Home > Benton Resources Inc. > Articles > Officers and Directors
Benton Resources Inc.

Officers and Directors

May 21, 2020
Stephen Stares
President and Director
 
Stephen Stares is a successful business entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration. Stephen’s first 7 years were spent with Noranda Exploration on such projects as the Hemlo gold mines, Eagle River gold deposit and the Geco and Mattabi base metal camps. The next ten years of Stephen’s career were spent managing the operations of Stares Contracting Corp., a successful mineral exploration services company in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
 
From 2004 to present, Stephen has been directly involved in the start-up of 10 publicly-traded companies on the TSX Venture Exchange by assembling projects of merit and raising millions of dollars for these junior exploration companies. Throughout his career, Mr. Stares has discovered several major mineral occurrences in Canada that have been the subject of extensive exploration programs.
 
In March of 2007, Stephen and Michael, along with the rest of the Stares/Keats family, were the proud recipients of Prospectors and Developers Association (PDAC) Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award. This award was given to recognize the family’s contributions to the industry for the past 40 years.
 
Michael Stares
Director
 
Michael Stares is a successful entrepreneur and a well-known prospector and project manager. He is a co-owner of Stares Contracting Corp. together with Stephen Stares as well as Director or Officer of several junior exploration companies. Michael’s background comes from 18 years of prospecting, 8 years with Noranda Exploration, having a fantastic track record for new discoveries. Michael has been given credit for the very timely advances in new discoveries on Benton’s projects.
 
William S. Harper, MBA, CPA, CA
Director
 
Mr. Harper is a professional accountant with more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance and administration with public companies listed in both Canada and the United States, primarily in the mining and high technology industries. Currently he is the CFO, Vice-President Finance and Corporate Secretary of Ondine Biomedical Inc., a private biotech company that was formerly listed on the TSX. Prior to joining that company, he was the Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Director of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
 
John Sullivan, P.GEO
Director
 
Mr. Sullivan has been with Excellon Resources Inc., a TSX listed company operating in Mexico, since 2007 and has over 35 years of experience in the mineral industry.  He has held senior positions with Noranda, Watts, Griffis and McQuat Ltd, and Hudson Bay Mining, and has directed major exploration programs, managed field offices and evaluated projects in Canada, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
 
Gordon Fretwell
Corporate Secretary
 
Mr. Fretwell graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1979 with the Bachelor of Laws degree. Since that time, Mr. Fretwell has been a practicing solicitor in the City of Vancouver, primarily in the areas of resource and securities law. In addition, Mr. Fretwell is a Director or Officer of various publicly-traded companies, including Asanko Gold, Auryn Resources Corp., Coro Mining Corp., Canada Rare Earth Corp. and Sokoman Minerals Corp.
 

Source: https://www.bentonresources.ca/officers-and-directors/