
	Tom S. Whelan is a chartered accountant and is from the international accounting firm EY LLP where he was the EY Global Mining &amp; Metals Assurance sector leader, the leader of the EY Assurance practice in Vancouver and previously EY&rsquo;s Canadian Mining &amp; Metals sector leader.

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	Mr. Whelan is a very experienced executive with extensive public company experience having over 20 years of experience working with some of Canada&rsquo;s largest mining companies as well as in-bound global mining companies with operations in Canada.

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	Mr. Whelan graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen&rsquo;s University.
