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| | | Mark R. Kolebaba
Position: President & Director
Mark started his diamond career in the early 90's exploring for diamonds in the Guaniamo district, Venezuela. From there Mark joined BHP & Dia Met Joint Venture, working under the likes of Rory Moore, Hugo Dummet & Charles Fipke at Ekati, where his experience ranged from early exploration to feasibility studies for the Panda & Koala pipes. During this time, 123 kimberlites were discovered, and more than 10 kimberlites were bulk sampled. In 1997, Mark initiated exploration outside of the BHP Ekati Project and become more involved in regional exploration in Canada and abroad managing diamond exploration activity in Eastern Canada and exploring for diamonds in China, Russia and Australia. More recently, Mark was part of the global search team charged with increasing the diamond portfolio for BHPB world wide (started the Botswana Initiative). Mark joined Diamonds North Resources as President in April 2002.
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| | | Graham Gill, B.Sc., P.Geo
Position: Exploration Manager
Graham joined Diamonds North Resources in 2002 as Exploration Manager, with a focus on project logistics, implementation and community relations. Graham possesses more than 15 years of exploration experience with base and precious metal programs in western Canada, Nevada and Africa. Graham's experience ranges from field to senior project geologist with companies such as Cominco Ltd., Noranda Exploration Company Ltd., Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., and Battle Mountain Gold Limited. Since 1997, Graham has been employed by Commander Resources Ltd. where he was involved in gold, base metal and diamond projects.
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| | | Bernard H. Kahlert, B.Sc., P.Eng
Position: Vice President Exploration & Director
Bernard started his career in 1966 as a mineral exploration geologist with Canadian Superior Exploration focusing on base metals in Western Canada & the U.S.A. From 1970 to 1985 he worked at Amoco Minerals Co., in '71 he became Manager of Western Australia which included diamond exploration in the Kimberly district from '79 to '81. From '81 through '85, Bernard became Amoco's Western Canada Exploration Manager, focusing on gold and base metals. In '86-'90 Bernard was a consulting Geologist working on various commodities in Canada, USA and China.In 1990 Bernard became VP of Exploration for Major General Resources (now Commander Resources Ltd) and was instrumental in assembling the Victoria Island portfolio.
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| | | Bruce Kienlen, B.Sc., P. Geol
Position: Regional Exploration Manager
Bruce was added to the Diamonds North exploration team in April 2003, and will be involved in all technical aspects of Diamond North's projects. Prior to joining Diamonds North, Bruce spent 7 years at BHP Billiton Diamonds, where he gained exploration experience in Canada (including Nunavut and the Northwest Territories) and internationally including Sweden, the Middle East and Brazil. Bruce possesses a strong technical knowledge of indicator mineral chemistry, assessment of regional terrains and kimberlite target evaluation, especially in glacial environments. He also has experience designing and managing both small and large scale exploration projects.
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* Geological and geophysical services are completed by preferred contractors on an as needed basis.
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