Mr. Roman is an entrepreneur/financier who has been involved in the resource industry over the past 30 years and has successfully identified, financed, developed, and brought into commercial production a number of mining and oil and gas projects. His past experience includes acting as a director and senior officer of Denison Mines Limited, Lawson Mardon Group, and Zemex Corporation. He also worked to modernize Canada’s Armed Forces in 1984/1985 as Policy Advisor to the Minister of National Defence. In addition, Mr. Roman spearheaded the privatization of two major petrochemical companies in Central Europe and was appointed Chairman of Novácke Chemické Závody, a.s., in 2002.
In recent years, Mr. Roman's focus has been to finance and develop emerging junior, publicly-listed companies, which include: Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., Exall Energy Corporation, Polar Star Mining Corporation, Silvermet Inc., Verena Minerals Corporation, and Global Uranium Corp. (a private Ontario corporation). Mr. Roman is currently Co-Chairman and Director of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., Executive Chairman of Exall Energy, Polar Star and Verena, and President & CEO of Silvermet and Global Uranium. In recent years, Mr. Roman’s focus has been to finance and develop emerging junior, publicly-listed companies, which include Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., Exall Energy Corporation, Polar Star Mining Corporation, Silvermet Inc., Verena Minerals Corporation and Global Uranium Corp. (a private Ontario corporation). Mr. Roman is currently co-Chairman and Director of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., Executive Chairman of Exall Energy, Polar Star and Verena, and President & CEO of Silvermet and Global Uranium.
Mr. Roman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph, Ontario, in the field of Geology and Geography. He is also a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
Frank S. Rebeyka, President & CEO, Director
Frank S. Rebeyka has 34 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, and has been with Exall Resources Limited as Vice President of Operations since 2003. Previously Mr. Rebeyka worked for Kaiser Energy Ltd., Poco Petroleum Corporation, Canada Northwest Energy Ltd., Golden Eagle Oil & Gas Ltd., and Canada-Cities Service Ltd.
Mr. Rebeyka’s career experience has focused on Reservoir Engineering, including mergers and acquisitions, and Engineering Operations, which includes drilling, completions, and production engineering.
Mr. Rebeyka holds a Bachelor of Science Advanced degree from the University of Saskatchewan and is a Professional Geologist. He also studied Mechanical Engineering Technology at the Saskatchewan Technical Institute and attended the Petroleum Engineering Co-operation Program sponsored by Cities Service Company. Mr. Rebeyka is a Life Member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta.
Roger Dueck, Vice President, Exploration
Mr. Dueck graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in Geological Engineering in 1974. In August 1985 Roger N. Dueck co-founded Kimberly Resources Ltd. (KRL) as a private corporation. From 1985 to 1993 six joint venture programs managed by Mr Dueck participated in the drilling of more than 100 wells in western Canada. After the sale of the Joint Venture interests in December 1993, KRL joint-ventured with GIEL in developing selected oil and gas properties in west central Alberta. Gross production from these properties grew to over 600 barrels of oil and three million cubic feet of gas per day.
Mr. Dueck served as the Vice President, Exploration and Development for Mesquite Exploration Ltd. from July 1999 to January 2002. He developed an ongoing exploration and development program, and was responsible for direction of staff and consultants in drilling operations, reservoir development, evaluations and acquisitions. During this time production increased from 115 BOE/day in 1999 to 2000 BOE/day by January 2002.
In February 2002 Mr. Dueck founded Kingsmere Exploration Ltd., a private oil and gas exploration company. Kingsmere is an operating company with a full-cycle exploration program. As founder, president, CEO and Chairman Mr. Dueck has been responsible for all aspects of its operations.
Mr. Dueck is a member of APEGGA, the CSPG, the AAPG and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Bernard A. Lang, Director
Bernard (Bert) Lang is the Executive Vice President, Engineering and Design at Synenco Energy Inc. Prior to joining Synenco, Bert Lang acted as Project Executive for the Northern Lights Project, consulting through Techna-West Engineering Ltd. Mr. Lang has over 40 years of industry experience including 19 years of petrochemical experience, overseeing the engineering, procurement and construction of a $400 million gasphase propylene plant. Mr. Lang has a further 23 years of oil sands experience, during which time he directed an award winning changeover project of an upgrader control room from manual to computer control and a $210 million flue gas desulphurization.
In addition, from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lang served as Vice-President, Millennium Project with Suncor Energy Inc. where he was accountable for a $3.4 billion oil sands expansion.
Roderick Phipps, Director
Mr. Roderick Phipps, P. Eng., is a professional engineer who graduated from the University of Calgary in 1973. Since 1975, Mr. Phipps has been providing engineering consulting services to the oil and gas industry and has been the managing partner of Concise Design since June of 1994. Concise Design provides engineering services for production and processing facilities to the oil and gas industry. Mr. Phipps has served as a Director for several private and public oil and gas companies and is currently on the Board of Avenger Petroleum Inc., a private company engaged in exploration in N.E. British Columbia.
Michael van Rens, Director
Robert B. Edmunds, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Edmunds graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1972 and became a Chartered Accountant in 1975. Through 2005 he spent 10 years with KPMG specializing in taxation and then 17 years with EnCana Corporation (Alberta Energy Company Ltd.) in various roles within the tax department. Since 2005, Mr. Edmunds has consulted to a small number of clients in the Oil and Gas Industry including Exall Resources Limited as controller.
Mr. Edmunds is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
