Management

Mr. Gerald Aberle
President and CEO

Mr. Aberle graduated in 1980 from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering and has over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry, including 22 years with Homestake Mining Company at the Homestake Gold Mine at Lead, South Dakota. Mr. Aberle’s mining background includes extensive engineering, operations management and project management experience. Over the past 11 years, Mr. Aberle has consulted in the mining, underground construction and minerals exploration business for clients including Homestake Mining Co – Barrick Gold, the State of South Dakota and the University of Washington in connection with the planning and development of the National Science Foundation’s National Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory. In addition, Mr. Aberle has more than 15 years of private business experience in the United States, primarily in the land development and construction industries.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Mr. Michael Scholz, B.Com. LL.B.
Chairman and CFO

Mr. Scholz received both a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law from the University of British Columbia. From 1978 to 2001, Michael was Solicitor and Senior Partner of the law firm Alexander Holburn. He is currently Chief Financial Officer and Director for CMC Metals Ltd., a Director and Chairman of Avcorp Industries Inc., a Director of Uniserve Communications and, from 2001 to 2004, was President, Vice-Chair and Director of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. Mr. Scholz provides a strong, independent voice focusing Management and the Board on key decisions and strategy.

Dr. Stewart Jackson, P.Geol.
Director

Dr. Jackson is an accomplished mining professional with 49 years of experience in the exploration and development of mineral deposits and in the management of public companies. He has been involved in multiple mineral discoveries and evaluations.

Most recently he has been involved in the acquisition and delineation of a major uranium, molybdenum, nickel and vanadium resource in Sweden on properties held by Continental Precious Minerals Inc. These properties contain a significant uranium resource exceeding 1.1 billion pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8), 17 billion pounds of vanadium (V2O8), 1.5 billion pounds of molybdenum (MoO3) and 2 billion pounds of nickel (Ni), with drilling continuing to expand the resource.

Prior to that he was instrumental in the advancement of the Turnagain nickel sulphide deposit of northern British Columbia, Canada, held by Hard Creek Nickel Corporation, from a prospect to the billion tonne resource category.

While involved with his initial public company, Crown Resource Corporation in the 1980’s, multiple discoveries of gold were made in Washington State, USA; totalling to date in the order of 4.5 million ounces; continuing to be produced by Kinross Gold Corporation.

In the 1970’s he recognized the potential of the enormous Red Dog zinc-lead deposits in western Alaska, and was instrumental in their exploration and development by Cominco American Incorporated (now Teck-Cominco). Red Dog today produces over 10% of the world production of zinc from this long-lived zinc resource field.

Subsequently, he was Exploration Manager for Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation during the discovery and development of the Manhattan, South McCoy and Borealis gold deposits of Nevada, USA.

Dr. Jackson has authored and co-authored a number of scientific publications, is a member of several scientific and professional organizations, and holds a Professional Geologist (P. Geol.) Registration in the Province of Alberta, Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Science degree in Stratigraphy and Mineral Deposits from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D in Stratigraphy and Economic Geology from the University of Alberta.

Mr. Jack Bal
Director

Mr. Jack Bal is a business executive, with over 11 years of experience in the resource industry and public markets. His contacts in several international countries known for precious metal mining are invaluable in identifying potential property acquisitions for AM Gold. Mr. Bal was the founding member and Vice President of Apparo Software Inc., past Director of Saintstar Ventures Inc. and is currently a Director of Eaglestar Ventures Inc. and President of Journey Resources Corp.

Mr. Dennis Goldstein
Director

Dennis B. Goldstein is a practicing natural resources lawyer in San Francisco, California with 37 years' experience in the mining business, including 26 years with Homestake Mining Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed, international gold mining company. When Homestake was purchased by Barrick Gold Corporation in 2001 for $3.34 billion CDN, he was Vice-President and Corporate Counsel. Mr. Goldstein is the Lead Director of FX Energy Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company active in Poland. He has served on FX Energy inc.'s Nomination and Governance Committee and as a member of its Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Goldstein is a graduate of Brown University, Stanford University Law School, and Executive Program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the California and the American Bar Associations and speaks Spanish and Italian.

Mr. Jeff Reeder
Director

Jeffrey J. Reeder, P. Geo., has a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta 1988 and since 1992 has been registered as a professional geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Mr. Reeder is the geologist that originally identified and acquired the Pinaya project in Peru. Mr. Reeder is currently the Chief Executive Officer for Duran Ventures and Amerix Precious Metals. Mr. Reeder has 16 years of experience in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Reeder's experiences include working with Noranda Exploration and the Hunter-Dickenson Group of Companies. Mr. Reeder was also responsible for identifying the Aguila Copper-Moly project currently being explored by Duran Ventures Inc.

Mr. Mark Lawson
Director

Mr. Lawson is currently the President & CEO, Director of New Global Ventures International Ltd., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. He is also a director of Bradenburg Metals Corp., Toro Resources Corp., Hunter Bay Minerals PLC, and EcoloCap Solutions Inc. Mr. Lawson worked as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York from 2005 until 2008 where he was involved in the execution of over $6-billion worth of mergers and acquisitions, $8-billion worth of debt offerings, and $500-million of equity financings. Mr. Lawson was previously a director of a boutique corporate finance firm in Toronto, Canada. He received his bachelor of arts in statistical sciences from the University of Western Ontario and his MBA from The Richard Ivey School of Business, Univeristy of Western Ontario. Mr. Lawson was also a 1st round draft pick of the CFL Edmonton Eskimos.