MINING TEAM Biographies

Organization

Atacama Resources International’s commitment to diverse businesses requires an organization structure that enables effective management of each business. The structure must also provide for efficient use of financial resources and simplified governance. There is one overall Board of Directors. The Presidents of the Parent Company and each subsidiary company are directly accountable to the Board.

Glenn Grant – President

Mr. Grant has over 35 years of project management experience in the oil and gas sector as well as the mining and natural resources industries in Canada, the United States and abroad. During this time, he has overseen many large scale development projects for international and Fortune 500 resource companies, and routinely managed budgets exceeding $30 million. He is currently President of Bower Solutions Ltd., an oil field services project management company based in Alberta, Canada.

Throughout his career as a project manager, Mr. Grant has directly managed teams of more than 200 people, while developing and refining his expertise in budgeting, operations management and scheduling, cost estimating and control, dispute resolution and personnel management. Additionally, he has applied his experience and strong interpersonal skills towards First Nations mediation in the Northern Canadian territories and managed sensitive projects in the Czech Republic for Gulf Oil Ltd. and in India for Niko Resources Inc.

Mr. Grant's previous positions and assignments include successful projects with Penn West Energy Trust, Husky Energy, AMOCO, Tarragon Oil & Gas Ltd., Royal Trust Energy Corporation, Chevron Canada and Petro Canada Inc. His entrepreneurial activities further include former ownership of an agricultural machinery dealership, large farming operation and an oilfield equipment sales company. Mr. Grant holds a degree in Construction Engineering.  ggrant@acrlintl.com

David Jackson - Geologist

David Jackson brings to Atacama over 40 years of geological exploration experience. He has been consultant geologist for 20 plus organizations and governmental agencies engaged in exploration work in 10 countries (Canada, USA, Tanzania, Mozambique, China, Syria, Sudan, Trinidad. Chad and areas of South America), These multi-national and wide-ranging geological challenges have given Mr. Jackson a unique set of skills and perspectives that will strongly contribute to Atacama’s Northern Ontario precious metals exploration and development work. He has become known for his expertise in generating exploration and development prospects as a result of his studies and recommendations.

Mr. Jackson’s clients include Grey Goose Petroleum. Artic Oil and Gas, Husky Energy, Glencore E&P, Sasol Petroleum International, Sasol Temane LTD, Murphy Oil Co., Tanganyika Oil, Pan China Resources, Pan Canadian (now ENCANA). He has done geological surveys on land and off-shore sites. His work is performed on the ground, on websites, by aerial observation and mapping analyses.

He has taught geology for and coached client personal in many of these countries, leaving local expertise after completing his consulting work.

David completed his geological studies at Plymouth Polytech and London University – receiving his honors degree in geology in 1974. He holds Canadian and British Passports and resides in Alberta Province, Canada.

MIKE ROBERTS - Geologist

Mike Roberts acts as the QP responsible for all scientific or technical information about the mineral projects for Atacama Resources International. Roberts works with the company on an ‘as required’ basis as the company’s 43-101 geologist.  Roberts works directly with John Grant, Atacama’s exploration manager.

 Mike is a graduate geologist with a degree from Lake Superior State University and has extensive experience with many gold mining companies in Canada, including Placer Dome, Cyprus, Lakeshore, Harte.  He has also been a consulting geologist with Clark Exploration Consulting and Rona McKenzie Geoscience Inc.