David HottmanChairman of the Board
Mr. Hottman has 30+ years of experience in corporate finance and management of resource companies. David was a founder of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. serving as Chairman, CEO or President from 1997 to 2007. Nevada Pacific Gold proved to be a great success as an aggressive gold and silver production/exploration company focused in Nevada, USA and Mexico prior to a $150 million takeover by McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE) in March 2007. Before starting Nevada Pacific, David was a founding team member of Eldorado Gold Corporation, a company focused on gold production/exploration assets in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey. Prior to Eldorado Gold he worked with Bema Gold Corporation. Mr. Hottman has been actively involved in financing mining companies for several decades securing over $300 million for acquisition, exploration, development and production companies.
Gary Nordin, B.Sc (Geol. Hons)Director, Senior Consulting Geologist
Mr. Nordin is a leading exploration geologist with a proven track record of identifying and developing mining projects. As a co-founding Director and Vice President of Bema Gold Corporation, he successfully identified significant open pit type heap leach gold reserves in the United States and Chile, including the Refugio deposit (6 to 8 million oz). Subsequently, as a founding Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Consulting Geologist of Eldorado Corporation Ltd. from 1990 to 2000, Mr. Nordin participated in the discovery and development of several important gold deposits, including the La Colorada Mine in Mexico (1.0 million oz.), the Kisladag deposit (8.0 million oz.) in Turkey, as well as others. Throughout his career Gary has amassed many contacts within the industry which will assist Orestone in bringing significant mining opportunities to the table. Mr. Nordin has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed exploration and mining companies, such as Nevada Pacific Gold before its takeover by US Gold.
James Anderson, BFAIndependent Director
For six years Mr. Anderson has worked as Chairman and CEO of Guanajuato Silver Company to help create a producing silver and gold mining company with four mines and three production facilities in Mexico. His career began in the financial services industry with a successful 19-years as a retail broker, investment banker, and manager with several Canadian investment firms. These included First Canada Capital Ltd., Research Capital Corp., and Majendie Securities Ltd., where he was instrumental in the financing of numerous small-cap public companies in the mining exploration and development industry. James then went on a career in mining exploration, serving as CEO of NuLegacy Gold Corp. from 2012 until April 2019. James was born in the gold mining community of Timmins, Ontario, and is a graduate of the University of Alberta.
John Kanderka, B.Sc., P. LandIndependent Director
Mr. Kanderka has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas and in the mineral sectors. Mr. Kanderka has significant corporate experience acting as an Officer and as a Director in both the private and public sectors in various roles while responsible for strategic planning, corporate finance, management, and administration. He has been a company founder and company builder with a wide array of experience in asset purchase and sale transactions, mergers, buyouts, and reorganizations. Mr. Kanderka is currently the VP of Corporate Development and a founder of Helium Evolution Incorporated and is Chairman of the Board for Visionary Gold Corp. Mr. Kanderka has been a Member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) since 1977 and has held the Certification as a Professional Landman since 1991.
Bruce WinfieldDirector
Mr. Bruce Winfield, M.Sc., P.Geo, has more than 40 years of experience in the minerals industry as a geologist, corporate executive and consultant. Following 14 years with major mining companies Texasgulf Inc. and Boliden Inc., he held the position of VP Exploration for Greenstone Resources and Eldorado Gold Corporation leading to the exploration and development of five gold deposits. Subsequently as President and or CEO he has led companies exploring primarily in South America for the last twenty years.