Directors

Mr. Espig has been the president and CEO of Nicola Mining since November 7, 2013 and was the Interim president and interim CEO of Nicola Mining FROM June 9, 2013 to November 7, 2013. In August 2006, Mr. Espig founded TriaAsia capital, a private equity and consulting firm focused on raising capital for midsized companies, and pre-initial public offering investment and consulting. Mr. Espig has been a founding director of Phosplatin Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company, since November 2010. He also served as Vice president of the principle finance and securitization group and Asia special situations group for goldman sachs japan. Prior to joining Goldman sachs, Mr. Espig served as vice president of Olympus capital, a private requity firm in New York. Mr. Espig is a chairman of the Vancouver center of arts and technology. He holds a bachelors of arts from the university of British Columbia and a masters of business from Columbia business school.

R. Marc Bustin is Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and president of RMB Earth Science Consultants and former president of CBM Solutions Ltd. He has broad experience in mineral and petroleum exploration and exploitation. His professional experience includes employment by Mobil Oil Canada and Gulf Canada Resources prior to joining the University of British Columbia. Bustin on leave from UBC, worked with Elf-Aquitaine (France), CSIRO (France) and CNRS (Australia). Dr. Bustin has consulted in the area of mineral and fossil fuel resource evaluation and exploitation and functioned as director and technical advisor for a variety of small through large companies in Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Bustin’s experience has included assessment of Carlin type gold deposits in Nevada, and epithermal vein and placer gold deposits in Canada. Dr. Bustin has designed and managed exploration and development projects worldwide, including China, Viet Nam, Botswana, Chad, Morocco, Eastern and Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, SE Asia, India, Argentina, Colombia, and basins throughout North America. Bustin is on the board and advisory board of a number of small cap companies. Dr. Bustin received his PhD in geology in 1980 from the University of British Columbia and is a registered Professional Geoscientist in the province of British Columbia. Bustin has published over 200 peer reviewed scientific articles. He is or has been an associate editor of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geology Bulletin, Sedimentary Geology, International Journal of Coal Geology and the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. He is member of AAPG, TSOP, and CSPG. Bustin is the recipient of the A. L. Leverson memorial award from the AAPG, the Thiesson Medal from the ICCP, the Sproule career achievement award, the Gilbert H. Cady Award from the Geological Society of America and the Slipper Gold Medal from the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geology, for his contributions to petroleum exploration and development. Bustin is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Bustin is a registered professional geologist in the province of British Columbia.

Mr. Amrik S. Virk has been a Director of Meridius Resources Limited since April 2019. He was the Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services and Minister of Advanced Education for British Columbia, Canada. Under Mr. Virk’s leadership the province’s technology sector grew to become as the 15th largest in the world. His leadership led to the launching of the #BCTECH Strategy, which forms the backbone of the province’s technology economy. Some notable milestones in his tenure include the instalment of the $100 million dollar #BCTECH Fund, the world-class #BCTECH Summits.