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 Dec 05, 2008: News: Annual General Meeting Results (more...)
Dec 03, 2008: News: Drilling Defines Priority Gold Target at Kambele i... (more...)
Dec 01, 2008: News: Prospective Uranium & Molybdenum Licences Granted ... (more...)
Dec 01, 2008: News: Publication of First Quarter, 2008-9 Financials (more...)
Nov 20, 2008: Media: Cameroon Drilling (Mining Journal, Nov 14-2008) (more...)
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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, 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 (from December 1, 2005), KazakhGold Group Limited (from September 1, 2005) Orezone Resources Inc. (from July 18, 2002), Altus Strategies Ltd (from August 1, 2007) and Resources Exploit Inc (from July 23, 2008).
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| | | John Gray, BSc (Hons.) ARSM
Position: President & CEO
Mr. Gray joined the board on May 19, 2005 and has over 18 years experience in mineral exploration having worked as a project and senior geologist primarily in gold, copper and platinum group metals exploration with both major international mining and junior exploration companies, including Homestake, Noranda and Axmin. His experience includes exploration and project management within Archaean greenstone through Tertiary epithermal terranes in Canada, South America, the Balkans, northern Europe and sub Saharan Africa.
Mr Gray is a Fellow of The Geological Society of London and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.
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| | | Matthew Grainger BSc (Hons.) MSc MCSM
Position: Director
Mr. Grainger joined the board on September 11, 2006. His background includes project management and early stage exploration as well as corporate transactions and company financings. Most recently, Mr. Grainger co-founded Altus Strategies Ltd., a UK-based junior exploration incubator. In 2004, he co-founded and was integral to the successful development of AIM listed Ariana Resources plc and was the Operations Director until September 2006. Mr. Grainger was a director of KSPM Associates Ltd. until January 2005. He graduated with Honours in Earth Science in 1997 and subsequently completed a Master's degree in Mining Geology at Camborne School of Mines.
Mr. Grainger is a Fellow of The Geological Society of London and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.
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| | | Danesh Varma, (FCA, ATII)
Position: Director (Independent)
Mr. Varma joined the board on May 5, 2006 and is a chartered accountant in Canada and in England and Wales, with over 20 years of experience in financial management. He is currently a director of Anglesey Mining plc and of Minco plc. In addition, Mr. Varma serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Minco plc, Conquest Resources Limited and Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Zinc Corporation and President of Westfield Minerals Limited and a director of Northgate Exploration Limited and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE).
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| | | Steven Poulton, BSc (Hons.) MSc MCSM
Position: Director
Mr. Poulton founded the Company in February 2004 and is a director of the Company's subsidiary Ridgeway Energy. He holds an honours degree in Geology from the University of Southampton (1997) and a Master's degree in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines (1998). He is a non-executive director of Stellar Diamonds Ltd, a subsidiary of AIM and TSX-V listed Mano River Resources Inc. where he was an independent director until December 2007 having previously worked for that company from 1998 to 2005. Mr Poulton is the former CEO of AIM listed Ariana Resources plc, a company he co-founded in 2002. In 2007 Mr. Poulton co-founded Altus Strategies Ltd. a UK-based resource investment company where he is the CEO. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of London, a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.
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| | | Manuel Lamboley
Position: Director (Independent)
Mr. Lamboley joined the board on July 20, 2005. During 20 years of experience with investment banking firms in the US and Europe, Mr. Lamboley was a director of UBS AG, head of the Geneva office of Williams de Bröe, as well as holding senior positions at Bank Julius Bär, Kidder Peabody, Paine Webber International, and Prudential-Bache Securities. He was a founder of Eastern Capital Fund and Ocean Finance.
He is a licenced stockbroker under Swiss law (series 3 and 7) and holds Swiss citizenship.
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