People: Southgobi Resources Ltd (SGQ.TO)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Peter Meredith

68 2009 Chairman of the Board

Alexander Molyneux

37 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Matthew O'Kane


2011 Chief Financial Officer

Curtis Church


2011 Chief Operating Officer

Beverly Bartlett


2007 Vice President, Corporate Secretary

David Bartel


2011 Vice President - External Affairs

Tony Pearson


2010 Vice President - Corporate Development

Pierre Lebel

61 2007 Lead Independent Director

John Macken

60 2009 Director

R. Stuart Angus


2007 Independent Director

Andre Deepwell


2003 Independent Director

R. Edward Flood

65 2003 Independent Director

Robert Hanson

50 2007 Independent Director

W. Gordon Lancaster

67 2010 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Peter Meredith

Mr. Peter Graham Meredith is Chairman of the Board of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., since October 2009. He has served as the Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., the Company’s principal shareholder, since May 2006, overseeing Ivanhoe’s business development and corporate relations. Prior to assuming the position of Deputy Chairman, Mr. Meredith was Ivanhoe’s CFO from May 2004 to May 2006 and from June 1999 to November 2001. Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Mr. Meredith spent 31 years with Deloitte and Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants, and retired as a partner in 1996. Mr. Meredith is a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Ordre des Comptables Agréés du Québec. Mr. Meredith is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Alexander Molyneux

Mr. Alexander Molyneux is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of SouthGobi Resources Ltd. He has served as President of the Company (April 2009 - present); Chief Executive Officer of the Company (October 2009 - present); Managing Director, Head of Metals & Mining Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd (June 2007 – April 2009); Executive Director, Investment Banking, Metals and Mining, UBS AG Australia Branch (July 2004 – June 2007).

Matthew O'Kane

Mr. Matthew O'Kane, CPA, serves as Chief Financial Officer of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., since July 1, 2011. Mr. O'Kane joined the Company in January, 2011. He has spent the past 16 years in finance roles within the manufacturing industry. During this time he worked for Ford Motor Company both in Australia and in the United States. Prior to joining SouthGobi, he spent over four years as the Finance Director, and an Executive Director, of Volvo Car Australia Pty. Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation Sweden. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business (Economics and Finance) and an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and is a qualified CPA.

Curtis Church

Mr. Curtis Church is Chief Operating Officer of SouthGobi Resources Ltd. Mr. Church was Vice President, Mining Operations for the Company (August 2010 – March 2010); General Manager of Ovoot Tolgoi coal operations for the Company (July 2008 – August 2010); Manager of Mining, SouthGobi Sands LLC (January 2008 – July 2008); Superintendent of Mobile Fleet Management for the Boroo Gold Mine, Centerra Gold Corp. (August 2006 – January 2008).

Beverly Bartlett

Ms. Beverly A. Bartlett is Vice President, Corporate Secretary of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. She has been Vice President of the Company (May 2007 -present); Vice President, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (May 2006 - present); Vice President, Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (August 2006 - present); Vice President, Jinshan Gold Mines Ltd. (May 2007 - May 2008); Corporate Secretary, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (June 2001 - present); Corporate Secretary of the Company (August 2003 - present); Corporate Secretary, Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (May 2001 - present); Corporate Secretary, Jinshan Gold Mines (May 2003 - May 2008).

David Bartel

Mr. David Bartel (Dave) is Vice President - External Affairs of SouthGobi Resources Ltd. He has benn Vice President, Mongolian Operations for the Company (September 2009 – April 2011); General Manager of SouthGobi Sands LLC (November 2007 – September 2009); Manager of Engineering of SouthGobi Sands (January 2007 – November 2007); Independent Business Consultant (prior to January 2007).

Tony Pearson

Mr. Tony Pearson is Vice President - Corporate Development of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., since December 2010. He has been Senior Manager, Australian Securities & Investments Commission (April 2009 – December 2010); Vice President, Citi Investment Bank (August 2007 – January 2009); Associate Director, Westpac Institutional Bank (February 2003 – July 2007).

Pierre Lebel

Mr. Pierre B. Lebel is Lead Independent Director of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. Mr. Lebel holds a Masters of Business Administration from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Western Ontario. He currently serves as Chairman, Director and Audit Committee Member of Imperial Metals Corporation; Director and Audit Committee Chair of Zedi Inc.; Director and Audit Committee member of HomEquity Bank and is a Director and Audit Committee member of West Kirkland Mining Inc.

John Macken

Mr. John Anthony Macken is Director of SouthGobi Resources Ltd. He was the Chairman from June 2007 to October 2009. He joined Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., the Company’s principal shareholder, in 2003 and is Ivanhoe’s President. Mr. Macken was Ivanhoe’s Chief Executive Officer from May 2006 to October 2010. He has been a member of Ivanhoe’s Executive Committee since its formation in March 2005. Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Mr. Macken spent 19 years with Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold, most recently as Freeport’s Senior Vice-President of Strategic Planning and Development. Mr. Macken spent a total of 13 years with Freeport’s operating unit, PT Freeport Indonesia. He culminated his tour of duty as Executive Director PT FI and the General Manager of the Grasberg open pit and underground mining complex in Papua, the world’s single copper and gold mine, and from 1996 to 2000 he held the position of Senior Vice-President, Strategic Planning and Development at Freeport’s corporate office. Mr. Macken graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in 1976 with a BA and BAI (Hon) in engineering.

R. Stuart Angus

Mr. R. Stuart Angus is Independent Director of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., since 2007. He is an independent consultant to the mining industry. Previously, he was Managing Director – Mergers and Acquisitions with Endeavour Financial Corporation, which provides financial advisory services to the mining and minerals industries. Prior to joining Endeavour Financial in 2003, he was a senior partner in the law firm, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin and head of its Global Mining Group. Mr. Angus holds an LLB from the University of British Columbia and is a retired member of the Law Society of British Columbia. Mr. Angus is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Andre Deepwell

Mr. Andre H. Deepwell is Independent Director of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., since 2003. Mr. Deepwell is a Chartered Accountant. He has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for Imperial Metals Corporation since 1992, prior to which he was Controller for Imperial since 1984. Before joining Imperial he was a Senior Accountant with Deloitte & Touche.

R. Edward Flood

Mr. R. Edward Flood is Independent Director of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., since 2003. He is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Uranium Corporation, a mineral exploration corporation with a focus on uranium. Mr. Flood served as Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. until February 2007, assisting in developing the company’s growth and its establishment as a presence in Asia’s mineral exploration and mining sectors and he was Ivanhoe’s founding President. Mr. Flood was Managing Director, Investment Banking, for Haywood Securities (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of one of Canada’s independent investment dealers, from March 2007 to March 2010. Prior to joining Ivanhoe, from 1993 to 1995, Mr. Flood was a principal at Robertson Stephens & Co., a U.S. investment bank, and a member of Robertson Stephens’ investment team. From 1983 to 1993, he served as Manager, Project Evaluation for NERCO Minerals Corporation. He also held the position of Senior Mining Analyst with Haywood Securities Inc from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Flood holds a Master of Science (Geology) degree from the University of Montana and a BSc (Geology) degree from the University of Nevada. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Uranium Corporation (December 31, 2010 to present); Chairman of Western Uranium Corporation (March 2007 – present); Managing Director, Investment Banking, Haywood Securities (UK) Ltd. (March 2007 – March 2010); Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (March 2007 – June 2007); Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (May 1999 – February 2007).

<--!more--> Robert Hanson

The Honourable Robert W. Hanson is Independent Director of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., since 2007. He is the Chairman of Hanson Capital Investments Ltd, Strand Hanson Ltd. and Hanson Family Holdings Ltd. and he is also Managing Partner of Millennium Hanson Internet Partners. He has been a of member Renaissance Capital’s International Advisory Board since August 2010. He was Chairman of Hanson Westhouse Limited from 1998 to 2009 and an Associate Director of N.M. Rothschild & Sons from 1983 to 1990, serving in London, Hong Kong, Chile and Spain. From 1990 to 1997, he served on the Board of Directors of Hanson plc, responsible for strategy, mergers and acquisitions transactions. He was educated at Eton and received his Master of Arts degree in English Language & Literature from St Peter's College, Oxford. He is a trustee of the Hanson Foundation and a founding trustee of the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation fighting child cancers. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is Chairman of Hanson Capital Investments Limited (February 1998 – present), Hanson Family Holdings Ltd. (May 1990 – present), and Strand Hanson (October 2009 – present).

W. Gordon Lancaster

Mr. W. Gordon Lancaster is Independent Director of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., since May 2010. Mr. Lancaster is a Chartered Accountant and has had a twenty year career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche with the last five years as a partner in that firm’s Vancouver office. He has held Chief Financial Officer positions in Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and Power Measurement Inc. He currently serves as a Director and Audit Committee Chair of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and Sonde Resources Corp.

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