Denis G. Crane, P. Eng.

President and CEO

Active in several business including President, County Heritage Forest Products Ltd, Chairman of Board, Central Wire Industries, President, Crane Dunn Holding Inc. and other private companies.
Director of Ontex Resources Ltd.
London, Ont.
email [email protected]

Michael S Harrington, Bachelor of Accounting

Director

Michael S. Harrington earned a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Iona University, New York, in 1959 and then pursued a long and varied career in the mining industry, retiring in 1994 as the Vice-President of Corporate Development of Cyprus Mining Company. In that role, over a period of 20 years he was responsible for identifying and negotiating major acquisitions and dispositions of Coal, Gold, Iron Ore and Copper assets. He also served in an operating role in a number of the acquired businesses. As President of the Cyprus gold mining subsidiary, he directed and managed one of the first major foreign gold-mining investments in Russia. He was subsequently contracted by a number of industry investors to manage their initiatives there, including Kinross Gold Corporation, Echo Bay Mines Limited, Pan American Silver Corporation, Gippsland Resources Inc., Armada Gold Corp. and KWG Resources Inc. Mike was elected a Director of KWG in 1998 and became its Vice-Chairman in 2006.

Frank C Smeenk, B.A., LL.B.

Director

Frank C. Smeenk earned his B.A. and LL.B. degrees at the University of Western Ontario and was admitted to The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1976. He left the practice of law to join the resource industry in 1987 and has served as Executive Director of Deak Resources Corporation and as Chairman and CEO of both MacDonald Mines Exploration Limited and MacDonald Oil Exploration Limited, when they were both active in exploring their various concessions in the Republic of Cuba. He has been a director of numerous resource companies including Northfield Capital Corporation, Northfield Minerals Inc., NFX Gold Inc., Genoil Inc., Nuinsco Resources Limited, Perrex Gold Inc., Conquest Resources Limited and Armistice Resources Limited. He is currently the Managing Director of Fletcher Nickel Inc. In 1998 Frank was first elected a Director of KWG and became its Chief Executive Officer in 2004.

Bruce Furtney, BA

Chief Financial Officer / Secretary

Retired Bank Consultant
London, Ont.

Wendy Kimmel, BES

Chairman of the Board

Business Person
Islington, Ont.

Wendy Kimmel joined Kodak Canada Inc. in 1985 and most recently held the position of Director, Shared Service and Support Group, reporting to the President, Kodak Canada Inc. In this capacity she was responsible to drive operational efficiencies and synergies across a variety of functional units, such as Human Resources, Finance, Purchasing, Facilities and Logistics. With the closing of Manufacturing in 2005, Ms. Kimmel was the Transition Project Manager responsible for a successful production wind down and consolidation of continuing operations.

Bruce Edgar, H BSc, P. Geo

Director and Geologist

Business Owner
Niagara Falls, Ont.