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Advisory Board
| | | Mr. Anton Gabriel Esterhuizen, MSc (Mineral Exploration) FGSSA, MSME.
Mr. Esterhuizen is an exploration geologist with more than 30 years of industry experience, with degrees from the University of Pretoria (BSc) and Rhodes University (MSc - Mineral Exploration). Since founding Pangea Exploration (Pty) Limited with partners in 1987, where Mr. Esterhuizen currently serves as Managing Director, he has been instrumental in the discovery and development of numerous important mineral resources, including:- South Africa. Rhovan vanadium deposit (Xstrata), Taaiboschspruit colliery and the re-evaluation of the 16 million ounce Burnstone gold deposit (Great Basin Gold),
- Tanzania. Tulawaka, Buzwagi and Golden Ridge deposits (now Barrick Gold),
- Mozambique. Discovery of five titanium-zirconium mineral sand deposits including Corridor Sands (now BHP), and
- Kenya. Tiomin Kwale deposit.
In addition to his role as MD of Pangea Exploration, Mr. Esterhuizen also serves as a director of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation (TSE and AMEX) and NWT Uranium Corporation Inc (TSX). He is a fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa, has been awarded the Des Pretorius Memorial Award for outstanding work in economic geology in Africa, and has received the Dreyer Award by the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc (USA) for outstanding achievements in applied economic geology.
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| | | Mr. Chris Barrow, CA, Ba (Commerce) University of Cape Town, SA.
Mr. Barrow is an international executive, currently serving as President, Grupa Zywiec, in Warsaw, Poland for Heineken NV, a listed company on the Warsaw stock exchange. Mr. Barrow has held senior positions with both Heineken NV and SABMiller plc for over 20 years and has directly managed businesses in over 20 different countries. Mr. Barrow has had responsibility for the beverage business and/or strategy for all of the Americas (USA/Central America/South America), China, Hong Kong, India, and parts of Europe and Africa. He has extensive experience in strategy development and in engineering sales and profit growth in numerous countries and regions for both Heineken and SABMiller.
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| | | Mr. George Putnam, MBA (Finance), Duke University.
Mr. Putnam is the former CFO for QGX Ltd., a TSX-listed exploration company recently sold to Kerry Group of Hong Kong (9/08). Prior to QGX, Mr. Putnam worked for over 20 years for BHP (now BHP-Billiton) and GE/Utah International. He held division CFO roles in both a petroleum refining and marketing business, and in BHP Manganese, an ore mining, smelting and refining business located in Australia. His M&A background includes both aquisitions and divestitures work for BHP and other clients, including associated financings, along with critical work on building value in QGX's mineral properties and supporting that successful sale in Q3 2008. Mr. Putnam is currently advising Hana Mining directly on strategy matters and investor relations, in addition to his work on the Advisory Committee.
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