Thomas Irwin

Thomas Irwin is Chief Executive Officer and President of International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. Mr. Irwin has over 40 years’ experience in the natural resource industry constructing, optimizing, operating and permitting major mining projects with companies such as Amax Gold and Kinross, and most recently was Vice President for ITH. Prior to joining ITH, Mr. Irwin served for six years as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. As Commissioner, part of his responsibilities included close communication and negotiation with major companies and management of Alaska oil, gas and mining resources, which annually produce several billion dollars of revenue for the state. Previously, Mr. Irwin held senior positions at the Fort Knox Mine located 45 miles southeast of the Livengood project. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Irwin was Vice President of Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc., a subsidiary of AMAX Gold Inc., responsible for engineering at Fort Knox during project design and permitting. From 1996 to 1999, he was Operations Manager responsible for mine startup and operation, and General Manager of the mine from 1999 to 2001. Following these positions, he became the Vice President, Business Development for Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc., then a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corp. Prior to his work in Alaska, Mr. Irwin was General Manager of AMAX Gold’s Sleeper Mine in Nevada and manager of AMAX’s Climax mine in Colorado.