Chairman & CEO
(Elected August 2004)Dr. Cai is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Minco Silver Corporation. Dr. Cai holds a Ph.D. in mineral economics from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and has 24 years of experience in mineral exploration, project evaluation, corporate financing and company management. Dr. Cai has served as a director of several publicly-traded and private Canadian and Chinese companies. He also serves as the President & CEO of Minco Gold Corporation.
Director, Member of the Audit Committee
(Elected August 2004)Mr. Meyer currently serves as a Director of the Company, and is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Meyer is a University of British Columbia geology graduate. He had an extensive career as a consultant and exploration geologist. In 1991, he was appointed Vice-President, Exploration, for Teck Corporation responsible for the direction of exploration activities for Teck and its associated companies worldwide. He was formerly Vice-President, Exploration for Teck Corporation and President of Teck Exploration Ltd. He is a director and officer of a number of public and privately owned Canadian companies.
Director
(Audit Committee, Compensation Committee,
Nominating Committee)
(Elected December 2004)Chan-Seng Lee serves as a Director of Minco Silver. Mr. Lee is presently the Controller for Partnerships British Columbia Inc., a corporation which serves the public interest by analyzing, structuring and implementing innovative partnerships to build and maintain public infrastructure in British Columbia. Prior to that he was the Chief Financial Officer of CML Global Capital Ltd. ("CML"), an international investment firm and an officer of Consolidated Properties Ltd. ("COP"), a commercial real estate company. CML and COP are both publicly listed companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Chan-Seng is a current member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Director (Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee)
(Elected March 2009)Mr. Spilsbury serves as a Director of the Company. He received his B.Sc. (Honors Geology) in 1973 from the University of British Columbia and his M.Sc. (Applied Geology) in 1982 from Queens University in Ontario. He brings over 35 years experience in mining, including 28 years with Teck Cominco Limited and is their former General Manager, Exploration - Asia Pacific. He has worked throughout Western Canada, the United States, Asia, and Australia. Mr. Spilsbury is a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and a Fellow of Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
VP Finance/CFO
(Appointed June 2009)Mr. Zhang is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States. From May 2006 to March 2008, Mr. Zhang was the Chief Financial Officer of Migao Corporation (TSX:MGO). From November 2005, Mr. Zhang was the Chief Financial Officer of the operating subsidiary of Migao Corporation. In addition, from March 2003 until November 2005, Mr. Zhang was the Managing Partner of Zhang & Du, LLP Chartered Accountants. From November 1, 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Zhang was the Controller and Manager of Accounting of Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust, which was a TSX-listed entity.
Vice President, Exploration
(Appointed July 2007)Mr. Melrose serves as VP Exploration for Minco Silver Corporation. Mr. Melrose, a graduate from the University of Waterloo in Ontario has over 30 years experience as an exploration and mine geologist. He has been involved in all aspects of exploration from grass roots to mine definition/feasibility stage and open pit mine geology. Mr. Melrose has worked globally with Cameco/Centerra's Gold companies' exploration departments for over two decades in Canada, the USA, and Kazakhstan. He most recently served as Exploration Manager at the Kumtor Gold Mine in the Kyrgyz Republic where he was directly responsible for the discovery of the high grade SB Zone and significantly increasing the overall reserves and resources of the Kumtor Mine and extending its mine life. Mr. Melrose joined Minco Silver in 2007, and has been responsible for the overall exploration program since joining the company, increasing to and defining 157 million ounces of silver, advancing the Fuwan project thru the initial Preliminary Economic assessment stage through to complete of a successful and positive Feasibility Study. Mr. Melrose also serves as VP Exploration for Minco Gold Corporation, and has added 1 million ounces to the resources (all categories) of the Changkeng gold property by December 31, 2008.
Controller
(Appointed January 2009)Ms. Wei serves as the Company's Controller. Her qualifications include an AICPA designation in the United States and a CPA designation in China. Ms. Wei has 10 years experience with a major Chinese auditing firm and 3 years with Ernst & Young respectively. Ms. Wei has worked with the Minco Group for 4 years in the capacity of CFO for Minco Mining (China) ltd. She was the former Controller of Dragon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a listed Company in the United States, for 2.5 years.