Corporate Overview
Appleton Exploration Inc. is a gold and silver exploration company, focused on exploiting precious metal mineral properties of merit in under explored geological terrains in favourable jurisdictions.
Appleton is focusing on low-grade bulk tonnage mineable gold/silver deposits and high-grade bonanza gold vein deposits in British Columbia and Nevada.
The Company’s corporate objective is to undertake initial exploration on its properties, advancing them to the stage where joint venture partners will be sought to further develop the properties. This strategy will allow Appleton to acquire and maintain a significant portfolio of mineral exploration properties to further maximize shareholder value.
Appleton is led by a team of seasoned explorationists and mining professionals:
R. Tim Henneberry, P. Geo., President and Director
Tim Henneberry is a professional geoscientist with more than 27 years experience in both exploration and production. His early career centred on production, first from underground precious metal mines and later from placer operations. He has been a consultant since 1985, founding his own consulting firm in 1991. He has served both as a director and as a senior manager and president for junior mining companies. He has a long history of accomplishments in professional geological assessments, capital management and the implementation of successful mineral based operations.
Fred Sveinson, P. Eng., Director
Fred Sveinson is a mining engineer with more than 36 years experience in all aspects of the mining industry. His career has encompassed underground mining in Zambia, the United States, Venezuela, and Canada including the Arctic, to senior management levels with such companies as Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and Dynatec Corp. As President and CEO of Gold City Industries Ltd., and in conjunction with a joint venture participant, he was instrumental in acquiring in 2004, the Bissett gold mining assets in Manitoba for $7.5 million and merging them into San Gold Corp., which now has a market capitalization of $150 million. He is currently President and CEO of Merit Mining Corp. Merit is advancing an underground gold-copper project at Greenwood, BC toward production.
Paul Cowley, P. Geo., Director
Paul Cowley is a professional geoscientist with 28 years experience as an exploration, project, and consulting geologist, including 18 years with BHP in Canada, Chile, and Bolivia. He led a team of geologists at BHP that was responsible for the discovery of 4 gold deposits in the Canadian Arctic that now have resources totalling over 5 million ounces of gold. He was also a key member of the Gold City management team that acquired the Bissett assets and carried out the San Gold merger. Paul Cowley is currently VP of Exploration and a director of Merit Mining Corp.
Jim Walchuck, P.Eng., Director
Jim Walchuck is a mining professional with over 25 years of experience in the mining industry. The scope of his experience includes work in Canada, Ghana and Tanzania. He has held senior management positions with Tarkwa Goldfields (Ghana), Royal Oak Mines, Sutton Resources and Barrick. He served as the Manager of Mining for Barrick at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in Tanzania where he oversaw the building of a multi-million-ounce, high-grade underground mine in 24 months. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Tournigan Gold Corporation and a director of Merit Mining Corp.
Rolland Menard, Director
Rolland Menard is a successful entrepreneur with four decades of experience owning and operating successful small businesses: including licensed establishments, real estate syndicates and a land registry agency. He has been involved in the mining industry for the last 30 years, as an investor and partner in several staking syndicates. He is presently the general manager of 665777 B.C. Ltd., a private mineral exploration and development company based in Kamloops. Rolland Menard is currently a director of Firesteel Resources Ltd.
Robert McMorran, Chief Financial Officer
Rob McMorran, CA, is president of Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company that provides accounting and administrative services to junior public companies. Rob has over 20 years experience in dealing with financial reporting and the administration of public companies, the last ten years through Malaspina. During this time Rob has served as an officer and/or director of several public companies, primarily involved in mineral exploration and development. Currently Rob is a director and CFO of Continuum Resources Ltd., director of Terra Ventures Ltd., and CFO of Wave Exploration Corp. and Merit Mining Corp. Until recently, Rob was CFO of the highly successful Canada Dominion Resources Group of flow-through limited partnerships.