Mr. Clifford M. James, President and CEO of TVI Pacific Inc., is a geologist and business executive with over 35 years of technical and financial experience in the natural resource sector. His work has taken him throughout North America, Africa and Asia where he has held senior positions with both mining and oil and gas oil companies. Since 1993, Mr. James has spearheaded TVI’s activities in the Philippines and he is responsible for bringing the Canatuan project into production, the first foreign-funded, modern, full-scale producing mine in the Philippines since the passage of the Mining Act of 1995. His efforts continue to drive TVI’s commitment to transparent and environmentally responsible mining practices that bring sustainable development to the company's host communities.