In 2011, we added an Advisory Committe which is comprised of external advisors who are neither directors nor officers of Viking Gold, though they may be shareholders.
Currently, the Advisory Committee members are experienced industry professionals who assist our Management and Board of Directors in identifying exploration properties for potential acquisition. These individuals, who also advise other mineral exploration companies, are granted options under the Company's approved stock option plan for participation on the Advisory Committee.
Information concerning our Advisory Committee's members follows.
Mackenzie Watson, B.Sc., P.Geol, P.Eng.
Mr. Mackenzie (Mac) Watson has over 50 years experience in the exploration, development, and mining industry in Canada, and has been involved in the discovery of numerous mineral deposits in Canada.
Mac is currently Honorary Chairman of the Board of Quest Rare Minerals, which he created by a spinoff of uranium properties from Freewest Resources Canada Inc. in 2007. Mac was recently awarded the prospector of the year award in 2010, for his contribution with others to the mineral discoveries in the Ring of Fire area of Northern Ontario. Prior to that he had been President of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. from 1994 until it was recently sold to Cliff Natural Resources.
Mac was awarded Canada's Prospector of the Year Award in 1991 for his participation in the discovery of the Harker Holloway gold mine (Ontario). Other discoveries he was associated with are, the Icon-Sullivan copper mine (Quebec), the Long Lake zinc mine (Ontario), the Ellison gold deposit (Quebec) and the Hebecourt copper deposit(Quebec). He was also awarded the Quebec Prospector of the Year, partly for his participation in the discovery of the Pusticamica gold deposit in Quebec.
Rejean Gosselin, M.Sc., P.Eng.
For the past 25 years, Mr. Rejean Gosselin has acted as a founder and promoter of numerous junior mining companies which have explored for different commodities in Canada, West Africa, and Mexico.
Rejean is responsible for gold, nickel-copper-PGE and zinc-copper discoveries in Canada and Mexico (i.e. Souart gold deposit, Abitibi, Delta Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Ungava and Bolivar Zn-Cu mine in Mexico). He was President and CEO of Dia Bras Exploration from 2003 to 2008 and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Maya Gold and Silver.
Rejean worked as a consulting geologist on uranium, gold and base metals exploration projects in Canada, the United States, and South America from 1979 to 1985. He holds a M.Sc. in geology from Université Laval (1979).
