North American Nickel Inc., a mineral exploration company, has announced that it has retained Dr. Peter Lightfoot of Lightfoot Geoscience Inc. as Chief Geologist and Mr. Chris Hopkins as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.
Dr. Lightfoot received his B.A. in Earth Sciences from Oxford in 1980, his M.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto in 1982 and his Ph.D from the Open University (U.K.) in 1985. He completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Hopkins has over 25 years of financial management experience in the resources industry. He has spent most of his career in senior roles with public mining companies, including U.S. Silver, Rio Algom, BHP Billiton, Suncor and several Canadian and international junior mining companies.