Directors & Management
- Paul Joyce President and CEO
- Bryce Roxburgh Chairman
- Rob Reynolds Director
- Yale Simpson Director
- Cecil Bond Director
- Louis G. Montpellier Director
- Darcy Daubaras CFO
- Francisco Montes Chief Geologist
Paul Joyce, President and CEO
Paul Joyce graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in the field of Earth Sciences from Macquarie University, Sydney in 1972 and completed a postgraduate Diploma of Geoscience, majoring in Mineral Economics. Mr. Joyce is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has over 30 years of exploration and development experience in gold and copper deposits in Australia, South East Asia, Central and South America. His past work experience includes Senior Geologist for Cyprus Gold Australia, Exploration Manager for Climax Mining Ltd and Country Manager-Philippines for Climax Arimco Mining Corp. Mr. Joyce is currently a director of both Titan Mines Ltd and Perlco Pty Limited.
Bryce Roxburgh, Chairman
Bryce Roxburgh graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and geophysics from Sydney University in 1971. He has 40 years experience in the exploration and mining industry. Between 1971 and 1989, he worked for Amoco Minerals Australia Company and Cyprus Mines Corporation, where as Regional Manager for Eastern Australia & South East Asia he was responsible for the exploration teams which discovered the Selwyn, Red Dome and Junction Reef ore-bodies. Between 1989 and 1998, he was Exploration Manager for Arimco N.L. and Climax Mining Limited in East Australia, South East Asia and South America where he was responsible for the teams which discovered the Dinkidi ore-body in the Philippines, and the Don Sixto gold deposit in Argentina. In 2003 he and colleague Yale Simpson secured control of a dormant TSX Venture company and established Exeter Resource Corporation focussing on gold and copper projects in South America. As Exeter’s very large Caspiche gold-copper porphyry in Chile had a very different development profile from the high grade gold-silver Cerro Moro Project in Argentina, Cerro Moro was successfully spun out to Extorre Gold Mines Ltd in March 2010, with shareholders receiving one new share in Extorre for each share held in Exeter. He remains CEO of Exeter and is Executive co-Chairman of Extorre, and Chairman of Rugby Mining Limited.
Rob Reynolds, Director
Mr. Reynolds is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years experience in commerce and public practice. He joined Delta Gold Limited in 1983 as Accountant and Company Secretary and became an executive director in 1988. Mr. Reynolds became a non-executive director in 1996 and remained as such until the merger with Goldfields Limited in late 2001. Mr. Reynolds jointly oversaw the growth of Delta from a junior explorer to mid-size gold mining company. His role was corporate planning, capital raising, overseeing corporate governance and supervision of administration and financial management. Mr. Reynolds is also a director of Exeter Resource Corporation and Extorre Gold Mines Limited.
Yale Simpson, Director
Yale Simpson has a Bachelor of Applied Science (geological engineering) from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Simpson has more than thirty years experience as a senior geologist, exploration manager and CEO of companies involved in exploration and development projects in Australia, Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Companies have included Pennzoil Company, Chevron Exploration, Australmin Holdings, Black Swan Gold Mines Ltd. and Argosy Minerals Inc. He and his exploration teams are credited with the exploration and development of the Porphyry, Mt. Wilkinson, Tuckabiana and Whistler gold mines in Australia. His particular expertise is in strategic planning and corporate communications. He is currently a director of Diamonds North Resources Ltd., Dynasty Metals and Mining Inc. and is the President and a director of the Britannia Beach Historical Society, operator of the British Columbia Museum of Mining. In 2004 Mr. Simpson co-founded Exeter Resource Corporation and as Executive Chairman is responsible for the team that discovered the Caspiche Gold Copper Porphyry in the Maricunga of Chile and the Cerro Moro Gold Silver Project in Argentina. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Exeter and the Co-Chairman of Extorre Gold Mines Limited.
Cecil Bond, Director
Cecil is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience in public and private companies. Over the last 15 years he has held various positions in a number of public exploration companies with activities in Canada, South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. He is currently Chief Financial Officer of Exeter and also serves as a director or holds senior positions in a number of other public and private companies. He has successfully managed capital raisings and the recent spin out of Exeter’s high grade gold/ silver Cerro Moro project in Argentina to Extorre Gold Mines Limited.
Louis G. Montpellier, Director
Louis Montpellier has been practising law in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1981 and since 1983 has worked exclusively in the capital markets as counsel to emerging issuers and listed public companies engaged in mineral exploration and mining. During that period, Mr. Montpellier has assisted a wide range of businesses in the entire spectrum of corporate finance activities, from accessing seed capital for private companies through to IPO's and subsequent public and private financings. Mr. Montpellier has worked extensively in the field of mergers and acquisitions, hostile and friendly take-over bids, proxy contests, corporate reorganizations and arrangements. Mr. Montpellier also has experience in debt and project financing, acting both for lenders and borrowers, with a particular emphasis on the financing of mineral projects.
Darcy Daubaras, CFO
Darcy Daubaras is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years of combined experience in both industry and public practice. Darcy graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria and spent 8 years working for one of the major international accounting firms in Vancouver. Before joining the junior mining industry in 2008, Mr. Daubaras worked in both the marine transportation and forestry industries. He has widespread knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley, internal controls, Canadian and US regulatory compliance matters, and management reporting. Darcy is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Canada, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Since 2004 Darcy has been an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Vancouver, and since September 2008 has served on its board and as its Treasurer. Mr. Daubaras is currently working as Financial Manager for Exeter Resource Corporation and in the CFO of Extorre Gold Mines Limited.
Francisco Montes, Chief Geologist
Francisco Montes graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and geophysics from the University of Tasmania in 1987. Mr Montes is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has 14 years exploration experience in gold and base metal deposits in Australia and Latin America. Companies have included Brunswick Mining, Poseidon Exploration and Normandy Exploration in Australia, Climax Mining in Ecuador and Argentina plus Golden Cross Resources in Panama where he was Country Manager. From 2009 he has worked as an independent consultant.