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Kenneth G. Stowe, President & CEO
Ken received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He spent the first 21 years of his career at Noranda in various operational, R&D and corporate roles. In 1995, Ken joined Diamond Fields Resources as Vice President, Technology with responsibility for the feasibility study of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper deposit. Upon the acquisition of Voisey’s Bay by Inco, Ken joined Westmin Resources (subsequently acquired by Boliden) as Vice President, Operations. After the successful startup of the Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile, he moved on to Northgate to take on the significant challenge of re-launching the company as an operating company through the turnaround of the recently commissioned but floundering Kemess South copper-gold mine. Kemess South is now one of the lowest cost gold mines in the world. During his tenure, Northgate’s market capitalization has increased by 40 times to over $1 billion. In 2006, Ken was the recipient of the prestigious Canadian Mineral Processor of the Year Award. |
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Jon A. Douglas, Senior Vice President & CFO
Jon has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northgate since 2001. During his career at Northgate, he has overseen the financial transformation of the company from a $30 million market capitalization, TSX-listed, junior gold mining company with over $200 million in debt to a duel-listed (TSX; AMEX), SOX-404 compliant intermediate gold producer with no debt and substantial cash balances. Before joining Northgate, Jon spent four years in the corporate development group at Noranda Inc., examining various investment and divestment opportunities. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Noranda Sales Corporation, purchasing primary and secondary copper and precious metal feeds for Noranda’s copper metallurgical operations. Jon holds a BASc and a MASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a MBA from York University. |
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Peter MacPhail, Chief Operating Officer
Peter MacPhail joined Northgate in 2004 and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the company. In early 2008, Peter relocated to Australia to head up Northgate Australian Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary which owns and operates the Fosterville and Stawell Gold Mines in Victoria. Peter's career spans 22 years in various operations and project related positions with Canadian mining companies, including Noranda, Teck Corporation and Barrick Gold. |
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Christopher J. Rockingham,
Vice President, Exploration & Business Development
Chris has been with Northgate Minerals since 2003 during which time he has been responsible for developing the overall corporate strategy and managing the mineral exploration. He is also actively involved in a number of industry associations and is a director of the Association for Mineral Exploration in British Columbia. Chris has both an M.Sc. in geology and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. |
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Luc Guimond, Executive General Manager
Australian Operations
Luc joined Northgate in 2006 as Project Manager, responsible for overseeing the initial development of the Young-Davidson property and has recently taken on the role of Executive General Manager for Northgate's Australian operations. Luc has progressed through engineering and operations over the last 20 years having spent time with Dynatec Mining, Noranda’s Geco operations and Newmont’s Golden Giant mine. He was appointed the General Manager of Newmont’s Holloway operations in 2004. Luc is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines and holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University. |
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Tom Stuffco, General Manager
Kemess Mine
Tom joined Kemess in early 2005 and has fulfilled the responsibilities of Mill Superintendent and Production Manager prior to being promoted to General Manager. Before joining Northgate, Tom spent nine years at PT Freeport Indonesia's operation in West Papua after working nine years in the southeast coal sector of British Columbia. Tom has a degree in Mineral Processing from the University of Alberta and is registered as a Professional Engineer. |
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Jozsef Patarica, General Manager
Fosterville Gold Mine
Jozsef is a mining professional with a strong track record in the gold industry . He was involved with the development of the Fosterville Sulphide Project where he is currently General Manager. He has been involved in management, project evaluation and operational roles throughout his career in a number of mining centres across Australia. Prior to joining the Fosterville mine, Jozsef worked for Placer Dome as part of the Corporate & Project Development Group based in Western Australia. He joined Newcrest at Cadia Hill Gold Mine where he was involved in construction and commissioning of the Cadia Project. While in Western Australia, Jozsef was part of the team which successfully constructed and commissioned the Stage 3 expansion of the Fimiston Plant for Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines. |
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Troy Cole, General Manager
Stawell Gold Mine
Troy has over 15 years of mining experience in Australian underground mining operations.
Prior to joining the Stawell gold mine in 1998, Troy worked for Western Mining Corporation in a variety of mining activities ranging from hand-held machine mining in the eastern gold fields of Western Australia through to large scale metalliferous operations in South Australia. Troy has achieved competencies in both WA Underground Mine Supervision and WA First Class Mine Management. Most recently employed as General Manager for the Stawell gold mines with prior contributions to mine engineering, mine operations, plant maintenance and project management. |
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