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DG Sacco
Chairman
BSc
| Des qualified as a geologist and
joined the Assore group in 1968. He was appointed to
the Assore Board in 1974 and, on retirement of his
father in 1992, he was appointed Chairman and
Managing Director. In that year, he was also
appointed Deputy Chairman of Assmang Limited and in
1999, he became Chairman of Assmang. He is a fellow
of the Institute of Directors (IOD) and of the
Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA). |
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CJ Cory *
BA, CA(SA), MBA
| Chris completed articles with Alex.
Aiken & Carter (now KPMG) and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant in 1982. In 1989 he joined the
Assore group as Group Accountant. In 1992 he was
appointed Group Financial Director and made Chief
Executive Officer in June 2004 when the roles of
Chairman and Managing Director were split. He was
appointed to the Assmang Board as a non-executive
director in 1993 and currently chairs the Assmang
Audit Committee. He is a member of the South African
Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). |
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PC Crous
BSc Eng, BCom, MBA
| Phil trained as a mining engineer
obtaining a BSc (Eng) at Pretoria University in
1975. Thereafter he joined Iscor, and in 1977 he
took up a position with Assmang where he advanced to
Mine Manager. In 1982 he joined Sasol as General
Mine Manager and was subsequently promoted to
Operations Manager at Secunda Collieries,
responsible for four mechanised mines. In 1988 he
joined manufacturing company Sandock-Austral as
Managing Director. In 1991 he was invited to join
Assore in his current position as Group Technical
Director and was appointed to the Assmang Board in
1992. He is a member of the South African Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) and the Institute
of Directors (IOD). |
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A Wilkens
Deputy Chairman and non-executive Director
Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, MDPA (Unisa), RMIIA
Appointed to the board on 20 January 2005.
Andrι Wilkens was formerly the chief executive of ARMplatinum, a division of ARM. Prior to this, he was chief operating officer of Harmony following the merger of that company with ARMgold in 2003. He served as chief executive officer of ARMgold after joining the company in 1998. The balance of his 34 years mining experience was gained with Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, where he commenced his career in 1969 and culminated in his appointment as mine manager of Vaal Reefs South Mine in 1993. Andre Wilkens was appointed to his current position of Chief Executive Officer of African Rainbow Minerals Limited in 2004.
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RJ Carpenter #
BA, ACIS
| Bob joined the Ore & Metal Company
Limited in 1964 and was appointed Managing Director
in 1991. Ore & Metal is a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Assore group and acts as selling and shipping
agent for products produced by all the Assmang and
Assore group companies. He was appointed to the
Assore Board in 1987, to the Assmang Board in 1989
and was made Deputy Chairman of Assore in 1993. |
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J C Steenkamp #
Jan Steenkamp started his career with the Anglovaal Group in 1973. Trained as a mining engineer, he has worked at and managed group mining operations within the gold, copper, manganese, iron ore and chrome sections. He was appointed as Managing Director of Avgold Limited in September 2002 and also serves on the board of Assmang Limited. In May 2003, Jan was appointed to the Avmin board and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Avmin on 1 July 2003 after serving as Chief Operating Officer. Jan currently holds the position of Chief Executive of ARM Ferrous.
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