Executive Team

  • Donald Benson

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Donald Benson is a 35-year veteran of the Oil and Gas industry, having acted in the capacity of Chairman,CEO and President of Junior Public and Private Oil and Gas Companies.  He is very well versed in all aspects of the business including management, operations and finance.

    Donald is also a graduate of the Canadian Securities Institutes, Canadian Securities Course

  • Lars Glimhagen

    Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

    Mr. Glimhagen has over 35 years’ experience in accounting and finance positions including being the Senior Accountant at BC Rapid Transit, the former operating company of the Sky-Train Rapid Transit system in Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. Lars has 25 years in mineral exploration and the oil and gas sectors, serving in various senior management positions. Since 2013, Lars has been the Chief Financial Officer at Avila Energy Corporation, previously known as Petro Viking Energy Inc.

  • Daniel Lucero

    VP and Resource Manager

    Mr. Daniel Lucero holds more than 15 years’ experience in resource exploration in Latin America and the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, as Exploration Manager at Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd., for 6 years, WCSB and Latin America Chief Geoscientist at Kintex Geosciences Exploration, Geologist at CoalCorp Mining and Andicoal. Daniel graduated in 2004 from the National University of Colombia (Bogota-Colombia) with BSc in Geology.