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Dr. Peter Antony Ruxton

Non-Executive Chairman

Peter Ruxton, who holds dual Australian and British citizenship, spent 16 years in the mining industry focused on Australia and SE Asia. Between 1981 and 1994, Peter worked for Billiton Australia (the Shell Company of Australia's Metals Division) progressing from Exploration Geologist to Regional Exploration Manager.

From 1994 to 1997 he was Exploration Manager of Brisbane-based mid-tier gold producer Ross Mining N.L. responsible for all geological functions in the company and the co-ordination of a positive bankable feasibility study on the Gold Ridge Mine in the Solomon Islands - this world class gold mine commenced production in August 1998.

In late 2000 Peter was appointed Investment Manager for the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC Plc) before moving to Actis LLP in 2004 as an Investment Principal, joining the partnership between 2006 and 2008. At Actis he was responsible for initiating, managing and exiting over US$180 million worth of private equity mining investments in emerging markets. Peter is currently a non-executive director of AIM-listed Platmin Ltd.

Peter is a member of the GGG’s audit and remuneration committees.

 

Dr. Jeffrey Francis Anthony Malaihollo

Managing Director

Jeff Malaihollo worked for Newcrest on grass roots exploration for gold and base metals before joining Rio Tinto, working mainly on area selection and project evaluation in the Former Soviet Union and Indonesia.

Subsequently he worked and consulted for Billiton on generative programmes and target selection in South East Asia, China and Eastern Europe.

From 2000 to 2004, Jeff was an Executive Director at Loeb Aron & Company Ltd, City-based corporate financiers specialising in natural resources.

 

 

 

David McArthur

Finance Director

David McArthur is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has spent almost 30 years working in the publicly-listed resources sector. 

An Australian, David's experience includes taking companies from start up through to successful gold mining operations, an example of which is the Kundana mine, a gold producer based just outside of Kalgoorlie. 

David was appointed CFO and Finance Director of the ASX-listed gold producer Dioro Exploration NL, a 100,000 ounce+ per annum producer also in Kalgoorlie, where he worked for 15 years. 

Through his involvement in numerous funding arrangements, David is familiar with all forms of mining project finance.  Equally importantly, he is experienced in the many forms of hedging and price protection strategies available to gold producers.

 

 

Ciceron "Jun" Angeles

Technical Director

Jun Angeles is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in gold-base metal exploration in Asia, mainly Indonesia, Philippines, China, Malaysia, and Iran, with minor assignments in Vietnam, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. His specialisations include epithermal gold-silver, porphyry copper-gold and Carlin styles of mineralisation.

He obtained his MSc in Mineral Exploration from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1985 and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional in Geology (CPGeo) of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Jun was the Asia Exploration Manager for Newcrest Mining during which time Newcrest brought the Gosowong Mine into production. Since February 2006, Jun has been the Exploration Manager and latterly VP Exploration of the Company when it discovered the large Nimu copper-molybdenum deposit. Jun is currently an independent non-executive Director of Medusa Mining Limited, a company listed on the UK's London Stock Exchange and the ASX in Australia.

 

 

Michael John Short

Non-Executive Director

Michael Short, born in Sydney, Australia, has 35 years of project management and site construction experience on a broad range of projects. For the last 30 years, Michael has focused on the engineering, design and construction of gold and copper/lead/zinc ore treatment plants in Australia, Africa, Central Asia, Russia, Europe and Asia.

During this period he has acted as Project Manager and Site Construction Manager on greenfield plants, as well as on the extension of existing plants, and has gained significant experience in the preparation, administration and implementation of projects. Michael is the Managing Director of GBM Minerals Engineering Consultants Ltd.

Michael is a member of the audit and remuneration committees.

 

 

Nigel Bruce Clark OBE

Non-Executive Director

 

Nigel Clark has over 30 years' experience in new business development and management in the precious and base metals industry. He started working for Billiton in Brazil as an exploration geologist, later as an exploration manager in Portugal and Indonesia, as well as a general manager of both underground and open-pit gold mines in Indonesia, business development manager in Singapore and ultimately as general manager in China. Nigel was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 New Year’s Honours’ List.

 

Nigel is a member of the audit and remuneration committees.

 

Paul Mc Groary

Non-Executive Director

Paul Mc Groary is a Director of Marshall Lake Mining plc a copper zinc exploration company focussed on Ontario, Canada. Paul has held several other directorships within the quoted natural resources sector, including mining projects in Canada, Chile as well as a Central Asian oil explorer.

Paul is a member of the audit and remuneration committees.