W. A. BILL GLOVER, P. ENG.

MINING ENGINEER

Canada Box 923 Kirkland Lake Ontario P2N 3K4 Tel/Fax: 705-642-3665 klglover@nt.net

United States Box 1304 Big Timber Montana 59011 Tel/Fax: 406-932-5746 bglover@mcn.net

PROFILE:

A 1972 graduate of Queen's University (B.Sc., Mining Engineering) and self-employed mining engineer since 1995, Bill Glover is an underground mining specialist & contract project manager (underground development, surface & underground construction, permitting, business development & report writing). With 30 years of hands-on mining experience at operating mines & project sites in Canada & United States, Bill has also completed short term mining assignments in South America with travel in Europe. With a mining career which started as a student in 1963 at the Pater Mine, Bill has been Project Manager on a number of mine construction & development projects in addition to Mine Manager at two mine-mill complexes in Northern Ontario.

Healthy & active, Bill & his partner placed 16th of 31 entries in the 9th annual Northern Prospectors Association's 15 km Blanche River "HIGH WATER CANOE RACE" held May 8th, 1999. Married with three grown children, Bill has a 4x4 truck, valid Canadian passport & laptop computer.

EDUCATION: B.Sc. Mining Engineering (1972), Queen's University.

1995-2000 W.A. BILL GLOVER, P.ENG., MINING ENGINEER

As a SELF-EMPLOYED PROJECT MANAGER & MINING ENGINEER since March 1995, projects have included: property evaluations in South America, a tunnel project in Montana, underground development in Ontario & Manitoba, construction, hoist installations, shaft sinking, loading pocket installations, crown pillar mining, feasibility studies, environmental certificates, bulk samples, ground control planning, contract packages, business development, safety liaison & procurement.

Clients have included:

• SNC-LAVALIN (mining project, Montana)
• AGRA-SIMONS ( independent member of review committee, HBMS 777 shaft),
• BARRICK GOLD (Holt-McDermott shaft deepening);
• KINROSS GOLD (Macassa loading pocket & conveyor);
• ALEX MacINTYRE & ASSOCIATES LTD -(mining contractor)…various assignments 1995-99 including business development across Canada & site contracts with various clients including:
• INCO LTD (Site Manager, Thompson, Manitoba),
• BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD (Holloway Mine),
• KINROSS GOLD (Macassa Mine - shaft capping & Alimak inspection),
• AGNICO-EAGLE (Victoria Creek shaft sinking)
• BARRICK GOLD (Alimak inspection, Holt-McDermott Mine).
• MADSEN GOLD (hoist, loading pocket & bulk sample, Red Lake, Ontario)
• OPAWICA EXPLORATIONS (property evaluations, South America)
• ARMISTICE RESOURCES LTD (contract Project Manager 1998, environmental permitting & report writing 1999)
• EXTENDER MINERALS (write ground control policy & manual)
• NORDEX EXPLOSIVES;
• and others.

1992-95 PERRON GOLD, VIRGINIATOWN, ONTARIO

GENERAL MANAGER, OPERATIONS 1500 TPD KERR underground gold mine & Merrill-Crowe gold mill. Rehabilitated & reopened the Kerr underground. Personally hand-picked & hired crews & staff to develop & mine longhole stopes.

1987-91 LAC MINERALS LTD, KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO

MINE MANAGER, two divisions, 1250 TPD MACASSA UNDERGROUND GOLD MINE & CIP MILL DIV.& LAKESHORE TAILINGS RECOVERY DIVISION. While mine manager, Bill's operating team completed a mine, mill & tailings facility expansion from 60,000 to a record 100,000 ounces gold per annum at the 60 year old Macassa underground gold mine….mining in rockbursting ground below 7,000 feet.

1963-87 SITE PROJECTS & MINE OPERATIONS

Ontario, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, CANADA

Bill worked as an underground miner, underground shift boss, pit foreman, mine captain, mine superintendent, general mine superintendent, project engineer & project manager in : gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, uranium & industrial minerals.

Bill was project manager or a team member on the following projects during this period to 1987:

• Macassa No.3 shaft - deepest single-lift timbered shaft in the world at 7239 feet..
• Macassa underground mine expansion.
• Macassa tailings dams & treatment plant construction.
• Macassa 1250 tpd CIP mill construction & commissioning.
• Macassa No.1 shaft, No.1 & 2 winze rehab for escape route.
• Redpath raisebore (REDBORE 40) prototype tests at Macassa.
• Lake Shore Tailings Recovery Project.
• Stanleigh 5000 tpd u/g Uranium feasibilty study.
• Milliken 5500 tpd u/g uranium feasibility study.
• Stanleigh No. 2 shaft collar.
• Stanleigh No.1 shaft rehab & dewatering.
• Stanleigh No.2 shaft rehab.
• Quirke 1 cemented backfill project.
• Coppercorp hoist installation, shaft rehab & dewatering.
• Coppercorp mill construction.
• Umex's 4000 TPD Thierry mine development.
• Umex's tailings dam construction.
• Ojibway underground crusher & conveyor installation.
• Pater Mine underground tailings backfill plant.

Previous to working as an independent, Bill worked onsite as a miner, supervisor or mine manager between 1963 to 1995 at the following operating mines:

• Macassa & Kerr underground gold mines.
• Stanleigh, Quirke 1, Quirke 2 & Nordic underground uranium mines.
• Frood & Stobie underground nickel mines.
• Granduc, Pater, Coppercorp & Kidd Copper underground copper mines.
• Thierry open pit copper mine.
• MacLeod underground iron ore mine.
• Ojibway underground salt mine.
• Clinton asbestos open pit mine (permafrost in Northern Yukon).

OTHER QUALFICATIONS:

• Computer literate, operating a P-266 IBM computer.
• 1998 completed AUTO CAD LT course at NORTHERN COLLEGE, Kirkland Lake Campus.
• 1992 JOURNALISM COURSE by correspondence.
• Special Correspondent (Northern Miner) 1992, several articles.
• Co-authored two CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL papers 1985-88.
• Jointly wrote & presented CIM PAPER at 1987 CIM AGM Toronto.
• Presented CIM PAPER at Kirkland Lake Branch meeting 1991.
• Certified in underground COMMON CORE modules, Ontario.
• Basic through Management MINE RESUE CERTIFICATES including terms as BRIEFING OFFICER & JUDGE at Competitions.
• LOSS CONTROL MANAGEMENT course & certificate.
• British Columbia BLASTING CERTIFICATE.
• British Columbia SHIFT BOSS CERTIFICATE.
• INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COURSE (6 weeks)
• Various mine safety & management courses.
• LANGUAGES: English (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (some).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION & COMMUNITY SERVICE:

• CIM MEMBER since 1972 (Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy).
• CIM CHAIRMAN Kirkland Lake Branch 1989-90
• CIM Branch Director (11 years) & District representative at AGMs.
• PEO MEMBER & registered Professional Engineer, Ontario (1977).
• PEO Temiskaming Branch Director 1990-92 and PEO EDUCATION Representative.
• OMA Training Sub-Committee member (Supervisory Training - mining).
• PDA MEMBER - PROPECTORS & DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION.
• Past PRESIDENT, VP & coach, KIRKLAND LAKE SOCCER ASSOC.
• Past PRESIDENT, co-founder & coach KIRKLAND LAKE RINGETTE ASSOCIATION.
• Past PRESIDENT, Laurentian University (Student) Engineering Society.

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