Neil R. Burns is on the board of Au Gold Corp. and Vice President-Technical Services at Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. and Member of Society of Economic Geologists.

He previously occupied the position of Director & Head-Geology at Running Fox Resource Corp., Resource Geologist at Lundin Mining Corp., Consultant at Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd. and Senior Mine Geologist at Breakwater Resources Ltd.

Neil R. Burns received a graduate degree from Queen's University and an undergraduate degree from Dalhousie University.