Board of Directors & Management
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Mr Peter Wicks is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Wicks has had extensive experience in the natural resources sector and more recently as a property developer. Mr Wicks was a long-term finance director for a large ASX listed company operating in the oil and gas sector during the 1980’s and more recently was the independent director of Drillsearch until September 2009. He was also a director of several of oil & gas companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange during the 1990’s. He has been both an executive and non-executive director of Australian domiciled mineral companies, including Perseverance Corporation Limited where he was a non-executive director from 1994 to 1998. |
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MANAGING DIRECTORMr Campbell Smith was previously Managing Director of Galilee Energy Ltd, he has worked at Jeebropilly, Eanrst and Henry Savage River mines in Australia as well as MICCL's No.1 copper in Myanmar. He also developed Cascade. Whareatea and Takitimu mines in New Zealand for Galilee Energy Ltd.
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Non-Executive DirectorDr David King is an experienced natural resources executive, with over 30 years’ experience in the precious metals and energy sectors. He is a former Managing Director of North Flinders Mines Limited; founder, executive director and now non-executive director Eastern Star Gas Ltd; and Chairman, Robust Resources Ltd. Dr King holds degrees in Physics/Mathematics, Geophysics and a Doctorate in Seismology form the Australian National University. |
Company SecretaryMr Nick Geddes ABN 93 059 273 111 Level 3 |
Senior Management & Executive
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Project Development ManagerPaul Pyke has over 30 years metallurgical experience in the mining industry within Australia and Papua New Guinea. He graduated from the Bendigo College of Advanced Education in 1977 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Metallurgy) and from Latrobe University in 1995 with a Master of Applied Science (Metallurgy). Paul commenced his career as a plant metallurgist with Utah Development Company at their Goonyella mine in the Bowen Basin in 1977, then as plant manager at Gunnedah Coal Company in 1980, before moving to Latrobe University, Bendigo as a research metallurgist in 1989. In 1991 Paul joined Bendigo Gold at the Fosterville mine, which was subsequently taken over by Perseverance Exploration in 1992, where he spent the next 10 years. During this period Paul was instrumental in re-establishing a successful gold heap leach operation and managed the metallurgical testwork program and feasibility study for the development of the Fosterville Sulphide Project to process a refractory gold ore. Following a break from mining Paul was appointed Metallurgy Manager at Bendigo Mining in 2005 and was involved in the design, construction and commissioning of a 600k tpa gold plant utilising gravity, flotation and cyanide leaching to recover gold. A highlight of this plant was the use of a high pressure grinding roll for the third stage of crushing to maximise gravity gold recovery. Upon cessation of operations at Bendigo in 2007 Paul was appointed Process Operations Manager for Simberi Gold Company Pty Ltd who was establishing a gold mine on the island of Simberi in Papua New Guinea. He managed the establishment of the metallurgical department, training of PNG National operators, commissioning and operations for 18 months. Paul commissioned the aerial rope conveyor, the first in the southern hemisphere, used for transporting ore from the mine located inland and at elevation to the process plant located on the coast. Paul joined Republic Gold in April 2009 as Project Development Manager. |
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Executive President OF MINERA nUEVA vISTA (Bolivian SUBSIDIARY)Maria Esther Jitton went to the law school at the Saint Andrews University of Bolivia (UMSA) in La Paz and in 1996 she received her degree as lawyer. Maria Esther has been working for the last 12 years in the mining industry. In 1997 she joined Corriente Resources, an exploration company with 3 subsidiaries in Bolivia, as administrative assistant, and after that as Director of the Bolivian companies. In 2000 she was in charge of the closure of the subsidiaries when Corriente Resources decided to close operations in Bolivia. In 2001 she commenced working with Vista Gold Corp of North America to work on the Amayapampa Gold Project. Later that year she was invited by Vista Gold Corp to become a Director of Vista’s Bolivian subsidiaries. In 2006 she became the Executive President of the Bolivian subsidiary companies. When Republic Gold bought the Amayapampa Gold Project in April 2008, Maria Esther continued in her role and is the Company’s most senior employee in Bolivia. |
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GENERAL MANAGER OF Operations - BoliviaJuan Cabrera graduated as a mining engineer from the Tomas Frias University in Potosi Bolivia in 1964. In 1970 he graduated from the Royal School of Mines in London with an MSc in Advanced Mining Engineering. Juan has vast experience in mining in Bolivia. He held numerous positions over 20 years in operations and management with COMIBOL, Bolivia’s state mining company. He was the General Manager for many of COMIBOL’S most important mines. In 1988 Juan was appointed a Director of COMIBOL located in the important mining city of Oruro. From 1990 to 1993 Juan was the Coordinator of the World Bank for COMIBOL, in charge of the planning and budgeting sector. From 1993 to 1994 Juan was the Assistant to the General Manager of COMIBOL and in 2005 Juan was the Executive President of COMIBOL. Juan also worked for one of Bolivia’s most important private mining companies, COMSUR. For six years from 1984 he was the General Superintendent at three of COMSUR’s major mines. Juan has also worked for international companies. In 1988 he was the Mine Manager at London American Mining’s Amarilla mine in the Tipuani Valley, a large alluvial gold operation. Then from 1995 to 1997 he was Project Advisor for RGC Exploration which was bidding for the Vinto Smelter and the Huanuni and Colquiri mines. Juan also worked as the Logistics Manager of the Cerro Corona Due Diligence Program in Peru from 1997 to 1998, was Operations Manager at the Atocha Project for General Minerals Corporation from 1998 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2004 worked on ore reserve estimation at Colquechaca Zinc/silver Project sponsored by USAID. Juan joined the Company in 2006 and is the General Manager of Operations. |