Corporate Management Information

Tim Daniels
President & Director

Tim Daniels, B.Comm., President and Director, has over 15 years experience in the development and financing of natural resource and industrial companies. He served as Branch Manager for a Canadian Investment Dealer, acquiring extensive knowledge in corporate and equity financing, and general business development.

Dr. Dragoljub Jujic, M. Eng.
Director

Dr. Dragoljub Jujic, M.Eng., Director, has over 30 years experience in mining, engineering and research. A respected and well published authority on the Yugoslavian mining sector, Dr. Jujic previously served as Director of the Yugoslavian Mining Institute.

James Wallis, M.Sc.(Eng), P.Eng.
Director

James Wallis, M.Sc(Eng), P.Eng., Director and Manager of Mining Operations. 30 years of experience in all phases of mineral exploration and mine development makes Mr. Wallis an important part of the Erin Ventures team. Mr. Wallis has worked throughout the world in senior mine management positions with companies such as Noranda, Kerr Addison, U.S. Borax, Amax and others. He is a recognized expert on the evaluation and development of alluvial deposits, and a Registered Professional Engineer in the province of B.C. Since 1996, he has been based in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Dr Dennis LaPoint

Dr. LaPoint is a registered professional geologist with over 35 years experience. He has extensive management experience in the mineral industry throughout the US and the Guyana Shield. For the past 8 years he has focused on exploration in the Guyana Shield where he initiated and discovered the Nassau gold district for Alcoa in Suriname, a major new grassroots discovery which is currently in pre-feasibility studies by Newmont. Until recently, he was Exploration Manager for IAMGold (formerly Cambior) for Suriname where he was responsible for the exploration for new deposits at the Rosebel Gold Mine and new opportunities within Suriname.

Dr. LaPoint has generated and managed programs in precious metals, base metals, specialty metals, uranium, diamonds and industrial minerals for a variety of companies and clients. In addition he has been General Manager of a chemical plant to generate HF acid and recover tantalum. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and promotes educational opportunities for Suriname, North American and European students to gain field experience. He is a member of the Board for Licensing for Geologists in North Carolina, past President of the Carolina Geological Society and past Chairman of the Carolina Section SME. He has publications on many topics including North Carolina as America’s first gold rush and an invited paper on the social impact of small scale mining presented in Germany.

He is founder and President of Appalachian Resources LLC, which provides project generation and management services for mineral exploration. He is also co-founder of Triangle Minerals, currently evaluating the Deep River gold porphyry target in North Carolina for Erin Ventures. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, he was credited with several new gold discoveries in both North and South Carolina.