Thomas Valentine
Calgary, Alberta
With more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, both as a barrister and a solicitor. In 2002 and 2003, Mr. Valentine lived in Doha, Qatar, where he was senior counsel (projects) with Qatar Petroleum. While in Qatar, Mr. Valentine was responsible for a number of international gas and LNG projects, including projects in the United Kingdom (Qatargas II), India (RasGas) and Spain (Endesa Generacion). Since returning to Canada, Mr. Valentine’s work continues to focus on oil, gas (including LNG) and project development work, including fiscal regime analysis and negotiations, E&P work, joint venture structuring, joint operations issues, purchase and sale agreements, and decommissioning obligations.
He currently provides legal advice to various gas and LNG projects (both upstream and downstream) in Asia, Nigeria, South America, North America and the Middle East. Each year Mr. Valentine delivers lectures and teaches workshops on natural gas and LNG contracts in Perth, Doha, London, Dubai, Singapore, Seoul, Algeria, Brunei, Johannesburg, Rio and Mozambique.
Michel Lebeuf
Director and Audit Committee Member
Member of the Quebec Bar Association, Partner of Dunton Rainville LLP, Mr. Lebeuf has an expertise in securities, particularly in the areas of natural resources, institutional and corporate financing, and public and private mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lebeuf represents public companies, securities brokers, buyers, sellers, bankers, and financial advisors. He provides strategic advice on access to public capital markets, securities, and structured products. Over the past years, Michel Lebeuf has worked for many mining projects in Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Angola and Republic of Congo) and his services are regularly used by mining developers, mining companies, and investment banking companies eager to develop mining projects in these countries. He also specializes in transactions such as “reverse takeovers” or RTO’s on various stock exchanges among which in particular the CSE and the TSX venture. Me Lebeuf also has extensive experience in corporate reorganizations, public and private transfers, and institutional funding. Me Lebeuf Jr. obtained his law degree from the University of Montreal.
Véronique Laberge
Director and Audit Committee Member
Ms. Laberge, B. Comm, CPA, CGA, Auditor. began her career in an accounting firm in 2005. She then participated in various certification mandates for private companies. Ms. Laberge then chose to pursue her career in a management position in the field of professional services, an experience that will allow her to acquire solid expertise in the business world.
In 2018, Ms. Laberge returned to professional practice as a self-employed practitioner. Specializing in certification mandates, general accounting and as a consultant for public and private companies, she wishes to support companies in their financial management. Also a chartered professional accountant and holder of the title auditor, she now has more than 12 years of experience in professional practice.
Daniel Lucero
Mr Daniel Lucero
More than 15 years experience in ressource exploration in Latin America and the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin,
Exploration Manager in Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd. for 6 years, WCSB and Latin America
Chief Geoscientist at Kintex Geosciences
Exploration Gologist at CoalCorp Mining and Andicoal
Graduate of the National University of Colombia (Bogota-Colombia) with BSc in Geology.
