Mission

Gainey Capital is a Canadian junior gold and silver mining company, based in Vancouver, B.C. Gainey is currently focused on exploration projects in the El Colomo Mining District, located in Sierra Madre’s ‘Golden Corridor’ in Mexico. The company is currently focused on its continued exploration of its existing projects in the El Colomo district.

Company Highlights

Management and Directors

David Coburn

CEO & Director

As Founder, CEO and a director of Gainey Capital since {year}, David Coburn has focused on acquiring gold and silver operations in Mexico.  A seasoned entrepreneur, Coburn has spent the majority of his business career in the plastics and chemical industries developing successful operations with partners, such as GE Plastics, GE Capital, Dow Chemical, Dupont Chemical, BASF, and Bayer. His primary focus was building and acquiring companies with operations in Mexico, the USA and China.  He and his business interests have held significant investments in the renewable energy/oil and gas, and natural resource sectors over the past thirty years. BSc (Business Admin), Northern Arizona University.

Ms. Michele Pillon

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Michele Pillon has been a director and officer of a number of public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and has 25 years of experience in the junior mining exploration sector. Her primary focus has been providing accounting and regulatory assistance to public companies.

Brent Omland

Director

Brent Omland is an experienced senior finance professional in the mining, metals and physical trading fields having worked previously for Teck Resources Limited and more recently as the VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Ivernia Inc. and Enirgi Metal Group Pty Ltd (“EMG”). Ivernia and EMG are companies focused on lead mining and smelting in Australia.

He is currently the CFO for Americas of Ocean Partners USA, Inc. (“OP”) of Wilton, Connecticut. OP is a global base metal and precious metals concentrate trader with a strong presence in Mexico. OP works with miners to deliver successful trading services, including financing solutions, for their concentrates and by-products.

D. Barry Lee

Director

D. Barry Lee is a co-founder of Gainey Capital and was an original member of the Company’s Board until 2014. He has extensive board and senior management experience, and has provided strategic planning, corporate governance, and M&A expertise for both public and private companies within various sectors over the past 22 years. 

He is currently a director and/or senior officer of several public companies listed in both Canada and the United States.

George Cantua

Operations Manager

George Cantua has 30 years in precious and base metals development and production, and was formerly the Operations Supervisor at Barrick Gold's Pueblo Viejo facility, from 2010 to 2013, processing 24,000 tons of ore per day. Prior to Barrick, he was General Supervisor at Asarco Ray, operating a 24-hour sag and ball mill, and sulfide copper recovery plant. Cantua has been involved in nine plant start-ups during his mining career, and holds an exceptional safety and environmental record.

Mark Bailey

Technical Advisor

Mark Bailey holds a Master’s in Geology, and is a registered professional geologist with over 40 years experience, most recently holding the role of President and CEO of TSX-listed Minefinders Corporation Ltd. from 1995 to its sale in 2012. While with Minefinders, he was responsible for the discovery and development of resources totaling more than 3 million ounces of gold and 165 million ounces of silver as well as the eventual sale of the company to Pan American Silver Corp. for C$1.5 Billion in 2012. 

Prior to his tenure with Minefinders, Bailey held senior positions with Equinox Resources Inc. and Exxon Minerals. He is presently a director of Entree Gold, Mason Resources, Dynasty Metals & Mining, and Northern Lion and owner of M.H. Bailey & Associates LLC, a consulting Geologist company.

Dave Dupre, P.Geo.

Technical Advisor

David Dupre has over 45 years of experience in mineral and petroleum exploration, major project management, and corporate administration of public companies operating in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

He was involved in the discovery of the Eskay Creek mine as project manager while at Keewatin Engineering, a major Mining Consultancy that he co-founded.