Mr. Benner is a professional engineer and an experienced mining executive with more than 40 years in the mining industry in senior management and executive roles in Canada and internationally. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Canadian Society of Professional Engineers as well as a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Nunavut, the Society of Mining Engineers of the AIME and the Canadian Institute of Mining. Mr. Benner currently sits on the Board of a number of publicly traded companies.