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| | | David Netherway
Position: Chairman and director (Independent)
Mr. Netherway is a mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Shield Mining Limited (SHX-ASX), an Australian listed company exploring for gold and base metals in Mauritania. From April 2002 until the completion of its takeover by Eldorado Gold Corporation in 2005, Mr. Netherway served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Afcan Mining Corporation, a company previously listed in Toronto and with a focus on China's gold mining. Mr. Netherway is a mine developer and operator who was involved in the construction and development of the Iduapriem, Siguiri, Kiniero and Samira Hill gold mines in West Africa and has mining experience which includes Australia, Canada, India, Nepal, Oman and Malaysia. Prior to joining Afcan, Mr. Netherway held senior management positions in a number of mining companies, including Golden Shamrock Mines, Ashanti Goldfields and Semafo Inc. Mr. Netherway has received a B.E. in Mining Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1975 and a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom in 1985.
Mr. Netherway is a Non-Executive Director of GMA Resources plc (GMA-AIM)(from December 1, 2005), KazakhGold Group Limited (KZG-LSE)(from September 1, 2005) and Altus Resource Capital Ltd (ARCL-AIM)(from April 1, 2009).
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| | | Luis Guilherme Cabrita da Silva
Position: President & CEO
Luis took over the role of President & Chief Executive in October 2007 having joined Mano River in February of the same year as Chief Financial Officer. He gained his extensive international experience with the multinationals Lafarge S.A. and Blue Circle Industries Plc as well as Stevin Rock, formerly of the Dragomar Group. His career has taken him across the world in an operational, technical and corporate capacity. Most recently as a Director of Group Audit, Luis was heading Lafarge's Asia Pacific internal audit department based in Malaysia having previously been posted to Paris, France, with the same company. Luis is a graduate Mining Engineer from Camborne School of Mines and read for his MBA at the Cranfield School of Management. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Stellar Diamonds Ltd.
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| | | Guy Pas
Position: Independent Director
Guy Pas is a Geneva based financier who has been involved with numerous successful resource ventures, through his investment vehicles Eastbound Resources and AddVenture Capital Partners. Between 1973-1983 he was a Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank in structured and commodity finance. In 1987 he co-founded The Addax & Oryx Group Ltd., an integrated African oil group. In 1989 he co-founded and was the chairman of Samax Resources Ltd, which was focused on gold in Tanzania and was acquired on the TSX by Anglogold Ashanti for $189m in 1998. In 1995 he founded Mano River Resources Inc a TSX-V and AIM listed gold, diamond and iron ore company in west Africa. In 2004 he co-founded GAIA Resources Fund Ltd, focused on early stage private and public resource companies as well as co-founding Afren plc, a West African oil & gas company listed on AIM. Guy has been involved in establishing a number of FSU focussed ventures, most recently Ovoca Gold Plc and Siberian Diamonds.
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| | | David B. Evans
Position: Independent Director
David Barry Evans joined the Company on 1st October 2007, as Executive Chairman. David brings with him over 30 years of experience across the natural resources sector, with particular expertise in the development of precious and base metal projects for both large mining houses and emerging producers. David is currently a Director for AIM-listed Tianshan Goldfields Ltd., and was previously a Director of Kroondal Platinum Ltd. and Aquarius Platinum Ltd., where he played an integral part in their growth, financing and successful development. David is also a Director of Orlando Investments Plc. Within the last five years, David has held directorships or partnerships at Exterra Consulting cc, Tarapaca Resources Ltd. (Bermuda).
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| | | Steven Poulton, BSc (Hons.) MSc MCSM
Position: Independent Director
Steven holds an honours degree in geology from Southampton University and a masters degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines. He is a co-founder and CEO of Altus Strategies Ltd and a director of ALTUS Asset Management Ltd, the investment manager of ALTUS Resource Capital Ltd [LSE:ARCL]. Steven previously worked for Mano River Resources Inc between 1998 and 2005. In 2002 he co-founded AIM listed Ariana Resources plc [AIM:AAU] and was its Chief Executive between 2004 and 2007. In 2004 he was the founder of African Aura Resources Ltd which listed on the TSX-V in 2008 and through its merger in 2009 with Mano River created African Aura Mining Inc [TSX-V: AUR & AIM: AAAM] where he is a director and a director of its subsidiary Stellar Diamonds Ltd. Steven has a track record in the exploration sector at identifying opportunities, negotiating agreements, raising venture finance and building talented management teams. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of London, a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.
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| | | Boris Granovsky
Position: Independent Director
Mr Granovsky is the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development at Severstal Resources ('Severstal') and is the new representative for Severstal's strategic interest in the African Aura. Mr Granovsky is responsible for defining the iron ore and coking coal strategy for Severstal Resources, origination and execution of M&A transactions, greenfield projects and partnerships. He is a member of the Severstal Resources' Executive Board, and a member of the Board of Directors for several portfolio companies and joint ventures.
Prior to Severstal, Mr Granovsky held various posts gaining management and financial consulting experience with A.T. Kearney and KPMG over a period of nine years.
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