Management

Tony M. Ricci, President and CEO

Mr. Ricci is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of practice experience with public companies listed in Canada and the United States. Mr. Ricci is the current Corporate Secretary and Executive Vice President of Keegan Resources Inc. He was a former director and CFO of Norsemont Mining Inc. and CFO of both Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. and Petaquilla Copper Ltd., companies with a combined market capitalization approaching $2 billion. Mr. Ricci was formerly with KPMG and AMEC Engineering Inc.

Zula Kropivnitski, Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Kropivnitski is a Certified General Accountant with over 10 years of international experience in the resource sector. Prior to joining Electric Metals, Ms. Kropivnitski acted as the Controller to Sacre-Coeur Minerals and African Queen Mines Ltd, companies involved in exploration and production activities in Africa and South America.  Ms. Kropivnitski has also served as Senior Accountant to Manex Resource Group, its group of mining exploration companies and has been involved in all areas of financial reporting, corporate finance, and related aspects of regulatory compliance.  She received her Master of Mathematics and Master of Economics degrees in Russia, her CGA designation in British Columbia and later obtained her ACCA designation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a global body for accounting professionals.

Chris Taylor M.Sc. P.Geo., Senior Geologist

Mr. Taylor, an economic geologist and explorationist, has extensive experience with porphyry copper gold, epithermal gold, VMS, and lithium brine exploration projects. Mr. Taylor has been professionally active for over seven years with both mid tier producer and junior mining companies. Mr. Taylor is a Professional Geologist registered in the Province of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Earth Science and a Master of Science degree in Structural Geology from Carleton University.

Desmond M. Balakrishnan, Corporate Secretary

Mr. Balakrishnan received a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from the University of Alberta in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University in 1994. Since 2004, Mr. Balakrishnan has been a partner of McMillan LLP's Corporate Finance/Securities Law Group.  His current areas of focus include mergers, acquisitions, listed company maintenance and international public listings.  He is a member of the Law Society of BC, the Vancouver Bar Association, and the Canadian Bar Association and is a recipient of Business in Vancouver's "Top 40 Under 40".