Management
George M. Bee President & CEO and Director
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.
Keith McKay Chief Financial Officer
Keith McKay joined Andina as Executive Vice President in March 2009 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2009. His considerable finance and management experience at development and operating stage mining companies will assist Andina in making a successful transition from exploration to development and then on to production. Most recently Mr. McKay came to Andina from Aurelian Resources Inc., where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.Previous to this, Keith was Senior Vice President Financial Operations for an international engineering and project management services firm. Prior to that he was Controller at Rio Algom Ltd., a Canadian based mining company that produced copper, gold, uranium, molybdenum, and coal in North and South America. Keith also served as Vice President, Finance for Potash Company of Canada and has worked with the Bank of Montreal. Keith obtained his Chartered Accountants designation with Coopers & Lybrand.
Alejandro Labbé Vice President, Project Development
Mr. Labbé, who comes to Andina from Hatch Engineering Chile where he was working as Project Manager and Consultant Director, has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry in Chile. This includes 22 years with CODELCO in various roles including divisional General Manager, and 10 years with Barrick Gold Corp. where he was General Manager of the El Indio Mine and Operations Manager for the Pascua Lama Project. Among Mr. Labbé's many accomplishments was the orderly and successful closure of the El Indio Mine, the first mine to be closed under new COREMA (Comisión Regional de Medio Ambiente) regulations. Mr. Labbé is a Civil/Mechanical Engineer and brings a wealth of experience on project development and management of operations at high altitudes.
Cybill Tsung Corporate Controller
Cybill Tsung, joins Andina Minerals from Gabriel Resources, a gold exploration and development company with mineral properties in Romania where she was Assistant Controller responsible for financial reporting and analysis, treasury, internal control and systems. Prior, she was Manager of Internal Audit for ATI Technologies, which was one of the largest semiconductor technology companies in Canada. Cybill obtained her Chartered Accountant designation with BDO Dunwoody LLP and has a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo.