SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX-V: SVL) is a Mexican precious metals producer with headquarters based in Vancouver, BC. SilverCrest’s flagship property is the 100%-owned Santa Elena Mine, which is located 150km northeast of Hermosillo, near Banamichi in the State of Sonora, México. The mine is a high-grade, epithermal gold and silver producer, with an estimated life of mine cash cost of less than US$375 per ounce of gold equivalent. SilverCrest anticipates that the 2,500 tonnes per day facility will produce approximately 35,000 ounces of gold and 600,000 ounces of silver per full production year from the initial open-pit heap leach operation.

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J. Scott Drever - President and Director

Scott Drever has 45 years of geological expertise. He has dealt extensively with strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, and operations for international mining corporations. Mr. Drever has served as an Executive Officer and Director of a number of public companies listed on the TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange, including Placer Dome Ltd., Blackdome Mining Corp., and Goldsource Mines Inc.


N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng - Chief Operating Officer

Eric Fier has over 25 years of international experience in a senior capacity including exploration, acquisition, development and production of numerous mining projects in Chile, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico and Peru. His background includes project evaluation and management, reserve estimation and economic analysis, as well as operations management. Mr. Fier previously served as Chief Geologist with Pegasus Gold Corp., Senior Engineer and Manager with Newmont Mining Corp., and Project Manager with Eldorado Gold Corp.


Barney Magnusson, CA - Chief Financial Officer

Barney Magnusson has spent more than 30 years in corporate finance and public company management. He has actively been a part of management teams responsible for structuring and building rapidly expanding companies. Mr. Magnusson is a former Senior Officer and Director of three mining companies that developed producing mines: Dayton Mines Inc. (Chile), High River Gold Mines Ltd. (Manitoba, Canada) and Brohm Resources Inc. (South Dakota, USA).


Bernard Poznanski,B.Sc., LLB, LLM- Corporate Secretary

Bernard Poznanski has a broad legal background in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and securities law. He has acted for a wide variety of companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Mr. Poznanski is one of the founding partners of Koffman, Kalef and currently heads the firm's securities group.


George W. Sanders - Director

George Sanders has a background spanning almost 30 years in mining and exploration finance. He previously worked as a mining analyst, a stockbroker specializing in resource issues and in managing a wide range of exploration finance activities. Mr. Sanders has held positions with Canaccord Capital Corp., Richmont Mines Inc., Consolidated Cinola Mines Ltd., and Shore Gold Inc. He is currently President and Director of Goldcliff Resource Corporation, a gold explorer focused on new discoveries is historic mining districts.


Graham C. Thody, CA - Director

Graham Thody has spent more than 30 years in corporate finance and public company management. His focus has included audits of reporting companies, IPO's, corporate mergers & acquisitions, as well as domestic and international tax matters. Mr. Thody is a former partner of Nemeth Thody Anderson, Chartered Accountants. He is currently a director of several reporting corporations which are involved in mining exploration and development throughout North, Central and South America.