Tailwinds Exploration Corp. was founded on the principle that the best chance of success for a junior explorer requires a combination of geological, capital markets and administrative expertise. Accordingly, our management and advisory team brings proven experience in each of these areas.
Peter McKeown
CFO and Director
Mr. McKeown has been involved in the start-up and growth of businesses throughout his 40 year career. He has served in various executive capacities including President, CFO and Director of many public companies, primarily in the oil & gas, mineral exploration and technology sectors. He has been a Vice-President of Player Capital Corporation since 2011, which provides financial and managerial expertise to growing organizations. Prior thereto he was the CFO of Axia Netmedia Corporation (TSX) for over a decade. Peter obtained his CPA in 1980 while employed with KPMG.
Allan Frame
President and Director
Prior to his involvement with Tailwinds, Allan Frame was an investment advisor for over four decades and held executive positions at Yorkton Securities, Macquarie Group, Richardson GMP and Haywood Securities Inc.Throughout his career, Mr. Frame has been involved with numerous IPO’s on the TSX Venture Exchange for smaller capitalization companies involved primarily in the resource and mineral exploration businesses. Mr. Frame has been an ongoing source of capital through private placements for those ventures which proved successful. Allan was instrumental in providing capital and generating investor interest in successful public mining exploration companies such as Far West Mining and Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX) during their start-up phase. Allan is related to a Director of Tailwinds, Mr. Doug Frame.
Graeme Evans
Director
Graeme Evans has worked continuously in mineral exploration throughout North America for over 40 years. Mr. Evan’s experience includes grassroots to advanced feasibility programs exploring for porphyries, sedex, VMS, skarns and mesothermal and epithermal gold systems for a number of senior companies including Hudson Bay Mining, B.P. Selco, Inmet and more recently Teck Resources between 1991 and 2009. Since 2009, Graeme has consulted for various junior exploration companies including Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX) from 2009 to 2018. Graeme obtained his B.Sc. Geology from UBC and is a registered P.Geo. in both BC and Ontario.
Lyle Morgenthaler
Director
Mr. Morgenthaler has worked as a mining engineer for his entire career which spans over 30 years. His wide range of experience includes mine development projects for Hope Bay Mining, Sabina Silver and operations at Elgin Mining’s Bjorkdal Gold Mine in Sweden. Mr. Morgenthaler spent seven years involved in the construction, start-up and operation of Pretivm Resources Inc.’s underground Brucejack Mine in Northwestern BC. and currently serves as a consulting engineer for Exminda Corp. Mr. Morgenthaler is a Professional Engineer and received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing from UBC
Doug Frame
Director
Mr. Frame is a seasoned business executive with extensive international experience. Early in his career he spent 10 years with US Steel in managerial positions in Canada, Brazil and the UK. He then spent two decades in executive positions with Dreco Energy Services Ltd. (TSX) working in South America, Russia, China and the Middle East. Mr. Frame was also employed for two years as VP of Downhole Products for National Oilwell where he was a member of their Leadership Team. Doug has been a Director of several public companies including Dreco Energy Services Ltd. He received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.
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Lawrence Tsang
Advisor
Mr. Tsang is a geologist with over 12 years experience in the exploration and development of gold and silver deposits in North America. His expertise includes preliminary resource assessment and project discovery. His work experience includes working as a field geologist, supervising drilling, geological logging, interpretation and geo modeling. Mr. Tsang is currently a Senior Geologist with Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX) where he has managed their extensive drilling programs and is engaged in the development of their gold/silver hydrothermal deposits. Lawrence received his B.Sc. Geology from UBC in 2008 and is currently registered as a P. Geo with EGBC.