The Power of Discovery - "Building Shareholder Value"

Mr. Chowdhry (Raj), CPA, CA,  the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Futura Capital Limited., a private venture capital company, has invested in and raised funds for various projects around the world. 

Mr. Chowdhry, currently a director of various publicly listed companies, has over 35 years' experience in the capital markets; being the founder, chairman, director, chief executive officer and president of several public companies trading on global Stock Exchanges including Stock Exchanges in the United States and Canada.

Mr. Chowdhry was one of the founding directors of America Mineral Fields Inc. [(Copper mining/production) -- name changed to Adastra Minerals Inc. and acquired in 2006 by First Quantum Minerals Ltd.]. 

Mr. Chowdhry was also the founding director, Chairman and CEO of:

•  International Thunderbird Gaming Inc. (Casino Gaming operations),
• Axion Communications Inc. (Internet operations),
•  Sandfire Resources America Inc. [(Black Buutte Copper Project - Final Mine Operating Permit Granted) (prior to name change: Tintina Resources Inc.)],
•  SolidusGold Inc. (Gold exploration), 
• Camphor Ventures Inc. (Diamond exploration & mining/production), and
• a director of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (Diamond exploration & mining/production).

Camphor and Mountain Province entered in to a business combination in 2007 to unify their existing joint venture with De Beers Canada, leading to commencement of diamond production in Canada in 2016.

Mr. Chowdhry, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) received a Bachelor of Commerce (B. Comm.) degree from The University of British Columbia ("UBC"), Canada, and his designation as a Chartered Accountant (CA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, Canada.

Raj is also a charter member of the Vancouver chapter of The INDUS Entrepreneurs (TIE).

Mr. Park (Henry), the Chief Investment Officer of Foundation Capital, was formerly a partner at Vulcan Mining, a mining private equity investment platform of Soros Fund Management.

Prior to Vulcan Mining, Mr. Park held the position of managing director and commodity strategist at Electrum Group; after being for several years, the commodity analyst at Soros Fund Management where he focused on commodity investing in public and private equities and futures. 

Henry started his investing career at GE Capital where he was Assistant Vice President in the distressed debt business, followed by a long/short equity analyst in basic material sector for Highlander Fund Management (part of Ospraie Fund Management's Wingspan platform).

Henry holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from University of Chicago and Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University. 

Mr. Posescu, (Sorin), P. Geo is a professional geologist with over 25 years of experience in natural resources exploration and development. 

Sorin has worked for major to junior resource companies throughout USA, Canada and Europe, including OMV Petrom, NovaGold Resources, Sierra Geothermal and Brixton Metals. 

Sorin was instrumental in a series of geothermal resource discoveries in Nevada with Sierra Geothermal Power which was later acquired by Ram Power. 

Sorin served as Vice President of Exploration for Brixton Metals where, during his tenure he was instrumental in leading a series of discoveries at the Thorn Cu-Au-Ag project in B.C., Canada.

Sorin is the founder of a precious metals royalties private company which later was acquired by a publicly listed royalties company. 

Sorin has extensive experience in M&A and strong background in corporate and project valuation. He has served on multiple boards as Director for both private and publicly traded resource development companies. 

Sorin is a registered Professional Geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. 

Ms. Penstock (Terry), has  over 25 years of experience in the finance and securities industry,  Terry had started in the  finance,  investment and insurance business, as a licensed insurance broker (1995-1998); going on to achieve an agency license with Northwest Life & iA Industrial Alliance Pacific Life. 

Terry focuses on entrepreneurial business development and finance. 

Having worked both with private and public companies, from the formation of business plans through to execution of financing and going public, she has guided the process of financial structuring, venture capital and public relations in the mining, bio-tech and technology sectors.

Ms. Penstock a founder and director of various publicly listed companies, all listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, is a co-founder and former director of Tintina Resources Inc. (name changed to Sandfire Resources America Inc..

Mr. Bowering (Andy), has over 30 years of experience in the venture capital and public company arenas primarily in the Mining sector with involvement in projects located around the globe. 

Andrew is a self-employed management consultant to public companies and has provided services in a variety of management and financial oversight roles.

He has held senior executive positions and directorships in numerous public companies involved in mineral exploration in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and China.

He has an in-depth knowledge of securities markets, regulatory affairs and investor/public relations.

Mr. Bowering has led several large acquisition programs in North America. 

Mr. Bowering obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science, from the University of British Columbia in 1986. 

Mr. Solanki (Yuvraj), an entrepreneur with over 10 years of hands-on mining experience, especially in India and Ethiopia, is a board member and the Executive Director of Sainik Mining and Allied Services Limited.

Mr. Solanki played a major role in the drilling, exploration and development of a Potash project (“Danakil Potash Project”) located in the Danakil depression in North-Eastern Ethiopia.

Sainik Mining was recently awarded a Mine Development and Operation project (PB Block located in the state Jharkhand, India), being one of the largest MDO contracts for coal mining in India. The project is anticipated to mine 15 million tonnes of coal annually for the next 25 years.

Yuvraj holds a B.A. in Business Studies from the University of De Montfort, Leicester, UK. 

Mr. Piekenbrock (Joe), M.Sc., the recipient of the 2009 Thayer Lindsey Award & the 2015 Colin Spence Award, respectively for International Discovery for contributions to the Alaskan discoveries of both the giant Donlin Gold (Au) deposit and the high-grade Bornite Copper (Cu) deposit, brings over 35 years of exploration experience to AsiaBaseMetals.

Having served as Vice President Exploration ("VP Exploration") for NovaGold for 10 years until 2012, he then served as Senior Vice President Exploration (Sr. VP Exploration") with NovaCopper (name changed to Trilogy Metals) through 2014. 

Mr. Piekenbrock, having worked extensively both in South America and Alaska, brings a wealth of experience through years of exploration for both Teck Cominco and Placer Dome. 

Joe holds a B.A. in Geology from the University of Colorado, and an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the University of Arizona. 

Mr. Bob Jacko, (Bob), BS. Mining, has more than thirty years of mining experience. During that time, Mr. Jacko has worked for Falconbridge, Cominco (Teck Cominco), Thompson Creek and Tintina Resources Inc. 

He has spent 14 years as General Manager at numerous mines including the Polaris Mine and Sullivan Mine in Canada for Cominco Ltd., and the Red Dog Mine and Pogo Mine in Alaska for Teck Cominco Ltd. in the USA. 

During his career, he has been involved with three startups; the most recent was the Pogo Mine in Alaska. 

Mr. Jacko, a Mining Engineer, is a graduate from Michigan Technological University, having received a bachelor of science in mining engineering (BS. Mining) in 1977. 

Mr. Tsitos (Yannis), P. Geo,  originally trained as a physicist-geophysicist, having over 27-year experience in the mining industry; 19 years with BHP Billiton group prior to his departure in December 2007 from his position as New Business Manager for Minerals Exploration with a global reach, has lived and worked in South Africa, Ecuador, Greece, United Kingdom and Canada.

In addition to having been part of two discovery teams with BHP Billiton in porphyry-copper and nickel-sulphide deposits, he has been instrumental in the identification, negotiation and execution of more than 50 exploration agreements with juniors, majors, as well as with state exploration and mining companies.