Robert Allen has 40 years' experience in the mining industry and has been involved in the identification, financing and development of oil, gas, coal and metals properties globally for over 30 years. Currently, Mr. Allen is the Chairman and Director of Grupo de Bullet S.A., a private Colombian company with an extensive portfolio of gold, copper, and polymetallic mineral projects totaling over 1,000,000 hectares. Dedicated to the development of Grupo's Colombian project portfolio, Mr. Allen has been responsible for all of Grupo's key acquisitions.
Ari Sussman, Chief Executive Officer, has over 15 years of experience in both the natural resources and investment markets sectors. Having dedicated the majority of his career to the natural resources industry, Mr. Sussman has been instrumental in sourcing, funding and developing high-quality mineral assets. During his career, Mr. Sussman has built a strong network of business contacts throughout Latin America, and in the past decade has raised over $400 million for various ventures. Presently, Mr. Sussman is Executive Chairman of Colossus Minerals Inc., which is developing the famous high-grade gold, platinum and palladium project, Serra Pelada, in Brazil and due to be in production in H2 2013. Additionally, Mr. Sussman is currently on the board of Dalradian Resources.
Patrick F. N. Anderson is an exploration geologist, entrepreneur, and business executive with over 16 years of experience working in the resource sector. After graduating with a geology degree from the University of Toronto, he held the role of resident project geologist on a successful kimberlite exploration program in Venezuela. Since then, he has been a consulting geologist on gold, base metals and diamond projects for junior explorers, major producers and mineral industry consulting firms in South America, North America and Europe. Mr. Anderson was Director, President, CEO and co-founder of Aurelian Resources Inc., which discovered a 13.7 million ounce gold deposit in 2006 and was acquired by Kinross Gold in 2008. Mr. Anderson also serves on the board of Colossus Minerals Inc. He was named Mining Man of the Year by The Northern Miner in 2009 and received the PDAC's Thayer Lindsley Award for international discovery in 2008. Mr. Anderson is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Dalradian Resources.
Mr. Gutierrez is a Civil Engineer and has spent over 25 years in the mining industry. He serves on the boards of several Colombian enterprises involved in mining, plastic, nonprofit foundation, business and trading associations and civil works industries. Since 2000, he has served as the General Manager of CIIGSA, a smelting company located in Medellín, Colombia. He has held positions with C.I Trade, and Fundicion Gutierrez as Production Manager, Deputy Manager and General Manager. He has been consultant and co-director in studies regarding management and distribution of royalties in Colombia. Mr. Gutierrez received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at School of Engineering of Antioquia and is a member of the General Direction Room of the University. He has also a specialization in Finance from The University of EAFIT and was trained in Valme Industries in France, in melting, analysis and refining of precious metals and also in Johnson Mathey in England.
James Felton is a business and financial consultant with an emphasis on corporate finance and international capital markets. He is presently the Vice President of Business Development at Grupo de Bullet S.A. and has over eight years of Colombian experience.
Timothy Warman is a professional geologist with over 20 years' experience in all phases of the mining industry, from grass roots exploration through feasibility and development. Previously he held the role of Vice President, Corporate Development of Aurelian Resources Inc., where he liased with the exploration team in Ecuador, initiated and managed early-stage development studies, marketed Aurelian to international investors and played a significant role in successfully negotiating the $1.2 billion acquisition of Aurelian by Kinross Gold Corporation. Prior to Aurelian, Mr. Warman held senior positions in a number of mining and exploration companies in North America, Africa and Europe. Mr. Warman is currently the President & CEO of Toronto-based junior exploration company, Malbex Resources Inc.
Paul Murphy is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he has served as National Mining Leader and West Cluster Leader in Canada. Throughout his career, Mr. Murphy has worked primarily in the resource sector and his clients have included major international oil and gas, and mining companies. Mr. Murphy's professional experience includes financial reporting controls, operational effectiveness, international financial reporting standards and SEC reporting issues, financing, valuation, and taxation as they pertain to the mining sector. Mr. Murphy has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University and has been qualified as a chartered accountant since 1975. More recently, Mr. Murphy joined Guyana Goldfields as its Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Alamos Gold as a director.
1Member of the Audit Committee
2Member of the Corporate Governance, Nominating & Compensation Committee