Management & The Board of Directors


Fayyaz Alimohamed

Fayyaz Alimohamed, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Mr. Alimohamed has a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Economics from the London School of Economics (University of London) and is a Certified General Accountant (CGA). He has over 20 years experience in investment management, finance and consultancy. He previously worked at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Financial and Management Services Ltd. (a management consultancy set up by Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.) and as the Chief Financial Officer of the Key Capital Group.

He then moved to Dubai where he became Director of Investments for the Cupola Group, a large operating and investment conglomerate. He is also the President of Acamar Advisors, which provides management consultancy and corporate communications services.


Robert Archer

Robert A. Archer, P.Geo., Chairman of the Board of Directors

A career explorationist, Mr. Archer has a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geology from Laurentian University in Ontario and is a registered Professional Geologist. He spent more than 15 years with major mining companies including Newmont Exploration Canada Ltd., Rio Algom Exploration Inc., Placer Dome Canada Ltd., and Noranda Exploration Inc.

During that time he specialized in generative exploration and participated in 3 positive feasibility studies at Canadian gold mines, including the 14 million ounce Dome Mine in Timmins.

In the past 10 years he has held various positions at the senior management level of junior exploration companies. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Great Panther Resources Limited, the company he co-founded 2 years ago. During that time he has been instrumental in raising $21.5 million for Great Panther Resources Limited.


Shehzad

Shehzad Bharmal, Director

Mr. Bharmal has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry with operating experience at mines and smelters. As Manager, Operations, at Teck Cominco's $ 1.8 billion Trail smelter, he is responsible for managing plant operations, capital projects and infrastructure construction and maintenance. Previously he was responsible for Energy and Commercial Services at Teck Cominco, which involved concentrate purchasing for the Trail smelter, chemical and industrial sales, and surplus energy sales.


Tony Ricci

Tony M. Ricci, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

Mr. Ricci is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and has a Business Administration degree from Lakehead University, Ontario. He has over 18 years of practice experience, mainly with public companies listed on Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges. Previously, he had worked as a manager with Amec Inc. (formerly H.A. Simons Ltd.) and with KPMG as a senior accountant.