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So out of these below. Which do you consider a success? His CV is loaded to try and portray a certain image. Most people dont have as much. It should raise a red flag, not impress. And the subsequent comment by 'Bob' is indicative of that.
Time he became CEO of BZT- SP 0.5….now 0.14
Time he became CEO of XTR- SP 10...now 4.5
Time he became CEO of Galileo 7.38...now 0.77 (almost 10 fold!!!)
Kwakadu I don't know what your objective is...but here is his CV and an impressive one too:
Colin Bird is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Jubilee Platinum PLC. He has a Higher National Diploma in Mining Engineering, is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a UK Chartered Engineer. He also holds a UK and South African Mine Managers Certificate for coal mines. The formative part of his career was spent in the UK coal mining industry and thereafter he moved to the Zambian copper belt and then to South Africa to work in a management position with Anglo Coal and BP Coal. On his return to the UK he was Technical and Operations Director of Costain Mining Limited, which involved responsibility for coal operations in the UK, Venezuela and Spain. In addition to his coal mining activities he has been involved in the management of Nickel, Copper, Gold and other diverse mineral operations. He has founded and floated several public companies in the resource sector and served on resource company boards in the UK, Canada and South Africa.
Well well well
Not surprised at all
Was a very slippy character back in the day.
Im intrigued how he will get through this- his luck may have finally run out. You keep playing the same games for all these years- you wont always get away with it.
This confirms what I have said. He did one big deal 10 years ago and has surfed the wave since. Presented himself as some mining guru. Loves the use of jargon and technical languages. His companies and those he is associated with are an often intertwined mesh which raises the question of conflict of interests.
Meanwhile- all his companies on AIM move at snail pace with declining SP. He extracts a 'modest' salary from each which adds up to a good salary...for companies that have done terrible under his tenure. Essentially- a reward for utter failure.
There is fact and there is opinion. I have given my opinion. Here are some facts:
Time he became CEO of BZT- SP 0.5….now 0.14
Time he became CEO of XTR- SP 10...now 4.5
Time he became CEO of Galileo 7.38...now 0.77 (almost 10 fold!!!)
Maybe even more insightful is the only comment posted by some Bob
"An interesting, complete article which highlights, inter alia, the involvemrnt of Colin Bird.
CEO of a numer of companies over the years, he lists many academic qualification, including C.Eng. Until recently though, he listed a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mining as hs major qualification on the GLR website. After I made a passing comment on his HND, he changed this simply to a Diploma. At around the same time, I noticed that a BSc was added to his list of educational qualifications on his XTR website. Significantly perhaps because he eventually realized that to be considered as a CEng he would need `a good degree` and much experience in industry. My `spy` with influence within the CEng empire could find no mention of any Colin Bird being appointed CEng.
All of the above pales into insignificance when one reads about his dubious involvement and management as described in your article above.
Many Thanks,
Bob Thompson"
This is a year old but still
http://ibiworld.eu/en/from-bad-to-worse-sambia-at-the-time-of-edgar-lungu/
hawi Fawaz quickly became the most powerful Jerabos (Mafia godfather) in southern Africa, and when courts in Lusaka sentenced him to a total of 25 years in prison (1989 for drug trafficking and theft of copper; 1994 for the murder of a trade unionist, Grant Kolala; 1998 for trading in slaves, drugs, prostitutes and various acts of violence[156]), Edgar Lungu personally intervenes and grants him pardon – and advises him to change his method in what concerns the mines of Kalengwa: Enough with the Mafia protection of irregular collectors, rather the establishment of two mining companies transforming 2000 irregular workers into employees of a regular company[157] – Hetro Mining & Ore Ltd. Kitwe and Lunga Minerals & Exploration Ltd. Kitwe[158].
African Consolidated Resources (ACR) wins the legal (and military) fight against the small business of local tribal chiefs (EAKM), thanks to a strategic decision by its biggest shareholder and president Colin Bird: he does not fight Fawaz, but concludes a contract sold him a percentage of his business and, a few years later, changed his name to Xtract Resources[159]. In this way, Fawaz and Lungu share the profits[160] of other ACR companies: the Gadzema gold mine, the Pickstone-Peerless gold mine and the Nkombwa Hill diamond mine[161].
Moxico is also opening up to share purchases for Zambian citizens[165] and making an offer for the license to use Kalengwa – an offer accepted by the state administration – but ignored by Colin Bird and Shawi Fawaz and refuted by following by a decree of Edgar Lungu[166].
KPZ International sells 30% of its alleged exploitation rights[175] to Colin Bird’s new multinational and to its British partner: Bezant Resources Plc London[176].
This nasty story is starting to become normal practice: Colin Bird is also chairman of the board of another mining company, Jubilee Metals Group Plc London[180]. On June 19, 2020, Jubilee Metals officially announced that it had acquired the rights to process 150 million tonnes of high copper grade sand[181] from Star Tanganika Ltd[182]. Lusaka will be processed at the Jubilee refinery in Sable, Zambia.