Ann: AVZ Strengthens In-Country Management Team, page-5

Experience

• Managing Partner
  
  Company NameMadini Minerals
  
  Dates EmployedMar 2016 – Present
  
  Employment Duration3 yrs 2 mos
  LocationMauritius
  • Madini is a privately owned company. The company has an Africa-focused investment anddevelopment strategy and seeks to take advantage of the deep value exposed by the current sectordownturn by identifying and actively managing fundamentally sound, but orphaned or distressedassets. Madini’s focus is on acquiring stakes in and applying its unique capabilities to targetedadvanced exploration and development-stage projects with near-term cash flow potential.
  • Focused on the successful delivery and management of distressed, defunct operations/projects, orprojects in need TLC capital with a particular emphasis on optimizing the metallurgical performanceof the assets.... See more

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  Business Development Executive
  
  Company NameWorleyParsons
  
  Dates EmployedNov 2012 – Mar 2016
  
  Employment Duration3 yrs 5 mos
  LocationJohannesburg Area, South Africa
  • Provided inputs in the setting of the Africa Marketing and Branding Strategy for the Mining &Metals Business Unit of WorleyParsons in Africa, specifically covering West Africa and Central Africaand Francophone Africa based on my working knowledge of Africa and my mining industryknowledge.... See more

• Chief Operating Officer / Director
  
  Company NameFerrum Resources Limited
  
  Dates EmployedJun 2011 – Jun 2012
  
  Employment Duration1 yr 1 mo
  LocationSierra Leone, Cameroon
  • Management of entire exploration activities in Sierra Leone reporting to Board.
  • Geophysics and geological ground work (geological mapping: field traversing, pitting, trenching,sample grabbing, etc)
  • Early drilling indicated near surface iron ore made of hematite schist in the first 10m of... See more

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  Project Director/Vice-President/Director (Board Member) of AREVA RESOURCES CENTRAFRIQUE
  
  Company NameAREVA
  
  Dates EmployedDec 2007 – May 2011
  
  Employment Duration3 yrs 6 mos
  LocationBangui (Centrafrique), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Paris (France)
  Overall responsibility for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of theproject (including review of high level deliverables)
  Integration management: developing and managing the direction of the project, provide leadership
  Scope management: planning, defining and communication, both horizontally and verti... See more

• Chief Operating Officer - Metallurgy
  
  Company NameDRC Copper and Cobalt Project
  
  Dates EmployedJul 2006 – May 2007
  
  Employment Duration11 mos
  LocationKolwezi
  Responsible for the metallurgical operation encompassing Kolwezi Concentrator operation andrehabilitation, hiring, training and commissioning.
  
  Achievements:... See more

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  Associate, Regional Business Director & Executive Director
  
  Company NameHatch
  
  Dates EmployedApr 2004 – Jun 2006
  
  Employment Duration2 yrs 3 mos
  LocationJohannesburg Area, South Africa
  Responsible for the leadership of a Business Unit focused on the business development andprofitable business performance in Africa’s Coal and Industrial Minerals industry. The role includesdeveloping and delivering projects in Africa. With a primary focus on TiO2, coal and diamondclients on the African continent, efforts are also directed to integrate with all business u... See more

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  Flotation Business Unit Manager - Africa
  
  Company NameOutotec
  
  Dates EmployedApr 1998 – Mar 2004
  
  Employment Duration6 yrs
  LocationJohannesburg Area, South Africa