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Management
Managing Director:
Drs. Jan H. Akkerman
Highlights Professional Career:
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30 years
experience in Exploration and Mining business
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assignments with
Billiton International Metals in 14 countries in exploration
management, project development and mining operations.
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Experience in porphyry
copper, epithermal gold, VMS, nickel laterites
and nickel-copper-PGE sulfide deposits.
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Direct contribution to a
number of economic discoveries:
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Dos Amigos and Marisol porphyry copper-gold deposits,
Chile
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Aguas Tenidas VMS deposit, Spain
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Mazaron epithermal and carbonate hosted lead-zinc
deposits Spain
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San Felipe nickel-laterite deposit, Cuba
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Secondary nickel-laterite deposit, Cerro Matoso, Colombia
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Senior Management
positions at Billiton central office, The Hague
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Skilled in economic,
commercial and legal aspects of exploration and mining ventures.
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Involved in economic modeling, feasibility
studies and due diligence exercises (las Camariocas, Caron plant Cuba,
EXMIBAL smelter and Lake Izabal nickel-laterite district) and
privatization projects (Cerro Matoso ferro-nickel smelter in Colombia).
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Contributed to business
development, identification of investment opportunities and negotiation
of Joint Venture contracts with private companies and government
authorities in North- and S. America, Europe and the Middle East. |
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Languages: Dutch, English, Spanish, German,
French, Portuguese |
Legal advisor:
H. Altozano
Hermenegildo Altozano is a lawyer and partner in Hogan Lovells
International LLP
In addition to being a practising lawyer and a member of the Madrid Law Society,
he holds a law diploma recognised by the Republic of Cuba and has practiced in
the field of corporate law in the USA after finishing the Program of Instruction
of Lawyers at Harvard University.
He has acted for a range of clients including the SPANISH TOURIST BOARD, the
SPANISH ELECTRICITY BOARD, the REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO and the REPUBLIC OF CUBA.
He has provided legal advice for the latter on a broad spectrum of activities,
including Aviation (Joint Venture Agreements), Energy (gas, oil and electricity),
Banking (project finance; Structured Facility Agreements), Tourism (Joint
Venture Agreements; hotel management contracts; lease contracts), Construction
(Joint Venture Agreements), Food Industry (beverages; Shares Purchase Agreements)
and Telecommunications (Joint Venture Agreements; Operation Agreements).
In addition to this, Hermenegildo is a frequent contributor to publications such
as Expansión, El Mundo, El Pais, and the magazine Política Exterior.
He is a regular guest on the radio programme Intereconomía and has lectured
around the world, in South and Central America, Europe and the USA.
Languages: Spanish, English and French. |
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