Godfrey J. Walton M.Sc., P.Geo.
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Mr. Godfrey J. Walton, M.Sc., P.Geo., has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of Endeavour Silver Corporation since 2004. Mr. Walton served as President and Chief Executive Officer of G.J. Walton & Associates Ltd. He served as Consulting Geologist of Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd., (formerly International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd.). He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Endeavour Healthcare Limited. He served as Vice President of Endeavour Silver Corp. from 2004 to February 2005. He served as a Vice President of Exploration at Canarc Resource Corp. since June 2004. He served as a Vice President for Canarc Resource Corp. from August 1996 to March 2001. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Walton was project and senior geologist for INCO, Chevron Minerals and Hemlo Gold Mines, managing exploration and development programs for uranium, precious metals and base metals in Canada and the Lisheen zinc-lead-silver discovery/mine in Ireland. He served as Geological Consultant with G.J. Walton and Associates Ltd. from 2001 to June 2004. Mr. Walton worked with Canarc from 1996 to 2001 and has 30 years of experience in the mining industry, specializing in the discovery and development of ore deposits. He previously held senior exploration management positions with several companies including Battle Mountain Gold and Chevron Minerals. He has been a Director of Ethos Capital Corp., since May 29, 2007 and Endeavour Silver Corp. (Formerly Endeavour Gold Corp.) since July 25, 2002. He served as Director of Ethos Gold Corp., since May 29, 2007 until June 16, 2015. He served as a Director of Crowflight Minerals Inc., since June 2003 and Largo Resources Ltd., since May 14, 2003. Mr. Walton is an active member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Society of Economic Geologists, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada and the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines. He is a Professional Geologist with 34 years experience in the mining sector, specializing in the exploration and development of ore deposits throughout North and South America. Mr. Walton is a Professional Geoscientist and holds P.Geo Degree. He received a B.Sc. Geology (Honours) degree, University of Alberta in 1974. and an M.Sc. Geology degree, Queen's University in 1978.