Corporate Profile /Management

 
Lukas H. Lundin
Chairman

Mr. Lundin is known for recognizing value and superior global investment opportunities in the natural resource sector. His uninhibited pursuit of highly prospective properties around the world has resulted in numerous resource discoveries, including the multi-million ounce Veladero gold discovery. Mr. Lundin has also led several companies through highly profitable business acquisitions and mergers such as Lundin Mining's $3.3 billion merger with EuroZinc Mining, the $2 billion sale of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. and most recently the $8.9 billion sale of Red Back Mining Inc. Mr. Lundin is a graduate of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He currently sits on the Board of a number of publicly traded companies.

 
Dr. Wojtek Wodzicki
President, CEO & Director

Dr. Wodzicki has worked in the international mining industry since 1987 and has managed exploration programs on five continents. He is a geologist by training and has a doctorate in Geosciences from the University of Arizona. He previously served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for Lundin Mining Corporation and President, CEO and Director of Sanu Resources Ltd. Prior to joining the Lundin Group Dr. Wodzicki was with Teck Cominco Ltd. in a variety of roles that included managing exploration offices in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. He finished his career with Teck Cominco as General Manager of Exploration for North America and Europe-Africa.

 
Bob Carmichael
Vice President, Exploration

Mr. Carmichael joined NGEx from the UK office of Lundin Mining Corporation, where he was General Manager, Resource Exploration with oversight of all near-mine and resource definition exploration activities. Prior to joining Lundin Mining, Mr. Carmichael acted as Vice President, Exploration for EuroZinc Mining Corporation and held executive positions and directorships for several other Canadian exploration companies operating internationally. He has also been a director and first Vice President of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and sat on the technical committee for Geoscience BC.

Mr. Carmichael is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia, holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of British Columbia and has 23 years of experience in public company management and international mineral exploration.

 
Wanda Lee
Chief Financial Officer

Ms Lee is a Certified General Accountant with over 20 years experience in the mining industry. Since 1988, she has served as Chief Financial Officer and Controller/Treasurer for a number of publicly traded resource based companies. From 1992 to 1995, Ms Lee was Chief Financial Officer of International Musto Explorations until the company was sold to Rio Algom and North Ltd for $500 million. Ms Lee was also Controller/Treasurer of Argentina Gold Corp when the company was the subject of a takeover by Homestake Mining Company for $300 million. Ms. Lee has extensive experience in the accounting, auditing, tax activities and financial reporting processes of public companies, including reporting to audit committees and the preparation of financial information for various regulatory bodies. Ms Lee is currently Chief Financial Officer of several Lundin Group Companies.

 
Paul Conibear
Director

Mr. Conibear has over 25 years of experience in mining projects in several African countries, North America, and a number of South American countries. His background includes 18 years of project and construction management across a diverse range of minerals projects encompassing base and precious metal, coal, uranium and potash investments. For the last 10 years he has held public company executive management and director's positions with the Lundin group of companies, most notably serving for several years as President and CEO of Tenke Mining Corp. where he was instrumental in progressing the world class Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project towards its current position as a major mining operation in central Africa.

 
William A. Rand
Director

Mr. William A. Rand received a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honors Economics) from McGill University, a law degree from Dalhousie University and a Master of Laws degree in international law from the London School of Economics. Mr. Rand practiced securities law in Vancouver, British Columbia, for nearly 25 years before retiring in October 1992 to establish Rand Edgar Capital Corp., an investment/banking, venture capital company. Mr. Rand is a director of a number of publicly-traded resource-based companies.

 
David Mullen
Director

Mr. Mullen has more than 25 years experience in the merchant banking and investment industry. He is currently CEO of HSBC Capital and manages merchant banking operations in Canada, US, and Latin America with a total of approximately $2 billion in commitments. Mr. Mullen serves as a director to a number of public and private boards, including over 18 years in the resource-based sector with companies such as Eurozinc, Gold-Ore Resources, Lundin Mining, and now NGEx Resources. He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

 
I. Rodrigo A. Romo
Corporate Secretary

From September 2001 until July 2009, Mr. Romo was the in-house Securities and Corporate Paralegal for Quorum Management & Administrative Services Inc. ("Quorum"), a private company, which provides management, administrative, legal, geological and other services to a number publicly traded mineral exploration companies. Mr. Romo also acted as the Corporate Secretary for two of the Quorum group of companies, namely, Emgold Mining Corporation and ValGold Resources Ltd. Prior to joining Quorum, Mr. Romo was a Securities and Corporate Paralegal with the law firm of Lang Michener LLP.