James B.C. Doak, Chairman

James has over 25 years experience as a chartered financial analyst. Mr. Doak has served as the President and Managing Partner of Megantic Asset Management Inc., a Toronto-based investment company, since 2002. Mr. Doak is a Director of Cascades Inc., Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. and of Eurocopter Canada Ltd., and serves as Chair, Audit Committee for both Eurocopter and Purepoint. As well, he is a former Director of PetroKazakhstan Inc., Superior Propane Inc. and Spar Aerospace Inc. Mr. Doak has held senior positions at ScotiaMcLeod Inc., First Marathon Securities Ltd., McLeod Young Weir Ltd., was a founder of Enterprise Capital Management Inc., where he served as President and Managing Partner from 1997 to 2002, and is a past President and Director of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts and a past Chair and Director of the Toronto French School. Mr. Doak has published a number of columns in two Canadian financial publications. He holds a Diplôme des études collégiales from McGill University and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto.

Raffi Babikian, Director

Raffi is a corporate finance and marketing advisor to global uranium mining companies. He was previously Vice-President, Investment Banking at Dundee Securities, where he was responsible for the firm’s uranium mining practice. Raffi began his professional career at AREVA SA, the world’s leading nuclear fuel cycle company, at the company’s headquarters in Paris, France. His first responsibilities there involved evaluating growth opportunities for the company’s reprocessing/recycling business. He subsequently joined Areva’s Uranium Mining Business unit, working to identify, evaluate and implement merger and acquisition opportunities and associated marketing strategies.  Mr. Babikian has a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University, a MSc. from MIT, and an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris.

Jean-Pierre Chauvin, Director

Jean-Pierre has over 30 years of experience in the mining and construction industries. Since January 2009, Mr. Chauvin has been retired. From July 2006 to January 2009, Mr. Chauvin has served as Chief Operating Officer of Globestar Mining Corp. and was promoted to President in October 2006. Prior to March 2006, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Patricia Mining Corporation, having assumed these positions in 2004. Since 2001, Mr. Chauvin has also acted as President and Senior Consultant of Chauvin Engineering Ltd., based in Oakville, Ontario. This company consults in the mining industry focusing on operational reviews and feasibility studies. Prior to 2001, he has served as a Director of Battle Mountain Canada Ltd., Crown Butte Resources Ltd., the Mining Association of Canada and the Ontario Mining Association. Mr. Chauvin has also served as General Manager of Canadian Operations for Battle Mountain Gold Co. Mr. Chauvin is an engineer holding a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University.

Grant A. Edey, President and CEO and Director

Grant has over 35 years of financial experience primarily in the mining industry. Mr. Edey retired from IAMGOLD Corporation where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2007. From 1996 to 2002, he was Vice-President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Repadre Capital Corporation. Prior to 1996, he held senior positions with Strathcona Mineral Services Limited, TransCanada Pipelines Limited, Eldorado Nuclear Limited, Rio Algom Limited and INCO Limited. Mr. Edey is also a Director of Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and Mala Noche Resources Corp. Mr. Edey holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. 

Marc Henderson, Director 

Marc is the President and CEO and a director of Laramide Resources Ltd., a Toronto-based resource company specializing in the acquisition, discovery and development of uranium projects and Khan’s single largest shareholder holding approximately 13% of Khan’s outstanding shares. Mr. Henderson has more than 20 years of experience running junior mining companies and has served as president of a number of public companies, including serving as President of Laramide and Aquiline Resources Inc. since 1995.

Hon. Robert P. Kaplan, Director

The Hon. Robert Kaplan has over 40 years of experience as a lawyer, businessman and elected politician. Mr. Kaplan retired from a 25-year career in elective politics in 1993. He was a Federal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister in the Governments of the Rt. Hon. Pierre-Elliott Trudeau and Rt. Hon. John N. Turner. Mr. Kaplan is a Trustee of H&R REIT. As well, he is a former Director and Chairman of PetroKazakhstan Inc. Mr. Kaplan is a founding Trustee of the State Hermitage Museum Foundation of Canada, one of five international foundations which support the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has also been honoured by being named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the President of France. Mr. Kaplan has served as the Honourary Consul General of Kazakhstan for Canada for the last 15 years. Mr. Kaplan holds a B.A. in Sociology and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1963.

David L. McAusland, Director

David McAusland is a senior corporate lawyer, advisor and corporate director. A graduate of the Faculty of Law of McGill University, he practiced law for over 20 years at a prominent Montreal law firm. In 1999 he became a senior executive with Alcan Inc., a major Canadian industrial and resource company, retiring as Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer in 2008 when the company was acquired. In 2009 Mr. McAusland joined McCarthy Tétrault LLP, a major law firm in Canada, as a Partner. Mr. McAusland currently acts as Director of Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc., Cascades Inc., Equinox Minerals Ltd. and World Color Press, Inc. He serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committees for Cascades Inc. and Equinox Minerals, is a member of the Compensation Committee of Equinox Minerals Ltd. and a member of the Audit Committee of World Color Press, Inc. Mr. McAusland is also Chair of the Reform Implementation Council for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Chairman of the Foundation of the National Circus School, and a Director of Centraide of Greater Montreal.

Martin Quick, Director

Martin Quick joined Khan on January 16, 2006 as President and CEO and Director. On June 25, 2010, he retired as President and CEO. He has over 45 years of worldwide experience in the mining industry, including engineering, operations, and senior corporate fields.  He has held senior mining production and engineering positions in Africa, Australia, Fiji, the United States and Canada and has acted in the capacity of mining consultant for gold operations in Central and South America. From August 2004 until December 2005, Mr. Quick was President and Chief Operating Officer of Power Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cameco Corporation, a global producer of uranium for the nuclear power industry. Mr. Quick’s responsibilities at Power Resources Inc. included the operation, development and expansion of the company’s in-situ leach uranium mines at Smith Ranch/Highlands in Wyoming, Crow Butte in Nebraska and the Inkai project in Kazakhstan. Prior to this appointment, from March 2001 to July 2004, Mr. Quick was Vice President - Mining with Cameco Corporation, based in Saskatoon, where he was responsible for Cameco’s Northern Saskatchewan operations including the world’s largest uranium mine at McArthur River/Key Lake, as well as the restart of the Eagle Point Mine at Rabbit Lake and the planning and development of the Cigar Lake project. Prior to joining Cameco, Mr. Quick held positions as General Manager of Cogema’s Cluff Lake uranium mine in Northern Saskatchewan and Rio Algom’s now decommissioned Quirke and Stanleigh uranium mines in Ontario, Canada. He is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of Saskatchewan and a graduate of the Camborne School of Metalliferous Mining (ACSM), in the United Kingdom.  

Paul D. Caldwell, Chief Financial Officer

Paul D. Caldwell, B.A.(majors in Commerce and Economics), Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, has over 28 years of financial experience. Mr. Caldwell, who joined the Company in August 2006, has held senior financial positions with Canadian gold mining companies operating in Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the United States. He has been involved with a number of capital market transactions including private placement, prospectus and debt financings and several mergers and acquisitions. From October 2003 until August 2006, he was Controller of Glencairn Gold Corporation which operates gold mines in Central America including the Bellavista Gold Mine in Costa Rica and the Limon Mine in Nicaragua. Mr. Caldwell was Controller, Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of Black Hawk Mining Inc., which operated gold mines in Canada and Nicaragua, from January 2000 until October 2003 when Black Hawk merged with Glencairn Gold Corporation. Prior to this position, he was Controller of Black Hawk Mining Inc. from July 1996 to December 1999. Mr. Caldwell was Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Granduc Mining Inc. from June 1994 until June 1996 when Granduc merged with Black Hawk Mining Inc. From June 1994 until February 1996, he was Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Consolidated Professor Mines Limited.