Directors

Cameron Belsher  

Cameron Belsher
Chairman, Canada

Cameron is a senior partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Barristers & Solicitors (a law firm) since October 2007 – previously a Partner, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Barristers and Solicitors (a law firm).

Re-appointed as chairman – October 14, 2009

     
Michael Beckett  

Michael Beckett
Independent Director, England

Michael is the chairman of Endeavour Financial, non-executive deputy chairman & senior independent director of the Thomas Cook Group and serves as non-executive director of mining companies in South Africa and Asia – previously served in executive management positions in South African gold mining houses and was a non-executive director of BPB plc.

Appointed as a director – February 2010

     
Frank Giustra  

Frank Giustra
Independent Director, Canada

Frank Giustra is an exclusive advisor to Endeavour Financial and president and CEO of Fiore Financial – he has spearheaded equity investments of more than $3 billion in the international resource sector and launched the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI) with Bill Clinton in 2007.

Appointed as a director – February 2010

     
Richard Robinson  

Richard Robinson
Independent Director, Belgium

Richard has been in the mining and metals industry since 1976 and until October 2009 was the chairman of Metalor Technologies International SA, a Swiss global group covering all precious metals refining and downstream industrial products – previously the MD of Normandy LaSource SAS and CEO of Gold Fields Limited (South Africa) with extensive experience in all aspects of the precious and base metals industries.

Appointed as a director – January, 2008

     
Simon Russell  

Simon Russell
Independent Director, Canada

Simon is a CFO of Hy’s of Canada Ltd since June 2006 and vice president of a private investment company – previously CFO of Natures Path Foods Inc. and of Mr. Lube Canada Inc.

Appointed as a director – July, 2006

     
Neil Woodyer  

Neil Woodyer
Independent Director, Monaco

Neil is a founding partner and managing director of Endeavour Financial, responsible for coordinating financial advisory mandates and investment-related services – he has 30 years’ experience in natural resource marketing and finance and was CEO of Lloyds International Trading, a subsidiary of Lloyds Bank specializing in commodity trading.

Appointed as a director – February 2010