Mr. Lundin is known for recognizing value and superior global investment opportunities in the natural resource sector. His uninhibited pursuit of highly prospective properties around the world has resulted in numerous resource discoveries, including the multi-million ounce Veladero gold discovery. Mr. Lundin has also led several companies through highly profitable business acquisitions and mergers such as Lundin Mining's $3.3 billion merger with EuroZinc Mining, the $2 billion sale of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. and most recently the $9.2 billion sale of Red Back Mining Inc. Mr. Lundin is a graduate of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He currently sits on the Board of a number of publicly traded companies.
William Lamb
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President, CEO & Director
Mr. Lamb has over 16 years experience in the mining operations and project development industry. Having obtained a NHD in Extraction Metallurgy for the Technicon of the Witwatersrand, he worked for Rand Mines, gaining production experience in the gold, platinum, chrome and coal sectors. In 1994 Mr. Lamb joined De Beers working as a research officer in the Johannesburg based research laboratories. Three years later he joined Kvaerner Metals as their lead process design engineer, responsible for all metallurgical design aspects of the non-ferrous division. After focusing on heavy mineral concentration design, Mr. Lamb returned to De Beers as their Dense Medium Service Specialist. Mr. Lamb transferred to De Beers Canada Inc in 2002 as their Metallurgical Superintendent, responsible for process design and certain project management aspects of the Canadian projects. In 2005 Mr. Lamb took up the role of Process Manager for the Victor mine in Northern Ontario. After completing an MBA through the Edinburgh Business School, Mr. Lamb joined the Lundin Group in May 2008 as the General Manager for Lucara Diamond Corp.
Paul K. Conibear
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Director
Mr. Conibear has over 25 years of experience in mining projects in several African countries, North America, and a number of South American countries. His background includes 18 years of project and construction management across a diverse range of minerals projects encompassing base and precious metal, coal, uranium and potash investments. For the last 10 years he has held public company executive management and director's positions with the Lundin group of companies, most notably serving for several years as President and CEO of Tenke Mining Corp. where he was instrumental in progressing the world class Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project towards its current position as a major mining operation in central Africa.
Richard P. Clark
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Director
Mr. Clark is a lawyer who practiced mining and securities law in British Columbia from 1987 to 1993.For the past ten years Mr. Clark has been a senior executive with the Lundin Group of Companies. In 2004 he became president and CEO of Red Back and under his leadership Red Back grew into one of the top performing gold companies which ultimately resulted in an $9.2 billion takeover by Kinross Gold in 2010.
Dr. John J. Gurney
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Director
Dr. Gurney is one of the world's leading authorities in the field of geochemical exploration for diamondiferous kimberlites. Through his research group at the University of Cape Town and within Mineral Services, Dr. Gurney continues to direct numerous projects to improve diamond exploration techniques. In addition to his expertise in kimberlite exploration, Dr. Gurney has extensive knowledge of marine and alluvial diamond deposits and experience in marketing, diamond valuation, diamond recovery processes and mine development procedures. Over the course of a distinguished 40 year academic career, Dr. Gurney has authored and co-authored more than a hundred research papers on diamonds and associated rocks and minerals.
Brian Edgar
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Director
Mr. Brian D. Edgar has been active in public markets for over 25 years. A graduate of the University of British Columbia law school, Mr. Edgar practiced corporate and securities law in Vancouver for 16 years before retiring in October 1992 to establish Rand Edgar Investment Corp., an investment/banking, venture capital company in the business of providing early stage venture capital to high growth companies and in providing advisory services concerning corporate structuring, finance, business strategies, private and public securities offerings and relations with regulatory authorities, lawyers, accountants and technical consultants. Mr. Edgar serves on the Board of a number of public companies.
Eira Thomas
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Director
Eira Thomas is a respected Canadian geologist with a highly successful career in the mining industry. She served as a geologist with Aber Resources Ltd. (now Harry Winston Diamond Corporation) from 1992 to 1997, leading the field exploration team