Gold Focused Exploration

Management and Directors

Jens E. Hansen, P.Eng., President and Director    

Professional Engineer (Geophysics) with over 30 years experience in the mining and exploration industry with a focus on building junior companies. Previously, employed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited at the Chalk River nuclear research laboratory and Geoterrex Ltd. President of Melkior Resources Inc.


William A. Lupien, Director

Bill has been active in the securities industry since joining the California-based brokerage firm of Mitchum, Jones & Templeton Inc. (MJT) in 1965. He served as Chairman and CEO of MJT, while also a specialist on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange for 17 years. He was a NASDAQ market-maker for 5 years.

Upon leaving MJT in 1983 Bill served as President, then Chairman and CEO of Instinet Corporation, and was responsible for Instinet's move into trading NASDAQ stocks prior to being acquired by Reuters Plc.

He has served on numerous private and public company boards including Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Instinet, National Health Enterprises, Energy Metals Corporation, and others. He also held a position as Trustee of the Securities Industry Institute and the Securities and Exchange Commission National Market Advisory Board as well as being a Governor of the Pacific Stock Exchange for 6 years.

Bill is currently a private investor and a financial equity market consultant.

John Budden, Director

John joined Dominion Securities in 1964. Over his 40 years of diverse, domestic and international investment experience with postings in New York, London (England), Toronto, Montreal and Boston, he has been involved in most aspects of the investment business. In 1983, he joined Dynamic Fund Management, as Vice President, Marketing. Then in 1985, he co-founded Rabin Budden Partners, an investment counselor and mutual fund manager. Rabin Budden Partners was acquired in 1988 by Altamira Management. In 1990, John returned to Dynamic Fund Management as President and CEO. In 1992 he moved to Boston and formed USA / Canada, a consulting practice, advising global financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and emerging trends. He has facilitated a number of major cross border financial services industry acquisitions. In 2002, he returned to Ottawa to live and to operate 'USA / Canada', his consulting practice. In June 2009, he became Chairman of Ottawa based Investment Partners Fund Management Ltd.       

Louis Dionne, Director

Louis is a highly regarded mining engineer and one of the original members of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Dionne was mine manager at Camflo Mines in Quebec, which eventually became part of Barrick Gold, one of the most successful gold mining companies in the world.
Mr. Dionne spent over 20 years in the operations and development of gold properties, most recently as Senior Vice President, Underground Operations for Barrick. In this capacity, he had operating responsibility for all of Barrick's underground operations. He developed the high grade Meikle mine and Rodeo project in Nevada and the Holt-McDermott Mine in Ontario. Mr. Dionne also provided technical input and leadership in the area of corporate mergers and acquisitions for Barrick Gold.
Following his tenure at Barrick, Mr. Dionne was President and CEO of Richmont Mines Inc, a junior gold producer with operations in Quebec and Newfoundland from December 2002 to July 2005. Mr. Dionne is a graduate of Laval University in Quebec where he holds a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering.

David Frappier-Rivard, Exploration Manager

Professional geologist who has amassed much experience in geological exploration and mapping since 1997. David worked for the Government of Quebec and subsequently for Virginia Gold Mines on its Eleonore gold project in the James Bay region of Quebec . David was subsequently employed by Goldcorp Inc., which purchased Virginia 's Eleonore property. Shortly thereafter, David left Goldcorp to join Beaufield's team in 2006 and has worked mainly in the Abitibi and Opinaca region. He is a member of the Quebec Order of Geologists.

Vatché Tchakmakian , C.A. , CFO and Secretary

Vatche is a chartered accountant with over 15 years experience in the minerals industry. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Beaufield in January 2005.

 

Code of Ethics

Directors, officers and employees of Beaufield Resources must adhere to and advocate the following principles and responsibilities governing professional and ethical conduct.

To the best of their knowledge and ability, Beaufield’s directors, officers and employees shall:

  1. act with honesty and integrity in our interaction with customers, suppliers, competitors, employees and others;
  2. avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships;
  3. provide constituents with information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable;
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  5. act in good faith, responsibly, with  due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing our independent judgment to be subordinated;
  6. respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of our work except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose;
  7. share knowledge and maintain skills important and relevant to our constituents’ needs;
  8. promote ethical behavior in our work environment; and
  9. exercise responsible use of and control over all assets and resources employed or entrusted to.