Kristina Walcott
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Walcott has worked in various capacities in the mining and mineral exploration industry for the past 20 years. She has been President and CEO of Freegold since September 2009, and a Director since July 2010. Ms. Walcott has held administrative and field positions including General Manager of Orex Laboratories, a diamond sample processing facility and Mines Land Manager for Pacific North West Capital and CanAlaska Uranium Limited, both Vancouver-based mineral exploration companies with extensive land positions in Canada and the United States. In addition she was actively involved in the geophysical contracting industry where she assisted in remote-site field geophysical surveys for major and junior mining firms. Prior to her appointment and President and CEO Ms. Walcott was the the Company’s VP Business Development between March 2005 and September 2009 where she was responsible for identifying and acquiring new business opportunities in the mining sector.
Alvin W. Jackson
Vice-President, Exploration and Development
Mr. Jackson has been a Director of Freegold since March 2010, and Vice President Exploration and Development since February 2011. Mr. Jackson is instrumental in the development of EuroZinc Mining Corporation, which acquired the Aljustrel zinc-lead project and the Neves-Corvo copper mine, both located in southern Portugal. As a result of those acquisitions, EuroZinc grew to a market capitalization of over $1.8 billion before merging with Lundin Mining in 2006. Mr. Jackson has over 40 years experience in mineral exploration and mine development and was directly involved in the exploration and development of two major gold deposits and one porphyry copper deposit, all of which subsequently became producers.
Gordon Steblin
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Steblin obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1983 from the University of British Columbia (UBC), and in 1985 he became a Certified General Accountant. Mr. Steblin has over 30 years of financial experience in the junior mining/exploration sector. Mr. Steblin is also the Chief Financial Officer of Elysee Development Corp. and Edgemont Gold Corp.