Dr Robert I Valliant (Executive Director/CEO/Company Secretary)
BSc, PhD, MAIG, FGAC, MSEG, MCIMM

Dr Robert Valliant (55) was appointed to the Board on 21 October 1993 and is a qualified geologist.   He was appointed to the position of Executive Director on 24 June 2009 and on 28 July 2009 he assumed the functions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 1 August 2009.

He is President and an Executive Director of Tri Origin Exploration Ltd (TOE).

Dr Valliant was co-founder of TOE and founded Tri Origin Australia NL, the predecessor to Tri Origin Minerals (TRO) in 1993. He was responsible for the public listing of TRO on the Australian Securities Exchange. His work in Australia during this period resulted in the discovery of the Lewis Ponds polymetallic deposit.

Prior to TriAusMin, Dr Valliant was employed by LAC Minerals Ltd from 1981 to 1988 and subsequently became Vice President Exploration for LAC. His responsibility for exploration activities in North America included significant discoveries in the Bousquet and Doyon area that has become the largest gold producing district in Quebec.

Dr Valliant was also responsible for the management and direction of all exploration work conducted by LAC at Hemlo, including the Page-Williams mine, Canada’s largest gold deposit.

He is a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

Dr Valliant is also a member of the Audit Committee.