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Alan De’ath
President and Chief Executive Officer

Alan De’ath has over 30 years of experience in senior management positions in the mining industry, including a 20-year career with Rio Tinto in Europe and southern Africa and two years as CFO with TVX Gold in Toronto. He joined Ivernia in 2000 overseeing business development and finance before being appointed President and CEO and Director in July 2003.

Rob Scargill
Executive Vice President, Operations

Rob has worked in senior management and technical positions at international mining companies during a career spanning more than 20 years. A mining engineer with extensive experience in mine management, mine operations and development, he held senior mining engineering positions at BHP’s Cannington Mine. Following that, he was responsible for underground operations at Gympie Eldorado Gold Mines where he later was appointed Chief Executive/General Manager. Later, he became General Manager of Perilya Ltd’s Broken Hill Operations, then Managing Director of Copper Range Ltd., both ASX listed companies. Most recently he was Country Manager at Australian Solomons Gold Ltd responsible for all the Company’s activities in the Solomon Islands including the start up of the Gold Ridge Mine, project management and relationship building with local landowners and government.

Rob received a Bachelor of Mining Engineering honours degree from Nottingham University, United Kingdom, in 1988.

Brent Omland
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Brent is a Chartered Accountant with extensive auditing and corporate experience in the Canadian mining and accounting industries. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Brent joined Ivernia in February 2008 as Director – Finance. Prior to that, he was with Teck Resources Limited. Brent is based in Toronto and will divide his time between Toronto and Perth during the Magellan restart planning and start-up period.

Bruce Hooper
Vice President, Corporate Development and Exploration

Bruce has 30 years of exploration and development experience in Australia and internationally. He has managed many successful exploration programs and is well experienced in taking initial exploration prospects through to evaluation and into production. He is an Honours Graduate from the University of Leeds, UK in Geological Sciences and has worked for both major resource companies and junior explorers.

He started his working career in the petroleum industry for BP in the North Sea before moving to Australia and joining Rio Tinto and then North Ltd exploring for base metals, gold and uranium throughout Australia and led the team that discovered the E48 deposit at Northparkes.  Moving to Chile and then on to Indonesia as part of the expansion of North Ltd into South America and Asia he was involved in exploring for a variety of commodities.  He moved back to Australia with Straits Resources as it begun its expansion from a one mine company into a diversified explorer, acquirer and developer of projects in Australia and Asia.  Prior to joining Ivernia he was employed by Perilya Ltd as GM Exploration to build an exploration team and grow the company.

Doug Grimmond
General Manager, Magellan Metals

Doug is a Chemical Engineer who has extensive experience with Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcan Gove Pty Limited.  Doug has over 10 years of general management experience including mining, mineral processing and  rail operations.  Doug holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales. 

Dr. John Yeates
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility

Dr. Yeates has over 35 years of experience in all aspects of environmental management across a wide range of industries within Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Ivernia, he was a Senior Executive at LandCorp, the Western Australian Government's land and property developer, where he provided corporate leadership and managed environmental risk assessment, compliance and management for all the company’s projects. He led the development and implementation of environmental due diligence and risk management procedures and programs.

Kane Blackman
Manager of Health, Safety and Environment, Magellan Metals

Kane Blackman has extensive environmental management experience in the mining and oil and gas industries. Prior to joining Magellan in 2008, Kane’s roles included consultancy positions with Enesar and Coffey Natural Systems, where he worked on a number of mining and oil and gas projects in Papua New Guinea. As a consultant, Kane was a key member of the team that worked with Magellan management to develop the new sealed shipment process for lead carbonate concentrate. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Diploma of Modern Languages (French) from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Australia.
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John Pitcher
General Counsel and Secretary

John Pitcher was appointed General Counsel and Secretary in October 2008.  Before joining Ivernia he was General Counsel and Secretary of New Gold Inc. and prior to that Corporate Counsel at Gabriel Resources Ltd.

Julian Hayes
Processing Manager, Magellan Metals

Julian Hayes is a professional metallurgist with extensive experience in operations and international projects. Prior to joining Magellan, Julian's experience included Process Manager at the Chatree Gold Mine (Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd) and Mill Manager at the Bronzewing and Jundee operations for Newmont Mining. Most recently, Julian provided consulting and contract metallurgy services through his company, Mineral Processing Expertise Pty Ltd. Julian holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mineral Process Engineering and a Master of Science in Mining and Mineral Technology.

David Wilkie
Mining Manager, Magellan Metals

David brings considerable mining experience across a range of commodities in both open pit and underground mining operations. David has held management roles at St Barbara Mines, Tanami Gold NL, Croesus Norseman operations and also worked in various management roles for MacMahon, Henry Walker Eltin, Thiess, Barminco mining contractors. David has a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from Colorado School of Mines, a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency and is a member of Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Ann Candelario
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Ann has more than 15 years experience in the investor relations field. Most recently she directed investor relations at Intrepid Mines Limited, an emerging gold producer. Previously she held senior investor relations positions in several technology and network communications companies based in Silicon Valley, California.

Richard G. Perfect
Corporate Controller

Richard Perfect is a Certified General Accountant with approximately 15 years of experience at a number of companies in Canada. Mr. Perfect joined Ivernia in June 2003.

Ben-Louis Ludik
Finance Manager, Magellan Metals

Ben-Louis is a Chartered Accountant with auditing and corporate experience in South Africa and Australia. Prior to joining Ivernia in 2006, Ben-Louis’ roles included the positions of Senior Auditor with an Australian auditing firm and a Group Accountant position in a manufacturing and retail company. He holds a Masters degree in Financial Accounting and an Honours Degree in Logistics. He has 15 years experience in External Auditing, Commerce and Education.

Jason Thomas
Contracts and Logistics Manager, Magellan Metals

Jason Thomas has previously held senior management roles in sales, marketing and logistics with Sun Metals Corporation and more recently Barrick (Osborne). He has a wide range of experience in the import and export of bulk materials, finished metal, by-products and sulphuric acid.  Jason holds and Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Material Science and a Masters in Technology Management.

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