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Management
Timo Jauristo- President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Timo joined Southwestern Resources Corp. in July 2005 as Vice President of Corporate Development, and was instrumental in the formation of Zincore. Timo became President and CEO of Zincore in December 2005. Timo, a geologist, has more than 26 years experience in the mining industry, most recently as General Manager of Corporate Development for Placer Dome Inc., a gold mining company. He joined Placer Dome in 1990 and held various positions including Senior Project Geologist, Executive Assistant to Vice President of Exploration, Country Manager for Spain, Regional Manager for Southeast Asia, Exploration Manager for Australia, and Manager of Business Development. During his career with Placer Dome, Timo was part of the team that discovered the Osborne copper-gold deposit in Queensland, Australia, and played a key role in Placer Dome's US$800 million takeover of AurionGold in 2003 and US$300 million acquisition of the North Mara gold mine in Tanzania in 2004. Prior to joining Placer Dome, Timo worked for Newmont Australia, CSR Limited and Geopeko.
Greg Martin - Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Greg joined Southwestern in May 2006 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Zincore in July 2006. Prior to joining Southwestern, Greg spent 10 years with Placer Dome in a variety of finance and business development roles, including Manager of Corporate Finance and Insurance, General Manager, Business Development, and most recently, Director of Investor Relations. During his career with Placer Dome, Greg played a lead role in the evaluation of platinum group metals properties in South Africa, and was a key advisor to the CEO during Barrick Gold’s hostile takeover of Placer Dome. Greg holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
Vernon Arseneau– Vice-President, Exploration
Vern joined Collasuyo, Zincore’s wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary in June 2006. He has 30 years of exploration and project management experience of which the last 10 years have been in South America, principally in Peru, Chile and Argentina. Vern consulted on various exploration projects over the last three years and prior to that he was general manager of Noranda Inc.’s country office in Peru and was responsible for the reactivation of the El Pachon project in Argentina. Vern holds a Bachelor of Science in geology and is currently a director and advisor to Social Capital Group, an international consultancy focussed on the development of community relations strategies and plans for industry, government and other stakeholders.