Directors & Management

Robert Gordon Butchart
President & CEO, Director TMC Tribal Mining Corporation, Philco Mining Corporation, Batoto Resources Corporation, Sunbird Holdings Inc.

Robert “Butch” Butchart has been involved in the mining industry for more than 25 years. He has owned and operated exploration companies and drilling rigs in Australia and overseas, has been  involved in heap leaching operations and narrow vein underground gold mines.

William (Bill) Goode
Director Technical

Bill Goode is a Graduate of the West Australian School of Mines, in Mining Geology and Mine Surveying, and holds a current Underground Supervisor’s Certificate of Competency. He has more than 45 years of experience in geology, mining and mineral exploration, including resource calculations. His experience covers gold and silver, base metals and uranium in Australia and Asia.

Previously, he held the position of Chief Geologist at Lake View and Star’s Fimiston underground gold mine and was assistant Chief Geologist for Great Boulder Mine’s three underground nickel mines where he gained extensive experience in nickel exploration. He was also Chief Mine Geologist for Metals Exploration in the Philippines (three years) and Australia.

Since 1981, he has worked as a consulting Geologist and has owned and operated underground gold mines. During this period, he conducted resource calculations for BHP, Esso, WMC and a number of other clients. Other activities have included prospectus preparation, fund raising and prospect identification and development to pre-mining feasibility.

A recent example is the identification, resource drilling and resource calculation of the Sherlock Bay sulphide nickel project, where a J.O.R.C. compliant resource of some 50 Mt was established from 2002 onwards. Also, during this period, the large Balmoral South magnetite iron ore project (currently under an Aud$2B development) and the promising Mount Salt uranium prospect were identified.

Peter Cunningham
Director

Mr. Cunningham holds a Bachelor degree of Applied Science in Mining Engineering from the Western Australian School of Mines. With over thirty years experience in mine development and operations, Mr. Cunningham’s knowledge of the mining industry is extensive. Throughout his career, Mr Cunningham has undertaken various Directorial and Managerial roles in successful and well-known ventures. Between 1998 and 2005, he was appointed Executive Director of Hill 50 Gold NL and Abelle Limited, and Managing Director of Bluestone Tin Limited. Currently, Mr Cunningham is Managing Director of Auvex Manganese Limited and Chairman of Exterra Resources Limited, an ASX listed Gold explorer.

Doug Evans
Director

Doug Evans has a Doctorate in Medicine from Queens University, with specialty training in Anesthesiology from Dalhousie University and the University of British Columbia. He also has training in accounting and Canadian finance and securities. Doug has been a shareholder in Cadan since its inception and a director since 2004.

François Marland, LL.M.
Director

Mr. Marland brings a vast array of business and investment experience to the Cadan Resources Board of Directors. He has over twenty years of global business experience and is a published author. Mr. Marland completed his Masters of Law in France in 1979 and went on to teach and practice law until 1987. Mr. Marland founded a group of 100 companies from 1987 until 1992. His group was composed of various industrial, distributional, internet and financial companies. In 1992 he sold the group, which by that time consisted of 4,500 employees, for $8 billion French Francs. He then turned his attention to investing in capital risk ventures. Since selling his group in 1992, Mr. Marland has acted as an advisor and capital risk-taker to more than 300 companies from different sectors of the market.

Derick Sinclair CA, BComm.
Chief Financial Officer, Director TMC Tribal Mining Corporation, Philco Mining Corporation, Batoto Resources Corporation, Sunbird Philippine Holdings Inc.

Derick has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia in 1985 having articled with KPMG. He has more than 20 years experience in management, financing and accounting serving as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Manager Accounting, Secretary, and on the Board of Directors of various private and publicly-traded companies. He brings a commitment to success and extensive experience in strategic planning, budgeting, setting up and operating financial systems, reporting requirements for public companies, and connections in Vancouver’s business community.

Scott Robson
Head Geologist

Scott Robson is an Australian national and a graduate of Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, with a Bachelor of Science – Geology and Geophysics. He has over 20 years experience in the mineral industry in Australia and south east Asia including more than 9 years operating in the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. His experience covers underground gold mining operations, open cut gold deposits, large porphyry copper-gold projects and nickel laterites.

Through his private consultancy, Sun Gold Resources, Mr. Robson has supported numerous gold and base metals projects, most recently as Adviser at the Carmen Copper Project located in the Province of Cebu, a 15 million tpa operation and presently the largest mining project in the Philippines.  Mr. Robson started his career with major mining houses including BHP and CRA Exploration in the early 1990’s and subsequently held line management positions with a number of Australian based mining groups including Resolute Samantha, Sons of Gwalia, Mt Grace Gold Mining and Geochemex Australia.  His particular skill sets include resource and reserve estimation and mine planning, mine design, scheduling, and tailings dam design.

Monita Faris
Corporate Secretary

Directors & Officers of Philippine Affiliate Companies

TMC Tribal Mining Corporation

Warlito Abaga, CEO/President, Chief Mining Engineer

Eumir Tiamzon, Chairman

Roderick R.C. Salazar III, Director, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer

Robert Gordon Butchart, Director

Derick Sinclair, Director

Dibu Tuan, Director

Garry Butchart, Director

Philco Mining Corporation

Ramon Santos, President, Director

Roderick R.C. Salazar III, Director, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer

Gregory Y Narvasa II, Director

Robert Gordon Butchart, Director

Derick Sinclair, Director

Batoto Resources Corporation

Warlito Abaga, Director

Roderick R.C. Salazar III, Director, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer

Eumir Tiamozon, Director

Garry Butchart, Director

Derick Sinclair, Director

Sunbird Philippine Holdings Inc.

Eumir Tiamzon, President, Director

Dibu Tuan, Director

Robert Gordon Butchart, Director

Derick Sinclair, Director

Advisors – Canada

Legal Counsel Morton & Company
Auditors Smythe Ratcliffe Chartered Accountants, Vancouver
Transfer Agent Computershare Trust Company of Canada, Vancouver

Advisors – Philippines

Legal Counsel Fortun Narvasa & Salazar, Manila

Information Technology Adrian Ellis

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