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Board of Directors
 
Dale A. Sketchley
Position: Director


Dale A. Sketchley's career has encompassed all phases of exploration, including sampling and assaying QAQC, geological modelling and resource evaluation. Since 2002, he has been responsible for QAQC of sampling and assaying at Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi deposit, and also provides guidance to Ivanhoe's various international projects. Mr. Sketchley graduated with a B.Sc. Honours in Geology-Geophysics in 1975, followed by a M.Sc. in Economic Geology in 1986, both from The University of British Columbia. From 1973 to 1988, he conducted regional, property and mine site exploration programs in western Canada for Union Minié, Chevron, Denison, Erickson Gold, Cooke Geological, MineQuest, and MPH. While at Erickson Gold, he gathered data for completion of his M.Sc. thesis research on carbonate alteration at the Table Mountain property, now owned by Hawthorne. Having joined Placer Dome in 1989, Mr. Sketchley dedicated nine years to geological evaluation of open pit and underground feasibility and mine site development studies in British Columbia and Ontario. From 1998 until 2002, he consulted for various mining companies, including Cusac Gold Mines Ltd., specializing in quality assurance and quality control ("QAQC"). Mr. Sketchley was a member of Cusac's board of directors until it was amalgamated with Hawthorne.