Orofino Gold Corp.

John T. Martin, Managing Director

Mr. John T. Martin was born and raised in Canada. He had the benefit of being educated in his formative years in both Ontario and Quebec. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree of Arts in 1972, and subsequently graduated with a LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of Ottawa in 1975.

His first employment was with the Bureau of Intellectual Property in the Federal Government of Canada in the mid 70’s. From there Mr. Martin moved to British Columbia, where he enjoyed a busy practice as a lawyer in various firms including his own, until 2003. Mr. Martin’s preferred areas of Law were Securities, Immigration, Real Estate and Debt Realization.

During his legal practice, Mr. Martin had the chance of meeting many clients from across the Pacific whether they were Chinese or Asians and hence acquired a good network in both China and Asia. Mr. Martin was a regular visitor to South East Asian countries, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and China, since 1985.