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Robert George Still  

Robert George Still
BCom (Hons), CA (SA), IMM

Chairman
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Rob started his career as a chartered accountant, becoming a partner of Ernst & Whinney before leaving in 1986 to co-found the JSE listed exploration and mining company Rhoex Ltd. Since that time Rob has been involved in both the senior and junior sectors of the mining industry worldwide and has held both executive and non-executive director positions in mining and exploration companies listed in South Africa, Australia, Canada and the UK. Rob has participated in the development of several new mining projects including Rhovan, Ticor Titanium, Pangea Goldfields, Southern Mining (Corridor Sands), Great Basin Gold (Burnstone) and Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Ltd. He is currently chairman of Pangea Exploration, a private company active in exploration, mining project development and mining finance. Rob was appointed to the Metorex Board in February 2005 and as Deputy Chairman in November 2007. In December he was appointed as Interim Executive.

Terence Philip Goodlace  

Terence Philip Goodlace
NHD: Metalliferous Mining, BCom, MBA

Chief Executive

Terence was appointed Chief Executive an Director on the Board with effect from 2 March 2009. His role focuses on core operations across the Company's existing assetes as well as new project development and investor relations. He was most recently Group Chief Operating Officer at Gold Fields where he worked for almost 27 years in various capacities including strategic planning, heading up the international mining portfolio, heading up the South African mining portfolio and holding various line management positions on operating mines.

John Hopwood CA (SA)  

John Hopwood CA (SA)

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Audit committee of the Board

John Hopwood is a non– executive director of Gold Fields Limited and Pan African Resources plc and is presently chairman of the audit committees of both companies. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Africa Mining Fund and chairman of the Fund’s Investment Committee. Previous experience includes being an executive director of Gold Fields of South Africa Limited from January 1992 to September 1998 and a director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Ernst and Young Corporate Finance.

Alberto Barrenechea Guimón  

Alberto Barrenechea Guimón

Non-Executive Director
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Alberto Barrenechea is a director of the largest producer and consumer of fluorspar in Europe - Spanish-based Minerales Y Productos Derivados. Alberto is also an adviser on plant upgrades and the general metallurgical process of Metorex's fluorspar mine, Vergenoeg. He has 34 years of industry experience.

Maritz Smith  

Maritz Smith
BCom (Hons), CA (SA)

Financial Director

Maritz, who is a Chartered Accountant (SA), joined Metorex in 2002 from Deloitte & Touche. He was appointed Financial Director in 2005, and in this capacity has overall responsibility for the Group’s financial affairs and reporting. Maritz was appointed to the Metorex Board as Alternate Director to Charles Needham in November 2007 and as Financial Director in December 2008.

Les Paton  

Les Paton

Non-Executive Director
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Les Paton holds a BSc (Univ of PE), BSc (Hons) Geology and a BComm (Univ of SA). He is an executive director of several Implats companies and been with that group for 34 years. Les also holds additional directorships in a variety of mining companies throughout the southern African arena. His career incorporates spells in Base Metal Exploration throughout southern Africa, as well as gold and platinum geological exploration, in which he has extensive experience. Les rose to the position of Chief Consulting Geologist within the Gencor Group, and was subsequently transferred to Implats where, in 2003, he was appointed to the board of both Implats and Zimplats. Les is experienced in the evaluation and technical overview of projects and in project management. He joined the Metorex Board subsequent to year-end.

Nonkululeko (“Nkuli”) Kgositsile  

Nonkululeko (“Nkuli”) Kgositsile

Non-Executive Director

Nkuli has a background in journalism and was a founder of the Voice of Soweto Community radio station and is an entrepreneur with her own entertainment company. She brings a dynamic wealth of experience in a social and political capacity in Africa, having being educated in a number of southern African countries.

Nonkululeko (“Nkuli”) Kgositsile  

Victor Mabuza

Non-Executive Director

Victor runs EsopShop (Pty) Ltd, which advises on employee and community ownership trust structures. He has advised on many mining company ESOPs, including African Rainbow Minerals Limited, Anglo Platinum Limited, Gold Fields Limited and Northam Platinum and Black Economic Empowerment transactions including Sasol Inzalo and Vodacom YeboYethu. He has held various directorships in retail, corporate and investment banking and has worked for major financial institutions including Standard Bank, ABSA and Stanlib. He was also previously an Executive Head for Asset Management as well as sat on the board of the National Empowerment Fund, where he was at the forefront of the highly successful Asonge MTN retail share offer.

Audit Committee:

 

JG Hopwood (Chairman)
TV Mabuza
RG Still

Remuneration Committee:

 

TV Mabuza (Chairman)
A Barrenechea
RG Still
LJ Paton

SHEC Committee:

 

LJ Paton (Chairman)
NN Kgositsile
TP Goodlace

 
   
 
 
 
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