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Corporate Info - Directors & Senior Management
Directors
David J. Hall, BA (Hons), MSc, Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Hall is a graduate in geology from Trinity College Dublin and holds a Masters Degree in Mineral Exploration from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. He has 24 years of experience in the exploration sector and has worked on and assessed exploration projects and mines in over 40 countries. From 1992, Mr Hall was Chief Geologist for Minorco SA, responsible for Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. He moved to South America in 1997 as a consultant geologist for Minorco South America and subsequently became exploration manager for AngloGold South America in 1999, where he was responsible for exploration around the Cerro Vanguardia gold mine in Argentina, around the Morro Velho and Crixas mines in Brazil and establishing the exploration programme that resulted in the discovery of the La Rescantada gold deposit in Peru as well as joint ventures in Ecuador and Colombia. In April 2002 he became an executive director of Minmet and operations director in September 2002. Mr Hall led the divestment of Minmet’s exploration assets in the Dominican Republic into GoldQuest Mining Corporation, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Venture Exchange and remains as president and chief executive officer. Mr Hall is also founder and Chairman of Stratex International Plc, an AIM traded company with exploration assets in Turkey and in which Teck Cominco Limited is an equity shareholder. Mr Hall is a fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Jeremy J. Martin, MSc, ASCM, Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Martin holds a degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines, and a MSc. in mineral exploration from the University of Leicester. He has worked in South America for Inca Pacific Resources Inc. and in Central America and Europe for Minmet, where he was responsible for grassroots regional metalliferous exploration programmes through to resources definition and mine development. Mr Martin has been involved in the formation of two AIM traded companies and has completed a number of high value mineral project transactions. He has served on the board of Ovoca Gold Plc and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Institute of Mining Analysts.
Nicholas R. Winer, BSc, Director and Chief Operations Officer
Mr Winer has over 20 years of experience in gold, base metals and diamond exploration in South America, Africa and Australia. He was exploration manager for AngloGold do Brasil Ltda, where he was responsible for Brownfield exploration around its mining operations as well as generative exploration programmes. Prior to this he spent 18 years with the exploration division of BHP Limited (now BHP Billiton Limited), three of these being as exploration manager for Brazil. He joined and became a shareholder in MVR in August 2002 and has played a key role in the development of its exploration portfolio, which has now been integrated into the Group. Mr Winer has lived in Brazil since 1996, has permanent residency status and speaks fluent Portuguese. He has a BSc honours degree in geology/geophysics from the University of Macquarie, Sydney, Australia, is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and was a past director of the Agência para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da Indústria Mineral Brasileira.
Allan M. Walker, MA, Non-Executive Director
Mr Walker has over 22 years experience in investment banking, primarily focused on energy sector project finance and private equity, particularly in emerging markets. He has extensive contacts in the renewable energy sector worldwide as well as with governments, multilateral agencies and regional development banks. He joined Black River Asset Management (UK) Limited, an indirectly held subsidiary of Cargill Inc, in October 2005 to structure and develop a renewable energy, biofuels and carbon fund. Prior to this he was head of power and infrastructure in London for Standard Bank Plc from May 2002, a world leader in emerging markets resource banking. He was also previously a director in the Global Energy and Project Finance Group of Credit Suisse First Boston in London and ran the energy group at CSFB Garantia in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1998 to 2001, where he spent seven years covering Latin America. He also spent three years in the energy group of ING Barings in New York. Mr Walker graduated with an MA in economic geography from Cambridge University in 1982 and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.
Senior Management
Gary Townsend, FCA, CTA, Chief Financial Officer
Mr Townsend is a chartered accountant with over 10 years experience in the gold mining industry. He worked for Ashanti Goldfields from 1996 until 2004 as Group Financial Controller where he was responsible for setting up financial reporting systems across the group which had 7 operating mines across Africa. He was also responsible for ensuring compliance with all financial regulatory compliance including SEC filings and for tax planning. In 2004 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Guinor Gold a TSX listed company with operations in Guinea in West Africa and was involved in raising over US$100 million in equity and project finance for the expansion of operations.
Antonio Valério da Silva, BSc, Director of HM Brazil
Mr da Silva is a Brazilian geologist with over 35 years of minerals industry experience. He worked for five years in the Brazilian Mines Department during which time he developed a keen understanding of the Brazilian mining code and the associated legal obligations. This was followed by 11 years working for consulting companies on a variety of projects in the Amazon region of Brazil. This included a period with Docegeo, the exploration arm of Compania Vale de Rio Doce (‘‘CVRD’’), and NUCLEBRAS (Empresas Nucleares Brasileiras), the government’s nuclear mineral exploration company. Since 1983 he has acted as a consultant to a number of local mining companies and in 1986 he co-founded MVR which has worked with companies including BHP (BHP Empreendimentos Minerais Ltda), AngloGold do Brasil Ltda, Noranda Exploração Mineral Ltda, and through Mineração Serra da Canga Ltda, partnerships with EBX, Wheaton River Minerals and most recently GoldCorp Inc. He has a geology degree from the Pará State University, Brazil and lives in Bélem, Brazil. He is an officer and legal representative of the Company’s Brazilian subsidiary, HM do Brasil Ltda, and is its ‘Competent Person’ under Brazilian law.
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