Board of Directors
Christian Schaffalitzky, BA (Mod), FIMMM, PGeo, CEng, age 57 – Chairman (Non-Executive)
Christian Schaffalitzky is managing director of Eurasia Mining plc a company admitted to trading on AIM. From 1984 to 1992, he founded and managed the international minerals consultancy, CSA Group, now CSA Global Pty Ltd . With over 30 years’ experience in minerals exploration, Christian Schaffalitzky was a founder of Ivernia West plc, where he led the exploration and was instrumental in the discovery and development of the Lisheen zinc deposit in Ireland. More recently, he was managing director of Ennex International plc an Irish quoted mineral exploration company, focused on zinc development projects. He has also been engaged in precious and base metal mineral exploration and development in the former Soviet Union and is an independent director on the board of Russian company, Raspadskaya Coal Company.
Louis Coetzee, BA, MBA , Age 47 - CEO (Executive)
Louis Coetzee has 25 years experience in business development, promotion and financing in both the public and private sector. In recent years he has concentrated on the exploration and mining area where he has founded, promoted and developed a number of junior mineral exploration companies based mainly on Tanzanian assets. Louis has tertiary qualifications in law and languages, project management, supply chain management and a MBA from Bond University (Australia) specializing in entrepreneurship and business planning and strategy. He has worked in various project management and business development roles mostly in the mining industry throughout his career. Louis is currently a Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Mzuri Group which has coal projects in Tanzania and coal, oil and gas projects in Russia. He is also Chairman and acting CEO of Australian listed East African Resources limited (ASX: AAF) which holds copper and uranium exploration projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania respectively. Between 2007 and 2009, he held the position of Vice-President, Business Development with Canadian listed Great Basin Gold (TSX: CBG).
Noel O’Keeffe , BSc (Hons), Geology, MBA, Age 47 – Exploration Director (Executive)
Noel O'Keeffe has over 20 years experience in mineral exploration and has worked on a variety of base metal and gold projects in Ireland, Canada, Australia and Africa. Prior to joining Sloane in 2007 he worked as a quality co-ordinator with Boston Scientific (Ireland) Ltd, a multinational medical device company. He also worked part-time for Irish geological services group, Aurum Exploration Ltd during 2003 and early 2004. During the mid nineties he was exploration manager with Ormonde Mining plc in Tanzania, a company currently listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and on AIM. Previously Noel was a senior geological consultant with BDA Consultants Limited and worked on both government and private sector contracts. Earlier in his career, Noel worked as a geologist for Burmin Exploration and Development plc and for its Canadian and Australian subsidiaries.
Desmond Burke , B.Sc., Geology, M.Sc. DIC, Age 64 (Non-Executive)
Des Burke is a geologist with forty years experience in resource exploration, promotion and financing with a record of private and public company financings and exploration successes spanning base metals, gold and oil & gas. Most recently he was a founding Director of Petroneft Resources plc (AIM: PTR) and an Executive Director with responsibility for investor relations until his retirement in 2009. Petroneft is currently developing oil production from its discoveries in the West Siberian Oil Basin in Russia. Prior to this, Des established Ormonde Mining plc (AIM: ORM) in 1995 and was C.E.O of the company until 2000 during which period he raised funding for gold and base metal projects in Ireland, Mexico and Tanzania. During the mid nineties, Des was a director of Sipa Resources International NL (ASX: SRI) and he played a central role in the discovery, exploration and financing of a significant new copper-zinc mineral field called the Panorama project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. During the mid eighties, Des was founder and C.E.O. of Burmin Exploration and Development Ltd, a mineral exploration company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange with gold and base metal projects in Ireland, Canada and Australia.
William Payne, BA (Hons) ACA, Age 45 – Financial Director (Non-Executive)
William Payne is a partner of the chartered accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy and acts for a diverse range of clients across various industry sectors. He provides audit and assurance advice to clients as well as assistance in planning, reporting and compliance. He is a member of the firm's property and construction sector and is also responsible for a number of outsourced accounts and administrative functions. Having obtained an accounting degree from Exeter University, William went on to train and qualify as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG in London. He was made partner in WH Payne & Co in 1991, prior to its merger with Wilkins Kennedy in 2003. In addition to being the partner in the firm responsible for the firm’s ethics , William is also a director of a number of companies including Sprue Aegis PLC, a company listed on the London PLUS Markets. He is also the financial director for Ariana Resources PLC, a mining exploration company listed on AIM.
Lukas Marthinus Maree, BLC, LLB, Age 49 - (Non-Executive)
Tinus Maree is a lawyer by profession. He has served on the boards of a number of public companies including Goldsource Mines Limited, Africo Resources Limited and Diamondworks Limited that have made significant successful investments in exploration projects in Africa and North America, and has more recently served as the CEO of private investment companies Rusaf Gold Limited and Mzuri Capital Group Limited (the ultimate holding company of Mzuri), both of which have successfully developed and sold mineral projects in Tanzania in the last five years. He is also a principal of River Group, who will be sponsors to the Listing of Kibo on the JSE, and is responsible for its North American office in Vancouver, Canada.
Wenzel Kerremans, B.Proc, LLB, LLM, Adv. Dip. Age 53 - (Non-Executive)
Wenzel Kerremans is a lawyer by profession with over 25 years international legal experience in mining, banking, project finance and international tax, advising clients who have invested in exploration and mining projects in Africa. He has also originated and succesfully sold Veremo Holdings Limited a billion ton titaneferous magnetite exploration project for the production of iron and titanium slag. Wenzel is also the principal and director of a gold, graphite and coal exploration project in Africa.
