Board of Directors
André Audet, Chairman
Mr. Audet was formerly a Vice-President at BMO Nesbitt Burns specializing in private portfolios and mining investments from 1989-1999; he was also a Financial Advisor at Midland Doherty and Royal Trust from 1987-1989. Mr. Audet graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Major in Finance) from the University of Ottawa in 1982. Mr. Audet is a Certified Investment Manager (CIM) and possesses more than twenty years of experience in the financing of public companies.
Mr. Audet was one of the founders of Orezone Resources Inc., a mining company whose shares are publicly traded on the TSX as well as on AMEX. Mr. Audet is the Chairman of the Board of Majescor Resources Inc. & Adventure Gold Inc. as well as a Director of Mazorro Resources Inc., three publicly-traded junior mining exploration companies. Mr. Audet is also a Director of Pediment Exploration Inc., a publicly-traded mining exploration company.Michael Farrant
Mr. Farrant is a chartered accountant with 15 years
of experience in gold mining, including President & CEO of Sierra Mineral
Inc., a TSX listed Mexican gold producer after having served as CFO of a number
of junior development stage and producing mining companies. During his 6 years
with Barrick Gold Corporation and 3 years with Kinross Gold Corporation, he
held progressively senior finance positions, including Vice-President and
Treasurer of Kinross. He currently serves as President & CEO of Commonwealth
Silver and Gold Mining Inc. and Buena Vista Gold Inc., private companies with
projects in Arizona and Nevada, respectively. Mr. Farrant holds a Bachelor of
Commerce with Honors, from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and earned
his CA designation in 1995 while with Coopers & Lybrand.
Brooke Macdonald
Brooke Macdonald is President of Macdonald Consulting LLC, and an advisor on
doing business in Latin America. For the past four years, Brooke was Vice
President Legal Affairs of Skye Resources Inc. (Fenix nickel project, Guatemala)
until its recent acquisition by HudBay Minerals Inc. He has more than 18 years
experience in the mining industry, specializing in exploration and mine development joint ventures in Latin America, as legal counsel and as Placer Dome’s country manager in Venezuela. He is knowledgeable in corporate and mining law in North and Latin America, is a member of the New York Bar, and earned his law degree from Queen’s University in Ontario.
Daniel F. Hachey
Mr. Hachey is President and Chief Executive Officer of Majescor Resources Inc. He brings a strong investment banking background with over 23 years of experience in the capital markets, largely in the area of public equity financings and private placements. Mr. Hachey has also been active in the area of mergers and acquisitions and other advisory work. Mr. Hachey has held Board of Directors positions with both public ( NASDAQ, AMEX, TSX and TSX-V) and private companies.
Mr. Hachey has
held senior investment banking positions with a number of firms, and has worked
in
Toronto,
New York,
and
Montreal.
Mr. Hachey graduated from
McGill
University with an MBA
degree in Finance in 1986. Prior to that he was enrolled in a Master of Science
program at Université de Montréal after earning his
B.Sc. degree
from
Concordia
University in 1982.
John Hamilton Paterson
Mr. Paterson is a professional mining engineer who brings with him over 30 years of experience with both major and junior mining companies. As President and CEO of junior mining companies between 1993 and 2007, he developed three heap leach gold operations in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Currently, Mr. Paterson also serves on the Board of Plato Gold Corp. and Columbia Metals Corporation Ltd. Mr. Paterson holds both B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
Dave Massola
Dave Massola joined GlobeStar in November 2006 as Vice President Finance and
Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Massola is a graduate of University of California
where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He has over 25
years of experience in a broad range of financial functions including tax,
business planning and analysis, treasury, corporate accounting and internal
audit.
Prior to joining GlobeStar Mr. Massola was Chief Financial Officer of De Beers
Canada Inc. At De Beers Canada he was in charge of all the financial aspects of
the operations in Canada.
Previous to De Beers Mr. Massola spent 20 years with BHP-Billiton in various
positions in Canada, Chile and the United States. He was Vice President of
Finance of BHP-Billitons Ekati Diamond Mine from 1997 through 2001, responsible
for the financial aspects of the mine from the construction period through
commercial production. After serving in various financial functions in BHP-Billitons
International Minerals office in San Francisco, California in the 1980s, Mr.
Massola relocated to Port Hardy, British Columbia in 1989 where he was promoted
to Chief Accountant of the Island Copper Mine. In early 1992 Mr. Massola
relocated to the Escondida Copper Mine located in the Atacama region of Chile
where he spent five years as Accounting and Treasury Manager.


