MELVYN WILLIAMS
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President - Finance and Corporate Development
Mr. Williams has over 30 years of financial experience and has served as Chief Financial Officer since January 2005 and as the Senior Vice President-Finance & Corporate Development since March 2004. From November 2003 through January 2004, Mr. Williams served as Chief Financial Officer of Atlantico Gold, a private Brazilian mining company which held the Amapari gold project, and was sold to Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. in January 2004. From 2000 to November 2003, he served as Chief Financial Officer of TVX Gold Inc., a gold mining company which merged with Kinross Gold in 2003. His background also includes services with Star Mining Corporation, LAC North America, Riominas LSDA and Rossing Uranium (both of which are Rio Tinto subsidiaries). Mr. Williams also serves as a Director of Andina Minerals Inc. He is a Charter Certified Accountant and received an MBA from Cranfield in the United Kingdom. |