, P.Eng Position: CEO, President and Director Mr. Baker graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines with a degree in geological engineering in 1969. He possesses over 40 years of successful experience in all aspects of mineral exploration and development in Canada and internationally. Mr. Baker is an active member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He has served on the board of several public companies both as director and officer and now actively serves on the board of Opal Energy Inc., Temex Resources Corp., and RPT Uranium Corp.
James G. Grinnell,, B. Comm., CGA Position: Chief Financial Officer Mr. Grinnell is the Chief Financial Officer for Rainy River and has over 30 years of experience in senior financial positions in both the public and private sector. His experience includes positions with Canadian Forest Products, Balco Industries Inc., Drew Sawmills Ltd., McIntyre Mines Limited, Smoky River Coal Division, Napier Environmental Technologies Inc. and Opal Energy Inc.
, B.A. Position: Compliance Manager/ Corp. Secretary Ms. Caridi has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and has completed the Canadian Securities Course and several corporate governance courses. She is a member of the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries and has over nine years of experience in managing compliance and communications for junior exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, the TSX and the American Stock Exchange.
Position: Investor Relations Mr. Baker was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario. He attended the University of Western Ontario, majoring in Economics. Mr. Baker spent seven years working as an explorationist for several junior mining companies in Ontario, British Columbia, Sakatchewan and in the Northwest Territories and seven years as an investment advisor for McDermid S. Lawrence Securities. While with McDermid St. Lawrence, Mr. Baker's main focus was on the mining sector, with experience in financing, analyzing and trading junior securities. Mr. Baker brings a strong sales background to Rainy River along with extensive experience in and knowledge of the mining and financial sectors.
Leo Berezan Position: Chairman of the Board Mr. Berezan has established a successful career over the past thirty years in commercial real estate development and property management. He is an owner and manager of various real estate holdings, industrial warehouses and office buildings in British Columbia and in the Texas area. Mr. Berezan serves on the Company's Audit Committee.
Stuart A. Averill, P.Eng Position: Director Mr. Averill is the founder and owner of Overburden Drilling Management Limited (ODM), a 30-employee heavy mineral laboratory and exploration service Company. Since 1974, Mr. Averill and his staff played critical roles in the discoveries of the Collins Bay "B" uranium mine, Saskatchewan, the Casa Berardi gold district, Quebec and in the original #17 and #433 gold zone discoveries within the Company's Rainy River Project, Ontario. In recognition for his outstanding contribution to the mining industry, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and its members awarded Mr. Averill the Distinguished Service Award in 2003. Mr. Averill is an active member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland, the Association of Applied Geochemists, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and an active, continuous member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada for over thirty years.
Dale C. Peniuk Position: Director Mr. Peniuk holds a BComm from the University of British Columbia and is a chartered accountant.
Since early 2006, Mr. Peniuk has been providing financial consulting services to a number of mining companies, and currently serves on the board and as audit committee chair of Lundin Mining Corp. and Corriente Resources Inc., both of which are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada and the American Stock Exchange in the United States. Until February, 2006, Mr. Peniuk was an assurance partner with KPMG's Vancouver office, specializing in the mining area, and the leader of KPMG's Vancouver office mining industry group.
In addition to his mining industry and auditing background, Mr. Peniuk has extensive experience assisting Canadian and foreign companies to register their securities in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere, and has been actively involved in the corporate finance area for his clients, including assistance with financings, due diligence on potential merger and acquisition opportunities, and divestiture transactions.
Mark See Position: Director Mr. See is currently the President and CEO of Rockwell Petroleum Corp., a private petroleum and natural gas company with offices in the US and Canada. Mr. See holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering and is a member of the U.S. Society of Mining Engineers, the U.S. Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Petroleum Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum. He has more than 20 years of experience in operating, engineering and managing projects, facilities and sites worldwide for a number of corporations including ORE LLC, Petrotech Resources, Goldfields of South Africa and Parsons Brinckerhoff. In 1997 Mr. See was selected as one of the top 25 engineers in North America by the "Engineering News Record", McGraw Hill Publishing.
Gerald J. Shields, LL.B. Position: Director Mr. Shields is a principal of Providia Investment Group, which is engaged in the business of merchant banking. Prior to joining Providia in November of 2006 Mr. Shields spent approximately 27 years as a practicing lawyer, most recently as a partner with the Vancouver firm of Clark Wilson LLP where he was a member of the Corporate Finance and Securities Department. Mr. Shields has extensive experience in advising both public and private companies on a broad range of legal matters including equity financings, acquisitions and mergers, takeovers, commercial lending, commercial leasing, commercial leasing, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law. His clients included TSX and TSX-V listed companies as well as owner managed businesses. Mr. Shields was called to the Alberta bar in 1981 and the British Columbia Bar in 1987. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1979.
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