Atacama Resources International, Inc. Announces Management Appointments
February 11, 2021 at 08:14 pm
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Atacama Resources International, Inc. announced the immediate appointment of Joe Dion, Darwin Douglas, Joshua Dion, and William (Chris) McKay to key management and board of directors positions. In addition, Atacama has established an Advisory Board and is pleased to introduce Justin Gee as its first member. The Advisory Board will be comprised of individuals from throughout Canada and the United States with unique skill-sets and backgrounds geared towards the exploration and mining industries and aboriginal relations. Moving forward and addition to the above appointments, Colin Keith will be transitioning to the position of Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Development, Wayne Holmstead will remain as the Vice-President of Exploration, and Waylon Iserhoff and David Berry will remain as members of the Board of Directors. Joe Dion is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Frog Lake Energy Resources Corporation. Prior to joining FLERC, Joe worked as a consultant for First Nations in Canada and the United States while advising energy companies and governments negotiating Impact Benefit Agreements and joint ventures. Joe also comes from a family of hereditary chiefs. He is great-grandson to notable Cree Chief Big Bear, who played pivotal roles in Canadian history. Darwin Douglas is a prominent entrepreneur, a Council member for Cheam First Nation, board member for Cheam Enterprises Inc., CEO of All Nations Cannabis, and a leader in his family and community while serving as a leader and a new voice for Indigenous Business in the Stó:lo territory and beyond. For several years Darwin served as a researcher and manager in Aboriginal Rights and Title for both the Cheam First Nation and the Stó:lo Nation. He was also the manager of the Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre, where he was able to bring financial stability to the Centre and relocate archival materials to ensure they were preserved properly for future generations. He also currently owns and operates two small businesses in the Fraser Valley, the Cheam Trading Post which offers wild, local and fair trade salmon and seafood products, and, Stó:lo Seafood Company, a business that operates a certified processing facility. Joshua Dion is a seasoned oil and gas and governmental and indigenous affairs executive. A member of the Kehewin Cree Nation, and has recently served as the Community Outreach Officer for the Western Indigenous Pipeline Group and the Manager of Corporate and Indigenous Relations and Partnerships for Indigenous Resource Management in Vancouver, British Columbia. Justin Gee is a member of the Six Nations of Grand River and a graduate of Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Applied Sciences (Metallurgical Engineering). With over twenty one years of completing of planning studies and detailed designs for First Nations across Canada, Justin is perhaps the only First Nations individual with both professional engineering and planning designations, and is the Vice-President of First Nations owned and operated engineering company, First Nations Engineering Services Ltd. Chris McKay is an Oji-cree from Mattagami First Nation in mineral rich Northeastern Ontario and has been involved in the mining and exploration sectors for over 15 years while representing and negotiating, on behalf of the Mattagami First Nation, 3 Impact Benefit Agreements, including the Cote Lake Gold project, and over 10 exploration agreements.
Atacama Resources International, Inc. is a mineral exploration company with mining claims in the greater Kirkland Lake area of Northern Ontario. Metals and minerals under potential exploration include gold, silver, lithium, graphite, and cobalt. The Companyâs Ontario properties include Heighington Lithium Property, Atakokan Lithium Property, Carbonatite Properties, Tannahill Gold Property, Atacama 3 Property, Golden Eagle Property, and Cabo Cobalt/Diamond Property. The Heighington Lithium Property consists of 12 units located north of Cochrane. The Companyâs Atakokan Lithium Property consists of two units situated to the east of Atikokan with a section of the transcanada highway cutting across the northwest section of the claim block. The Carbonatite Properties consist of about 35 units that cover a significant portion of a massive Alkalic Intrusive unit with Carbonatite. Tannahill Gold Property consists of 29 claim units located to the northeast of the Kirkland Lake Gold camp.