John Park - Chairman, BSc (Hons), FAusIMM, CPMan , MAIME
John graduated in metallurgy from the University of Queensland in 1971 and worked in mining and mineral processing operations in the UK, Australia and Zambia prior to joining Seltrust Engineering in London in 1978 where he was employed as a senior metallurgical consultant and project manager on a number of base and precious metals projects worldwide. Following Selection Trust’s acquisition by BP he held a number of senior financial roles within BP Minerals International Limited notably on the Bingham copper expansion and financing for the development of the Ridgeway and Greens Creek precious metals mines in the USA and Oryx in South Africa. He was also investment manager of BPMIL's extensive share portfolio.
After two years as commercial director of Cluff Mineral Exploration Limited based in London but with executive secondments to the Cluff Group's operating subsidiaries in Australia and Zimbabwe, John joined SAMAX Resources Ltd when the company was founded in late 1989. As executive director he was responsible for operations, finance and the company's East African assets including the acquisition & discovery of its Geita properties and Golden Pride, which became Tanzania's first modern gold mine. SAMAX Gold Inc. was successfully listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in December 1996 with a market capitalisation of C$120 million and acquired two years later for more than C$200 million by Ashanti Goldfields Inc.
John is currently chairman of AIM listed African Eagle Resources plc which operates in Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique and was until recently a director of CDNX listed Longview Strategies Inc. He has also held positions on the boards of a number of AIM & other listed and unlisted companies including Buffalo Gold, Cambridge Minerals, Hereward Ventures, GoldFX and Central Queensland Resources.
John brings a sound knowledge of the minerals business with a record of success in the commercial and financial side of the minerals industry.
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