 to May 2007; and previously a director and/or officer of the following public companies: Mega Precious Metals Inc., Source Exploration Corp, Kings Bay Gold Corporation and T.B. Mining Ventures Inc.

Stephen McGibbon

Mr. Stephen John McGibbon is Executive Vice President - Corporate and Project Development of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He is a Professional Geologist; Executive Vice-President, Corporate & Project Development since August 2011; Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation from September 2006 to August 2011, Chief Geologist & Exploration Manager, Red Lake Mine, Goldcorp Inc. from 2001 to June 30, 2006; Chief Geologist, Red Lake Mine, Goldcorp Inc. from 1994 to 2001.

Brian Morris

Mr. Brian Morris serves as Vice President - Exploration of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. Mr. Morris holds a B.A. in Geology from Humboldt State University in California and has more than 23 years of experience in the mining industry. He has been Vice President of Rio Grande Silver, Inc. (a wholly Owned subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company) from July 2009 to October 2011; North American Exploration Manager of Great Basin Gold from January 2008 to July 2010 and Chief Geologist for Great Basin Gold’s Hollister Mine from July 2007 to January 2008.

Shaun Drake

Mr. Shaun Drake is Secretary of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He has been Chairman of DSA Corporate Services Inc. (formerly 6196322 Canada Limited), a company providing corporate secretarial services since February 2009; President of 6196322 Canada Limited, a company that was a partner of Marrelli & Drake Corporate Services (formerly Duguay & Ringler Corporate Services) (a company providing accounting and corporate secretarial services) from August 2004 to January 2009.

Claude Lemasson

Mr. Claude F. Lemasson is Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Guyana Goldfields Inc. from 2009 until 2012. General Manager of Red Lake Mine followed by General Manager of Canadian/US Projects, Goldcorp Inc. from 1999 until 2009.

John Seaman

Mr. John W. Seaman is Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. He is the Chief Executive Officer and director of QRS Capital Corp. (mining company) since August 2008; Chief Financial Officer of Wolfden Resources Inc. (mining company) from October 2002 to May 2007; and director and/or officer of various small-cap public companies.

John Begeman

Mr. John A. Begeman is Independent Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. Mr. Begeman is a mining engineer with over 35 years of mining experience. He currently is the President, CEO and Director of Avion Gold Corporation, a Director of Valencia Ventures and a Director of Yamana Gold Inc. Previously, Mr. Begeman served as Chief Operating Officer of Zinifex Canada Inc. (formerly Wolfden Resources Inc.), where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the company.

Jean-Pierre Colin

Mr. Jean-Pierre Colin is Independent Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. Mr. Colin is a Mining Executive and provides corporate strategy consulting services to public companies. He is a Director of Xmet Inc. (TSXV: XME), and a Director of Global Cobalt Corporation (TSXV: PVS) and also a Special Advisor to the Chairman of BlackRock Metals Inc. From 1980 to 2010, Mr. Colin was an investment banker, corporate finance and M&A departments of several securities brokerage houses in Canada. He is the former Faculty of Arts Co-Chair of the Waterloo Advisory Council, the founder of Caratax Management Ltd., a manager of public flow-through share limited partnerships, and a former director of Wolfden Resources Inc., Pelangio Mines Inc., Virginia Gold Mines Inc., and NIM Management, the manager of over $730 million of flow through funds.

Henry Knowles

Mr. Henry J. Knowles, Q.C., is Independent Director of Premier Gold Mines Ltd. With graduate degrees in both law and business, Mr. Knowles was engaged in the practise of law and business in the business and financial communities in Toronto for some 40 years. In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission in the early 1980s, and as Chief Executive Officer of United Financial Management in the mutual fund industry in the late 1980s. Further, over the years he has been a director of several public companies in the mining, manufacturing, oil & gas and insurance sectors.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Eberhard Scherkus

--

Ewan Downie

2,207,260

Steven Filipovic

--

Stephen McGibbon

941,672

Brian Morris

745,739

Shaun Drake

--

Claude Lemasson

--

John Seaman

255,834

John Begeman

--

Jean-Pierre Colin

--

Henry Knowles

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011

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