About Us: DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT
All the talents are in place to locate, evaluate and acquire gold assets
James S. Anthony, Chairman
of the Board
Corporate strategist
Rudi P. Fronk, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Mining engineer, finance specialist
A. Frederick Banfield, Director
World-renowned reserve expert
William M. Calhoun, Director
Highly experienced mine operator
Thomas C. Dawson, Director
Retired senior audit and accounting partner
Louis J. Fox, Director
Former metals trader and project financier
Eliseo Gonzalez-Urien, Director
Highly regarded exploration geologist
William E. Threlkeld, Senior Vice President
Proven gold finder
James S. Anthony, Chairman of the Board and one of the original founders of the Company. He was an advisor to a number of major corporations and venture capitalists focusing primarily on corporate strategy, and was a policy consultant to several government ministries, before starting up Seabridge in 1999 in partnership with Rudi Fronk. A keen student of economics, his analysis of financial markets contributed to the forming of Seabridge's unique corporate strategy which highlights maximum leverage to a rising gold price. Mr. Anthony's commentaries in the Company's quarterly reports correctly anticipated the nature of the current economic crisis years in advance and predicted a powerful, long term bull market in gold marked by its transition from a commodity to the world's preferred currency. His views on the gold market are valued by many institutional investors worldwide.
Rudi P. Fronk, Director, President and CEO, has over 20 years experience in the gold business, primarily as a senior officer and director of publicly traded companies. Since 1999, Mr. Fronk's has served as President and CEO of Seabridge Gold. Prior to Seabridge, Mr. Fronk held senior management positions with Greenstone Resources, Columbia Resources, Behre Dolbear & Company, Riverside Associates, Phibro-Salomon, Amax, and DRX. Mr. Fronk is a graduate of Columbia University from which he holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics.
Roderick Chisholm, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, is a Chartered Accountant and has been involved in the Canadian mining industry since 1981 as a financial officer of a number of public mineral companies. Prior to 1981 he was an audit manager with Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants.
A. Frederick Banfield, Director — as Founder and Chairman of Mintec, Inc., Mr. Banfield was one of the original developers of MineSight™, recognized as the pre-eminent reserves modeling and mine design software system with more than 300 installations worldwide. Mr. Banfield has also been an independent reserves auditor and mine planning advisor to some of the world's leading gold mining organizations with respect to projects in the United States, Canada, Africa, Australia and Latin America.
William M. Calhoun, Director, has provided consulting services to the minerals industry in the areas of mining operations, mine planning, mine design, ore reserves and environmental issues for the past 24 years as an independent consultant. From 1972 through 1981 Mr. Calhoun served as President and CEO of Day Mines, Inc., an American Stock Exchange Company with mining operations in the western United States. In 1980 Day Mines was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top-five best-managed companies with less than $100 million in sales. During Mr. Calhoun's tenure, Day Mines increased revenues 950%, net income 2,000%, dividends 670%, and total assets 880%, all without incurring any long-term debt. In 1981 Day Mines was acquired by Hecla Mining in a hostile takeover. Prior to Day Mines, Mr. Calhoun worked for American Zinc Company in various corporate roles including Manager of Western Operations, Chief Mine Engineer and Mine Manager.
Mr. Calhoun's extensive public service record includes membership on President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Minerals Task Force, President Gerald Ford's Inflation Task Force; Director of the Silver Institute; Trustee of the Northwest Mining Association; Chairman of the Mining Advisors Committee to the Governors of Washington and Idaho; President of the Idaho Mining Association; Chairman of Idaho College of Mines Advisory Committee; and numerous other civil and professional organizations. Mr. Calhoun has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining/Geology from the University of Texas-El Paso.
Thomas C. Dawson, Director, has been a Chartered Accountant since 1961 and serves as Chairman of the Company's Audit and Governance Committees. He is a retired senior audit and accounting partner with 40 years of experience at Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants. He received his B.Comm. from Loyola College (now Concordia University) in Montreal in 1959. Mr. Dawson is a director of Water Furnace Renewable Energy, Inc., Energy Split Corp., Energy Split II Corp., and Anvil Mining Limited.
Louis J. Fox, Director, has more than 25 years experience in precious metals trading, merchanting and merchant banking activities. From 1984 to 1999 Mr. Fox was a Senior Vice President of Gerald Metals, Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut. Gerald Metals is an internationally recognized commodity trading, refining and merchant banking firm with offices throughout the world. At Gerald Metals, Mr. Fox was the head of the company's worldwide precious metals group. Prior to Gerald Metals, from 1974 to 1981, Mr. Fox was a Vice President of J. Aron & Co., regarded as one of the world's premier precious metals trading firms. Following the acquisition of J. Aron & Co. by Goldman Sachs in 1981, Mr. Fox was a Vice President of Goldman Sachs through 1984. Mr. Fox holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from the Boston University Law School.
Eliseo Gonzalez-Urien, Director — with over 30 years of experience, Mr. Gonzalez-Urien is one of the most highly regarded exploration geologists in the mining industry. From 1989 through 2001 Mr. Gonzalez-Urien held various executive positions with Placer Dome Inc. including Senior Vice President of the parent company and President of Placer Dome Exploration Inc. During this period he was charged with ultimate responsibility for Placer Dome´s worldwide exploration activities. Prior to Placer Dome, Mr. Gonzalez-Urien held senior positions with BHP-Utah Inc. and Noranda. He holds a degree in Geology from the University of Santiago, Chile, followed by post graduate studies in Geology at the University of California, Berkeley.
William E. Threlkeld, Senior Vice President — is acknowledged as one of North America's outstanding geologists. He began his career at Noranda Exploration Inc. but achieved his greatest recognition at Placer Dome Inc. From 1991 to 1997 as Exploration Manager and Vice President, he was responsible for all of Placer Dome's exploration activity and investment in Latin America. Mr. Threlkeld directed programs that resulted in the discovery and delineation of Las Cristinas, Venezuela (9.7 million ounces), Cerro Crucitas, Costa Rica (2.3 million ounces) and Mulatos, Mexico (2.0 million ounces). From 1997 to 2000 he was Vice President, Exploration for Greenstone Resources Ltd. responsible for resource delineation on three Central American gold deposits and development of an organization and strategy to identify new mineral investments. Mr. Threlkeld obtained his MSc in Economic Geology from the University of Western Ontario.
