The Company's Board brings depth and experience to the Company in the areas of corporate governance, geological expertise, and financial management.
Current Officers
Eduardo Elzstain
Non-Executive Director and Chairman
Mr. Elsztain is the Chairman of: (i) IRSA, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and Argentina´s largest real estate company; (ii) Cresud, a leading agri-business public company listed on the NASDAQ and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, which directly and indirectly controls approximately 1 million hectares of rural land; (iii) APSA, a retail leading public company listed on the NASDAQ and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange; (iv) Banco Hipotecario, one of Argentina’s largest commercial banks, listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and with an ADR Program in New York with its shares traded over the counter; and (v) BrasilAgro—Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas, a public company listed on the BOVESPA (Brazil). Mr. Elsztain is also a director of Hersha Hospitality Trust, a hospitality public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Eslztain has extensive experience in capital markets in a variety of economic cycles and geographic locations. Mr. Elsztain is also the Chairman of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress, member of the World Economic Forum, the Group of 50, Argentina’s Association of Corporations (AEA) and Endeavor, an organization that helps high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging countries to promote economic growth and development. He was also an attendee of the G20 Business Summit in Seoul. Mr Eslztain is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
Appointed Director 29 June 2007, re-elected by shareholders 20 November 2009.
Appointed Chairman 2 June 2011
Wayne Hubert
Non Executive Director
Mr. Hubert is a highly experienced and accomplished mining executive with over 15 years’ experience working in the South American resources sector. From 2006 until 2010 he was the Chief Executive Officer of ASX-listed Andean Resources Limited, and led the team that increased Andean’s value from $70 million to $3.5 billion in four years. Andean was developing a world-class silver and gold mine in Argentina with a resource of over 5 million ounces of gold when it was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. of Canada.
Mr. Hubert, who holds a bachelors in Engineering and a Master of Business Administration and has also held executive roles for Meridian Gold with experience in operations, finance and investor relations. Currently he is a Director of Samco Gold Limited, which is focused on gold exploration in Argentina, and a Director of Midas Gold Corp, a Canadian company with a 5.7 million ounce gold resource.
Appointed 18 October 2011, re-elected by shareholders on 30 November 2011
Robert Trzebski
Non-Executive Director
- Over 18 years’ experience on mineral exploration and mining – previously worked with majors including: Schlumberger, Rio Tinto Exploration, Noranda, Falconbridge, WMC and Inco
- Holds degree in Geology, PhD in Geophysics and Master in Project Management
- Extensive experience operating as a geologist throughout Latin America
- Robert is currently the Chief Executive of the Australian Mining Services Export Association, Austmine Ltd
- Executive Director of the Australia Latin America Business Council (ALABC)
- Robert is also non-executive Director of Columbus Minerals Ltd, Australian junior gold exploration company with interests in Colombia.
Appointed 22 May 2007, re-elected by shareholders on30 November 2011
Pablo Vergara del Carril
Non-Executive Director
Mr Vergara del Carril is a lawyer and is professor of Postgraduate Degrees for Capital Markets, Contracts, Corporate Law and Business Law at the Argentine Catholic University
He is a director of Banco Hipotecario SA. [BASE: BHIP], Milkaut SA (an Argentine leading dairy company), Nuevas Fronteras (owner of the Intercontinental Hotel in Buenos Aires) and Emprendimiento Recoleta SA (owner of the Buenos Aires Design Shopping Centre). Mr Vergara del Carril is also a director of Guanaco Mining Company Limited and Guanaco Capital Holding Corp.
Appointed 18 May 2006, re-elected by shareholders 29 November 2010
Saul Zang
Non Executive Director
Mr Zang obtained a law degree from University of Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires). He is a member of the International Bar Association (Asociación Internacional de Abogados) and the Interamerican Federation of Lawyers (Federación Interamericana de Abogados). He is a founding member of the law firm Zang, Bergel & Viñes.
He is also first Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of IRSA and Shopping Alto Palermo SA, and Vice-Chairman of Alto Palermo, Puerto Retiro and Fibesa; and Director of Banco Hipotecario, Nuevas Fronteras SA., Tarshop and Palermo Invest SA.
Mr Zang is Adviser and Member of the Board of Directors of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and he has also advised national and international companies in different areas of the legal practice, including the privatization process of YPF SA and State Owned Electricity Company of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Appointed 29 June 2007, re-elected by shareholders 30 November 2011
Stabro Kasaneva
Executive Director
Mr Kasaneva holds a degree in Geology from the Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile. He has more than 20 years experience in geology and exploration of gold deposits, mainly focused on the Paleocene belt in Northern Chile, where Guanaco Austral Gold’s flagship gold/copper project is located.
Appointed 7 October 2009, re-elected by shareholders 20 November 2009
Ben Jarvis
Non Executive Director
Ben Jarvis is the Managing Director and co-founder of Six Degrees Investor Relations, an Australian advisory firm that provides investor relations and investor communication services to a wide range of resources, technology, healthcare and industrial services companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Ben is also a Director of South American Tin Limited, a company focused on tin exploration and development in Bolivia, ORO SA Limited, a gold exploration company with projects in Bolivia, and Arena Minerals Pty Limited, a private company developing an iron sands mining operation in Indonesia. Ben was educated at the University of South Australia where he majored in Politics.
Appointed 2 June 2011, re-elected by shareholders 30 November 2011