Board of Directors

R. Geoffrey Browne
Chairman
gbrowne@libertysilvercorp.com

Mr. Browne has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in Canada, the U.S and London, England. He was head of private equity for Merrill Lynch Canada and he is a founder and Managing Partner of MWI & Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to founding MWI, Mr. Browne was a senior executive with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC Wood Gundy Inc. for over 20 years. Mr. Browne is active on numerous other corporate and not-for-profit Boards, and is one of three independent members of the Investment Review Committee of UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co. Mr. Browne holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Western Ontario.


William J. Tafuri, Ph.D., P. Geo.
Director
btafuri@libertysilvercorp.com

Mr. Tafuri has a Ph.D. in geology and over 35 years of diverse mining and exploration experience in precious and base metals. He has worked for a number of major international mining companies and has held management positions in both domestic and foreign locations for Getty Mining Co., Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp., and Kinross Gold Corp. He has extensive consulting experience, both domestic and foreign. He has extensive exploration and mine development experience in the USA, Central Asia, and Russia. Since 2004 he has acted as the Exploration Vice President of Centrasia Mining Corp. acquiring properties and conducting exploration for base and precious metals in Central Asia.

Mr. Tafuri received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology at the University of Nevada-Reno and his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Utah.


Paul Haggis
Director

Mr. Haggis has had an impressive career in structuring, organizing, and implementing dramatic success stories including being the President and CEO of OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension plans, which under his leadership grew to more than $48 Billion dollars in assets from 2004 until 2007. Currently Mr. Haggis is Chairman of the Alberta Enterprise Corporation, a venture capital fund which expects to have $300 million dollars for first stage ventures. He is also an active director of Canadian Tire Bank, Chair of the Audit Committee of Advantage Energy of Calgary, Director and Audit Committee Chair of Prime Restaurants Inc., and is Honourary Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Royal Ontario Museum. In addition Mr. Haggis has overseen and is actively engaged in the investment program at ICBC as Chair of the Investment Committee.


Timothy Unwin
Director

Mr. Unwin is a partner Emeritus at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto. He has worked as a corporate and securities lawyer. Previously, Mr. Unwin was the U.S. Managing Partner at Blakes, working out of its New York office and was also the Office Managing Partner at the Blakes office in London, England. Mr. Unwin is a graduate of the director's education program at the Institute of Corporate Directors at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and is an institute certified director (ICD.D). Mr. Unwin is a past Chairman of the Toronto Community Foundation and is a director of C.A. Bancorp Inc.


John Barrington
Director

Mr. Barrington worked in the mining industry at such projects as the Opemiska Mine in Chapais Que and the Lorraine mine in Belleterre Que. Mr. Barrington also worked at TransCanada Pipelines and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, where he was head of the Financial Planning Unit. Subsequently, Mr. Barrington was one of the founders of the Uxmal Communications partnership, and, among many other investments and acquisitions in Canada and the U.S., bought, turned around and later sold Comac which at the time was Canada's third largest consumer magazine company.


George Kent
Director

Mr. Kent has been engaged in worldwide exploration, mining, financing and education for many years, having spent significant periods of time with major and minor public companies, five years in all mineral exploration in Ethiopia with the United Nations and nine years as a full professor at the University of Toronto. Mr. Kent has been chief geologist or manager on numerous projects around the world and is currently President of George R. Kent & Associates Ltd. Engaged in geological and mining consulting worldwide, assisting in public company formation, directorships, management and public relations.


W. Thomas Hodgson
Director

Mr. Hodgson is Senior Partner and Chairman of Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc., a financial advisory firm. He was formerly a consultant and advisor to the Chairman of Magna International, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers. Mr. Hodgson has over twenty years experience in capital markets research, corporate advisory matters and consulting. He is currently executive chairman of Lithium Americas Corp. and a director of Helix Biopharma Corp. Mr. Hodgson has held senior positions with U.K. companies and Canadian financial institutions including the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada Permanent Trust Co. and Central Guaranty Trust, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.


John Pulos
Director

Mr. Pulos is a founding director of Liberty Silver. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Washington and a Master's of Science degree in Real Estate Finance at New York University. For the past 20 years, Mr. Pulos has been self-employed in real estate sector where he has focused on land development, investment and land entitlements in the United States and Canada.