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PMI has assembled a strong Management team to develop its Ghanaian projects. These include Mining Engineers, Exploration Geologists and Geophysicists, Operations, Financial and Marketing specialists. And in Ghana -- high level in country expertise is delivering value from the property geology level right through to Community and Governmental relations. Management is focused on bringing viable projects to near term, profitable production.
Leading the Team is:
Douglas R. MacQuarrie, P. Geo.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. MacQuarrie is a consulting geologist/geophysicist specializing in gold exploration. He received a combined Honours degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of British Columbia in 1975 and has worked continuously in mineral exploration -- the last 14 years exploring for new gold deposits in West Africa. He also has extensive public company experience and has been involved in the discovery of over one million ounces of gold. He was also a runner up in the Gold Corp. Red Lake Exploration Challenge.
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Philip N. Gibbs, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Gibbs is a Chartered Management Accountant and has extensive financial management experience in large corporate environments in the manufacturing and retail sectors, both in North America and in Africa. He has provided long term planning and strategic analysis capabilities in those industries, including a focus on maximizing their operational efficiency and capital resources. His experience in systems implementations and development of cost control and management information systems will provide a significant contribution at this stage in the growth of PMI Gold.
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Honourable J.H. Mensah
Independent Director
Mr. Mensah is Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission of Ghana, an advisory board that reports directly to the President and to Parliament. He is also a Member of Parliament for the riding of Sunyani East, a seat, which he has held periodically since 1969. Trained as an Economist, Mr. Mensah is widely respected in global development planning including the United Nations. Previously, he held the post of Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and latterly as Leader of Government Business, head of Economic Management Team, and senior Minister of the Government of Ghana. He was also a member of the African Advisory Council of the African Development Bank. Mr. Mensah also serves as a Director of AngloGold Ashanti Limited.
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Thomas Ennison, LLM
Ghana Legal Counsel
Mr. Ennison is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana and serves as Corporate Secretary to Adansi Gold Company (Gh) Ltd., the 100% owned subsidiary of PMI Gold. Formerly the Ghanaian Ambassador to Italy and Advisor to the U.N. on mining law, Mr. Ennison was also the Principal State Attorney in the Attorney General's Dept and Head of the International Law Unit, with the responsibility for the preparation of mining agreements. He has also served as General Legal Counsel for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Neil Macfarlane, M.Sc.
Country Manager
Mr. Macfarlane has 30 years' experience in exploration, geology, underground gold mining and reserve definition. He has a thorough knowledge of the gold deposits of Eastern Canada working with Agnico Eagle, Selco/BP and has worked and lived throughout Africa in Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Mali, Guinea and Niger.
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Godfried Kesse, M.Sc.Geol.
Advisor to the Board
Mr. Kesse is the former Director of the Ghana Geological Survey 1973-1993 and has held international appointments including: President of the Geological Society of Africa; Vice President of the Commission for the Geological Map of the World, Paris; and Vice President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
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Pearce Bowman, PEng.
Advisor to the Board
Mr. Bowman has extensive experience in managing major resource companies, including roles as VP/Exec. General Manager for Luscar Ltd. of Alberta and WMC Resources Ltd. (Western Mining Corp.). For WMC, he managed the copper uranium division, including oversight of a $1.8 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam operations. Previously Mr. Bowman was the Chief Executive Officer of Generation Victoria a major Australian electrical power producer. Mr. Bowman holds a Master's Degree in civil/geotechnical engineering, a Master of Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Engineers.
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Alan McKerron, M.A.Hons
Advisor to the Board
Mr. McKerron is a former Executive Director of Anglo American Corporation and served in many capacities including Chairman of the New Mining Business Division and as Vice President Anglo American Corporation of Canada. He was also past Chairman, Kroondal Platinum; Director, Aquarius Platinum.
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Peter Hooper, B.Sc., Mining Engineering
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Hooper is a senior mining executive with broad-based mining and finance experience. Responsibilities have ranged from Manager Mining at Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa, General Manager at the Ruttan Copper Mine in Manitoba, General Mines Manager of Prestea Gold Mines Ltd in Ghana -- to President of Dynatec Engineering Ltd in Canada. His corporate experience has included Vice President of Nevsun Resources, COO of Afcan Mining Corp., as well as merchant banking experience as Managing Director Mineral Resources for Kingsdale Capital Corporation.
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Len Dennis
Independent Director
Manager, Contract Support, CHC Global Operations since 1975. Mr. Dennis holds the position of Manager, Aircraft Lease Agreements & Contracts at CHC Global Operations and has been with the company since 1975. Mr. Dennis has also served as a senior officer and director to several resource based public companies since 1989. Duties have included corporate restructuring, financing and investor relations.
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Florian Reidl-Riedenstein
Advisor to the Board
Mr. Riedenstein is a self-employed financial consultant and served as Managing Director of Investment Department of Schoeller & Co., Bank AG from 1969 to 1990 and was Executive Director of the investment banking firm of Deacon, Barclays de Zoete Wedd from 1986 to 1994. Mr. Riedenstein has more than 25 years experience in corporate finance and international banking and specializes in funding junior resource companies. He also serves as director to numerous other resource based public companies.
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