Jim Paterson is a principal of Discovery Group with 25 years of mining industry experience, including capital raises, acquisitions, joint-ventures, spin-outs, RTOs, and IPOs. He is the Chairman and CEO of Valore Metals Corp. and was director of Kaminak Gold Corp. (acquired by Goldcorp.); Northern Empire Resources Corp. (acquired by Coeur Mining); Great Bear Royalties Corp. (acquired by Royal Gold) and advisor to Great Bear Resources Ltd. (acquired by Kinross).