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| | | Michael Spriggs, BA (Hons) MA MSc
Chairman, aged 64
Michael has 35 years' mining sector experience having graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hons) in 1964 and an MA in 1968. He obtained an MSc in Geology and Mineral Sciences from the University of Leicester in 1969. He worked for a number of major mining groups, including Anglo American, Falconbridge and Rio Tinto. Michael spent 11 years with the mining team of the UK investment bank SG Warburg (now UBS) from 1986-97. He was appointed Head of the South African Mining Equities Research Team and was subsequently appointed Director of Corporate Finance. Between 1997 and 2004 he was a partner at College Hill, the UK public relations consultancy, as head of the Mining Team. He is presently a consultant to Lothbury Financial, the public relations consultancy.
He is a Committee Member of the Association of UK Mining Analysts, a Member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and is a Chartered Engineer.
Michael serves on the Company's Audit Committee and is chairman of the Company's Remuneration Committee.
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| | | Kerim Sener, BSc (Hons) MSc DIC PhD
Managing Director, aged 31
Kerim graduated from the University of Southampton with a first-class BSc (Hons) degree in Geology in 1997 and from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, with an MSc in Mineral Exploration in 1998. After working for Independence Gold Mining Pvt. Ltd. (Lonmin Zimbabwe) he completed a PhD at the University of Western Australia. During his PhD, in 2000-2003, he worked with ASX-listed Northern Gold NL in the Northern Territory and on a variety of exploration consultancy projects in Western Australia.
He is a Fellow of The Geological Society of London, Member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists. He is a non-executive director of Genesis Resources Limited (a private company) in Australia.
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| | | Michael de Villiers, B. Comm. Professional Accountant
Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary, aged 45
Michael qualified as a Professional Accountant with Ernst & Young in Cape Town. Michael gained his experience as financial manager at mining and chemicals operations in Namibia, Botswana, Ghana, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.
He is currently Finance Director of AIM-listed Mercator Gold plc, Norseman Gold plc and is CFO of Eurasia Mining plc, and was previously the Finance Director of Oxus Gold plc and Navan Mining plc.
Michael serves on the Company's Remuneration Committee and is chairman of the Audit Committee.
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| | | David Reading
Non-Executive Director, aged 52
David Reading joined the Board in May 2008. He is Chief Executive Officer of European Goldfields Limited, a position he has held since September 2004. Prior to this, Mr Reading was General Manager of Exploration at Randgold Resources Limited, the London and NASDAQ listed gold miner, and had been a core member of their executive management team since its incorporation in 1995. He has been responsible for geological and exploration activities which includes a successful track record in discovery and the development of new business opportunities. Prior to this, Mr. Reading was consulting geologist for RSA mines at Randgold and Exploration and spent seven years in exploration and mining with Anglo American Corporation. His experience is broad based and includes involvement in feasibility studies and due diligence work in Africa, Europe, North and South America and Australasia.
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| | | William Payne, BA (Hons) ACA
Chief Financial Officer (not a director), aged 43
William studied Accountancy at Exeter University before training and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London. He left after 5 years there to become a partner in W H Payne and Co. in 1991. In 2003 he became a partner in top thirty accountancy practice Wilkins Kennedy at their London office. He has a wide diversity of clients, and roles range from audit and assurance to planning, reporting and compliance. He is head of the firm's Property and Construction Group, and is responsible for several outsourced accounts and administration functions. William is also a director of a number of companies, including acting as Finance Director to a company listed on the London PLUS Markets.
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