Leadership
Senior Officers and Directors
Irwin Olian -Chief Executive Officer, President, Chairman and Director
Mr. Olian is an entrepreneur with a background in finance and law. During the past six years,
he has developed a business as a self-employed private investment banker and business consultant
to emerging companies, in fields ranging from biotechnology to high technology. His clients have
included NASDAQ companies. He serves as chief executive officer of Famous Entertainment, Ltd.,
a privately-held independent motion picture company. Mr. Olian was a co-founder and principal
shareholder of North American Scientific, Inc., a Los Angeles based manufacturer of radioisotope
products for the medical industry, including seeds implanted for the treatment of prostate cancer.
NASI has grown from a startup to a successful NASDAQ company. Irwin was the founder and
served as CEO and Chairman of Pan African until its acquisition by Asia Thai Mining Co. Ltd. in June 2008.
Mr. Olian's prior finance experience includes a position as Senior Vice President, Investments,
with Sutro & Co. Inc., an established investment banking and brokerage firm in San Francisco. He also
served as Vice President of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Mr. Olian's legal experience includes a position
as a Senior Attorney for Warner Bros. Inc at Burbank Studios, a position as business affairs executive
with talent agency International Creative Management, and a position as a corporate attorney with Wyman,
Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel in Los Angeles, and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in San Francisco.
He graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Economics and received his law degree
from Harvard Law School. Mr. Olian gained knowledge of the mining industry as a shareholder of a
number of exploratory mining companies.
Limor Rubin, CA - Chief Financial Officer, Director
Ms. Rubin is a Chartered Accountant (Canada), a Certified Public Accountant
(Israel) and holds a Bachelor in Accounting and Economics from Tel-Aviv
University. In addition to experience in the mining industry, Ms. Rubin has
experience with the financial services industry, mutual funds, insurance,
real estate as well as the public sector.
Prior to joining the Company and Sacre-Coeur, Ms. Rubin served for 11 years
in public accounting practice. She served as Accounting Manager for KPMG and as a Senior Accountant with both KPMG and Ernst & Young.
Ms. Rubin is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.
Gregory Sparks – Director
Mr. Sparks, a registered Professional Engineer, has been the principal of GBS PC, a mining consulting firm, since 1994.
He has also been the General Manager of Genex Construction LLC, a heavy civil construction firm, since 2002. He was formerly
Vice President, Development of Echo Bay Mines Ltd. from 1985 to 1993. Mr. Sparks has a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the
Missouri School of Mines. Mr. Sparks devotes approximately 25% of his time toward the Company's affairs.
Dr. Edward A. Schiller – Director, Senior Geological Consultant, Diamond and Gemstone Programs
Dr. Schiller brings over 30 years experience in mineral exploration, project management, acquisitions, financing, joint
venture negotiations and corporate governance to the Company. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he graduated with a
degree in geology from Michigan State University in 1956, and obtained his Ph.D. in mineralogy at the University of Utah
in 1963. Dr. Schiller was the Resident Geologist of the Northwest Territories Geological Survey of Canada from 1964-1966.
He has lived and worked in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, Brazil, Columbia, and has conducted mineral
exploration projects in several South and Central American, African and South East Asian countries, including Madagascar.
Dr. Schiller has consulted for the United Nations on a gemstone project in Mozambique and a mining project in Greece. He has
visited other countries on mining related projects, including Vietnam, Botswana and diamond mines in Yakutia, Russia and China.
Dr. Schiller is a former director of Dia Met Minerals Ltd., and is best known for supervising the drilling which led to discovery
of the first diamond-bearing kimberlite at Pointe Lake in 1991 (now part of the Ekati Mine production). He has written extensively
on the Lac de Gras diamond discoveries and has presented several papers on this subject at national and international meetings. Dr.
Schiller writes for several Canadian and international magazines on mining and mineral exploration and maintains a consulting practice.
Dr. Andrew E. Moore, Ph. D. Geology - Senior Geologist, Vice President of Diamond Exploration
Dr. Andrew E. Moore, a South African national, received his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Cape Town.
He is a seasoned diamond geologist with over twenty years experience in Africa, having worked on major exploration
projects for a wide range of companies including de Beers, Rio Tinto, Falconbridge and Trans Hex Group. Andy is
well-known in the industry for his successful interpretations of kimberlitic indicator mineral anomalies in the
Kalahari Desert environment of Namibia and Botswana, where he has been working most recently.