Augusto BaertlChairman
Mr. Baertl is an experienced mining executive with over 50 years of experience in the Peruvian and International Mining sectors. Mr. Baertl's career began with the San Cristobal Mining unit of the Cerro de Pasco Corporation followed by Compañía Minera Milpo where he rose to the role of President & CEO. Mr. Baertl was also President & CEO of Compañía Minera Antamina where he led the $2.25 billion development of one of the world's largest copper/zinc mines from exploration to start-up. Mr. Baertl is a past member of the Board of Directors of many mining companies including Milpo, Atacocha, Huaron, Chungar, Corporacion Minera Castrovirreyna, Norsemont Mining and Chinalco International in addition to serving on the boards of banking, engineering, construction and contract mining companies in Peru. Mr. Baertl is a former Chairman of the SNMPE, IIMP, Petroperu, the Canada Peru Chamber of Commerce and the Peru Chapter of the Latin American Business Council. Mr. Baertl has recently been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Graña y Montero, a New York Stock Exchange listed and Peru's largest Engineering and Infrastructure company. He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alturas Minerals, Fima and Stevia One and is active with a number of Non Governmental Organizations in Peru such as Horizonte Corporativo and Cedro.
Luquman Shaheen, P.Eng., MBAPresident, CEO, Director
Mr. Luquman Shaheen is a professional engineer with an MBA and 30 years experience in the mining sector. He has worked to develop mining and mineral projects throughout North America, South America and Europe. Mr. Shaheen has led Panoro Minerals since 2008 and has been a shareholder since 1996. Under his leadership Panoro Minerals has completed over $700 million in financings including precious metals streaming, joint ventures, asset sales, royalties and public and private offerings of equity. Mr. Shaheen has led the growth of Panoro's resouce base from 70 million tonnes to 1.1 billion tonnes and the completion of economic studies identifying over $1.3 billion in valuation at Panoro's two advanced stage copper projects. Mr. Shaheen has been successful in building strategic partnerships with important industry groups such as Wheaton Precious Metals, Hudbay MInerals, JOGMEC. He has built an important shareholder base of investors from the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the US and Peru.
WIlliam Boden, CPA, CADirector
Mr. William Boden’s career has included executive positions with producing copper companies Whitehorse Copper Mines Ltd. (subsequently acquired by Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting) and Bethlehem Copper Corporation (subsequently acquired by Teck/Cominco). He was a founder, CEO and Chairman of privately held First Coal Corporation (subsequently acquired by Xstrata Corporation for $150 million). In addition, Mr. Boden was a founding Director of two privately held oil producing companies, which were sold for proceeds totalling $500 million. He was a partner in the venture capital firm Ventures West, within which he was CEO of Funds where he raised $130 million from overseas investors. Mr. Boden is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
Ronald HallDirector
Mr. Hall holds a BSc. in Metallurgy from Cardiff University in the UK and has over 40 years' experience in the management, operation, evaluation and design of mining projects globally. Over his career he has worked and lived in the UK, South Africa, Botswana, Canada, Australia, China and elsewhere where he has advanced mining projects from early stages through feasibility and into development and operation. From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Hall lead the growth of Wardrop Engineering's mining business in Vancouver, B.C. and internationally, including the establishment of offices in the UK, China, Chile, Brazil, Hong Kong and Australia, prior to the acquisition of Wardrop by TetraTech Inc. Mr. Hall is currently an independent director of Chinalco Mining Corporation International (CMCI), a publicly listed company on the Hong Kong stock exchange, which operates the Toromocho Copper project in Peru.
Anthony LaubDirector
Mr. Laub has held a number of senior leadership positions in several companies of the Peruvian energy sector, having been Chief Legal Counsel of Electroperú, Director of Distriluz, SEAL, Electro Sur Este, Empresa de Generación del Centro and Electro Sur Medio, as well as a member of the Special Privatization Committee CEPRI Oroya-Carhuamayo-Paragsha-Antamina Electrical Power Line. He also has experience in the public sector, having served in many positions within the Ministry of Energy and Mines, including Secretary General, Director-General of Legal Counsel, Advisor to the Ministerial Office and Chief of the Ministry of Energy and Mines' General Bureau of Electricity's Legal Department. Mr. Laub graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú with a law degree, and has also completed a LL.M. in Energy Law & Policy at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom. He is currently a Senior Partner of Laub & Quijandría -- Consultores y Abogados, the first Peruvian firm specialized in the energy and mining industries.Mr. Laub also has teaching experience, having been a professor in Universidad ESAN's Gas PAE, as well as a professor at the UPC and UPC's Graduate School.
Christian PilonExecutive Director Peru, Director
Resident in Lima, Peru, Mr. Pilon has over 30 years of experience in applied geophysics in mining, civil engineering, environmental and water resource projects. He is currently president of Geoline S.A., a Peruvian company dedicated to the sales and rental of engineering instrumentation and to specialized geophysical surveys and consulting.
Christiaan F. Staargaard, M.Sc.Director
Mr. Staargaard holds a B.Sc. in Geology from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.Sc. in Geochemistry from Queen's University. Initial experience with a number of major and junior mining companies was followed by the development of a successful independent consulting practice. He later spent fourteen years as President and CEO of InZinc Mining Ltd., a TSX Venture Exchange company with an advanced zinc project in Utah. Since 1990, he has been on the board of a number of publicly traded companies with advanced, international mineral projects. Mr. Staargaard has over forty years of experience with all facets of mineral exploration in a wide variety of geological environments for base and precious metals throughout North, Central and South America as well as China, the Southwest Pacific, Africa, Europe and Madagascar.
