Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 22, 2008
WILLIAM J. SOLLOWAY, President and Director of Klondex Mines Ltd., is a
barrister/solicitor; investor and corporate Director. He has served as President
of Klondex Mines since 1997. Mr. Solloway manages his family's extensive mining
and oil properties and interests in many natural resource public companies in
Canada and abroad. He practiced law with Buell, Ellis, Sargent & Russell, then
joined Canadian Bechtel and worked for Trans Mountain Pipeline and Westcoast
Transmission projects. He was employed by the Union Tank Car Co. as an
acquisition lawyer and founded Colorguard Corporation, a manufacturer of coated
steel wire products in New Jersey. He was a principal in Charles Jacquin et Cie
Inc., distillers of Philadelphia; White Shield Corporation, Minbanco
Corporation, Camino Gold Mines, Standard Forms Inc. and The Marshal Plan, money
managers affiliated with CALPERS in California. Having invested in the early
equity of Klondex Mines Ltd., he became President in 1997 shortly before the
death of Klondex's founder. Mr. Solloway earned his Bachelor of Arts and Faculty
of Law degrees from the University of British Columbia and became a member of
the Law Society of British Columbia and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a picture of the things you are doing at the present time.
Mr. Solloway: Klondex Mines is a 34-year-old public