The Team20 Mar 2017 09:57
Previously, Mr Linsley was a co-founder in 1998 and CEO of Cross Asset Management Ltd, a UK- based hedge fund management company which managed $500 million in assets across a number of strategies including Event Driven Equity and Credit. As a multi-strategy Europe-focused arbitrage firm Cross was involved in mergers, corporate restructurings, IPOs and private placements across Europe. In 2005 Cross Asset Management was sold to RAB Capital, a specialist asset manager focusing on natural resource and long/short equity investments.
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Over his career he has visited and evaluated properties in over 70 countries carrying out approximately 20 significant corporate acquisitions, mergers or sales that involved 24 operating mines. Mr. Bojtos has participated in the financing, development, building or reopening of 19 mines and has had a hand in the operation of 24 producing mines.
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Guy Le Bel has more than 30 years of international experience in strategic and financial mine planning. Until recently, he served as Vice President Evaluations for Capstone Mining Corp. and is a Director of Golden Queen Mining and RedQuest Capital Corp. Previously, Mr. Le Bel was VP, Business Development at Quadra Mining Ltd., and prior to that held business advisory, strategy and planning, business valuation, and financial planning management roles at BHP Billiton Base Metals Ltd., Rio Algom Ltd. and Cambior Inc. Guy has extensive experience across precious and base metals industries in the Americas.
Guy holds an MBA Finance from École des Hautes Études Commerciales, a Master Applied Sciences, Mining Engineering - University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. Mining Engineering from Université Laval.
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Francis R. McAllister has over 50 years' industry experience having held various senior and Board positions in a number of metals and mining companies. He started his career at ASARCO Incorporated where he worked between 1966 and 1999; here he held various positions ultimately being named ASARCO's Chief Financial Officer in 1982 and then Executive Vice President of Copper Operations in 1993. Frank eventually became ASARCO's President and Chief Operating Officer before becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1999.
In 1996 he became an Independent Director of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc and its Lead Director from 2004 to 2013. During the same period, he was also Chairman, CEO and a Director at Stillwater Mining Co, after which he became President of the National Mining Association.
Mr. McAllister holds an MBA from New York University, Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Utah and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.