Thompson, Brett (Pangea DiamondFields)

17.11.2009

Brett Thompson is Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Pangea DiamondFields Plc.

Education
B. Eng – Mining (Hons), Grad Dip Applied Finance & Investment, FSAIMM, MAusIMM, MMCert – RSA, MMCert – QLD, Aust.

Professional experience
After qualifying as a mining engineer in 1983 in Sydney, Australia, Mr Thompson joined Mount Isa Mines.
In 1988 he relocated to South Africa where he joined De Beers, gaining extensive experience in both underground and open pit mining of kimberlite deposits, as well as the mining of marine and alluvial deposits.
In the mid to late 1990s Mr Thompson spent time working with Ashanti Goldfields Co Limited as a Chief Mining Engineer at Obuasi Mine in Ghana, as Senior Group Mining Engineer for Minorco South America in Brazil and as Consulting Mining Engineer to AngloGold South America’s operations until 2001.
Upon his return to South Africa, he has worked with a number of diamond mines including a time as Assistant General Manager for De Beers’ Kimberley mines.
Mr Thompson was later appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Energem Mining where he was accountable for the executive management of all aspects of Energem’s diamond mining operations and exploration activities internationally in Sierra Leone, CAR and Angola.
In May 2006 he took up his current position with Pangea DiamondFields.

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Tony Saetre, 07.09.2010 14:23:42 IGE Resources acquired all activities of Pangea DiamondFields plc through its subsidiary Efidium Ltd 22.02.2010. Tomas Fellbom is Chief Executive Officer of IGE Resouces AB. Mr Fellbom is founder and former CEO of Spray Networks in France. Before joining IGE, Fellbom was Vice President of the Swedish Trade Council and in charge of Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East regions. Fellbom holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. Tomas Fellbom holds a dual citizenship of Sweden and France. Boris Kamstra is Managing Director IGE Diamond AB. Mr Kamstra is a Professional Engineer with many years of project and financial experience. Over the last four years he has been establishing and managing diamond projects over most of Africa. In some instances this has required pioneering new logistical routes to gain access for the heavy equipment required. He qualified cum laude from the University of Cape Town with a Civil Engineering degree in 1989. He then commenced his career at Grinaker Concrete Construction becoming a director of that company in 1999. During his tenure there he completed a number of large infrastructure projects throughout Africa including a few South African firsts. After which he completed an MBA at University of Witwatersrand. He has undertaken projects for the Landbank of South Africa, the National Union of Mineworkers and a number of private companies primarily in the role of Managing Director or CEO tasked with returning companies to profitability or assisting with the establishment of new ventures. Prior to IGE Diamond he was the CEO of Pangea DiamondFields PLC, which he successfully merged with IGE Resources in March 2010. Boris Kamstra is a South African citizen.

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