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NOV 2012

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NEWS - PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Kinross Gold Corp. announced that Executive Vice President and CFO Paul H. Barry will be leaving the company. He will remain in his role until a new CFO is appointed and will assist in the transition period. ABM Resources NLhas appointed Brad Valiukas COO. Paul H. Barry Southern Legacy Minerals Inc. has appointed Alvaro Fernandez-Baca vice president of exploration and Juan Rosas senior geological consultant. Andres Milla has been appointed chairman of the board, replacing Cesar Lopez who will con- tinue to serve as an independent director. Redtail Metals Corp. has appointed William M. Sheriff director and interim CEO and Natasha Tsai CFO. Osisko Mining Corp. announced the retirement of Robert Wares, founder and former president, and current executive vice president of exploration and resource development. Champion Iron Mines Ltd. has appointed Beat Frei director of project finance of Europe. Robert Wares Tantalus Rare Earths AGhas appointed Prof. Dr. Ernst A. Brugger, Ian Hannam, Ulrich Krauskopf and Thomas Hoyer as supervisory board members. Prof. Dr. Brugger has been elected chairman of the supervisory board. John A. McCluskey Alamos Gold Inc. announced that John A. McCluskey, pres- ident and CEO, is Ontario's 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. McCluskey was chosen as Ontario's winner by an independent judging panel of distin- guished business leaders and previous award recipients, who recognized his "forward-thinking vision and eye for opportunity" in growing Alamos from a start-up company in 2003 to an established Canadian-based gold miner. McCluskey also won the Mining and Metals Category award for Ontario at the Ernst & Young Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year 2012. True North Gems Inc. has appointed Ronald Hall vice president of engineering. Monarques Resources Inc. has appointed Jean-Marc Lacoste president and CEO. Star Gold Corp. has appointed David Segelov CEO. Tigris Uranium Corp. has appointed Matthew J. Anderson CFO. Jean-Marc Lacoste Juniper Systemshas appointed Robert Davis director of business and channel development. Colossus Minerals Inc. announced that Director John Frostiak will assume the role of chairman from Ari Sussman, who is resigning. ARANZ Geo Ltd. has appointed Andrew Hollis sales director and principal geologist, and Elisabeth Zortea-Johnston marketing manager. Santo Mining Corp. has appointed Francisco (Ramoncito) Vasquez lead exploration scout. Andrew Hollis Elisabeth Zortea-Johnston Goldgroup Mining Inc. has appoint- ed Executive Chairman Gregg J. Sedun to also fill the role of president and interim CEO, replacing Keith Piggott. Piggott will continue to serve on the company's board of directors. Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. announced Victor Fitzmaurice has been appointed operations general manager with the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Rare Earth Extraction Co. Ltd. Andreas Muntingh has been appointed mine geologist at the Steenkampskraal mine site in South Africa. Nick Holland CEEC International Ltd. (Coalition for Eco Efficient Comminution) announced that Nick Holland, CEO and exec- utive director of Gold Fields Ltd., has accepted their invita- tion to become a patron of CEEC. CEEC was established in 2011 to support knowledge sharing and change in an area of high-energy consumption for the mineral industry. 12 E&MJ; • NOVEMBER 2012 Andreas Huster Robert J. Farmer Donald S. Swartz Jürgen Amedick John Imse Norwest Corporationhas appointed John Imse vice pres- ident of water resources and environmental services. Malagasy Minerals Ltd. has appointed Peter Langworthy, Stephen Vallance and Donald Huntly prin- cipal consultants. Stephen Vallance has been appoint- ed the company's designated competent person. Eagle Mountainannounced that Claudio Gianascio ten- dered his resignation as a director of the company and Tim Crowhurst has been appointed a director in his place. Siemens has appointed Jürgen Amedick CEO for the Large Drives Business Unit of the Siemens Drive Technologies Division. Amedick follows Jürgen Brandes, who has been appointed CEO of the Rail Automation Business Unit in the Infrastructure & Cities Sector. Maxwell Resourceshas appointed Roy Pillmore a con- sulting geologist. The Highland Group recently announced the formal establishment of its Americas Mining Practice and appointed Senior Partner Greg Peacock to lead the new business unit. GE Mininghas appointed Geoff Knox CEO. BMT Group subsidiary, BMT WBM, has appointed Rob Angus machinery group, business unit manager for its Brisbane office. Rob Angus Clariant Mining has appointed Andrew Forward global business development manager for the company's emul- sifiers for explosives business and Keith Wilson business development support for emulsifiers for explosives focused on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and CIS. John T. Boyd Companyhas appoint- ed Robert J. Farmer and Donald S. Swartz vice presidents of the firm. Sandvik recently announced changes to its group executive management team. Anders Thelin, president of the Sandvik Venture business area and overall responsi- bly for the Group's research and development activities, will leave his position and retire at the end of October. Tomas Nordahl, head of IT, sourcing and strategy, has been appoint- ed the president of Sandvik Venture. Olle Wijk, chairman of Sandvik's R&D; board and director of technology and research at the Sandvik Materials Technology business area, will assume overall responsibility for the Group's research and development. He will also become a member of Sandvik's expanded Group Executive Management team. Loesche Automatisierungstechnik GmbH has appointed Andreas Huster head of sales management in in Luenen. Aker Wirth has appointed Ulrich Frenzle head of the mining and construction product group. He replaces Hans Greve who will concentrate on selected projects and business development activities. Richard Biehl William O'Donnell Charles Dupin Jonathon Marlow Miner Enterprises announced that Kris Jurasek retired as president of the company during October. Richard Biehl has been appointed president and general manager. William O'Donnell has been promoted to executive director of global sales and Charles Dupin has been promoted to director of North American sales. The company has also appointed Jonathon Marlow sales engineer for the Midwest and the Northeast. www.e-mj.com

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