Ian RansomeCEO, Diamond Fields
Ian Ransome is a geologist and has been involved in management and running the Company's various exploration programmes for the
past twelve month's. He has extensive experience in Africa in running exploration and mining programmes for various commodities
and precious metals. Mr Ransome became interim President and CEO of the Company in July 2010.
Dr John Clarke, Ph.D, MBAExecutive Director, PMI Gold Corp
Dr Clarke holds a B.Sc. in metallurgy from University College Cardiff, a Ph.D. in metallurgy from Cambridge University and an MBA from Middlesex
Polytechnic. During his long career involved in African mining he has held a number of executive positions including Executive Director of Ashanti
Goldfields and most recently was the CEO of Nevsun Resources Limited, an exploration and development company engaged in gold and base metals
exploration and development in Africa. While at Ashanti, Dr Clarke was responsible for strategic planning and business development and
contributed to establishing Ashanti's gold exploration program throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including the acquisition of the Geita deposit
in Tanzania, the Siguiri deposit in Guinea and the Bibiani deposit in Ghana.
Richard ChaseManaging Director, Ambrian Partners
Richard Chase joined Ambrian Partners in January 2003, becoming Managing Director in 2009. He has been intimately involved in
the equity capital markets franchise from its outset, growing revenues from zero to the current level and building Ambrian's
mining research team into the No. 1 ranked small and mid cap team. Richard started as an analyst in 2000, prior to which he
spent 9 years as a geologist involved in the exploration, evaluation and start-up of various mines for a range of commodities.
Richard holds a first class honours degree in Geology and an MSc in Mineral Exploration from the University of
Rhodes, South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Member of the Institute of Materials,
Mining and Metallurgy.
Michael WhiteExecutive Vice-President, IBK Capital
Mr. White has been with IBK Capital since 1990. During this time, Mr. White has been involved in private placement
financings totalling over US $450 million. He has also been active in financial advisory assignments and mining
industry developments including: advisory services to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador with respect to
its arrangements with Inco Ltd. over the development of the nickel deposit at Voisey's Bay; acting as financial
advisor to Noront Resources Ltd. to evaluate strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value in the wake
of a major nickel discovery at its Double Eagle Project in the McFauld's Lake region of Ontario, Canada;
advisory and financing services to Western Goldfields Inc. on its purchase and development of the Mesquite
gold mine in south-eastern California; and advisory services to Marine Mining and the development of Ghana's
coastal and offshore mineral wealth.
Mr. White graduated with a BA in Geology from the University of Western Ontario in 1994, and a Masters of
Business Administration degree from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 2000.
Brian WessonCEO, Woulfe Mining
Brian is an engineer with 30 years' experience, an MBA and is a Fellow of the
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company
Directors. Brian has extensive experience in the operation, design and construction of
mines and process plants. Brian is als a Director of Westech International a Resource
engineering company based in Sydney Australia. Westech bought the Vatukoula Mine
in Fiji after mine closure, Westech refinanced, refurbished and brought the mine back
to production and on listing Vatukoula Gold took over.
Chris EiblPartner, Tiberius Asset Management
Tiberius was created to provide active management of commodity futures along with sophisticated, excess-value generating funds covering
all angles of the commodities sector. This vision remains unchanged, and today the Tiberius team can show a proven track record of success
in the industry, as well as extensive experience in commodity research and trading. In all, the Tiberius Group currently manages more than
10 commodity and fixed-income funds.
Brad KitchenPresident, Director & CEO, Eagle Hill Exploration
Mr Kitchen is a Vancouver-based businessman and has been the President of PBK Financial Engineering since April,
1997, a company that offers corporate finance consulting to small-cap corporations.
Mr Kitchen has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Hill since its inception in
2006 and is also the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd,
another TSX-V listed issuer. In addition to his current and past roles with multiple TSX Venture Exchange
issuers, Mr Kitchen also served as Vice President of CIBC World Markets (formerly CIBC Wood Gundy
Securities Inc.) and TD Securities Inc. for more than eleven years.
Mr Kitchen received his Masters of Business Administration from McGill University in June,
1987. He received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the
University of British Columbia in January, 1985.
David HutchinsFund Manager, Grafton Resource Investments Ltd
David has 20 years' experience as a resources analyst and fund manager. His career began with the Melbourne
Stock Exchange in 1979 and subsequently became an executive director of M&G Investment Management.
He headed the International Desk at M&G Investment Management from 1995, where he was concurrently
responsible for M&G's investments in the precious metals and commodities sector globally.
He left M&G Investment Management in December 1996 and later became involved in Fund Management
at Yorkton Securities and acted as a consultant at AWI Administration Services in Australia. He was
a founding director of Resources Investment Trust plc at the launch in January 2002 and is a non-executive
director of Rivington Street Holdings Plc and a non-executive director of Australian listed SA Metals Limited.
Ron CoombesPresident, Columbia Yukon
Founded International Bethlehem Mining Corp in 1995. Experienced entrepreneur and fundraiser. Involved in mineral exploration company management for the past 15 years
Bill FisherDirector, RX Exploration
Bill is a geologist and mining company executive with broad international experience in diamond, gold and base metal exploration,
development and production. He has an outstanding record of mineral discoveries, and played a key role with several companies in
raising hundreds of millions of dollars of debt and equity for exploration and mine development.
A geology graduate of Kingston University, Bill began his career as a diamond exploration and production geologist with
DeBeers in the DRC and Angola, and subsequently as a production geologist for AREDOR in Guinea. After 3 years experience
in Australia, he joined Reunion Mining of London, England, before moving to Canada in 1993.
In 1995 he founded Karmin Exploration Inc. (TSXV:KAR) which discovered the 27 million tonne Aripuana massive sulphide
deposit in Brazil, currently undergoing a feasibility study. In 1997, Bill began work with mining major Boliden
Limited, serving as Vice President, Exploration for their 35 exploration projects in 9 countries, controlling budgets
of up to $50 million annually. From 2001 until 2008, Bill was CEO of GlobeStar Mining Corporation of Toronto (TSX:GMI).
Under his direction, GlobeStar acquired, developed and financed the US$100 million Cerro de Maimon copper/gold mine
in the Dominican Republic, which was commissioned in 2008.
In addition to the foregoing responsibilities, Bill served as Chairman of Aurelian Resources Inc., notable for its
13.8 million ounce gold discovery at Fruta del Norte in Ecuador. Aurelian was acquired in 2008 by Kinross Gold
Corporation for over US$1 billion.
Bill served as a director for Expatriate Resources and North Atlantic Natural Resources (now Lundin Mining),
and is currently a director of the publically listed companies Karmin Exploration, PC Gold,
Treasury Metals and RX Exploration, as well as an executive of the private exploration company,
Andiamo Exploration, currently exploring in Eritrea.
Bill is a practicing Professional Geologist, registered in Ontario.
Glen JonesExecutive Director, Intierra Resource
Glen has been working in the mineral exploration industry for over 36 years. His expertise is in the data and map
requirements of companies involved in mining and exploration. In 1991, Glen created the "Hot Play Map" concept which
developed into an industry standard. Between 1971 and 1980 Glen worked for Granduc Mines, Teck Corporation and Getty Mines.
From 1980 to 2003 Glen managed his own consulting company, EnerSource, which was later renamed to Mineral Information
Maps. In the first ten years, he concentrated on the integrated use of graphic and mapping software in conjunction with
primitive data bases. This expanded to compiling databases that tracked global exploration activity around the globe.
In the latter years, he developed techniques for compiling digital exploration data and claim (tenement) databases and
then publishing this data in related maps. As GIS and graphic software advanced, the presentations of the published maps
have been refined to one of the best in the industry.
In 2003, Mineral Information Maps merged with Intierra Ltd, a Perth based company who had just merged with Minmet.
Intierra had developed a web based infrastructure for bringing together all levels of technical and financial data.
Together these three merged companies now have the largest global mining, exploration and mapping subscription data base.
Intierra has expanded the map publishing business from one that was producing 6 maps per year to a global one that now
produces over 50 per year.
Angelos DamaskosChief Executive Officer, Sector Investment Managers Limited
Mr Damaskos is a Greek national who arrived in the UK in 1981 to attend university. Graduated
in 1985 from the University of Glasgow with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and in 1989
obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Sheffield. He
benefits from more than 14 years investment banking experience with major banks in the
City of London concentrating on natural resources. Most recently he worked with the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where he was responsible for some of
the bank's equity investments in Russia and the CIS. In 2004, subscribing in the belief of a
new commodities super-cycle, he set up Sector Investment Managers Ltd, an FSA-authorised
investment advisory company and launched the Junior Oils Trust (JOT) which he advises.
JOT grew from a launch NAV size of £3.7m to in excess of £17m by 30 June 2006. Discreet
2005 annual performance was +64% (on a bid to bid basis) placing it the 12th best performing
fund among 1,925 UK-listed Unit Trusts and OEICs.
Saul SingerChief Investment Officer, Fusion Alternatives
Saul is a Founding Partner of Fusion Alternatives, a leading investment advisory and asset management
firm specialising in investment diamonds. Fusion Alternatives is a pioneer in the emergence of investment
diamonds as an alternative investment asset class and Saul is regularly sort after by financial press
and media as an investment diamond expert. Prior to creating Fusion Alternatives Saul was the Head
of Research of the Rapaport Group, the world's leading service provider to the global diamond industry.
In this capacity Saul was the Chief Advisor to the Rapaport Price List , the global price benchmark
authority for polished diamonds. Saul commenced his career at the National Australia Bank in its
private wealth management division and was involved in the development of its suite of Fund-of Funds
products in the late 1990's. Saul holds a Bachelor of Business and Arts degrees from Monash University
and a post-graduate fellowship at the Securities Institute of Australia.
Jay ChmelauskasPresident, Western Lithium Corp
Jay Chmelauskas, Western Lithium's President, was most recently President and CEO of China Gold International
Resources Corp. Ltd. (formerly Jinshan Gold Mines) where he successfully managed and led the company during
all phases of the commissioning of one of China's largest open pit gold mines. In addition to his considerable
experience in the exploration, development and mining industry, including a large Placer Dome gold mine,
Jay held a key position with chemical manufacturer Methanex Corporation, where he was involved with a $250
million chemical plant expansion in Chile. His experience in both the chemical and mining industries is well
suited to lead Western Lithium forward during the planned development, product marketing and production. Jay
has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia and a Master
of Business Administration from Queen's University in Canada.
Mark Sumich, LLB (UWA); MBA (Lon); ASIAExecutive Chairman, Globe Metals and Mining
Mark brings a wealth of managerial, financial and legal expertise to Globe, and he has also been a
director and senior executive of a number of public and/or ASX-listed companies. Professional
advisory experience includes corporate and securities law in the Perth office of Clayton Utz,
one of Australia's largest law firms, corporate finance with PricewaterhouseCoopers and more
recently financial consulting to some of Australia's largest financial services organisations,
National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Nigel Kershaw, OBECEO, Big Issue Invest
Nigel Kershaw is Chief Executive of Big Issue Invest and Chairman of The Big Issue Company. Big Issue Invest, part of The Big Issue
group of companies, is passionate about funding ground-breaking, innovative business solutions by financing the scale-up of
profitable social enterprises that create social transformation and environmental sustainability.
Nigel was made an OBE in the 2010 New Year's Honours List, for his services to social enterprise.
He is a Cabinet Office Social Enterprise Ambassador, a Director of the Social Enterprise Coalition
and in 2008 received the Good Director for Enterprise honour award from the Institute of Directors.
Nigel is also Chairman of The Big Issue Company Limited founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick.
In 2008 The Big Issue generated £15 million pounds through its 147,000 weekly circulation with
£8 million earned by over 2,500 homeless and vulnerably housed vendors. He joined in 1995 and
has been its Executive Chairman and Managing Director.
Ian RansomeCEO, Diamond Fields
Ian Ransome is a geologist and has been involved in management and running the Company's various
exploration programmes for the past twelve month's. He has extensive experience in Africa in running
exploration and mining programmes for various commodities and precious metals. Mr. Ransome became
interim President and CEO of the Company in July 2010.
Gary BillingsleyExec Chairman, Great Western Minerals
Gary is a professional engineer and geoscientist with more than 30 years' experience
in the mineral industry–24 of them in Saskatchewan. He has been an officer and
director of several public mining and mineral exploration companies during the past
18 years. In addition to his experience with uranium and base-metal exploration,
Gary has been directly involved with putting Saskatchewan's largest gold mine into
production and, on three separate occasions, has played a major role in the discovery
of diamond-bearing kimberlite.
Ned Naylor-LeylandInvestment Director, Cheviot Asset Management
Ned graduated with a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Bristol in 1998.
He began his career in 2001 at Neilson Management, later moving to Smith & Williamson
(formerly NCL Investments) in 2003 where he was an Investment Manager. Ned joined Cheviot
in July 2008 and is Advising a specialist Precious Metals fund.
David HumphreysFormer Norilsk Nickel Chief Economist
David HargreavesCEO, Fair Trade Gemstones
David Hargreaves is a mining engineer and geologist. He owns a consultancy practice which specialises in the gemstone industry
and is particularly active in diamonds. He was for three years Head of Mining Research for stockbrokers James Capel and now
consults to WH Ireland. He is CEO of his family company Fair Trade Gemstones Ltd, which specialises in the ethical sourcing and
marketing of gemstones worldwide. He is a Chartered Engineer and a fellow of The Geological Society.
