Company - Board and Management
Mariana brings together depth of talent in a small team, encompassing:
- proven track record of exploration successes;
- expertise with a wide range of metals and mineral deposit types;
- work experience with junior, mid size and major mining companies;
- over 40 years collective experience on the South American continent;
- familiarity with resource opportunities, development and commissioning processes and issues, operational matters; and
- commercial, financial and legal expertise required for expediting project development (contract negotiation, funding arrangements, joint venture and partnering agreements, etc).
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
John Horsburgh (Age 61) BSc, ARSM, MSc, DIC, FAIMM Chairman
John Horsburgh, a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, is a geologist with more than 30 years experience in exploration, project development and company management. He was a co-founder of Solomon Pacific Resources NL which achieved success with the discovery and development of the Brocks Creek gold mine in the Northern Territory in Australia. As Executive Chairman he was involved in the acquisition, exploration and financing of the project. Prior to this, he was Exploration Manager for SE Australia with Getty Oil Development (minerals division). Before Getty, John gained extensive exploration experience with Billiton and the RTZ Group in Australia, South America and Europe. He is a director and a co-founder of Cullen Resources Ltd.
John Sutcliffe (Age 62) BSc, ARSM, FGS, MIMM, C. Eng, Managing Director
John Sutcliffe graduated from the Royal School of Mines and has 38 years experience in Latin America, Spain and the Middle East. John, a South America specialist, has managed successful exploration for Anglo American, Shell-Billiton, International Minerals Corp, Antofagasta Holdings and Greenwich Resources. He led teams which discovered the Rio Narcea gold belt, now in production, the Rio Blanco bonanza gold-silver deposit in Ecuador, (feasibility stage), the Pallancata bonanza silver-gold deposit in Peru (feasibility study) and the Dos Amigo porphyry copper deposit in Chile (producing mine). He has been involved in significant copper and gold discoveries in the Middle East and Central America. As initiator and manager of the Billiton office in Chile, he was responsible for identifying the potential of the Collahuasi copper district. He is a fluent Spanish speaker and is based in Quito, Ecuador.
Grahame Hamilton (Age 57) BSc, MSc, MAIG Director and Assistant Company Secretary
Grahame Hamilton, a graduate of the Universities of New South Wales and James Cook, has over 30 years experience in exploration, corporate and project management. He has wide-ranging expertise in project evaluation. Between 1994 and 1996, he managed the Brocks Creek exploration, environmental impact statement, feasibility study, mine development and construction for Solomon Pacific Resources NL, of which he was a co-founder. Before Solomon, Grahame managed the minerals division of Getty Oil Development in Queensland, Australia. He is a director and co-founder of Cullen Resources Ltd.
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Roger Thomson (Age 61) BSc, ARSM, MAIMM, MAIG, Non Exceutive Director
Roger Thomson, a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, is a geologist with more than 30 years experience in mineral exploration, mining geology and management in Australia, South America and Southeast Asia. He has held the positions of General Manager Exploration with Delta Gold Ltd and Sons of Gwalia Ltd and has been responsible for, or closely associated with, making economic discoveries of gold and tantalum in Australia. Roger successfully managed the programme that led to the discovery of the multi-million ounce Sunrise gold deposit near Laverton in Western Australia. He is a director of Image Resources NL and Meteoric Resources NL.
Raymond Angus (Age 43) BAppSc, MSEG, Non Executive Director
Mr Angus is a geologist with over 20 years of international experience in the Americas, Africa, Australia and the Middle East. He graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science - Applied Geology from the Queensland University of Technology in 1987. He worked in mineral exploration and mining in Australia for Cyprus Gold Australia before venturing into overseas postings in Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia. In 1994 Mr Angus established a foothold in Peru where he is a local resident. He worked in property evaluation and new business opportunities and obtained a senior position with Newcrest Mining (Peru), followed by specific consulting assignments to companies including Queenstake, Goldfields Limited and Billiton plc.
Mr Angus is the co-founder of Monterrico Metals plc since its incorporation, then subsequent quotation on AIM in June 2002. He served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, and was responsible for the identification and acquisition of the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru. He managed the resource definition drilling programs which ultimately reported 1.26 billion tonnes at a grade of 0.57% Cu + 228 ppm Mo. As a result a Detailed Feasibility Study was commisioned based upon a mining scenario of 25Mtpa for an initial 20 years, resulting in a Captial Expenditure estimate in excess of US$1.4Bn. Simultaneously to the publication of this announcement in February 2007 a corporate takeover proposal materialized and in April 2007 Monterrico was successfully acquired by the Chinese-lead Zijin Consortium, valuing the Company at £98.0 million. Mr Angus has been retained by the new Monterrico Board as a Non-Executive director.