Parviz Farsangi, MEng, MBA, PhD, PEng President, Chief Executive Officer & Director Mr. Farsangi has an extensive operations background and knowledge of the mining industry. Most recently he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Vale (formerly, Vale Inco Limited) with the responsibility for leading the operations of Vale's wholly-owned subsidiaries. Prior to joining Vale, Mr. Farsangi had a long career with Falconbridge Limited starting at Falconbridge's Kidd Creek Mine in 1987 and rising to General Manager of the Falconbridge Sudbury Mines/Mill Business Unit in 2002. Subsequently he was President, Gramercy Alumina in Louisiana and St. Ann Bauxite in Jamaica for Falconbridge. |
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Hemdat Sawh, BSc, MBA, CA Chief Financial Officer Prior to joining Scorpio Mining, Mr. Sawh held the position of CFO for Crystallex International Corporation, a Canadian-based gold company with operations in Venezuela. From 2005 to 2007, he was the CFO for Goldbelt Resources Ltd., prior to which he worked with Grant Thornton LLP from 1989 to 2005, involved in the audit of small to medium-sized businesses with a concentration in publicly-listed junior mining companies. |
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John A. Sadek, BEng (Mining), MAusIMM Mexico Country Manager Mr. Sadek brings a wealth of international mining experience to the Corporation, with past positions including Mining Manager at the Ernest Henry gold-copper mine in Australia, Operations Analyst/Senior Mining Engineer at the Minera Alumbrera copper-gold mine in Argentina, Mine Superintendent - West Operations at the Minera Yanacocha gold mine in Peru, and most recently, Vice President Operations at the San Gregorio project for Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc. |
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James M. Stonehouse, MA (Geology) Vice President, Exploration Mr. Stonehouse has over 30 years of experience in exploration, primarily focused in the Americas and on precious and base metal deposits. He is experienced in managing all aspects of exploration and has successfully led multiple teams through grass roots exploration to discovery stage, resource evaluation, feasibility study and development, including turnaround projects that brought sub-valued assets to economic status and production. |
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Victoria Vargas, HBSc (Economics), MBA Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Ms. Vargas has over 18 years of experience in the mining industry and brings a wealth of experience in investor relations and stakeholder communications to Scorpio Mining. Prior to joining Scorpio, served as Vice President of Investor Relations with Greystar Resources Ltd., Romarco Minerals Inc. and VP Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for Iberian Minerals Corp. Previously, Victoria worked for Alamos Gold Inc. and held a variety of financial and corporate development positions at Kinross from 1994 until 1999. |
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Peter J. Hawley, BSc, PGeo Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Director Founder and former CEO, Peter Hawley's mining-industry experience spans grassroots exploration through to development and production. He has worked extensively as a consulting geologist to a large number of intermediate and senior mining companies including Teck Corp, Noranda Inc, Placer Dome Inc and Barrick Gold Corp. He is currently President and CEO of Scorpio Gold Corporation. |
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Jonathan Berg, BS, MBA Director Mr. Berg has more than 35 years' experience in finance and investments, most recently as VP Finance of PeriCor Therapeutics, Inc., and non-executive chairman of Colombia Goldfields Ltd, March 2008 to October 2009. Formerly, Mr. Berg was president, chief investment officer and founder of Berg Capital Corp., a registered investment adviser based in New York. He has been involved with the start up of several companies, acting as a consultant on finance and corporate structure, and has assisted in the funding of early stage companies in the fields of energy, technology, healthcare, and consumer electronics. |
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Pierre Lacombe, BEng, Eng Director Mr. Lacombe has been Principal Process Engineer with AMEC since 2000. Prior to joining AMEC, Pierre was Manager of Metallurgy for Cambior from 1996 to 2000, Plant Superintendent/Senior Metallurgist for Aur Resources' Louvicourt Mine from 1991 to 1996, Assistant Plant Superintendent/Production Metallurgist for BP Minerals' Selbaie Mine from 1986 to 1991 and a junior engineer for Cominco from 1984-1986. |
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Ewan Mason, HBSc, MBA Director Mr. Mason began his career as a contract geologist working for a number of mining companies. Following receipt of his MBA in 1992, he embarked on a corporate banking career with the Bank of Nova Scotia, focusing on project financing. Recruited by Richardson Greenshields in 1995 (acquired by RBC in 1996), Mr. Mason rose to the role of Managing Director. In 2005, he was recruited by TD Securities to start up and head their mining investment banking team, which he led until May 2009. |
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Eric Lowy Corporate Secretary Mr. Lowy is a corporate lawyer with Irwin Lowy LLP. He has extensive experience advising public companies on corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, as well as public company governance and regulation. |