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Management
Experienced Team
Corsa’s principal competitive advantages are the credibility, experience and knowledge of its directors and advisors, and their awareness of mineral resource investment opportunities, as well as access to financing and expert services. The Company will solidify these advantages by acquiring undervalued operating assets or high quality development-stage mineral resources, building an effective operating team, and securing financing and access to reliable markets.
Directors/Management
Colin K. Benner, P. Eng. is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in engineering and management in the Canadian and international mining industry. In the past four years, he has been directly involved in a number of high profile commercial transactions in the mining industry, including the creation and selling of PBS Coals Inc., the sale of Skye Resources Inc., and the merger of Lundin Mining and EuroZinc Mining Corp. Mr. Benner currently serves on the Board of Directors of Polaris Minerals Corporation, Troon Ventures Ltd., Lundin Mining Corporation, Creston Moly Corp. and Capstone Mining Corp. He is a member of a number of Professional Engineering associations in Canada, the Society of Mining Engineers of the AIME and the Canadian Institute of Mining, and is also a qualified Independent Corporate Director.
James Paterson is the President, CEO and a director of Corsa Capital Ltd. (CSO: TSX-V) with more than 12 years of investor relations, marketing and corporate development experience with several North American mineral exploration companies and mining industry service providers. In 2005, Mr. Paterson became the Director of Marketing for the Discovery Group of Companies. Prior to this, he worked with The Northair Group for two years in several corporate development and communications roles. During his tenure with Blender Media, a marketing services provider to public companies, Mr. Paterson built a customer base in Toronto and the UK, as well as diversifying the client base to include investment banks, fund managers and financial services placement agencies. Previously, Mr. Paterson spent over three years as Director of Investor Relations for an US based AMEX listed Mining Corporation. Mr. Paterson also serves on the board of directors of two companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange: Kaminak Gold Corporation and Kivalliq Energy Corp.
Robert Scott, CA, ACMA, was a key executive with the PBS Group since 1985, most recently in the role of President and CEO of PBS Coals Ltd. up until his recent departure from the group. From 1985 to 1988, he served as CFO and Operations Director before becoming President in 1989. Prior to this, he was CFO of NSM Ltd., involved in coal mining worldwide. He also served for 13 years as a Director for Derek Crouch plc, a U.K. public mining company involved with operations in the U.K. and U.S.A, and held the positions of CFO as well as Executive Director for the U.S. mining division. Mr. Scott is a Scottish Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Management Accountant.
Donald K. Charter is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in the capital markets and mining industry. Mr. Charter was Executive Vice President of Dundee Corporation for 10 years, as well as Chairman and CEO of Dundee Securities Corporation. Mr. Charter previously practiced securities law with Smith Lyons LLP where he gained considerable experience in major mergers and acquisitions, structuring and negotiating transactions, and debt and equity financings. A graduate of McGill University, Mr. Charter holds a B.A. (honours, economics) and an LL.B. He currently sits on the boards of a number of public companies including: IAMGOLD Corporation, Lundin Mining Corporation, Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and Great Plains Exploration Inc.
Thomas G. Feldmann has over ten years of investment banking and corporate finance experience in natural resources and real estate. He most recently was Treasurer and Director of Finance of a private real estate development company in Florida. Mr. Feldmann was previously Vice President of Ambrian Partners in London, the specialist investment banking group focused on the mining and oil & gas sectors and also held positions with Credit Suisse First Boston's natural resources investment banking group in New York and London. He has served as an advisor to a number of natural resource companies on acquisitions, divestitures and capital markets transactions, including BHP Billiton, Norsk Hydro, Statoil, and Xstrata. Mr. Feldmann received his M.B.A. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Timothy P. Phillips has over 34 years of experience in the coal mining industry, and was with a leading coal mining entity, PBS Group, from 1983 until early 2009. Mr. Phillips held positions within the group such as Vice President, Marketing, Engineering and Processing and was Executive Vice President of PBS Coals prior to retiring. He also held positions earlier in his career with NSM plc, the prior owner of the PBS Group, and the National Coal Board of England. Mr. Phillips has acted as a technical advisor to and carried out feasibility studies for various government agencies and mining ventures worldwide. Mr. Phillips is a certified Professional Geologist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA.
Patrick Connolly has over 30 years of experience as a banking executive, with a major portion of his career with Dresdner Bank, one of Europe's leading financial institutions and one of the largest banks in the world prior to its being acquired by Commerzbank AG in May, 2009. Prior to his retirement from Dresdner, Mr. Connolly was executive vice-president and head of North American global finance, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America (DKBNA), overseeing a portfolio of North American real estate, financial institution, power/utilities, telecommunications and health care assets. An important area of DKBNA's business was investing in buyout and venture capital funds. Prior to his departure from Dresdner in 2002, Mr. Connolly was responsible for creating DKBNA's U.S. Power Fund, administered by Energy Investors Funds. Mr. Connolly has sat on numerous boards of a variety of organizations and most recently was on the board of PBS Coal Inc., Nukem Inc. and the global advisory committee for Thunderbird Graduate School of Business in Arizona. Mr. Connolly holds undergraduate and MBA degrees in economics and finance from the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business.
Chris Twells, C.G.A. – Chief Financial Officer
Selina Collins, BBA, Corporate Secretary
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