Badlands Resources Inc. is a publicly traded mineral exploration company located in Vancouver, British Columbia. (BLDS-TSX.V). Badlands Resources is an advanced explorer with focus on development of the high-grade Rochford Gold Project in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. The company is run by tenured management with a strong technical team with a track record of successful multi-project exploration. The Black Hills District is home to world-class deposits with more than >70M oz Au produced over its long mining history.
Mr. Ginn is an experienced mining executive and geologist of over 30 years based in Canada.
He has led or was part of the discovery teams for the Edleston Au, Bardwell Ni, Gladiator, Hinge, 007, 777, Trout Lake, Photo, and Tartan Lake deposits. His contributions have led to approximately 10 million ounces in resource generation as well as over C$500 million in capital raised for exploration and development projects. His experience has included both senior and junior companies such as Aston Minerals, Goldcorp, Harmony Gold, Hudbay, Westmin, San Gold, Bonterra, and others.
Mr. Dhaliwal is a high-profile mining executive, financier, and capital markets expert with a long running track record of value creation.
He was the founding CEO of Bonterra Resources Inc., which made the award-winning Gladiator discovery in Quebec. Mr. Dhaliwal raised over $140M for Bonterra and played a key role in the company’s market cap growth from $10M to over $200M during the base of a previous gold market cycle. He has founded several other successful companies in the resource sector, including Gatling Exploration Inc. and Pacton Gold Inc. Mr. Dhaliwal is also the founder of the highly successful RSD Capital which invests in, and provides management and technical expertise to, public and pre-IPO companies. Mr. Dhaliwal has a large, international network of financial relationships, including numerous analysts, brokers, high net worth investors and investment bankers. He works closely with many of the world’s major gold funds and has raised in excess of $400M for companies since 2010.
Mr. Baker has been active in the mineral exploration industry for over 50 years.
. He received his Mining Technology Diploma (1964) at the Haileybury School of Mines, in Ontario followed by a B.Sc. degree in Geological Engineering in 1968 from the South Dakota School of Mines. Mr. Baker has served on several boards in the junior resource sector and was a founder of Rainy River Resources Ltd. (TSXV: RR) serving as a Director, President, & CEO from March 2005 to June 2009. During this period the RR share price increased from the ~$0.25 to a high of over $13 per share. His Rainy River team raised $35M and expanded the deposit from .45mm ounces Au to 4.6mm gold & 11.4mm silver ounces. RR was sold for $343m to New Gold in 2013 (on production 2017). Mr. Baker is a lifetime member of PDAC and has served as a director of PDAC.
Mr. Thomas has practiced in areas of corporate commercial, corporate finance, securities, and mining law since 1995.
Mr. Thomas has practiced in areas of corporate commercial, corporate finance, securities, and mining law since 1995, both in the private practice environment as well as in-house positions and is currently general counsel for Hunter Dickinson Inc. Prior to joining Hunter Dickinson Inc. he served as in-house legal counsel with Placer Dome Inc. In addition he is a Director of Quadro Resources Ltd.
Mr. Lyons currently serves as the Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. as well as a Director of Canaccord’s subsidiaries in the UK, Australia and Asia.
He is also a Director of several public and private corporations including Sprott Resource Holdings Inc. (Chairman), and Martinrea International Inc. Mr. Lyons is a retired Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management, past Chairman of Polaris Materials Corporation recently acquired by US Concrete, past Chairman of Northgate Minerals Corporation which was acquired by Aurico Gold (now Alamos), past Chairman of Eacom Timber Corporation which was recently sold to a private equity firm, former Chairman of Westmin Mining and Vice-Chairman Battle Mountain Gold. After 9 years he recently retired from the Board of Pavco (BC Pavilion Corporation). Terry is a Civil Engineer (UBC) with an MBA from the University of Western Ontario 1974. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business, is a past Governor of the Olympic Foundation of Canada, past Chairman of The Mining Association of B.C., past Governor and member of the Executive Committee of the B.C. Business Council, Past Director of the Institute of Corporate Directors (BC), and in 2007 was awarded the INCO Medal by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for distinguished service to the mining industry.
Joseph has extensive experience working with publicly listed, natural resource companies.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia, became a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) in 2008, and obtained the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from The Directors College (a joint venture between McMaster University and The Conference Board of Canada) in 2017.