Directors
T. Sean Harvey1,2 Chairman
Mr. Harvey has over 10 years investment banking and merchant banking experience, primarily focused on the basic industry (mining) sector and for the last 10 years has held senior executive and board positions with various mining companies. Mr. Harvey was President and CEO of Orvana Minerals Corp. from 2005 to 2006. Previously, he was President and CEO of TVX Gold at the time of its sale to Kinross Gold in 2003 and, subsequent to that, was President and CEO of Atlantico Gold, a private company involved in the development of the Amapari Project in Brazil, that was sold to Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (presently Goldcorp). Mr. Harvey also currently sits on several other mining company boards.
George M. Bee Director and President & CEO
George Bee joins Andina most recently from Aurelian Resources (recently acquired by Kinross Gold Corporation) where he held the title of Chief Operating Officer and was primarily responsible for the development of Aurelian's principal project, the Fruta del Norte Project in Ecuador. Prior to that George was Director, Technical Projects for Barrick Gold Corporation. George first joined Barrick in 1989 and during his career at Barrick was responsible for a number of operating and development projects. In 1998, he went to Latin America as Operations Manager to finalize construction and commence operations at the Pierina mine in Peru. In 2005, with the development of the Veladero mine, he completed his assignment to finalize the advanced exploration and feasibility stages of this large tonnage, low-grade heap leach operation located at altitude in the Argentine Andes.
Patrick Downey Director
Patrick Downey is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aura Minerals Inc. bringing with him over 25 years of international experience in the resource industry. Mr. Downey was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Viceroy Exploration Ltd. prior to its acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc. in 2006. Prior to that, he was President of Consolidated Trillion Resources Ltd. and Oliver Gold Corporation, where he negotiated the successful merger to form Canico Resource Corp., which was purchased in 2006 by CVRD. He has held senior engineering positions at several large-scale gold mining operations and has also held operating positions at several mining projects for Anglo American Corporation in South Africa.
R. Gregory Laing 1,2 Director and Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee Chairman
Mr. Laing is a senior legal executive and lawyer with nine years large legal firm and fourteen years in-house corporate experience with international precious metal mining companies. Currently, Mr. Laing is the General Counsel, Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Laing was V.P. Legal for Goldcorp Inc. and managed, among other matters, the legal issues relating to the recent business combination of Goldcorp and Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. Prior to his involvement with Goldcorp, Mr. Laing was General Counsel, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for TVX Gold Inc., an international gold mining company acquired by Kinross Gold Corp. in 2003.
Eduardo Rosselot 2 Director
Mr. Rosselot is a mining engineer with more than 20 years of mining industry experience, having worked for major, intermediate and junior mining and consulting companies worldwide. He is currently an independent consultant working for a number of gold and base metal mining companies. Previously, Mr. Rosselot was employed by Orvana Minerals Corporation as V.P. Business Development and Special Projects. Prior to that, he held senior engineering positions with a number of mining companies including, from 1996 to 2003, TVX Gold Inc.
Melvyn Williams 1 Director & Audit Committee Chairman
Mel Williams is currently Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development with Apollo Gold Inc. Mr. Williams has over 30 years of financial experience, much of that time spent within the mining industry. From November 2003 through January 2004, Mr. Williams served as Chief Financial Officer of Atlantico Gold, a private Brazilian mining company which held the Amapari gold project, and was sold to Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. in January 2004. From 2000 to November 2003, he served as Chief Financial Officer of TVX Gold Inc., a gold mining company with five operating mines and an advanced development project in Greece. His background also includes services with Star Mining Corporation, LAC North America, Riominas LSDA and Rossing Uranium, (both of which are Rio Tinto subsidiaries). Mr. Williams is a Charter Certified Accountant and received an MBA from Cranfield in the United Kingdom.
1 Audit Committee Member
2 Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee Member