A D VI SOR Y C OMMIT TEE TS XV C OR E 23 J a me s J i m Go w a n s Mr G o w an s h a s b een P res id en t CE O an d a d ir ec t o r of A ri z o n a Min in g In c sin ce J an u ar y 20 16 Mr Go wan s was f o r m erly Co P re sid en t of Barr ic k Go ld C o rp o ra ti o n fr o m J u ly 2 0 1 4 to Au g u st 2015 an d E xe cu ti v e Vi ce P re sid en t an d Ch ief Opera tin g Officer fr o m J an u ary to J u ly 2014 Mr G o wa n s h as m o r e than 30 y ear s of ex p erienc e in m in eral ex p lo ra ti o n m in e fea sib il it y stu d ies o p eni n g n ew m in es c o m m i ssi o n in g m in e ex p an si o n s an d in t h e d e v el o p m en t of b e st p rac ti ces in m in e safe ty m in e o p era ti o n s an d ec o n o m i c p erfo r m an ce i m p r o v e m en t He p rev i o u sly serv ed as th e P resid ent of the Ca n ad ian In st itu te of M in i n g M e tall u rg y a n d P e tr o leu m CIM an d as a D irec t o r of the C o n ferenc e B o ard of Can ad a Mr Go wan s is a P r o fe ssi o n al En g in ee r an d rece ive d a b a chel o r of ap p li ed s cien ce d e g ree in m i n eral eng in e erin g fr o m th e Un ive rsity of Bri tish Co lu m b ia an d att end ed the Ban ff Sch o o l of Ad v an ced M an ag em ent M a c ke n z i e W a ts o n P G e o P En g Mr Wa ts o n BS c P Ge o l P Eng h as o v er 50 y e ars ex p erience in t h e ex p lo ra ti o n d ev el o p m en t an d m in in g in d u s try an d h a s b ee n in v o lve d in t h e d i s c o v ery of n u m er o u s m in er al d ep o si ts in Can ad a Mr Wa ts o n wa s a warded C an a d as P r o spec t o r of the Ye ar Award in 1 9 9 1 f o r h is c o n t rib u ti o n to the d is c o v er y of the H arker H o l l o wa y g o ld m in e On tari o th e Ic o n S u ll ivan c o p p er m in e Queb ec the L o n g L ake z in c m in e Ont ari o th e Elli s o n g o l d d epo si t Qu ebec an d the H ebec o u rt c o p p er d ep o si t Quebec a n d ag ai n in 2 0 1 0 fo r h i s c o n trib u ti o n s to th e m in eral d is c o v erie s in th e Rin g of Fi re area of N o r thern On tari o He w as al s o award ed the Que b ec P r o s p ec t o r of the Ye ar Award in 1992 fo r h i s p arti cip a ti o n in the d i sc o v ery of th e P u s tica m ica an d Vern eui l g o ld d ep o si t s in Queb ec In J an u ary 2015 Mr Wa t s o n wa s in d u c te d i n t o the Ca n ad ia n Min in g H al l of F ame Ro b e r t M i d d l e to n P En g Mr M i d d le t o n is a p r o fe ssi o n a l eng in ee r an d g e o p h y s icis t wi th m o re than 45 y e ars ex p erien ce In 1979 he led the R o sari o Res o u r ces te a m tha t d is c o v ered the Bell Creek M in e in Ti m m in s On tari o an d in 1982 he p laye d a r o le in d ri ll in g th e d isc o v ery h o le at the G o li ath M in e in H e m l o On t a rio He is als o credi te d wi t h d isc o v erin g th e Cr o s s L ak e z in c d ep o si t n ear Ti m m in s On tari o in 1997 an d c o n d u c te d e xpl o ra ti o n in th e N ip ig o n P late that led to the d isco v ery of the Seag u ll P GE d epo sits