Carube Copper appoints Manini, Simpson as directors
2017-06-16 16:49 ET - News Release
Mr. Jeff Ackert reports
CARUBE COPPER ADDS TONY MANINI AND YALE SIMPSON TO BOARD
Carube Copper Corp. has appointed two new directors at its annual general and special meeting (AGSM) held in Carp, Ont., on June 16, 2017.
Tony Manini is a geologist with over 30 years of diverse experience in the resource industry. His background covers a wide range of commodities in more than 20 countries and includes technical, commercial, senior management and executive roles in exploration, project evaluation, business development, strategy and operations with Rio Tinto, Oxiana-OZ Minerals, Tigers Realm Group and EMR Capital.
Mr. Manini is a founder and chief executive officer of private incubator company Tigers Realm Group and a co-founder of resource private equity firm EMR Capital. Tigers Realm Group has listed three highly successful exploration companies, each of which has made a major discovery and is in studies and/or development stage (Tigers Realm Coal -- Australian Securities Exchange, NexGen Energy Ltd. -- Toronto Stock Exchange and Asiamet Resources -- Alternative Investment Market). He is currently executive chairman of Asiamet Resources Ltd. and an executive director of EMR Capital.
He has been closely involved in the discovery and development of the Sepon copper and gold mines in Laos, the early-stage acquisition and development of the Prominent Hill iron oxide copper-gold mine in South Australia, brownfields discoveries in the Golden Grove volcanic-hosted massive sulphide district in Western Australia, and the discovery of the Okvau intrusion-related gold district in Cambodia.
Yale Simpson is the co-chairman of Exeter Resource Corp., which has agreed to be acquired by Goldcorp Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $247-million. He is a professional geologist with a bachelor of applied science (geological engineering) from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Simpson has more than 30 years of experience as a senior geologist, exploration manager and CEO of companies involved in precious metals projects in Australia, Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Those companies include Pennzoil Company, Chevron Exploration, Australmin Holdings, Argosy Gold Mines and Black Swan Gold Mines Ltd. He was co-chairman of Extorre Gold Mines Ltd., a successful spinout from Exeter, which was bought by Yamana Gold Ltd. in 2012. His particular expertise is in strategic resource planning, financing and corporate communications. Mr. Simpson is currently a director of Rugby Mining Ltd. and chairman of Adamera Minerals Corp.