Mr. Charest has over 30 years of hands-on experience in mineral exploration, including 21 years in Mexico. He completed geological engineering studies at UBC in Vancouver, in 1993. He is the former VP of Exploration for Francisco Gold Corp. and Chesapeake Gold Corp. Under his tenure at Francisco Gold Corp., Alain spearheaded the team that discovered and developed the El Sauzal (Goldcorp), a 2M oz gold deposit in Chihuahua State, Mexico, and the larger 4M oz-plus Marlin (Goldcorp) gold-silver deposit in Guatemala. From 2009 until 2014 Alain was President, CEO and chief geologist for Arcelia Gold Corp., a privately-owned company doing prospect generation work in Mexico.