VERNON SHEIN

Advisor to the Board

Vernon Shein holds a B.Sc., Specialization Geology, from Concordia University and has 40+ years of exploration industry experience. He has worked on major gold exploration and development programs in eleven countries and has performed property evaluations in over twenty-five countries. Prior to joining Cassiar Gold Corp. he was the Exploration Manager for Bema Gold Corp. and its successor company B2GOLD Corp. for 18 years. His specialty is in advancing exploration programs through Preliminary Economic Assessment, Feasibility Study and then into production. Projects that he has managed from exploration through to production include the Kupol Mine in Russia, the Jabali Mine in Nicaragua and the Montana open pit at the Masbate Mine in the Philippines.