Mr Holmes is a highly experienced project development,...

Mr Holmes is a highly experienced project development, operational readiness and corporate mining
executive with over 30 years’ experience in the gold mining industry including with Barrick Gold
Corporation (Barrick) and prior to that with Placer Dome Asia Pacific (Placer). He has worked across
various jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, United States and South America.

Mr Holmes’ previous roles include Senior Director of Project Execution for Barrick where he oversaw
approximately $9 billion in construction projects. The role encompassed the completion and handover
of the Pueblo Viejo gold project, one of the world’s largest pressure oxidation (POx) plants, located in
the Dominican Republic. Other previous roles include Senior Director – Construction and Corporate
Manager – Projects for Barrick and Corporate Manager – Project Management for Placer. Mr Holmes
has more recently worked as Studies Director for SolGold on its Cascabel project in Ecuador.

Lot of Barrick experience! Makes you wonder.