about-nap
About NAP

André J. Douchane , , Chairman , , Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Douchane is a seasoned mining executive with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry with a solid track record of successfully bringing development projects into production. He was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in April 2003, and served as the President and CEO until January 2006. Mr. Douchane is currently the Chief Executive Officer of THEMAC Resources Group Ltd., a Vancouver-based resource company focused on exploring and developing natural resource properties. Previously, he held senior positions with several precious and base metal international mining companies including President and CEO of Starfield Resources Inc., President and COO of Chief Consolidated Mining Co., and Vice President, Operations of Franco and Euro-Nevada (Newmont Mining Corporation). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and is a graduate of the Executive Business Program at the Kellogg School of Business in Toronto.

William J. Biggar , , President and Chief Executive Officer , , Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Biggar was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in October, 2008. He is an accomplished businessman with extensive experience in mining and in a broad range of industries. He has served as a Senior Vice-President of Barrick Gold Corporation and Horsham Corporation, as well as Executive Vice-President of Magna International and President and CEO of MI Developments. Mr. Biggar also has over 12 years of experience as an investment banker and private equity investor. A Chartered Accountant, he holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce (with distinction) degrees from the University of Toronto.

Steven R. Berlin , , Retired Financial Executive , , Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mr. Berlin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in February 2001, and is also a director of Orchids Paper Products, an AMEX listed company. At the end of 2005, Mr. Berlin retired from his position as Vice-President of KFOC where he worked part-time for two years following four years of full-time work as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining KFOC, Mr. Berlin taught at the University of Tulsa for three years where he also served a year as acting associate Dean of the College of Business and acting Director of the School of Accounting. Before joining the University of Tulsa, Mr. Berlin spent 25 years with Citgo Petroleum Corporation, where he retired as Senior VP Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Berlin has a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin Madison and has completed the Executive Management program at Stanford University.

C. David A. Comba , , Retired Mining Executive , , Burlington, Ontario

Mr. Comba, who has over four decades of experience as an exploration advocate and senior mining executive, was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in March 2006. As Chief Exploration Geologist of Falconbridge Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, he led the team that discovered the Thayer Lindsley mine. Prior to its takeover by Kinross Gold Corporation, Mr. Comba was Vice-President, Exploration of Falconbridge Gold Corporation. Following the takeover, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of a Kinross-controlled junior exploration company listed on the TSX. Mr. Comba was Director of Issues Management with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada from 1998 to 2005, during which time he led the successful lobby effort for the re-introduction of enhanced or “super” flow-through shares. Mr. Comba has Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in geology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Robert J. Quinn , , Partner, Quinn & Brooks LLP , , Houston, Texas

A founding partner of the Houston mining transactional law firm Quinn & Brooks LLP, Mr. Quinn has over 30 years of legal and management experience, including as Vice President and General Counsel for Battle Mountain Gold Company. Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in June 2006, he has extensive experience in M&A transactions, corporate governance, public disclosure, governmental affairs, environmental law and land management. Mr. Quinn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Denver, a juris doctorate degree from the University of Denver College of Law and has completed two years of graduate work in mineral economics at the Colorado School of Mines.

Greg J. Van Staveren, CA, CPA , , Strategic Financial Consultant , , Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Van Staveren is the President of Strategic Financial Services, a private consulting company providing business advisory services to public and private Companies. Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in February 2003, Mr. Van Staveren is an independent director on the board of two other public companies. He was the Chief Financial Officer of MartinRea International Inc. (MRE:TSX) from 1998 to September 2001; and as a partner of KPMG, he provided accounting and advisory services from 1980 to 1998. Mr. Van Staveren is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Math (Honours) degree from the University of Waterloo.

William J. Weymark, P.Eng. , , President, Weymark Engineering Ltd. , , Vancouver, British Columbia

Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in January 2007, Mr. Weymark is President of Weymark Engineering Ltd., a Company providing consulting services to businesses in the private equity, construction and resource sector. He is also a director of the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation Board, and several private companies. Mr. Weymark is active with the BC Lions as a Founder of their business association and a Member of the Industry Advisory Committee for the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Until June 2007, Mr. Weymark was President and CEO of Vancouver Wharves/BCR Marine, a transportation firm located on the west coast of British Columbia. Prior to joining Vancouver Wharves in 1991, Mr. Weymark spent 14 years in the mining industry throughout western Canada working on the start-up and operation of several mines.