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Joanne C. Freeze, P.Geo

President, CEO and Director

Joanne (Joey) C. Freeze is CEO and co-founder of the Company.  Ms. Freeze has 25+ years in senior executive roles in the global mining industry and is a Professional Geologist with considerable experience and knowledge of exploration, valuations, resource definition and economic studies, capital markets and finance.  Ms. Freeze has raised over $120M to date for advanced projects. 

Since entering the mineral exploration business 40+ years ago, Ms. Freeze has worked predominately in gold and copper exploration in Canada, Peru and Mexico but also in diamonds, coal and other commodities for both junior and major companies such as Queenstake Resources Ltd., Arequipa Resources Ltd., Placer Dome Inc., Dia Met Minerals Corp. and Utah Mines Ltd. (BHP). 

Ms. Freeze lived and worked in Peru in the mid 1990’s where she was the Qualified Person for various Canadian and Peruvian companies. She co-founded Alta Copper Corp. with Peruvian geologist Ing. Fredy Huanqui (co-discoverer of the Pierina gold mine) in 1997.  Since then, Alta Copper Corp. has spun-out various assets to form two other companies, also listed on the TSX/TSX.V and Ms. Freeze is currently President and CEO of Xali Gold Corp as well as President and CEO of Alta Copper Corp. 

Ms. Freeze obtained a B.A. in Geography from the University of Western Ontario in 1978 and a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia in 1981. She is a Fellow Member of the Geological Association of Canada and is registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Canada. 

In 2011, Ms. Freeze was appointed as a Member of the Board of the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University - http://www.mcgill.ca/isid/

 

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