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| Shawn Wallace Position: Executive Chairman, Director
Mr. Wallace has spent the last 20 years as a consultant to many successful
junior mining companies where he was instrumental in building first
class mining exploration and development projects. His particular expertise
in corporate development, international mining deal structure and
M&A activity will be key in guiding Keegan as it moves forward as a
significant growth vehicle and or M&A target for major mining companies.
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| Maurice Tagami, P. Eng Position: President, CEO, Director Mr. Tagami has a degree from the University of British Columbia in metallurgical engineering, is a registered professional engineer in the province of British Columbia and has over 28 years experience in mine development and operations. Mr. Tagami has played a significant metallurgical and project management role in numerous open pit, underground and heap leach projects in North and South America, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Europe and Asia and has actively participated in several plant commissioning and start-up periods. Recently, Mr. Tagami held the position of senior project manager for Canico Resource Corp. on the Onca Puma project, a large greenfields nickel laterite smelter project in Para state, Brazil where he was involved in the project from exploration through scoping and feasibility studies and basic engineering. | |
| Dr. Daniel McCoy, PhD Position: Chief Geologist, Director
Mr. McCoy obtained his PhD at the University of Alaska and has worked extensively in the exploration sector for over 22 years. Mr. McCoy has a wealth of experience in Nevada, Alaska and Canada exploring for the most prominent types of gold deposits, including Carlin-type, intrusion-related, epithermal and Archaen greenstone systems. Most recently, Mr. McCoy was employed at Placer Dome where he co-coordinated acquisitions and field programs for Placer's Nevada generative exploration office. Mr. McCoy's experience is well suited to execute the company's plan of focusing primarily on highly leveraged gold projects in West Africa.
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| Richard J. Haslinger, P.Eng Position: Vice President of Exploration
Mr. Haslinger received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1986 and is a registered professional geological engineer with over 20 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry. During the last 15 years Richard has managed numerous multi-disciplinary exploration and deposit delineation projects at sites ranging from Alaska to South Africa. In his role with Keegan he provides exploration guidance and drill program management.
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| Robert McLeod, P.Geo. Position: Director
Mr. McLeod is the VP of Exploration and a director of Full Metal Minerals Ltd. He has over 12 years of experience in mining and exploration, working for a variety of major and junior mining companies. Technical skills include advanced GIS and 3D geologic modeling, grade-block modeling and resource calculation, mine design and geostatistics, lithogeochemical and structural studies, as well as project generation and property evaluation. His exploration strategy is a multi-tier approach including: conceptual geologic and project generation, early-stage project advancement focusing on discovery, and advancing mid-stage projects towards feasibility. As an exploration geologist and project manager at Miramar's Hope Bay project, he was part of the team that discovered the Naartok deposit, as well as expanding and delineating the Boston and Doris deposits. He was previously VP of Exploration for Atna Resources Ltd, where he helped assemble a premier portfolio of gold properties in Nevada. Mr. McLeod obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in Economic Geology from UBC in 1993 and graduated from Queen's University's, Master's in Geology, Mineral Exploration Program in 1998. He is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Alaska Miners Association and the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines.
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| Marcel de Groot, CA Position: Director Marcel de Groot is a founder and President of Pathway Capital Ltd., a Vancouver based private venture capital corporation. Pathway Capital Ltd, formed in 2004, invests in and provides strategic support to early stage private and public companies. Companies backed by Pathway Capital have raised over $800 million in equity and completed over $900 million in M&A transaction since 2004. He is currently Chairman of Luna Gold Corp. and a director of Underworld Resources Inc. and Waterloo Resources Ltd. Mr. de Groot graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and articled with Grant Thornton LLP where he obtained the Chartered Accountant designation. | |
| Gordon J. Fretwell, LLB Position: Director
Mr. Fretwell holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1979 with a Bachelor of law degree. Formerly a partner in a large Vancouver law firm, Mr. Fretwell has, since 1991, been a self-employed solicitor in Vancouver practicing primarily in the areas of corporate and securities law. He currently serves on the board or is an officer of several public companies engaged in mineral exploration including Bell Resources Corporation, Copper Ridge Exploration Inc., Continental Minerals Corporation, Rockwell Ventures Inc., Grandcru Resources Corp., Pine Valley Mining Corp., Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd., and Icon Industries Ltd.
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| Keith Minty, P. Eng Position: Director Keith Minty obtained a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Queen' University, Kingston Ontario, Canada in 1978. He has over 25 years of open pit and undergroundmine operational and project development experience in North America, Central America and in Africa in base and preciousmetals, Platinum Group Metals and Industrial Minerals. Since 1997, Keith has held many corporate management and financial positions in companies listed on the Toronto and American stock exchanges. He has raised over $ 750 million as IPO's and financings for these companies. In 2008, he joined Thani Dubai Mining as the Chief Operating Officer where he is responsible for all project gold exploration and operations activities in Yemen and Egypt and new business development activities. Prior to joining Thani Dubai Mining limited, he was Hunter Dickinson Inc. South African country manager. | |
| Tony Ricci, CA Position: CFO Mr. Ricci is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of practice experience, mainly with public companies listed on Canadian and US stock exchanges. His expertise involves corporate finance, corporate structure and financial reporting. Mr. Ricci is currently CFO of Keegan Resources Inc.(TSX: KGN) and EmerGeo Solutions Worldwide Inc.(TSX-V: EMG). He was formerly a director and CFO of Norsemont Mining Inc. and Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. and Petaquilla Copper Ltd., companies with a combined market approaching $700 million. Mr. Ricci also worked at Amec (formerly H.A. Simons Ltd.) and KPMG and acted as the finder of TSX listed Carmanah Technologies Corp. Mr. Ricci provides extensive experience in the areas of corporate finance, acquisitions, financial reporting, corporate governance and accounting, and corporate structure advice. | |
| Ivan Bebek Position: Corporate Finance, Advisory Board Mr. Bebek has spent the last 10 years financing premier junior resource companies and has been instrumental in the raising of over 200 million dollars of risk capital for exploration companies. Mr. Bebek has experience in foreign negotiations and acquisitions in various countries such as Canada, the US, Mongolia and most recently Ghana, West Africa. Mr. Bebek has developed a very strong international financial network and his ability to structure and position strategic financial partners has helped lead the companies he has been associated with to great success. Mr. Bebek currently sits on Keegan's advisory board as the key corporate finance advisor and has been instrumental in arranging all of Keegan's financings to date. | |
| Graham Johnson, P. Eng. Position: General Manager - Health, Safety, Environment and Community Mr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1988 and is a registered professional engineer. He has 20 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry and has held roles in operations, corporate and consulting. His work experience spans 23 countries and has included acquisition reviews; project development and permitting; extensive environmental baseline studies; and community consultation and development. Recently, he was a Principal with Coffey Natural Systems in Perth, Australia where he led environmental and social impact assessment studies for numerous mine development projects in Australia and Africa. Prior to that position, Mr. Johnson was Environmental Manager for the Sadiola Hill and Yatela Gold mines for Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. in Mali, West Africa. |
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