Directors & Officers
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
She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and the Israeli Bureau of Accountants. 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, she served as Accounting Manager for KPMG and as a Senior Accountant with both KPMG and Ernst & Young.
Ardito Martohardjono – Director
Mr. Martohardjono has 15 years of progressive experience in the
mineral exploration industry, focusing on sample preparation prior
to chemical analysis and assay of geological samples as a lab
technician and supervisor with the two leading geochemical
laboratories in Canada and the United States. During the past five
years he has served as Sample Preparation Supervisor for Bondar
Clegg Canada Ltd. In Vancouver and Branch Manager of Bondar Clegg’s
Fairbanks, Alaska laboratory, as well as Prep Client Services
Office Coordinator and Sample Preparation Supervisor for Chemex
Labs Ltd. (now ALS Chemex). Among his many responsibilities was
ensuring compliance with ISO quality control standards.
W. Benjamin Catalano – Director
Mr. Catalano has been a real estate agent with The Sutton Group since 1991. Mr. Catalano devotes
approximately 10% of his time toward the Company's affairs.
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.