Senior Management

Mr. Zolezzi is Chief Operating Officer of the ABG Group. Mr. Zolezzi was previously employed as Director of Technical Services for Barrick’s Australia Pacific Region for the last four years. Prior to that, Mr. Zolezzi held a number of senior project roles in the industry, including five years with Newcrest Mining where he was General Manager at the Telfer Mine, taking it from the project stage through to full production, as well as 13 years with WMC Resources in a number of senior operational and technical roles. In total, Mr. Zolezzi has over 30 years of experience in complex open pit and underground operations in Australia and South Africa with a variety of operational, technical and project management roles. In addition to Diplomas in Mining and Mechanical Engineering from Witwatersrand Institute of Technology in South Africa, Mr. Zolezzi holds Bachelor Degrees in Applied Science, Mechanical from the New South Wales Institute of Technology and in Applied Science, Mining from the Western Australian Institute of Technology.

Mr. Mwanyika is the Vice President, Corporate Affairs of the ABG Group. He was previously employed by Barrick which he joined in 1999 as a Legal Consultant and where he occupied various managerial positions in the last 11 years, culminating in his appointment in 2008 as Executive General Manager, Tanzania. Mr. Mwanyika holds a Bachelor of Law Degree with Honours from the University of Dar es Salaam and a Masters in Law from the University of Cambridge. Mr. Mwanyika is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society and the East African Law Society.

Mr. Spora is the Vice President, Exploration of the ABG Group. He was previously employed by Barrick where he served as Principal Geologist, Africa, from 2006 to 2008 and exploration Manager, Africa, since 2008. Mr. Spora has over 15 years of experience as a geologist in Australia and Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology Degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is currently a member of the Tanzanian Chamber of Minerals and Energy, and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists.

Ms. White is the General Counsel and Company Secretary of the ABG Group. Ms. White was previously employed by Barrick for the last five years where she served as Regional General Counsel and Company Secretary for Barrick Australia Africa, subsequently Barrick Australia Pacific, and as a Director of Barrick’s subsidiaries in the region since 2006. Prior to joining Barrick, Ms. White was employed as a senior associate at Hunt & Humphry in Australia. Ms. White has an Honours degree in Law from the University of Western Australia. She is admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia, the High Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia.

Mr. Wray is the Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations for the ABG Group. He was previously employed by JP Morgan Cazenove where he was a Director in the Corporate Finance team. Mr. Wray has over 10 years of experience in advising a range of mining and other companies in their capital-raising activities and in other strategic objectives. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Mr. Wray worked for the Kuwait Investment Office in London, dealing with their portfolio of investments in Spain. Mr. Wray holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Modern Languages from University College London.

Mr. van Vuuren is the Head of Human Resources of the ABG Group. He is responsible for overseeing all Human Resource activities, as well as the management of the Johannesburg office. Prior to joining Barrick, Mr. van Vuuren was Senior Director Human Resources and Services at Midroc Gold Ethiopia, and occupied various managerial positions over the previous 24 years at AngloGold and Harmony Gold. He joined Barrick in 2007 as Human Resource Manager at North Mara, and served in a number of capacities including Organisational Effectiveness Manager and Mine General Manager, before being promoted to his current position in 2009. Mr. van Vuuren is a diplomat of the Institute of Personnel Management and has several qualifications in HR, Training and Development and Industrial Relations. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).