Mr. Christensen has over 40+ years of active participation in the Canadian public equity markets, from 10 years as a financial advisor in the investment community, through 35 years involved as a director and officer of various public resource companies trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and Canadian Securities Exchange. Mr. Christensen’s public company experience has included the financing, managing and directing of mineral exploration activities in Eastern Europe, the financing and development of two small scale heap leach gold mines in Kazakhstan, and the acquisition, financing, and project development of various mineral projects in North America. Mr. Christensen has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary.